Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer on Monday, May 22th, 2023 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).

Oscar Balaguer
Senior Student
Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer on Monday, May 22th, 2023 – (Audio Version: 13.3MB, 58 min).
Senior Student
Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 24th, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (9.14 MB, 39 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 6th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (8.7 MB, 32 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 1st, 2023 – Myo Lahey (12.9 MB, 54 min).
Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 24th, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (3.4 MB, 15 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 17th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.5 MB, 54 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, April 10th, 2023 – Gambō Berry Crawford (14.6 MB, 1hr).
Other Sangha Leaders
Dharma Talks given on 4/1/2023 by Kokyo Henkel
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 27th, 2023 – Rev. Mary Mocine (12.2 MB, 48 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 20th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (10.0 MB, 43 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Way Seeking Mind talk given on Monday, March 13th, 2023 – Jody Ansell (7.5 MB, 32 min).
Board of Directors
Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 6th, 2023 – Myo Lahey (10.3 MB, 44 min).
Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, March 4th, 2023 by Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (6.3 MB, 26 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 27th, 2023 – Hoka Chris Fortin (10.2 MB, 43 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Saturday, Feburary 20th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.7 MB, 50 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 13th, 2023 – Rev. Shōku Kathy Early (15.6 MB, 57 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 4th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.5 MB, 48 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 30th, 2023 – Rev. Taiga Ito (8.66 MB, 37 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 2nd, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.8 MB, 55 min).
Senior Student
Talk given on Monday, January 16th, 2023 by Sarah O’Gara (13.6 MB, t8 min).
Board of Directors, Other Sangha Leaders, Practice Committee
Dharma Talk given on Saturdat, January 7th, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.9 MB, 48 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 2nd, 2023 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (8.9 MB, 38 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, December 12th, 2022 – Susan Moon (14.1 MB, 1 hr 1min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (9.3 MB, 36 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 28th, 2022 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (11.1 MB, 48 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Way Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, November 21st, 2022 – Brendan O’Brian (12.3 MB, 53 min).
Senior Student
Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 14th, 2022 – Myo Lahey (12.9 MB, 55 min).
Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 7th, 2022 – Parāvṛtti Doralee Grindler Katonah (11.6 MB, 49 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 24th, 2022 – Robert Rosenbaum (13.3 MB, 57 min).
Visiting Teacher
Talk given on Monday, October 17th, 2022 – Dave Jarrell (11.2 MB, 48 min).
Board of Directors
A Talk given on October 10th, 2022 by Tony Wallin-Sato (16.9 MB, 1 hr 12 min).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 3rd, 2022 – Rev. So’on Jim Hare (12.2 MB, 52 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 11, 2022 – Rev. Myo Lahey (13.2 MB, 56 min).
Teachers
Practice Talk given by Rhonda V. Magee on Monday, September 12th, 2022 – (Audio Version: 17.9MB, 1 hr 13 min 10 sec).
Visiting Teacher
A program presented by Paravrtti Doralee Grindler-Katonah and Sarah O’Gara in preparation for the September 12th program with Rhonda V. Magee, MA, JD. Recorded on Monday, September 5th, 2022 – (Audio Version: 16.0 MB, 1 hr 6 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Board of Directors, Other Sangha Leaders, Practice Committee
Practice Talk given by Oscar Balaguer on Monday, August 29th, 2022 – (Audio Version: 11.4MB, 56 min 10 sec).
Senior Student
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, July 18th, 2022 – (11.4MB, 47 min 3 sec).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Renshin Bunce on Monday, August 8th, 2022 – (13.7MB, 56 min 13 sec).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, July 18th, 2022 – (13.5MB, 59 min 10 sec).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 11, 2022 – Rev. Myo Lahey (12.7 MB, 54 min).
Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah on Monday, June 27th, 2022 – (12.4 MB, 44 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by ev. Eijun Linda Cutts on Monday, June 13, 2022 – (13.6 MB, 37 min 50sec).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Zenki Mary Mocine on Monday, June 6, 2022 – (12.5MB, 37 min 50sec).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, May23, 2022 – (13.5MB, 37 min 50sec).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah on Monday, May 17th, 2022 – (10.6MB, 44 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 9, 2022 – Danan John Wark (11.6MB, 50 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 3, 2022 – Rev. Myo Lahey (13.4MB, 54 min).
Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Diane Wilde on Monday, April 25th, 2022 – (15.5MB, 1 hr. 4 min).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Hoka Chris Fortin on Monday, April 11th, 2022 – (12.8MB, 49 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah on Monday, April 4, 2022 – (4.7MB, 19 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, April 2, 2022 – (9.5MB, 37 min 50sec).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on 3/28/222 by Kokyo Henkel (15.9MB, 1hr 7 min).
Visiting Teacher
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, March 21, 2022 – (4.74MB, 20 min 24sec).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 7, 2022 – Rev. Myo Lahey (12.7MB, 52 min).
Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, March 14, 2022 – (14.1MB, 1 hour 1 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, February 21, 2022 – (8.8MB, 37 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah on Monday, February 14, 2022 – (12.5MB, 51 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 7, 2022 by Shoku Kathy Early (15.9MB, 1 hour 3 min).
