Dharma Talks by Norm Randolph

Dharma Talks by Norm Randolph

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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

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

The Precept Not To Kill
Aug 8, 2015 N216

Dhammapada Verse 183
Jul 5, 2015 N215

Not About Improvement
Jun 14, 2015 N214

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

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

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

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

Speaking About Buddhism
Jun 26, 2005 N59