Dharma Talks

March 2025

March 2, 2025: The Dharma, a great resource for living our lives Well
Myo On Susan Hagler
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March 9, 2025: Collaboration and Point of View- What Zen monastery practice has taught me
Fukutoku Morishita
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March 16, 2025: Can a Koan Help Us Meet This Moment?
Jinzu Minna Jain
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February 2025

February 2, 2025: The Practice of the Four Noble Truths
Koji Acquaviva
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February 23, 2025: Joyful Mind, Nurturing Mind, Magnanimous Mind
Koji Acquaviva
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February 9, 2025: Lovingkindness
Taizan Alford
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February 16, 2025: Taking Refuge in the Triple Treasure
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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January 2025

January 5, 2025: Zen and Our Life's Work
Sosan Theresa Flynn
January 12, 2025: Dharma talk by Ryūgen Davu Seru
Ryūgen Davu Seru
January 26, 2025: Dana Paramita Beyond Limits
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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December 2024

December 1, 2024 Receiving What Can't Be Received: The Formless Practice of Dharma Transmission
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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December 7, 2024: Rohatsu Dharma Talk by Myoshin
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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December 22, 2024: An Aimless Journey in a Zen Buddhist Practice
Katto Laura Phillips
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December 5, 2024: Rohatsu Talk by Koji
Koji Acquaviva
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December 8, 2024: You Are Not Your Thoughts: Words for Buddha's Enlightenment Day
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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December 29, 2024: The World Without Me
Kyoku Tracey Walen
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December 6, 2024: Rohatsu Dharma Talk by MyoOn
MyoOn Susan Hagler
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December 15, 2024: Verse of Opening the Sutra
Kikan Michael Howard
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November 2024

November 3, 2024: No Fixed Perspective
MyoOn Susan Hagler
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November 10,2024: Calling in our Hungry Ghosts
Flying Fish Barbara Murphy
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November, 24, 2024: What is the Place Where All Buddhas Walk Free from Buddhahood
Fukutoku Ann Morishita
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October 6, 2024: Cultivating the Capacity to Grieve
Koji Acquaviva
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October 27, 2024: The Platform Sutra Part 1
Kikan Mike Howard
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October 13, 2024: Understanding Our Minds
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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October 20, 2024: Our Responsibility as Buddhist Practitioners to Engage in the Political Realm
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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September 2024

September 1, 2024: In Singing and Dancing is the Voice of the Law
Myo-O Habermas-Scher
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September 15, 2024: Practicing Equanimity and Joy
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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September 22, 2024: Twin Cities Buddhist Sangha and Clouds in Water Zen Center Unfold the Dharma
Chiemi Bly, Jūken Zach Fehst, Debra Wong
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Twin Cities Buddhist Sangha and Clouds in Water Zen Center Unfold the Dharma Together

Listen to chanting and two short dharma talks by practitioners from both sanghas.

September 29, 2024: The Sangha Jewel and Sangha Service
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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September 8, 2024: Tōzan's No Cold or Heat
Koji Acquaviva
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August 2024

August 4, 2024: Our Relationship with Illness
Myo On Susan Hagler
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August 11, 2024: The Oxymoron of Engaged Buddhism
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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August 18, 2024: Postural Yoga and Bhakti in Zen and Pure Land
Koji Acquaviva
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August 25, 2024: Giving and Receiving in the Realm of Boundless Openness
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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July 2024

July 7, 2024: You Got It! Wisdom from Keizan on Ananda's Enlightenment and Our Own Enlightenment
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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July 14, 2024: Sandokai From Hokyoji
Taizan Alford
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July 21, 2024: Obon – Welcoming Ancestors and Dance of Practice With Joy
Shozoku Nomura
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July 28, 2024: Bodhisattva Practice of Enthusiasm
Flying Fish Barbara Murphy
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June 2024

June 2, 2024: Great Faith, Great Doubt, and Great Determination
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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June 30, 2024: Panel Discussion by Members of White-Practioners Unraveling Racial Karma (WURK)
Rakurei Tom Bailey, Patricia DeBoer, Julie Warner, Anita MacDonald, Alan Williams
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June 9, 2024: Are We Here Yet?
Myo On Susan Hagler
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A Father Role Model For Us All-Diamond Banner and the Dedication to Saving All Beings, from Book 25 of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Sosan Flynn
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June 23, 2024: Patience and Fortitude
Kyoku Tracey Walen
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May 2024

May 5: How To Talk About What We Don't Know How To Talk About: A Meditation on Palestine and Israel
Jinzu Minna Jain
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May 12, 2024 Talking About Zazen
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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May 19, 2024: Where do you come from? The Teaching of No Self.
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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May 26, 2024: A Way Seeking Mind Talk
Keika Karín San Juan
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April 2024

April 7, 2024: Buddha's Birthday
Kikan Michael Howard
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April 14, 2024: Opening to Awe: Buddhas Together with Buddhas
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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April 21, 2024: Way Seeking Mind Talk
Korin LaJoy
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April 28, 2024: Simplicity and Kindness
Byakuren Judith Ragir
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March 2024

March 3, 2024 Dharma Talk by Myo On Susan Hagler
Myo On Susan Hagler
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March 17, 2024: Giving and the Practice of Generosity
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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March 31, 2024: Embracing Things as They Are
Kyoku Tracey Walen
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February 2024

Feb 4, 2024: Karma as Communication
Kikan Michael Howard
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Feb 11, 2024: The Legacy of Shin Buddhism, the True Pure Land Tradition
Gail Wong
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Feb 18, 2024: Cessation; Good News
Myo-O Habermas-Scher
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Feb. 25, 2024: A Glimpse of Paradise: Practicing Right View
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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January 2024

January 7, 2024: Working with a Zen Teacher
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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January 14, 2024: The Whole Reality of Human Life
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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January 21, 2024: Engaging Your Life through our Winter/spring Practice Period
Sosan Theresa Flynn
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January 28, 2024: Taking Up the Way - Living the Precepts
Myoshin Diane Benjamin
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