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Most, but not everything, presented in these talks necessarily reflect the teachings offered at Dharma Field.
warren lang
A Blessing
Oct 29, 2017   S204

Ikkyus Earthy Zen
Mar 26, 2017   S197

Happiness
July 3, 2016   S192
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Dharma Gates
Nov 22, 2015   S182

Just Sit Down
Jul 20, 2014   S159

Letting Go

Apr 26, 2009   S117
Radical Honesty
Mar 30, 2008   S103

Keeping It Simple
Apr 26, 2007   S92

Of Knots and Gardens

Jan 16, 2006   S81 
randy pottebaum
The Practice of Forgiveness
Jan 8, 2023    S271

Take Refuge in Impermanence
Feb 13, 2022    S256

Ordinary Views about Birth and Death
Feb 28, 2021    S243​

Equanimity and Politics

Feb 2, 2020    S233

Simplicity in Practice
Feb 24, 2019    S221

Attachment to Ideas
Feb 25, 2018   S210

Extreme Thinking
Feb 7, 2016   S187

Mind Your Own Business
Oct 12, 2014   S163

Be Thankful for Your Suffering
Dec 1, 2013   S154

Thinking About Practice

Apr 29, 2012   S140



Embracing Beliefs
Aug 29, 2010   S129
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Stepping Into Practice
Mar 29, 2009   S116

Kind Speech
Apr 27, 2008   S104

Equanimity

Aug 5, 2007   S96
jed larson
A Compass and Compassion 
Feb 26, 2023    S273

Simplicity
Nov 6, 2022    S269

The Function of the White Cloud
Sep 25, 2022    S267

​Nonsubstantiality
Aug 7, 2022    S264

​The Secret of Rain
Jun 26, 2022    S262

Dispassionate to All Contraries
Jun 5, 2022    S261

Not Far From the Truth
Mar 20, 2022    S258

Resolving to Awaken
Jan 16, 2022    S254

Never Enough
Sep 5, 2021    S250

The Color of Meditation
Jun 27, 2021    S247

Up and Down
Feb 7, 2021    S242​

One Thing at a Time

Jan 26, 2020    S232

Doubt
Nov 10, 2019    S230

Truth, Study, Practice
Jan 6, 2019    S220

Continuous Practice
Jul 22, 2018    S214

Nothing to Lose
Jan 14, 2018   S207

Its Already Here
Aug 13, 2017   S201

How To Do Zazen
Jan 4, 2017   S195


Just This
Aug 7, 2016   S194


Beyond Limits
Aug 5, 2014  S162

Appearance and Impermanence
Jul 14, 2013   S149
mary sullivan
Mind and Thing are Indistinguishable
Mar 12, 2023    S274

​Truth is Watching Mind
Sep 18, 2022    S266

Being Avalokiteshvara
May 8, 2022    S260

​Our Heart's Desire
Mar 14, 2022    S257

​Who We Truly Are
Dec 12, 2021    S252

The True Self
Oct 3, 2021    S251

Neither Love Nor Hate
Jul 11, 2021    S248

With Purity Like a Lotus
May 16, 2021    S246

Complete Freedom
Mar 7, 2021    S244


Where to Begin
Jan 10, 2021    S241

Zen in the time of COVID
Nov 29, 2020    S239

Returning to Zero
May 10, 2020    S234

Falling into the Whole
Dec 29, 2019    S231

Paradox and Confusion
Oct 6, 2019    S229

Cries of the World 2
Jun 8, 2019    S226

Cries of the World 1
Jun 8, 2019    S225

Greet with a Calm Tranquil Mind
May 5, 2018    S224

A Teachers True Form
Dec 2, 2018    S219

A Thorough Understanding of Oneness
Jul 29, 2018    S215

Here We Go Again
Apr 29, 2018    S211





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Of Marshmallows and Self
Nov 19, 2017   S205

Ignorance
Aug 16, 2017   S202

Two Annoying Teachings
May 14, 2017   S199
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Vow and Practice
Jul 31, 2016   S193

Swimming
Mar 9, 2016   S189

In the Seen, Only the Seen
Jan 17, 2016   S185

The Solstice Talk
Dec 21, 2014   S168

Reflections on a Death
Aug 5, 2012   S142
BEAU ELKINGTON
Mind Waves
Feb 5, 2023    S272

​Absolute Value
Oct 16, 2022    S268

Lay Life with a Monk's Mind
Aug 21, 2022    S265

​Baby is a Baby
Jul 17, 2022    S263

When It's Hot
May 1, 2022    S259

​Life and Death
Feb 6, 2022    S255

Beyond Eliminating Thought
Aug 15, 2021    S249

Zen in the time of COVID
Jan 3, 2021    S240

Just Seeing

Aug 11, 2019    S228

Mind Weeds
Aug 26, 2018    S216

No Need To Be Chained
Sep 24, 2017   S203
AND OTHERS...
BRIAN BERTNESS
Practice Pitfalls
Aug 4, 2013   S150
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Faith & Red-fin Carp
Jul 31, 2011   S136
Tom BAiley
Not Knowing is Most Intimate
Dec 19, 2021    S253
TIM BYRNE
Leaving the Cushion
Aug 2, 2009   S119

Sustainable Agriculture

Aug 10, 2008   S109
PAUL COURTNEY
Lost or Walking
May 15, 2016  S191
WHAN CHANG
Becoming One With Happening
Jun 29, 2008   S107
DEANE CURTIN
Three Signs
Mar 8, 2015   S171

Buddhist India
Mar 7, 2010   S124
SCOTT EDELSTEIN
Streaming
Jan 18, 2015   S169

Sex and the Spiritual Teacher
Mar 13, 2011   S132

Not Knowing

Aug 16, 2009   S120
D. FORSMAN
Openness, and Not Knowing
Mar 16, 2014   S156

Clarity
Dec 2, 2012   S144

Zen is Not a Hobby
Jan 16, 2011   S131

Assumptions
Nov 8, 2009   S122

What Practice Doesn’t Look Like
Jul 27, 2008   S108
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SUSAN HAGLER
Dongshan Is Unwell
​Jul 15, 2012   S141
MICHAEL JORDAN
Affordable Healthcare
Aug 19, 2012   S143

Diversity
May 1, 2011   S133

Mustard Seeds
Nov 16, 2008   S112

Practice

Jan 1, 2008   S100
PAUL LUNDIN
Giving Up
Nov 23, 2014   S167

Just Observe
Jan 1, 2014   S155

Sit Down and Shut Up
Dec 16, 2012   S145

Complete Gratitude
Jul 24, 2011   S135
LYNN SALMON-EASTER
Birthing the Unexpected
Nov 10, 2013   S153

Symphony of Sesshin
Jan 8, 2012   S139

Known Unknown

Nov 14, 2010   S130
DAVID SHAW
As-it-is-ness
Apr 10, 2019    S223
LINDA STEVENSON
There is a Field
​Aug 28, 2011   S137​

Enlightenment is Not What You Think

​Jul 11, 2010   S127​
Erik Stockton
Useless Questions
​Mar 17, 2013   S147
MATT STREIT
The Poetry of Mary Oliver
Apr 3, 2019    S222

ROBERT WOHLBERG
Be Here Now
Mar 11, 2015   S172

What Is Experience
​Jun 17, 2015   S176
cynthia scott
Impermanence is Perfection
Apr 17, 2016  S190

Material and Immaterial
Dec 27, 2015   S184

Awaken the World
Nov 16, 2014   S164

Suchness

Aug 17, 2014   S161
Obstacles and Opportunities
Mar 19, 2014   S157

Consider the Bellybutton

May 12, 2013   S148
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