Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Dharma Talks

1294 **Date: Sunday August 16, 2026 ** Speaker: Rev. Hogetsu Laurie Belzer Title: The Open Way Chapters (00:00:00) - A Taste of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:03:41) - Journey of Discovery in Zazen(00:11:48) - Traveling Questions in Zen(00:19:27) - Dungshan's Record of Life (translated by William(00:25:50) - Embracing the Territory and Treasuring the Roads(00:32:16) - Understanding the Not-Knowing(00:34:49) - Embracing the Road: Treasuring the Path(00:37:24) - Vidhanatha

1293 **Date: Sunday August 9, 2026 ** Speaker: Douglas Floyd, Lay Entrusted Teacher Title: Luzu Faces the Wall Chapters (00:00:00) - dharma talk(00:02:21) - "Luzu Faces the Wall"(00:10:33) - Dogen on Luzu's Koan(00:18:10) - On Luzu and His Awakening(00:25:46) - Zen meditation: Beyond Thinking(00:33:10) - A comment on teachers' Zazen practice(00:34:03) - Tapping Lesson on the Shoulder(00:38:41) - The Teacher as the Robber(00:44:19) - 4 Vows

1292 **Date: Sunday August 2, 2026** Speaker: Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton Title: The World and all its Objects are Alive Chapters (00:00:00) - A visit to Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:57) - Dogen(00:10:35) - Non-Selfed Beings Speak the Dharma(00:14:24) - Bill McKibben: Climate Change is Real(00:23:22) - Dilma and the Beauty of the World(00:25:30) - An Insight on Speaking the Dharma(00:27:30) - All sentient beings are altered(00:30:54) - Huegetsu on Hopelessness(00:34:24) - A message about the planet(00:38:40) - An Interreligious Conference on Environment and spirituality

1291 Date: Sunday July 26, 2026 Speaker: Rev. Nyōzan Eric Shutt Title: Be Easily Satisfied Chapters (00:00:00) - Anatomy of Omens(00:08:05) - "What's Enough?"(00:09:06) - The Final Teaching of the Dai Suzuki Sutra(00:18:42) - Having few desires and knowing when to stop(00:22:10) - The Problem of Need and Desire(00:29:51) - The Fire of Lux(00:32:36) - The Roots of Goodness(00:34:46) - desire and its relation to dharma(00:39:16) - "Knowing You Have Enough"(00:41:58) - What is Flourishing in the Art(00:44:55) - Needs vs. Wants(00:47:13) - The Idea of How Much Is Enough(00:49:15) - Dancing With The Boss

Date: Sunday July 19, 2026Speaker: Rev. Esho MorimotoTitle:   It’s a Good Day to Lose Chapters (00:00:00) - Summer Dharma Talk(00:01:53) - Zoom Conference(00:03:16) - It's a Good Day to Lose(00:10:58) - The Experience of Loss and Learning(00:20:36) - Dhammapada 91(00:21:44) - Losing and Learning(00:23:17) - The Great Unraveling(00:26:03) - Fire and the interconnectedness of humanity(00:30:10) - Sazan on Anger(00:35:56) - The Bodhisattva Vows

Date: Sunday July 12, 2026Speaker: Rev. Shodo SpringTitle:   Open reality: Hope in the Midst of the Polycrisis Chapters (00:00:00) - A visit to Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:02:38) - Queer Ancestors on Pride Month(00:04:28) - Stephen Tierney and his Sangha(00:05:22) - Chicago LGBTQI Pride Month(00:12:37) - Living by Vow(00:22:39) - Honoring Our Gay Legends in Zen(00:31:22) - Understanding the Nature of Pride(00:33:37) - A message for the Sangha(00:36:54) - Outside the Inner Circle(00:39:01) - How to Contribute to the World(00:42:11) - Queer Dharma Group at Ancient Dragon(00:43:10) - Q&A: Generationality and Buddhism(00:47:06) - A message about Belonging, Collective Healing

