Dharma Talks by Norm Randolph​

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N300 Series

To Live As We Are is to Help All Beings
Sep 4, 2022   N308

​Mutual Assistance
Jul 31, 2022   N307

​Helping All Beings
Apr 17, 2022   N306

The Teachings of Blanche Hartman
Mar 5, 2022   N305

Zen Teacher Joshu
Jan 9, 2022   N304

​The Uselessness of Meditation
Nov 7, 2021   N303

Living the Life of All Beings
Seo 26, 2021   N302

Here and Now, Where else is there?
Aug 1, 2021   N301

Living the Life of all Beings
May 30, 2021   N300

N200 Series

Meditation Now or Never
Jan 31, 2021   N299

Life of Buddha
Dec 13, 2020   N298

Be Aware Here and Now
Oct 25, 2020   N297

Together With All Beings
Sept 6, 2020   N296

The Five Remembrances
Aug 2, 2020   N295

Living As the True Self
Jun 14, 2020   N294

You Are Buddha
Apr 19, 2020   N293

Be Aware Here Now
Jan 19, 2020   N292

The Buddha's Life
Dec 15, 2019   N291

Zen Practice Is Not for Gain
Dec 8, 2019   N290

Be a Light Unto Yourself
Oct 13, 2019   N289

Refrain from What Is Unwholesome
Sep 8, 2019   N288

Don't Get Caught Up in Your Ideas
Jul 28, 2019   N287

Warm-Hearted Practice
Jun 23, 2019   N286

Can't Leave the Reality of Hear and Now
Apr 21, 2019   N285

Q & A
Mar 24, 2019   N284

Zen Stories Part Two
Feb 17, 2019   N283

Zen Stories Part One
Feb 16, 2019   N282

Live Your True Life
Feb 10, 2019   N281

The Zen Teacher Baso
Jan 20, 2019   N280

Live as the Buddha You Are
Dec 23, 2018   N279

Be Aware Here and Now and Now Be Buddha Here and Now
Dec 9, 2018   N278

Buddha's Life
Dec 7, 2018   N277

Meditation Now or Never
Nov 11, 2018   N276

Living As the True Self
Sep 23, 2018   N275

Living As the True Self
Sep 9, 2018   N274

Letting Go of Belief and Living As We Are
Aug 12, 2018   N273

Meditation Now or Never
Jul 8, 2018   N272

Can't Leave Here and Now Reality
Jun 17, 2018   N271

Who Is This One?
May 27, 2018   N270

Warmhearted Practice
Apr 22, 2018   N269

Letting Go of Confusion
Mar 25, 2018   N268

Walking Meditation
Jan 21, 2018   N265

Living the Life of All Beings
Dec 25, 2017   N264

The Life of Buddha
Nov 26, 2017   N263

Selections from Katagiri's Teaching
Oct 9, 2017   N262

Actualizing Here/Now Reality
Sep 4, 2017   N261

Verses from Trusting the Heartmind
Aug 6, 2017   N260

Life of Buddha
Jul 16, 2017   N259

Buddhadharma
Jul 5, 2017   N258

Selections from Teachings by Suzuki Roshi
Jun 11, 2017   N257

Rujing the Garbage Man
May 7, 2017   N256

Selections from Katagiri's Teachings
Apr 9, 2017   N255

What We Truly Are
Mar 29, 2017   N254

Stories from Shoken Winecoff
Mar 12, 2017   N253

Practicing Zazen
Feb 21, 2017   N252

Awareness Here and Now
Jan 8, 2017   N251

Everything Is Just As It Is
Dec 21, 2016   N250

The Four Vows
Dec 11, 2016   N249

The Precept Not to Kill
Dec 9, 2016   N248

Practicing Without Expectations
Dec 4, 2016   N247

You Are Buddha
Nov 13, 2016   N246

Gauguin's Three Questions
Oct 23, 2016   N245

Awareness Here and Now
Oct 22, 2016   N244

The Life of the Buddha
Oct 9, 2016   N243

The Essentials of Practice
Sep 21, 2016   N242

The Art of Zazen
Sep 11, 2016   N241

Practice Without Being Caught Up in Conceptualization
Aug 21, 2016   N240

Dhammapada Verse 183
Aug 10, 2016   N239

Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance
Jul 17, 2016   N238

Be a Light Unto Yourself
Jun 29, 2016   N237

One, Two, Three
Jun 19, 2016   N236

Practicing Without Expectations
May 29, 2016   N235

Helping All Beings
May 4, 2016   N234

Heartmind Verses
Apr 14, 2016   N233

The Seamless Monument
Apr 10, 2016   N232

Time
Mar 23, 2016   N231

Gauguin's Three Questions
Mar 20, 2016   N230

Who Is This One?
Feb 21, 2016   N229

Letting Go of Ideas II
Feb 14, 2016   N228

Letting Go of Ideas I
Feb 13, 2016   N227

Meditation Now or Never
Jan 3, 2015   N226

Life and Death II
Dec 13, 2015   N225

Life and Death I
Dec 11, 2015   N224
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The Two Truths
Dec 6, 2015   N223