“Who Am I?” – Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Saturday, February 5, 2022 during a one day sitting – (10.7MB, 41 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 31, 2022 by Rev. Taiga Ito, Assistant Director Soto Zen Buddhism International Center (3.2MB, 59 min).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare and Raphael Calix on Monday, January 24, 2022 – (18.8MB, 1 hour 13 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
A talk given on Monday, January 17, 2022 (19.9MB, 1 hour 12 minutes).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, January 10, 2022 – Rev. Myo Lahey (11.8MB, 47 min).
A Way-Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, January 3, 2022 (14MB, 59 minutes).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah on Monday, December 6, 2021 – (13.1MB, 51 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Following are four dharma talks given by Rev. So On Jim Hare during Valley Streams Zen Sangha’s annual Rohatsu sesshin which took place on November 28, 2021 – December 5, 2021.
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
“Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer” – Dharma Talk given on November 29, 2021 – (12.9MB, 53 minutes):
“Case 83 from the Book of Serenity, Daowu Tends the Sick” Part 1 – Dharma Talk given on December 3, 2021 – (11.5MB, 44 minutes):
“Case 83 from the Book of Serenity, Daowu Tends the Sick” Part 2 – Dharma Talk given on December 4, 2021 – (12.6MB, 55 minutes):
“The Entire Universe is the True Human Body, The Entire Universe is the Gate of Liberation, The Entire Universe is the Dharma Body of the Self” – Dharma Talk given on December 5, 2021 – (4.6MB, 20 minutes):
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, November 29, 2021 – (12.9MB, 53 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, November 22, 2021 by Rev. Nyokai Laurie Senauke (15.9MB, 58 min).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, November 8, 2021 – (10MB, 41 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, October 11, 2021 – (13.6MB, 54 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, October 4, 2021 – Rev. Myo Lahey (10MB, 41 min).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, September 27, 2021 by Rev. Mary Mocine (11.7MB, 46 min).
A Way-Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, August 23, 2021 (10.1MB, 38 minutes).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, August 16, 2021 – (15.7MB, 1 hr).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Paravrtti Doralee Grindler Katonah on Monday, August 2, 2021 – (14.1MB, 55 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 26, 2021 by Dojin Sarah Emerson (13.2MB, 53 min).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, July 19, 2021 – (11.6MB, 47 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, July 12, 2021 by Anbo Stuart Kutchins (15.2MB, 58 min).
“Benefitting All Beings – The four Immeasurables of Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity” – two Dharma Talks given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Saturday, July 3, 2021 during a one-day sitting
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Morning Dharma Talk (10.3MB, 42 minutes).
Afternoon Dharma Talk (13.4MB, 53 minutes).
“Benefitting All Beings” – Part 1 – Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, June 28, 2021 (13.8MB, 54 minutes).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Selected portions of “Allowing Emptiness to Fill the Page: a Sitting & Writing Retreat” – given by Beth Jacobs on Saturday, June 5, 2021 are set forth in this recording – (13.8MB, 51 minutes).
A Way-Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, June 14, 2021 (18.8MB, 1 hour 10 minutes).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, June 7, 2021 by Rev. Korin Charlie Pokorny (19.9MB, 1 hour 15 min).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, May 24, 2021 – (16.6MB, 1 hour 2 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
A Way-Seeking Mind Talk given on Monday, May 17, 2021 (14.8MB, 54 minutes).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 10, 2021 by Ryoko Laura Burges (14.5MB, 54 min).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, May 3, 2021 – Rev. Myo Lahey (12.6MB, 51 min).
“Riding the (Mind) Donkey” – Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Saturday, May 1, 2021 during a one-day sitting – (15.8MB, 1 hour).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, April 19, 2021 – (13.2MB, 52 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, April 12, 2021 by Rev. Mary Mocine (11.7MB, 48 min).
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, April 5, 2021 – (17MB, 1 hour 5 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given by Rev. Doralee Grindler Katonah on Saturday, April 3, 2021 during a one-half day sitting – (400 KB, 33 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 22, 2021 – Rev. Myo Lahey (14.4MB, 59 min).
Practice Talk given by Sho Kan Clement Spring on Monday, March 15, 2021 – (15.6MB, 1 hour 2 min).
Dharma Talk given on Monday, March 8, 2021 by Dr. Grace Dammann (12.8MB, 50 min).
Luzu asked Nanquan, ” ‘People don’t recognize the wish-fulfilling jewel which is intimately obtained from the tathagata-garbha (heart/womb of buddha)’. What is the garbha?” Nanquan said, “It is that in me which comes and goes with you.” Luzu said, “What about that which doesn’t come and go?” Nanquan said, “It’s also the garbha.” Luzu said, “What is the jewel?” Nanquan called him “Teacher Luzu!” Luzu responded, “Yes?” Nanquan said, “Go – you don’t meet with my words.”
Following are two dharma talks given by Rev. Kokyo Henkel during a one-day sitting which took place on March 6, 2021.
Visiting Teacher
Morning talk (20MB, 1 hour 20 minutes):
Afternoon talk (20MB, 1 hour 20 minutes):
Dharma Talk given by Rev. So On Jim Hare on Monday, March 1, 2021 – (11.2MB, 43 min).
Board of Directors, Practice Committee, Teachers
Dharma Talk given on Monday, February 22, 2021 by Rev. Taiga Ito, Assistant Director Soto Zen Buddhism International Center (12.6MB, 50 min).