Episodes

  • Rigidity and Self-Delusion in Practice

    Rigidity and Self-Delusion in Practice
    Feb 1 2026
    ADZG 1270 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Nyozan Eric Shutt
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    46 mins
  • What Do You Call the World?

    What Do You Call the World?
    Feb 8 2026
    ADZG 1271 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Rev. Eishin Nancy Easton
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    41 mins
  • Considering the Activities of Zazen

    Considering the Activities of Zazen
    Jan 25 2026
    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
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    34 mins
  • Zhaozhou’s Wash Your Bowl

    Zhaozhou’s Wash Your Bowl
    Jan 18 2026
    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
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    45 mins
  • Appropriate Response

    Appropriate Response
    Jan 11 2026
    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
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    35 mins
  • Tanto Talk

    Tanto Talk
    Jan 4 2026
    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
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    21 mins
  • Unpacking the Heart Sutra

    Unpacking the Heart Sutra
    Dec 14 2025
    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
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    47 mins
  • Rohatsu sesshin - Day 5 - Tenzo Turning the Wheel of Dharma

    Rohatsu sesshin - Day 5 - Tenzo Turning the Wheel of Dharma
    Dec 7 2025
    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
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    37 mins