Not a Self Improvement Campaign
Nov 1, 2015   N222

Blanche Hartman Book Excerpts
Oct 28, 2015   N221

Living Fully
Oct 4, 2015   N220

Koans
Sep 23, 2015   N220

The Four Vows
Sep 7, 2015   N219

Zazen
Sep 2, 2015   N218

Dharma
Aug 19, 2015   N217
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The Precept Not To Kill
Aug 8, 2015   N216

Dhammapada Verse 183
Jul 5, 2015   N215

Not About Improvement
Jun 14, 2015   N214
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Be A Light Unto Yourself
May 31, 2015   N213

Dhammapada 183
May 30, 2015   N212

Three Levels of Understanding
May 3, 2015   N210

Stories About Suzuki Roshi
Apr 12, 2015   N209

Heart Mind
Apr 8, 2015   N209
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Katagiri Pointings
Mar 4, 2015   N208

Katagiri Roshi
Mar 1, 2015    N207

​Nothing to Depend On
Feb 4, 2015   N206

The Art of Zazen
Feb1, 2015   N205

Egolessness
Jan 1, 2015   N205

Take One Step
Jan 4, 2015   N204

Participating In the Life of the World
Dec 14, 2014   N203

Bird Flies Fish Swims 2
Dec 8, 2014   N202

Bird Flies Fish Swims 1
Dec 5, 2014   N201

Living the Life of All Beings
Nov 19, 2014   N200

N100 Series

Emptiness
Nov 9, 2014   N199

Zen Practice Is Everyday Life
Oct 27, 2014   N198

Genjokoan 2 of 2
Oct 19, 2014   N197

Genjokoan 1 of 2
Oct 18, 2014   N196

Now or Never Q and A
Oct 8, 2014   N195

​Each Being is Unique
Sep 21, 2014   N194

GenjoKoan Bird & Fish
Sep 1, 2014   N193

Great Beyond Comparison
Jul 27, 2014   N192

Can’t Find Separate Self
Jul 16, 2014   N191

You Can’t Enter or Leave Here and Now Reality
Jun 29, 2014   N190

The Precept Not to Kill
Jun 8, 2014   N189

The Four Vows
Jun 1, 2014   N188

Live as You Are, Be Awake
May 30, 2014   N187

The Uselessness of Zen Practice
Apr 27, 2014   N186

Uchiyama Roshi’s Prayer
Mar 30, 2014   N185

To Live as the True Self
Mar 2, 2014   N184

Selections from Fukanzazengi
Feb 16, 2014   N183

To Study the Self
Feb 15, 2014   N182

Meeting an Awakened Being
Jan 26, 2014   N181

Holiday Talk
Dec 29, 2013   N180

Firewood and Ash
Dec 7, 2013   N179

Chang Sha – The Tiger
Nov 24, 2013   N178

Poems by Uchiyama Roshi
Sep 22, 2013   N177

Zazen is Useless
Sep 22, 2013   N176

Meditation Now or Never
Sep 1, 2013   N175

Dramatic Teaching Methods
Jul 7, 2013   N174

Living Based on Preferences
Jun 9,  2013   N173

Dominated by the Belief in Separation
Apr 14, 2013   N172

Living as the True Self
Mar 3, 2013   N171

Ideas About Time 2 of 2
Feb 18, 2013   N170

Ideas About Time 1 of 2
Feb 16, 2013   N169

Rujing and Dogen
Jan 13, 2013   N168

Great Beyond Comparison
Nov 25, 2012   N165

Memories of Suzuki Roshi
Oct 28, 2012   N164

Living the Life of the Buddha
Sep 23, 2013   N163

Practice & Enlightenment
Sep 3, 2012   N162

Refining Your Life
Aug 12, 2012   N161

Living as the True Self
Jul 1, 2012   N160

The Boddhisatva’s Four Methods of Guidance
Jun 17, 2012   N159

Seven Wise Women
May 27, 2012   N158

Nothing Apart From Here and Now
May 26, 2012   N157

Kyogen’s Person in a Tree
May 13, 2012   N156

Three Levels of Understanding
Apr 22, 2012   N155

Bower and What is Bowed to are Empty by Nature
Mar 18, 2012   N154

Can’t Leave Here and Now
Feb 26, 2012   N153

Reincarnation
Jan 29, 2012   N152

A Christmas Talk
Dec 25, 2011   N151

Zen Stories 2
Dec 10, 2011   N150

Zen Stories 1
Dec 8, 2011   N149

What is a Koan?
Nov 20, 2011   N148

Brightness
Oct 23, 2011   N147

​Letting Go of the Belief in Separation
Oct 22, 2011   N146

Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha
Sep 18, 2011   N145

Peace and Freedom Here and Now
Jul 10, 2011   N143

Living Here Now Reality
Jun 19, 2011   N142

Practice and Enlightenment Are One
May 15, 2011   N140

The Practice of Purification