1288 Date: Sunday, June 28, 2026 Speaker: Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A Bodhisattva's First Time at the Dragon(00:01:30) - Return to Our Basic Situtation(00:09:55) - A message for the summer(00:15:03) - Zazen Mind, Beginner's Mind(00:23:57) - Sitting in Stillness with Wind Bell(00:25:18) - What Do You Realize When You Sit?(00:29:44) - The Zen practice of Relaxation(00:36:24) - One Voice for the Blind(00:37:02) - Using Both Your Hands(00:38:12) - Our Vows

1287 Date: Sunday June 21, 2026 Scholar Talk: Prof. Steven Heine Chapters (00:00:00) - A Moment in Zen History(00:04:33) - 100 Shan Questions(00:08:28) - Case 16: Even at Dawn the Truth is Not Revealed(00:10:44) - Koan Collection: Proposals and the Zen Silence(00:12:01) - What, What, What Does Zen Master Say About Prudence?(00:13:42) - The Cat Sleeps Under the Peonies(00:18:18) - The Book of Serenity(00:21:45) - Hai n and Soto Zen(00:24:48) - Three Symbols used in Buddha Sutras(00:26:56) - Book of Serenity(00:30:39) - Huayanchuan(00:34:19) - Dogen's The Awakening of the Mind(00:36:14) - The Problem of the Pestle(00:39:31) - The Sound of Everyday Life(00:41:54) - All the Way: Commit to Zen(00:43:18) - No Mistakes in Zen, Stephen(00:44:44) - Lin Chuan on Book of Serenity(00:48:55) - Dogen(00:54:59) - The 12 fascicles of Dogen(00:57:03) - Buddhism's Father's Day(00:59:38) - D&D Conference Announcements(01:01:29) - Summer Supporter Drive(01:03:33) - Aihua Zhang on Zen Buddhism(01:06:34) - The Monastic Reform of Linzai Zen in Modern Japan(01:08:21) - Kublai Khan and the Islam of the Mongols(01:14:04) - Mongols: The Making of the Modern World(01:15:41) - Japanese Zen in the 1400s

1286 Speaker: Pride Month Teaching: Rev. Steven Koshin Tierney, Chapters (00:00:00) - A visit to Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:02:40) - Steve Collins at Oche's Compassion(00:04:29) - A Homecoming for the Queer Dharma Group(00:12:40) - Live by Vow(00:20:26) - Coming Out: The Journey Home(00:28:45) - Walking the Buddhist Path: The LGBTQ Community(00:31:24) - A Question on Pride(00:33:39) - A message from the Sangha(00:36:56) - Outside the Inner Circle(00:39:06) - The Meta-practice of Sangha(00:42:15) - Queer Dharma Group at Ancient Dragon(00:43:13) - Q&A: Generationality and Buddhism(00:47:11) - A message about Belonging, Collective Healing(00:49:34) - Buddha's Way

1285 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton Chapters (00:00:00) - A Lesson from Tomoe Katagiri(00:02:55) - Dogen Eheikoroku: A Study in Buddhism(00:04:30) - The Essential Meaning of Buddhadharma(00:07:01) - Zen Ethics, The Life, Liberty(00:14:03) - John Kennedy Assassination: The CIA Role in the Murder(00:27:30) - Dogen on Karma(00:33:52) - "A Zen Buddhist's Own History"(00:34:53) - Dogen and His Teachers(00:38:37) - The Family Story in Chan Buddhism(00:40:02) - Translating Eihei Kuroku's Ehekor(00:41:27) - Asian American Buddhist Writing Retreat(00:46:38) - The light of the world(00:47:30) - The Family Style

1284 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A visit to Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:01:11) - A Spring Sacheen(00:08:28) - What It Means to Be a Shisu(00:12:10) - Being Shuso: A rite of passage(00:20:33) - A Little Chant for Winter(00:26:03) - The Dawn of Zazen(00:31:23) - A Bodhisattva Sacheen(00:32:25) - Jerry's last practice with Shu

1283 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A Taste of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:02:10) - A Taste of Green in May(00:03:41) - Sacheen(00:06:22) - Paula Arai at the Zendo(00:12:41) - The Dharma of Rags(00:22:07) - Paula Rai(00:31:13) - The Zen of Rag Rags(00:36:28) - A Little Lesson on Kintsugi(00:40:41) - Leo on Negative Self-Cling(00:42:18) - Paula Arai on 'Rags'(00:44:43) - "If There's Nothing to Dust, Where Would the Dust Come

