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Prairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma Talks — 227 episodes

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1

Rev. Ensho Chikudo D Madrid: The Precepts: Waking Up To What You Do

2

Isabelle Andre: Broken Bodhisattva

3

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: When Your House of Practice Burns Down

4

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings

5

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practice as Epic Journey, Together and Alone

6

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's "King of Samadhis"

7

Nendo David Pavlacky: Stillness at the Heart of Impermanence

8

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: The Middle Way of Protest

9

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Birth and Death

10

Dr. Bishal Karna: The Zen of Loving Your Neighbor

11

Rev. Jisho Sara Siebert: What is true freedom? Traditional Zen practice and our lives

12

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 8: Don't Hate)

13

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 7: War and Violence)

14

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 6: Ecological Harm)

15

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 5: Economic Injustice)

16

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 4: LGBTQIA+ Rights)

17

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 3: Slavery and Racism)

18

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 2: Indigenous Genocide)

19

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 1: Introduction)

20

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Everyday Life in Zen

21

Rev. Kyosho Valorie Beer: Stop

22

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: King Wants the Saindhava

23

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Unlocking the Door

24

Daitoku Rick Vosper: An Appropriate Response

25

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Space

26

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's All-inclusive Study

27

Isabelle Andre: Death and Dying

28

Rev. Tetsudo Judy Putnam: The Buddha's Answer to Subhuti

29

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: The Five Remembrances

30

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Zen and the Metta Sutta: Waking Up with Loving-Kindness

31

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Commentary on The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings

32

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Seeing Clearly

33

Steve Lindly: Does Enlightenment Lead to Helping Others?

34

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen’s Ten Directions

35

Daitoku Rick Vosper: Why We Sit: The Brother-In-Law Question

36

Nendo David Pavlacky: Diving Into the Sea of Suchness

37

Paula Scarborough: Aging and Illness as Practice

38

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Four Immeasurables

39

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: GRACEful Conversations

40

Tetsudo Judy Putnam: Introduction to Komyozo Zanmai

41

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Just cis? Just this. Buddhism and Transgender Acceptance

42

Rev. Judy Tetsudo Putnam: Jijuyu Zanmai

43

Rev. Myo-O Habermas-Scher: Where are the Old Women in the Tea Shop?

44

Isabelle Andre: Torei Zenji and Our Predicament

45

Daitoku Rick Vosper: A Few Words About Doors

46

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Meditation

47

Judy Tetsudo Putnam: Revival of Dogen's Teachings

48

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Engaging Effort

49

Rev. Kigen Anna Breckenridge: Dharma Talk

50

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standing At The Edge (Class 6 of 6)

51

Nendo David Pavlacky: Liberation of Suchness

52

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standing At The Edge (Class 5 of 6)

53

Rev. Tenku Ruff: The Generosity of Freedom From Fear

54

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standing At The Edge (Class 4 of 6)

55

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Practicing Patience

56

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standing At The Edge (Class 3 of 6)

57

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standing At The Edge (Class 2 of 6)

58

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standing At The Edge (Class 1 of 6)

59

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Standiing At The Edge (Class Intro)

60

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Taking Skillful Action

61

Daitoku Rick Vosper: The Sutra of Infinite Meanings

62

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Bowing

63

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Morning Eko

64

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Giving and Receiving

65

Isabelle Andre: No Preferences

66

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Zenki: The Whole Works

67

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (class 6 of 6)

68

Rev. Malik Hokyu Walker: Shikantaza and Hishiryo

69

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (class 5 of 6)

70

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (class 4 of 6)

71

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (class 3 of 6)

72

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Fukanzazengi (part 3)

73

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (class 2 of 6)

74

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Fukanzazengi (part 2)

75

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (class 1 of 6)

76

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Hidden Lamp (intro)

77

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Fukanzazengi (part 1)