Apr 24, 2011   N139

Thusness
Mar 6, 2011   N138

Living As We Are
Feb 13, 2011   N137

No Substantiality
Jan 9, 2011   N136

Respecting All Beings
Dec 26, 2010   N135

Stories of Suzuki Roshi – Part 2
Dec 12, 2010   N134

Stories of Suzuki Roshi – Part 1
Dec 10, 2010   N133

Dogen’s Comments on Zazen
Nov 21, 2010   N132

Reality Beyond Concepts
Oct 3, 2010   N131

You Are Buddha
Sep 12, 2010   N130

Here & Now is not What it Seems, Nor is it Otherwise
Aug 8, 2010   N129

Speaking About Buddha’s Teaching in Public
Jul 18, 2010   N128

Practicing Without Expectations
Jun 13, 2010   N127

Q & A
May 9, 2010   N129

Here and Now
Apr 18, 2010   N125

Buddha’s Life
Mar 28, 2010   N124

Zen Practice
Feb 14, 2010   N123

Fukanzazengi
Jan 17, 2010   N122

Great Beyond Comparison
Dec 20, 2009   N121

Funkanzazengi – Part 2
Dec 13, 2009   N120

Funkanzazengi – Part 1
Dec 11, 2009   N119

Introduction to Bendowa
Nov 22, 2009   N118

Buddhas Together with Buddhas – Part 2
Oct 25, 2009    N117

Buddhas Together with Buddhas – Part 1
Oct 24, 2009   N116

Practice/Enlightenment
Oct 4, 2009   N115

Dogen’s Genjokoan: Views of the Ocean
Sep 7, 2009   N114

The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance
Aug 23, 2009   N113

The Oneness of the Practice of Enlightenment
Aug 9, 2009   N112

Stepping Off the Top of the 100 Foot High Pole
Jul 12, 2009   N111

Supernormal Powers
Jun 7, 2009   N110

Wholehearted
May 24, 2009   N109

Two Stories About Joshu
May 10, 2009   N108

Meeting an Awakened Person on the Road
Apr 19, 2009   N107

Total Dynamic Working
Mar 8, 2009    N106

Shoji
Feb 15, 2009   N105

Shoji
Feb 14, 2009   N104

The Oak Tree in the Front Garden
Feb 8, 2009    N103

Can’t Escape Here and Now
Jan 8, 2009   N102

The Art of Zazen
Dec 28, 2008   N101

Dogen’s Zazenshin
Dec 7, 2008   N100

N59 - N99 Series

Top of the Head Zazen
Dec 4, 2008   N99

Just Take One Step
Nov 9, 2008   N98

S.O.S.
Nov 9, 2008   N97

This One
Sep 28, 2008   N96

Emptiness Is Not Nothingness
Aug 17, 2008   N95

You Are Buddha – Part 3
Jul 13, 2007   N94

Practicing the Buddhadharma for the Sake of Buddhadharma
Jun 15, 2008   N93

Life of Buddha
Apr 13, 2008   N92

You Are Buddha – Part 2
Mar 2, 2008   N91

Nowhere To Go
Feb 3, 2008   N90

Warm-Hearted Practice
Jan 20, 2008   N89

You Are Buddha – Part 1
Dec 23, 2007   N88

Awareness
Nov 18, 2007   N87

True Self
Oct 14, 20087   N86

Meditation Now or Never
Sep 16, 2007   N85

Comments on Katagiri’s book, Each Moment is the Universe
Aug 12, 2008   N84

The Bear and the Grasshopper
Jul 22, 2007   N83

The Gateless Gate – Case 9
Jun 24, 2007   N82

Stories About Tozan
May 20, 2007   N81

Stories About Baso
Apr 15, 2007   N80
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Joshu and the Old Woman of Taishan
Mar 11, 2007   N79

Issan Stories
Feb 11, 2007   N78

Goso’s Buffalo
Jan 21, 2007   N77

Things Are Not As They Seem, Nor Are They Otherwise
Dec 27, 2008   N76

Why Bother with Meditation
Nov 19, 2006   N75

Zen Practice is to Live a Life of Awakeness
Oct 1, 2008   N74
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Huineng: Neither Good Nor Evil
Sep 10, 2006   N73

Emptiness Is Not Nothingness
Aug 20, 2006   N72

Flag Blowing in the Wind
Jul 30, 2006   N71

Meditation
Jun 11, 2006   N70

Zen May Appear Confusing
Apr 16, 2006   N68

The Six Perfections
Mar 26, 2006   N67

Direct Experience of the One Buddha Mind
Feb 2, 2006   N66

Joshu’s Stories
Jan 29, 2006   N65

Continuity Within Discontinuity
Dec 4, 2005   N64

The Uselessness of Zazen
Oct 16, 2005   N62

Time
Aug 21, 2005   N61

How I Found Zen
Jul 10, 2005   N60
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Speaking About Buddhism
Jun 26, 2005   N59
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