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    • Saving us Hungry Ghosts


      Teisho

    • Zen and Failure, Zen and Creativity


      Teisho

    • Lord of the Rings, Koans, Dogen


      Teisho

    • A Troubling Koan: Killing the Cat!


      Teisho

    • The Buddha's Birth


      Teisho

    • Manjusri and the Young Woman in Samadhi


      Teisho

    • Hands and Eyes of the Bodhisattva


      Teisho

    • Who is Manjusri?


      Teisho

    • "Yang-shan's Preaching from the Third Seat: Dream Within a Dream"


      Teisho

    • Aitken Roshi on Emptiness


      Teisho

    • Jukai, receiving a rakusu, and Yun men's "When the Bell Rings, Why Put on Your 7-piece Robe?"


      Teisho

    • Bodhidharma and Peace of Mind


      Teisho

    • Aitken Roshi and the Way of Dogen


      Teisho

    • Roshi Kapleau and the Three Pillars of Zen: A Personal, Intimate View


      Teisho

    • Bassui and One Mind


      Teisho

    • A Zen Look at the Buddha's Birth


      Teisho

    • On the Final Oxherding Picture


      Teisho

    • Lay Practice and Taming the Ox



      Teisho

    • Touching the Earth, Seeing a Star: The Buddha's Great Enlightenment


      Teisho—Audio Only

    • Skillful Means and The Black Hound Jataka


      Teisho

    • Sage Little Bowman: The Path of Knowledge


      Teisho

    • Monkey King Jataka: Be a Bridge Not a Wall

      Teisho

    • Can a Tree Save All Beings? The Bodhisattva as the Consciousness of a Tree

      Teisho

    • Searching for the Ox and Lay Zen Practice

      Teisho

    • Zen Failure

      Teisho

    • A Woman Comes Out of Meditation

      Teisho

    • Manjusri's 3 x 3 Front, 3 x 3 Back

      Teisho

    • Holding up a Flower

      Teisho

    • The Buddha's Leaving Home

      Teisho

    • Which is Better, Fox or Man?

      Koan commentary

    • Zen, Happiness and the Oak Tree in the Garden

      Koan commentary

    • The Buddha's Parinirvana

      Teisho

    • Are Bodhisattvas Really Real?

      Teisho

    • Up a Tree!

      Koan commentary

    • Dream Within a Dream

      Koan commentary

    • Banyan Deer

      Jataka commentary

    • Parinirvana, The Tigress Jataka and Leaping From Your Cliff

      Jataka commentary

    • The Ogre Child—Buddhist Practice as We Are

      Jataka commentary

    • The Bodhisattva Robber and the Way of “The Growing-Up Being”

      Jataka commentary

    • Ch’ien: What is the real you?

      Koan commentary

    • Beautiful Snowflakes Fall Nowhere

      Koan commentary

    • The Hands and Eyes of the Bodhisattva

      Jataka commentary

    • The Monkey Bodhisattva: The Horror of "Me and Mine!"

      Jataka commentary

    • Hero with a Thousand Faces, Zen, and Jataka Tales

      Commentaries

    • Body Exposed in the Golden Breeze

      Koan commentary

    • The Brave Little Parrot

      A teisho on a Jataka very much for our time . . .

    • Teaching of the Insentient

      Who can hear the teachings of the insentient . . .

    • Stepping From the Top of a 100-Foot Pole

      Commentary on a koan, case #46 in the Wu-Men Kuan

    • Put the Temple Gate on the Lantern!

      Commentary on a koan, "Yunmen's One Treasure" case #62 in the Hekiganroku