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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
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
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
steve matuszak
If You Love, Love Openly
Mar 27, 2022    M118

Driving Me Crazy

Feb 20, 2022    M117

​Vowing to Live the Buddha Way
Jan 23, 2022    M116

Miaozongs Disappointment
Dec 26, 2021    M115

​Not Wrong, Nor Right, Nor Left
Dec 5, 2021    M114

​Escaping from the Net
Nov 21, 2021    M113

​Keep it Simple
Oct 24, 2021    M112
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Wake up to the Dream
Sep 19, 2021    M111

Get Real
Aug 22, 2021    M110

Shanghaing
Jul 25, 2021    M109

Much Ado About Nothing
Mar 28, 2021    M106

No Faking No Making
Feb 21, 2021    M105

So Far So Good
Jan 24, 2021    M104

Resolve to Practice
Dec 27, 2020    M103

Renewing Vow
Dec 6, 2020    M102

In Harmony with the Universe
Nov 1, 2020    M100

Doing Nothing At All
Oct 11, 2020    M99

The Sora
Sep 20, 2020    M98

Whats Really Here
Aug 9, 2020    M97

Not So Hard
July 12, 2020    M96

What to Do 
June 7, 2020    M95

Nothing Missing
May 3, 2020    M94

Everydayness
Apr 5, 2020    M93

Fault Lines
Mar 1, 2020    M92

Abandon Human Sentiments
Jan 12, 2020    M91

Sand Castles
Dec 22, 2019    M90

Boundless Teachings
Nov 25, 2019    M87

Think Not Thinking
Oct 27, 2019    M86

Don't Go Too Far
Sep 22, 2019   M83

Knowing Unknowable Mind
Sep 7, 2019   M82

The Pursuit of Happiness
Aug 18, 2019   M81

Wash Your Bowl
Jul 21, 2019   M80

When Hot
Jun 30, 2019   M79

Real Charioteer
Jun 9, 2019   M78

Mothers Day
May 12, 2019   M76

The Panther
May 1, 2019   M75

The Assignment
Apr 14, 2019   M74

Freedom
Mar 10, 2019   M71
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As in a Dream
Feb 3, 2019   M70

Living Out of Ideas
Jan 13, 2019   M69

What's Done Is Done
Dec 16, 2018   M68

Don't Waste Time
Dec 10, 2018   M67

True Aspiration
Dec 8, 2018   M66

How Do You Live?
Nov 4, 2018   M63

Zen Practice is a Ripe Peach
Sep 16, 2018   M60

Letting Go of Letting Go
Sep 7, 2018   M59

A Voice of Your Life
Aug 19, 2018   M58

Just Walking Just Sitting
Aug 8, 2018   M57

Not a Particular Way
Jul 1, 2018   M56

Living the Unsurpassable Way
May 3, 2018   M55

What's Really Here
May 6, 2018   M53

Don't Go There
Apr 1, 2018   M52

Reality Can't Get Any Realer
Mar 11, 2018   M49

Zuikan's Master
Feb 4, 2018   M48


Your Opinion is No Good
Jan 7, 2018   M47
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Teaching of the Rakusu
Dec 17, 2017   M46

You Needn't Worry
Dec 9, 2017   M45

Finding the Way by Losing Our Way
Nov 12, 2017   M43

Nirvana
Oct 22, 2017   M42
The Waterfall

Oct 21, 2017   M41
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The Place of Practice
Sep 2, 2017   M40
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Manifesting Reality
Aug 20, 2017   M37
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Impermanence is Swift
Jul 23, 2017   M36

Realizing Sangha
Jun 4, 2017   M35

A Raft to Here
Apr 30, 2017   M34​

Not Wrong, Nor Right, Nor Left

Mar 5, 2017   M31


Nothing Missing
Jan 22, 2017   M30

Living Out the Reality of Life
Dec 28, 2016   M27

Make It Simple
Dec 18, 2016   M26​
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Living in Silence

Dec 12, 2016   M25

No Evil, No Monkeys
Nov 20, 2016   M24

Practice Is for Life
Oct 26, 2016   M23

Not Easy Nor Not Easy
Oct 16, 2016   M12

Burglar Breaks into an Empty House
Sep 14, 2016   M19

Practice Period
Aug 14, 2016   M18

The Four Vows
Jul 10, 2016   M17

Pride and Mindfulness
Jun 12, 2016   M16
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To Clarify the Great Matter
May 22, 2016   M15

It Is Most Difficult
May 21, 2016   M14

No Problem
Mar 8, 2016   M12​

Who Are You
Mar 3, 2016   M11

Nonthinking
Jan 24, 2016   M10
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Abandon Human Sentiments
Dec 14, 2015   M9
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To Save All Beings
Oct 18, 2015   M8
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Hold No Opinions

Aug 23, 2015   M7
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Forget Oneliness
Feb 8, 2015   M6

The Assignment
Aug 10, 2014   M5

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Simply Being Alive
Sep 29, 2013   M4

Devoting Oneself to the Passion for Life
Jan 20, 2013   M3
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You Can’t Go Home Again
Oct 30, 2011   M2

Nothing to be Done
Aug 22, 2010   M1
mary sullivan
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
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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