1282 ADZG Sunday Morning Shuso Talk about Zazen by Gerrie Griffin Chapters (00:00:00) - Meet the Head Student at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:01:34) - Sashin 8 week practice commitment period(00:03:57) - What are Koan(00:12:45) - Koan 8, Students and Teachers(00:16:19) - A Koan from the Life of Wade(00:18:12) - A Koan About A Blue Bucket(00:19:29) - Bodhidharma in the Story(00:24:10) - On Bodhidharma and His Personal Criticism(00:27:25) - Read a Koan(00:30:59) - Bodhidharma: Who Are You?(00:36:17) - Not Knowing Who Are You(00:41:55) - Jerry Cohen on His Koan(00:45:25) - Koan Stories, 2,000 Years Old(00:48:45) - "An Awkward Conversation"

1281 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A Dharma Talk on Compassion(00:03:44) - Compassion in the face of suffering(00:16:06) - Understanding compassion in Mahayana Buddhism(00:28:51) - Compassion and Anukampa(00:34:29) - How to Extend Compassion to Others(00:35:52) - What is the Brahma Vihara?(00:36:48) - Caring in Zen: Menmitsu(00:40:34) - A Little Compassion for the World(00:45:16) - Bodhisattva's Compassion

1280 ADZG Sunday Morning Shuso Talk about Zazen by Gerrie Griffin Chapters (00:00:00) - Sitting Zazen at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:34) - Sitting Zazen(00:09:15) - A Zen Chant About Zazen(00:12:55) - Song of Zazen(00:18:27) - The End of All Strains(00:21:58) - Sitting Zen: Embrace Everything(00:26:19) - The Thumbs in Zazen(00:29:04) - David's Talk on Zazen

1279 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer & Paula Lazarz A  look at the four immeasurables of loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.  Hogetsu offers how these four help us deal effectively with transitions in our lives. Then (21:00), longtime sangha member, Paula Lazarz, explains why she is giving up her robes and leaving practice at Ancient Dragon. Chapters (00:00:00) - A Special Day for Paula's Departure(00:05:13) - Brahma Viharas(00:11:20) - The Practice of Equanimity(00:16:27) - Equanimity(00:18:41) - The Great Equanimity Verse(00:21:41) - A teacher's journey to Ancient Dragon(00:26:42) - The Secret to Ordination in Asian Studies(00:30:27) - I decided to leave Ancient Dragon(00:37:40) - The irony of practicing dharma(00:38:29) - A Few Words on Mahayana Buddhism(00:39:56) - Dharma Talks

1278 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A Moment of Compassion at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:01:12) - The Great Flower Adornment Sutra(00:05:16) - Bodhisattva Flower Adornment(00:18:03) - Bodhisattva Prayer for All Beings(00:24:53) - Wishing for Pure Mind in Sodo Zen

1277 ADZG Sunday Morning Scholar’s Talk by Paul Copp Chapters (00:00:00) - A Talk on the Enmei Juku Kanangyo Kan(00:04:16) - The Heart Sutra(00:07:27) - On merit in Mahayana Buddhism(00:11:10) - Quantum resonance and the Bodhisattvas(00:15:37) - The Enmei Juku Kanangyo story(00:20:35) - The Divine Words of Veneration to the Buddha(00:22:21) - Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Conditions of Buddha, Dharma(00:27:35) - The Heart Sutra(00:28:02) - Kanzeon(00:32:04) - A Question about Buddhism and the(00:35:16) - Enmei Juku Kanangyo chant(00:40:19) - The Lotus Sutra and Mahavihara(00:44:36) - Paul: On the Heart Sutra(00:49:12) - Japanese chanting and Dharanis(00:51:24) - The History of the Heart Siddro(00:54:41) - "You Have to See Your Nature"(00:54:55) - Chanting and Producing Merit(01:01:38) - Bodhisattva Sendo

1276 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Practice Committed for 8 Weeks(00:10:19) - Tong Lu's Rules for Zazen (Fukanza(00:19:44) - Zen Meditation is the Dharma Gate of Peace and Joy(00:26:51) - A Little Lesson on Zazen(00:28:55) - Zazen During This Practice Period