78

Shozan Gene Heater: Dogen and the Tenzos

79

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Precept of Non-being Stingy

80

Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: The Three Doors of Liberation

81

Judy Tetsudo Putnam: Buddha-nature in Everyday Life

82

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Precept of Non-killing

83

Isabelle Andre: Emptiness

84

Rick Vosper: On Just Sitting

85

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Immediate Experience

86

Paula Scarborough: Inviting in Self-compassion

87

Isabelle Andre: Thoughts on Ritual

88

David Pavlacky: Perfecting the Wisdom of Mountains and Rivers

89

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra

90

Daniel Urban-Brown: The Middling Middle Way

91

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Holding Up a Flower

92

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Platform Sutra (class 6 of 6)

93

Rick Vosper: Metta and Bodhicitta

94

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Platform Sutra (class 5 of 6)

95

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Platform Sutra (class 4 of 6)

96

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Platform Sutra (class 3 of 6)

97

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Platform Sutra (class 2 of 6)

98

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Buddha's Awakening

99

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Platform Sutra (class 1 of 6)

100

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Introduction to The Platform Sutra Class

101

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Only A Buddha And A Buddha

102

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Fall 2023 Genjokoan Class 6 of 6

103

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Fall 2023 Genjokoan Class 5 of 6

104

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Alive or Dead

105

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Fall 2023 Genjokoan Class 4 of 6

106

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise Samadhi

107

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Fall 2023 Genjokoan Class 3 of 6

108

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Fall 2023 Genjokoan Class 2 of 6

109

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise Mindfulness

110

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Genjokoan Class 1 of 6

111

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Fall 2023 Genjokoan Class Introduction

112

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Heart of Zen

113

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Wise Effort

114

Rick Vosper: The Lankavatara Sutra

115

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise Livelihood

116

Shin-e Kieran Rhysling: Questions That Matter

117

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Shamanic Bones of Zen

118

Paula Scarborough: Harmonious Speech

119

Isabelle Andre: Contentment and the Bodhisattva Path

120

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Sailing Home Class 5 of 5

121

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Sailing Home Class 4 of 5

122

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Sailing Home Class 3 of 5

123

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Sailing Home Class 2 of 5

124

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Wise View

125

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Sailing Home Class 1 of 5

126

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Sailing Home Introduction

127

Rick Vosper: Believing Nothing

128

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Four Noble Truths

129

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Heart Sutra Class 6 of 6

130

Isabelle Andre: Hongzhi's Guidepost of Silent Illumination

131

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Heart Sutra Class 5 of 6

132

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Heart Sutra Class 4 of 6

133

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Heart Sutra Class 3 of 6

134

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Eight Awakenings of Great Beings

135

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Heart Sutra Class 2 of 6

136

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Heart Sutra Class 1 of 6

137

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: The Heart Sutra

138

Paula Scarborough: Being a Lamp Unto Yourself

139

Rick Vosper: Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

140

Isabelle Andre: The Triple Gem

141

Chikyo Ewan Magie: No Explanations

142

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Class 6 of 6

143

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Class 5 of 6

144

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Verse of Repentance

145

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Class 4 of 6

146

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Practicing with Buddhas Robe

147

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Class 3 of 6

148

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Class 2 of 6

149

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Class 1 of 6

150

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing Into Spiritual Maturity Intro

151

Rev. Byakuren Judith Ragir: Untangling Karma

152

Tim Burkett: Bringing Nargarjuna’s Teaching Alive

153

David Pavlacky: The Green Heart of Zen

154

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Teaching Just For You

155

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Enlightenment

156

Gene Heater: The Meaning and Practice of Zen

157

Paula Scarborough: Living in our Body

158

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Summer Practice - In Person & On Pilgrimage

159

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Precept of Refraining from Denouncing the Triple Treasure

