Dharma Talks From Ordinary Mind Zendo

Below are the archives of dharma talks given at Ordinary Mind Zendo. New talks are also made available through our podcast. If you'd like to stay up to date with the talks, subscribe through the podcast service of your choice. Click here for more information.

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Date Given Speaker Title Transcription
Dec 21st, 2024 Barry Magid Eulogy for Marv Blaustein
Dec 14th, 2024 Barry Magid Each thing having its own place
Dec 7th, 2024 Barry Magid How will you put an end to delusion?
Nov 30th, 2024 Barry Magid The Meal Gatha
Nov 23rd, 2024 Barry Magid Which is the abstraction? The whole or the parts?
Nov 9th, 2024 Barry Magid The friendly relationship of wholeness and separateness
Nov 2nd, 2024 Barry Magid The Performance of wholeness
Oct 26th, 2024 Patricia Tschannen Anger
Oct 12th, 2024 Barry Magid The Four Practice Principles and the Great Vows for All
Oct 5th, 2024 Barry Magid Where are we going to find the meaning of Buddhism?
Sep 28th, 2024 Barry Magid The Heart Sutra: No suffering and no end to suffering
Sep 21st, 2024 Barry Magid The empty self is inescapably relational
Sep 14th, 2024 Barry Magid The Heart Sutra Pt. 1
Sep 7th, 2024 Barry Magid Exotic herbs or a blade of grass
Aug 31st, 2024 Gayle Maslow Experiencing not controlling my experience
Aug 24th, 2024 Parnel Wickham Just This
Aug 10th, 2024 Curt Kearney An ordinary mind perspective on psychedelics
Aug 3rd, 2024 Shaheryar Azhar Summary at Denkai Ceremony
Jul 20th, 2024 Barry Magid How to respond - Faith in Mind or Smokey the Bear?
Jul 13th, 2024 Barry Magid If we're not homeleavers where does home fit into practice?
Jun 29th, 2024 Barry Magid Use practice to be honest about who you are
Jun 28th, 2024 Pat Jikyo George This is how we miss the trees for the forest
Jun 8th, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 7
May 25th, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 6
May 18th, 2024 Fran Shalom Embracing Finitude
May 11th, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 5
May 4th, 2024 Barry Magid If there’s no solution, is there a problem?
Apr 20th, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 4
Apr 13th, 2024 Barry Magid Where are we going?
Apr 6th, 2024 Barry Magid The Rhinoceros Fan
Mar 30th, 2024 Claire Slemmer Bodily Awareness
Mar 23rd, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 3
Mar 16th, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 2
Mar 9th, 2024 Barry Magid Jessica Benjamin's Bonds of Love - Pt. 1
Mar 2nd, 2024 Barry Magid Why do we sit?
Feb 10th, 2024 Barry Magid A deeply ingrained habit of non-avoidance
Feb 3rd, 2024 Barry Magid The difference between an answer and a response
Jan 27th, 2024 Barry Magid Martin Buber’s I and Thou - Pt. 5
Jan 20th, 2024 Barry Magid Martin Buber’s I and Thou - Pt. 4
Jan 13th, 2024 Barry Magid Martin Buber’s I and Thou - Pt. 3

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