1275 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Spring Zazen(00:03:53) - Warm Up for Practice Period 2(00:06:41) - Practice Period(00:18:25) - 8 Week Practice Period(00:24:17) - Zen Practice Manual, Guidelines for Practice Periods(00:31:40) - A Short Talk on Commitments(00:37:43) - Dharma Vows and Commitments(00:39:05) - Sachin Online Zazen(00:41:11) - 4 Vows of the Buddha

1274 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton Chapters (00:00:00) - A Taste of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:47) - David Chadwick's death(00:03:34) - David Chadwick(00:11:19) - Suzuki Roshi: Being a Little Wild(00:16:12) - A Lesson from Pauline Pecci(00:19:01) - David Foster's Life(00:20:56) - David Chadwick and the San Francisco Zen Center(00:23:30) - David Chadwick's Last Talk(00:27:22) - The First Generation of Zen Students in America(00:32:06) - The Long Lineage of San Francisco Zen(00:37:38) - Charlotte Silver in the Zen Tradition(00:39:16) - Four Vows

1273 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd Chapters (00:00:00) - Dharmata Talk(00:00:59) - Koan Talk(00:06:52) - Xiao Zhou's Koan(00:11:59) - Xiaozhou and the Hermits(00:18:51) - David Weiner Unmuted Himself(00:19:57) - Zen Poem, Faith in Heart, Mind(00:26:17) - A Zen Koan, The Hermit(00:27:48) - Philosopher on The Wrong Koan(00:30:03) - Seeking the Right Answer(00:35:45) - Kokyo San: Our Doors Are Open

1272 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - The Last Teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha(00:06:06) - Practice with Diligent Energy(00:09:59) - Total Exertion in Zen Practice(00:17:31) - Yu Dao Po Uses Her Full Strength(00:26:31) - What is the realm of Bodhisattvas?(00:31:47) - Zazen and Anger(00:33:26) - A Person of No Rank in Hinduism(00:35:35) - A message about anger

ADZG 1271 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Eishin Nancy Easton Chapters (00:00:00) - Ancestrian Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:32) - Honorary Mayor's Day(00:00:57) - Koan 12, Duong Plants the Field(00:02:26) - How the World Is Being Stored(00:11:46) - Koan 8, What Can You Do About the World?(00:15:03) - Koan 8, Plowing the Field(00:18:43) - Understanding Jizo the Guardian of the Hell Realms(00:21:42) - A Question for the World(00:22:11) - On Discussion in Buddhism(00:25:05) - Both Self-Realization and Discussion(00:26:28) - How Do We Respond to Our Own Karma?(00:31:30) - How Do We Stuck Engaged on Social Media?(00:35:11) - Facebook Comments on Engagement With Social Media(00:39:05) - Bodhisattva Vows

ADZG 1270 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Nyozan Eric Shutt Chapters (00:00:00) - A New Year's Prayer at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:05:50) - Honoring the Hinayana Discipline(00:07:06) - Disassembly and Reassembly of Long-Standing Practices(00:09:13) - Non-Abiding and Karma(00:21:03) - The Way of Self-Realization(00:26:17) - The Problem of Non-Abiding(00:30:44) - Analogy of the Mahayana(00:34:21) - Bodhisattva on Emulation and Inspiration(00:38:07) - Picking and Choosing(00:43:00) - A Personal Experience of the Four Vows(00:44:24) - Vows To Free The Soul

ADZG 1269 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A Sashin at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:03:30) - How Does Our Zen Practice Impact Our Political Life?(00:18:04) - Zazen: Clear Circle of Light(00:25:23) - Practice of patience, constancy

ADZG 1268 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd Chapters (00:00:00) - Ancestrian Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:29) - Hongzhi's Clean Your Bowl(00:08:10) - Wash Your Bowl(00:17:03) - The Basic Awareness of Kensho(00:18:13) - Koan Analysis and Personal Practice(00:24:21) - The Entry of Dao Joe(00:28:03) - Wash Your Bowl(00:34:49) - Understanding the Words of Enlightenment(00:35:57) - The Bodhisattva and the Woman in Samadhi(00:39:17) - A Question about the Search for Enlightenment

ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton ADZG 1268 Chapters (00:00:00) - What is an Appropriate Response to Our Situation?(00:09:21) - Responding to Everything(00:16:12) - Joe Biden on ICE Agents(00:22:26) - David Weiner on the 10 Powers of Buddha(00:31:02) - The Need for Peaceful Protest(00:33:51) - Dwarf Way

ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd ADZG 1267 Chapters (00:00:00) - The Forms of Zazen(00:11:37) - The practice of zazen(00:18:04) - Like Big Self or Big Life?(00:19:25) - 4 VOTES

ADZG 1265 An exploration of how this important Zen sutra makes the case for the underlying emptiness of all phenomenon — including some earlier Buddhist teachings. ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Paula Lazarz Chapters (00:00:00) - A Taste of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:01:04) - The Wheel of Dharma and its Discourse(00:08:34) - The Heart Sutra(00:11:07) - All Five Skandhas are Empty(00:17:19) - 4 Inverted Views in Buddhist Practice(00:23:42) - Heart Sutra(00:30:06) - The extinction of ignorance(00:32:38) - Why does Avalokiteshvara Teach Shariputra in(00:33:14) - Vinaya Meditation: The Heart Sutra(00:37:04) - The Fear Comes Before the Attachment(00:40:51) - David and Serena on emptiness and fear(00:41:58) - Chapala on the Truth of Life's Suffering(00:43:46) - Buddha's Heart Sutra(00:45:25) - Our Gates Are Boundless

ADZG 1264 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Boshetsattvas at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:01:44) - Sachin Sashin(00:03:50) - The Seven Noble Truths of Buddha(00:08:10) - The Wheel of the Dharma(00:16:03) - The Awakening of Bahia of the Bark Cloth(00:25:02) - A Jerk in the Wheel(00:25:36) - A Lesson on The Dragon Wheel(00:29:43) - The role of Tenzo in Buddhism

ADZG 1263 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Sashin 4, Day 4(00:08:02) - The role of the jisha in Zen practice(00:12:05) - The Life of Maha Magya(00:19:28) - The Three Types of Unkillful Thoughts(00:29:44) - 4 more recommendations from the Maha Sashin

ADZG 1262 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Ancestrian Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:32) - HOTSHU SACHINE(00:02:22) - Sachin Meditation(00:06:33) - How the teaching of Buddha was preserved(00:14:28) - The Life of the Blessed One(00:24:36) - Practice of Signlessness and Not Knowing(00:33:06) - The Meaning of the Satipatthana Sutra(00:39:02) - Bare Attention in Zen Meditation(00:41:36) - Zymonasticism in Korea(00:43:26) - Sufficient Rest and Awakening(00:45:53) - No Judgment(00:48:00) - Dwarf Gate

ADZG 1261 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Ancestrian Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:24) - Sashin 2: An Awakening Ceremony(00:03:52) - Sachin Sutra(00:06:33) - A Taste of Theravadan Commentary(00:15:28) - The Sutra: The Middle Way(00:16:49) - 4 Noble Truths of Zen(00:24:18) - Eight Sets of Practices on the Eightfold Path(00:26:27) - The story of Shakyamuni Buddha and Kandana(00:29:43) - A Little Zen in the Golden Age

ADZG 1260 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Soto Zen Sushin(00:03:29) - Sachin 5 days meditation(00:15:10) - 49 Days of Sacheen(00:23:14) - Buddha's First Words after Awakening(00:29:48) - Sachin the Buddha(00:31:20) - A few words for the guests

ADZG 1258 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - A Day in the Clouds(00:08:48) - The Zen seminar of dragons(00:19:31) - All kinds of wholesome habits(00:20:52) - Wu Ji's Quote on Goodness(00:29:08) - A Taste of the SIT(00:33:25) - The Sense of Community in Our Practice(00:39:02) - Diet and Vow(00:42:39) - A single volunteer's angriness(00:45:07) - Bodhisattvas