160

Rev. Jakudo John Peterson: Being Intimate with Life

161

Rev. Shinmon Michael Newton

162

Rev. Myoshin Kate McCandless

163

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: More Flowers in the Sky

164

Reverend Jodo Cliff Clusin: Return to Zero

165

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Spring 2022 Bendowa Class 6 of 6

166

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Not Being Possessive

167

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Spring 2022 Bendowa Class 5 of 6

168

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Spring 2022 Bendowa Class 4 of 6

169

Leslie Irvine: Cutting through Illusion with the Diamond Sutra

170

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Spring 2022 Bendowa Class 3 of 6

171

Isabelle Andre: Pilgrimage as Practice

172

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Spring 2022 Bendowa Class 2 of 6

173

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Precept to Refrain from Extolling the Self

174

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Spring 2022 Bendowa Class 1 of 6

175

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Introduction to Dogen's Bendowa

176

Rev. Kyosho Valerie Beer: Why do we need to practice if we're already enlightened?

177

David Pavlacky: Being time - for the time being

178

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Winter 2021 Gratitude, Faith, and Compassion (class 6 of 6)

179

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Winter 2021 Gratitude, Faith, and Compassion (class 5 of 6)

180

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Winter 2021 Gratitude, Faith, and Compassion (class 4 of 6)

181

Rick Daitoku Vosper: The Everyday Zen of Katherine Sobun Thanas

182

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Winter 2021 Gratitude, Faith, and Compassion (class 3 of 6)

183

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Winter 2021 Gratitude, Faith, and Compassion (class 2 of 6)

184

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Sangha

185

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Winter 2021 Gratitude, Faith, and Compassion (class 1 of 6)

186

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Gratitude, Faith and Compassion

187

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Excerpts from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

188

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Karma and Causation

189

David Coupland: The Heart of Understanding

190

Annabella Pitkin: Worlds and Stories of Mahayana Buddhist Literature

191

Gift Robe Presentation Ceremony for Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin

192

Rev. Norm Randolph: The Life of the Buddha

193

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Ancestors and Koans

194

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Practicing with the Bodhisattva Precepts

195

Rev. Ekyo Susan Nelson: Equanimity

196

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Opening the Hand of Thought (part 2)

197

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Opening the Hand of Thought (part 1)

198

Judy Putnam: The Significance of Buddha’s Robe

199

Gene Heater: Zen Stories from the Transmission of Light

200

Meho Isabelle André: The Relevance of the Bodhisattvas

201

Daitoku Rick Vosper: Too Busy

202

Rev. Byakuren Judith Ragir: The Three Bases and the Eightfold Path

203

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Generosity

204

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: On the Bodhisattva Precept Ceremony

205

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Vulnerability in Practice and Pandemic

206

Paula Scarborough: Cultivating Self-Compassion

207

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dharma and Social Justice

208

Leslie Irvine: Mindfulness as Contemplative Training and Ethical Activity

209

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Sariputra and the Goddess

210

Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practicing in the Light of Death

211

Rev. Taiju Geri Wilimek: Blossoms Fall; Weeds Flourish

212

David Pavlacky: Something Universal

213

Rev. Steve Hagen: Zen in an Age of Disquiet

214

Bishal Karna: Lessons from a Year of Zen in the American Midwest

215

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Introduction to the Vimalakirti Sutra

216

Daitoku Rick Vosper: The Practice Is Always To Notice

217

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Not always so

218

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Closing chants - Dedication of merit and the four bodhisattva vows

219

Judy Putnam: Reflections from Dogen's Fukanzazengi

220

Rev. Ben Connelly: Non-violence - Facing In All Directions

221

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Liberation through the Middle Way

222

Paula Scarborough: The Roots and Fruits of Mindfulness

223

Rev. Kyosho Valorie Beer: Practicing with Calamities

224

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Chants for the Start and End of Dharma Talks

225

Rev. Nomon Tim Burnett: Approaching Koans

226

Rev. Dokai Georgesen: An Appropriate Response

227

Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Zen Practice