
dharma talks
Winter 2008 Practice Period talks by Kotatsu John Bailes
- A Wayseeking Mind Talk: (audio only)
Talk given February 10, 2008
Red Cedar Dharma Hall
Talks by Nomon Tim Burnett
Resident Priest Nomon Tim Burnett has been a student of Zoketsu Norman Fischer since 1987 when he was a resident at San Francisco Zen Center's Green Gulch Farm. After sitting practice periods at Green Gulch and Tassajara Zen Monastery, Tim helped found the Bellingham Zen Practice Group in 1991. Tim was ordained as a Zen Priest by Norman in June, 2000. Like his teacher, Tim is interested in the possibility of deep and complete practice by lay people.
A person of wide-ranging professional interests, Tim has been a botanist, elementary schoolteacher, writer, and computer programmer. In addition to his work at the Resident Priest of Red Cedar Zen Community, Tim works as a software developer.
- Vimilakirti's Nonduality: Accepting what is
Talk given March 12, 2008
Red Cedar Dharma Hall - Just Being Yourself
Talk given August 12, 2004
Bellingham Dharma Hall - The One Who Isn't Busy
Talk given April 08, 2004
Bellingham Dharma Hall - Freedom and Desire
Talk given October 05, 2003
Beginner's Mind Retreat, Bellingham Dharma Hall - Dongshan Presents Offerings: Practice as Mutual Support
Talk given September 20, 2003
San Juan Island Retreat - Stopping the World: Zen Meditation and Balancing Our Life
Talk given September 19, 2003
San Juan Island Retreat - Another Step On the Journey
Talk given September 04, 2003
the night before the Mountains and Rivers Retreat, Hawk Meadow Farm - Wilderness Retreat 2001: Opening Night Talk
Talk given September 05, 2001
Bellingham Dharma Hall - Studying Our Suffering
Talk given July 01, 2001
Bellingham Zen Practice Group Sunday Retreat - Why Practice?
Talk given June 01, 2001
Beginner's Mind Retreat, Bellingham Dharma Hall - Our Idea Collections
Talk given April 01, 2001
Sangha-led Sunday Retreat, Bellingham Dharma Hall - What Kind of Effort?
Talk given January 07, 2001
Sangha-led Sunday Retreat, Bellingham Dharma Hall
Talks by Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Zoketsu Norman Fischer, guiding teacher of our group, offers more dharma talks, essays, and poetry at his web site, EverydayZen.org
- American Mystical Poetry
Talk given March 14, 2008
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship - In Times of Trouble
Talk given September 16, 2001
Everyday Zen All Day Sitting - Saved From Freezing
Talk given 00 00, 0000
Dharma Practice, Art Practice
Talks by Other Teachers within our Lineage
Chapel Hill Zen Center in North Carolina maintains a growing collection of Talks on Zen Practice by various American Soto Zen teachers in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi.