ADZG 1259 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Paula Lazarz The Soto Zen way is rooted in zazen. Dogen Zenji explains how he came to realize the importance of the practice of “just sitting” to realize ‘jijuyu zanmai”  or the “self-fulfilling samadhi.” Chapters (00:00:00) - Fooling around at a party(00:00:30) - Dogen's talk at Ancient Dragon's End Gate(00:01:22) - Sangha Priest Ordination(00:03:10) - The Archetype of the Priest(00:04:37) - Dogen on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way(00:05:22) - Dogen at the age of 30(00:10:38) - Dogen Zen(00:12:57) - Dogen on Enlightenment(00:16:48) - Dogen on Bringing the True Dharma from China to Japan(00:25:37) - The Teacher-Student Relationship(00:28:43) - Wonders' Well-Wishes(00:29:37) - No detachment at the same time as inclusiveness(00:32:38) - The Archetype of a Zen Priest(00:37:56) - The Obstacle to Sangha(00:41:36) - Bodhisattva Vows

ADZG 1257 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton Chapters (00:00:00) - Priest Ordination at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:07:39) - The Priest Ordination with a Head Shaving(00:13:08) - A message on changing one's name(00:15:30) - Reuben's Name During His Ordination(00:20:53) - Taking Refuge in Buddha(00:26:57) - A Disciple of Buddha:(00:32:21) - The Zazen Ceremony(00:36:20) - A message about Sangha(00:37:26) - What it means to be a priest?(00:38:38) - The Nzagu(00:39:11) - Anti-Semitism in the US

ADZG 1256 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton Chapters (00:00:00) - Our Community(00:00:47) - Wedding and Memorial Ceremonies(00:01:30) - Can You Hear Me?(00:02:27) - Talking About Zen at a Seminar(00:03:12) - Sutra. Which Is. The Vow(00:04:01) - Translations. Bodhisattvas.(00:04:44) - Pilgrimage to the Bodhisattvas(00:05:32) - Pilgrimage: Bodhisattvas and Their Families(00:06:21) - Buddhism: Emphasizing the Phenomenals of(00:07:12) - That. Sutra. Emphasizes. Its Power(00:08:08) - These Are The Schools Of Asian Scholars(00:08:59) - Psychedelics: Talking About Them(00:09:47) - Zen Teachings: The Fourfold(00:10:38) - Dhatu: The Truth of Phenomena(00:11:30) - Particulars. The Universal Mind(00:12:17) - Are You Connected With Your Mind?(00:13:12) - The Moment Everything Went Wrong in America(00:13:59) - Let's Celebrate Our Lives!(00:14:51) - How To Connect With Your Beings(00:15:38) - Movement Through Time(00:16:30) - Responsibility To Take Care Of Things(00:17:07) - Israel vs Hamas in Gaza(00:17:45) - Practice of Buddhism: Taking Care of Things(00:18:18) - Dogen's Zen Precepts(00:19:02) - Dogen Precepts(00:19:55) - Bodhisattva's Precepts(00:20:46) - Brahmanjala Precepts(00:21:22) - Ethical Guidelines for Sangha(00:22:06) - Dogen's Precepts For Students(00:22:55) - Priorities: Talking About Precepts(00:23:54) - Don't Stop Eating Your Own Food(00:24:40) - We Ask Ourselves: How To Kill a Spider(00:25:36) - Basic Questions for Bodhisattvas(00:26:19) - How To Talk About Your Life(00:27:03) - Talking About Precepts in The Truth Book(00:27:41) - Living in Ignorance(00:28:32) - Celebration of Life(00:29:21) - Buddhas: Appreciated(00:30:08) - Essential Quotes(00:30:56) - Interaction Questions & Answers(00:31:47) - Ghosts' Chant(00:32:28) - Common Precepts for Gratitude(00:33:04) - Together Celebrating Our Lives(00:33:45) - Chants in the Elevator(00:34:26) - How to Protect Your Life From Killers(00:35:11) - How to Stop Killing Your Mother(00:35:45) - Black Widow: Remembering My Own(00:36:27) - Stefan Talking to Himself(00:37:02) - An Introduction to Zen Buddhism(00:37:35) - Zen Meditation Interviews(00:38:06) - Dogen Students: Teaching and Practitioner(00:38:45) - Buddhists(00:39:24) - They Didn't Write. That. Didn't. Know. Z(00:39:58) - American Academy of Religious Studies Naming(00:40:42) - How to Realize Your Real Life(00:41:15) - How to Sit Still in Zen(00:41:48) - Zen Meditation(00:42:35) - Japanese Priests Reading the Sutras of Suzuki(00:43:19) - Buddhism Comments(00:44:06) - Responsibility Questions for Students(00:44:42) - Seeking the Truth Through Talking(00:45:17) - Anatomy of Dialogue(00:45:51) - Knowledge of Conventional Truths(00:46:30) - Precepts: You Can't Understand Me(00:47:01) - Analogy: Names We've Got(00:47:31) - Precepts for Talking About Sexually Abuse(00:48:09) - Transgressions: Precepts(00:48:47) - Basic Conversations(00:49:31) - Classes 6, Precepts of Life(00:50:13) - Suzuki Talks About Humility(00:50:49) - Dogen at San Francisco Zen Center(00:51:19) - Sazen: Awakening and Reshaping(00:52:02) - Our Vow to God

ADZG 1255 ADZG Sunday Morning Scholar Talk by Stephan Licha Chapters (00:00:00) - A Taste of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:33) - The Precepts of Japanese Zen Buddhism(00:02:15) - The Role of Precepts in Buddhism(00:06:44) - Buddhist precepts, the Vinaya and Bodhisatt(00:13:12) - Bodhisattva Vinaya Vows in China(00:18:20) - Japan's Pure Mahayana Buddhism(00:23:23) - Bodhisattva precept ordination in China(00:33:02) - The Soto School and the Precepts(00:39:36) - How would your Chinese ancestors have been bound by the Indian Vinaya(00:43:26) - The Precepts in Zen(00:50:21) - Brian O'Brien(00:50:35) - The Presence of the Precepts in an Initiation(00:58:19) - How did Dogen get the 16 Bodhisattva Precept(01:02:42) - Self-Ordination in Buddhism(01:04:41) - Questions about Zazen and Meditation(01:10:13) - Zazen and Meditation in Early Zen(01:17:37) - A Bodhisattva Prayer

ADZG 1254 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Dharma Talk(00:00:51) - DB1: Inside the Flower Garland Sutra(00:04:37) - Sajiki(00:10:41) - Dharani Chanting(00:16:36) - Volunteers Serve the Homeless(00:19:01) - Glory Gate of Sweet Dew(00:20:36) - Homage to the Buddhas in 10 Directions(00:34:41) - Sajiki(00:38:13) - Buddha's Way is Unrivalable

ADZG 1253 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Paula Lazarz A look at Chapter 5 from Keizan’s “Transmission of the Light” (Denkoroku, jp.). Upagupta tricks the devil into understanding that we must accept all of ourselves to liberate ourselves from suffering. Chapters (00:00:00) - Uppagupta(00:03:44) - The Life of UTA Gupta(00:07:27) - Suchness in the Zen verse(00:14:32) - Understanding the Suchness of Enlightenment(00:16:28) - The Devil in the Garden(00:21:25) - The Story of the Greatest Enlightenment(00:26:16) - The Boundary of Zen(00:27:43) - A Taste of Karmic Fate(00:29:49) - In the Practice of Compassion for Yourself(00:31:55) - Divergent Thoughts on The Devil and His Bodhisattva(00:33:23) - Bodhisattva Meditation

ADZG 1252 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Branching Streams(00:03:08) - A message about the Branching Streams Gathering(00:07:06) - Bridging and Belonging to Zen Life(00:14:04) - I led a panel on Gaza and genocide at this event in Chicago(00:19:46) - Discovery of the Branching Streams Conference(00:22:14) - Branching Streams Conference(00:28:22) - The Future of Talking in the Cloud(00:28:54) - The 5th International Zen Conference(00:34:37) - Branching Streams: A Conference Recap(00:42:47) - Anlore's message to the sangha(00:48:00) - Delusions are numberless, we vow to free them(00:49:47) - A message about the upcoming Summer Open House

ADZG 1251 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Jisan Tova Green Chapters (00:00:00) - A Full Practice Body at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:04:55) - A dharma talk by Tova Green(00:06:29) - Bridges and Connections: Living a Zen Life(00:10:07) - One of the Life's Work With Joanna Macy(00:14:46) - The Work that Re-Connects(00:17:32) - A Moment of Gratitude(00:20:02) - What concerns you most about the world(00:22:58) - Service to Life on Earth(00:26:55) - Power of the Sangha(00:31:24) - Somos al Baco(00:34:03) - Questions and Comments on the Internet(00:36:35) - "The Headwinds(00:37:41) - How to Meet Hate With Love(00:42:27) - A talk on Joanna Macy's work(00:43:13) - A Moment of Gratitude

ADZG 1250 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Paula Lazarz A look at Chapter 5 from Keizan’s “Transmission of the Light” (Denkoroku, jp.). Upagupta is one of Shanavasa’s disciples.  Upagupta is asked, “Are you leaving home physically or mentally?”  How does he answer?   Chapters (00:00:00) - Dharmata Talk(00:02:19) - Five Cases of Upagupta(00:04:30) - Are You Leaving Home Physically or Mental?(00:13:30) - The Essence of Zazen(00:18:12) - Upta Gupta and Shanavasa(00:21:07) - Kazon's Transmission of the Light(00:27:40) - Zen Within Absurdity(00:30:49) - Hougetsu's Relationship with Her Teacher(00:36:24) - The 4 Bodhisattva Vows

Beginning the Bodhisattva Path and Generosity ADZG 1247 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - An Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Sashin led(00:09:22) - A message on the Parmita Process(00:15:48) - The 6 Paramitas of Buddhism(00:24:03) - The Gift of Fearlessness(00:30:18) - Immunity Through Paramitas(00:33:30) - In the World of Generosity(00:36:26) - Chi Teigen on Gift Giving(00:37:59) - On Taking Gifts and Joy(00:44:14) - Give Your Practice Away

ADZG 1248 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd Chapters (00:00:00) - A Taste of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:00:46) - A Grand Dragon's dharma talk(00:02:19) - Dharma Talk(00:03:12) - Zazen 1, Basic Ideas(00:12:21) - Small and Big Mind During Zazen(00:18:15) - The Problems of Posture in Zen(00:22:25) - How to live with discomfort in meditation(00:29:20) - Anyway, I've talked long enough, so let's end it here. Janet. Thanks, Douglas(00:29:41) - Big Mind in Zazen(00:33:24) - A talk on sleep and big mind(00:34:13) - The Transition From Zazen to Regular Life(00:40:10) - Sexual Fantasies In Sasan(00:41:19) - Letting go of big mind

Generosity that goes beyond ADZG 1249 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Hōgetsu Laurie Belzer Chapters (00:00:00) - Day of Sashin(00:05:30) - The importance of awakening in Zen(00:07:27) - The Parmitas of the Bodhisattvas(00:08:59) - The Practice of Dhana Paramita(00:11:36) - A message about folding a Buddha's robe(00:20:27) - How to store a rakasu cushion(00:23:30) - William Carlos Williams: Odes to Common Things(00:31:35) - A Lesson on Giving Things Away(00:36:43) - Philosophy of Human Relations(00:42:45) - Buddhism's Way Dedication

ADZG 1246 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd Chapters (00:00:00) - A Koan(00:09:15) - The Power of Concentration(00:17:13) - Big Mind and Zen Mind(00:21:54) - Anatomy of Delusion and Awakening(00:29:05) - The Flowers of Nanquan(00:30:58) - The Four Vows

ADZG 1245 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton Chapters (00:00:00) - A talk by Tigyn at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate(00:01:26) - Shanti Paramitta(00:03:22) - Patience and Shanti Patience(00:10:58) - Practising Patience in the current situation(00:16:13) - Practices of Patience(00:17:17) - Serena's Meditation on Patience(00:22:40) - Paul Krugman on the cruelty of the world(00:23:55) - Patience and the Ultimate Patience(00:29:24) - A Lesson on Joanna Macy(00:31:03) - The Practice of Patience(00:34:35) - Patience and the Pleasuring of Life(00:38:51) - How do bodhisattvas use anger?(00:42:28) - Dharmasana: Unprincipled