Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Dharma Talks
Dharma talks on Zen meditation and practice by Taigen Dan Leighton and other members of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.
Anxiety, Thought Loops, and Zazen
ADZG 1160 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Sophia DeVita
Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:06 +0000
Practicing with Anger
ADZG 1159 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:15:12 +0000
Meditation is Boring
ADZG 1158 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Howard Ruan
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 02:15:40 +0000
Zazen, Awakening and Interbeing
ADZG 1157 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Sun, 28 Jan 2024 16:15:15 +0000
Generosity
ADZG 1156 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by reuben kaller
Tue, 23 Jan 2024 02:15:51 +0000
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Message and Gaza
ADZG 1155 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:15:45 +0000
Dharmakaya Practice and Spiritual Bypass
ADZG 1154 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 07 Jan 2024 16:15:11 +0000
Zen Caring and Healing
ADZG 1153 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:15:14 +0000
Peace and Metta service
ADZG 1152 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:15:51 +0000
The Taste of Karma: Zazen as formless repentance
ADZG 1151 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by David Wray
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 02:15:22 +0000
Rohatsu Day 5 – Radiance as Creative Energy
ADZG 1150 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 16:15:06 +0000
Rohatsu Day 4 – Not Realizing the Radiance
ADZG 1149 ADZG Saturday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:15:40 +0000
Rohatsu Day 3 – Buddha Awakening
ADZG 1148 ADZG Friday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:15:01 +0000
The Nature of Self Control when there is No Self
ADZG 1147 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Ko Carol Laursen
Tue, 05 Dec 2023 02:15:50 +0000
The Flower Ornament Background of our Soto Treasury of Radiance Samadhi
ADZG 1146 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:15:06 +0000
Gratefulness and Generosity
ADZG 1145 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:15:12 +0000
Thinking in Practice and the Sixth Ancestor
ADZG 1144 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 02:15:28 +0000
Appearing appears- attachment and fear
ADZG 1143 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Sophia DeVita
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 02:15:43 +0000
Returning to Our Senses
ADZG 1142 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:15:50 +0000
Memorials and Teachers
ADZG 1141 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 02:15:31 +0000
Truth and the Teacher
ADZG 1140 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Norman Fischer Brief memorial for those killed in Israel Palestine-Norman F..docx
Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:15:41 +0000
Sangha and Energy
ADZG 1139 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:15:15 +0000
Bumping into Yourself
ADZG 1138 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Gerrie Griffin
Tue, 24 Oct 2023 01:15:00 +0000
Excerpts from Dogen’s Extensive Record
ADZG 1137 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 22 Oct 2023 15:15:51 +0000
Journey of Meditation Through Pain
ADZG 1136 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Nicholas Joyner
Tue, 17 Oct 2023 01:15:05 +0000
Way Seeking Mind and Tenzo Mind
ADZG 1134 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Mike Evans
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 01:15:41 +0000
Expressing Zazen in Everyday Life
ADZG 1133 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Sun, 08 Oct 2023 15:15:50 +0000
Being a White Sox Fan as a Dharma Gate
ADZG 1132 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Dylan Toropov
Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:15:30 +0000
Dogen’s Extensive Record- Radiance, Intimacy, and respecting Causality
ADZG 1131 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:15:48 +0000
Sangha and Spiritual friends
ADZG 1130 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Wade Wheatley
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:15:27 +0000
Song of the Grass Hut = Practice Space
ADZG 1129 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:15:11 +0000
Journey to Practice via Addiction and Homelessness
ADZG 1128 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Mark Splitt
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:15:09 +0000
Chinese Capping Phrases to the Harmony of Difference and Sameness
ADZG 1127 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Steven Heine
Sun, 17 Sep 2023 15:15:38 +0000
Introduction to the Harmony of Difference and Sameness
ADZG 1126 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 12 Sep 2023 01:15:08 +0000
Reflections on Dharma Transmission: Mahakasyapa and Ananda
ADZG 1125 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hakusho Johan Ostlund
Sun, 10 Sep 2023 15:15:25 +0000
Objectless Meditation and Serene Illumination
ADZG 1124 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Leighton
Tue, 05 Sep 2023 01:15:42 +0000
Eyesight During Zazen
ADZG 1123 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 03 Sep 2023 15:15:26 +0000
Living in Buddha’s Body
ADZG 1122 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by David Wray
Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:15:06 +0000
Seeds: Reflections of a Zen Botanist
ADZG 1121 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Zenshin Florence Caplow
Sun, 27 Aug 2023 15:15:29 +0000
Sangha
ADZG 1120 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 22 Aug 2023 01:15:34 +0000
Core Soto Zen
ADZG 1119 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:15:14 +0000
American Householder Zen
ADZG 1118 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Peter Coyote
Sun, 13 Aug 2023 15:15:41 +0000
Shivering Scarecrow: Parenting, Karma, and Self-effacement
ADZG 1117 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Alex Bernstein
Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:15:13 +0000
Hiroshima Day and Dogen’s Repentance Practice
ADZG 1116 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 06 Aug 2023 15:15:26 +0000
Buddha Work and the Ancestors: Teachings of Hongzhi
ADZG 1115 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 01 Aug 2023 01:15:24 +0000
Buddhahood Conceivable and Inconceivable
ADZG 1114 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Brook Ziporyn Brook Ziporyn talk text for ADZG 7/30/23 First, we present the contemplation of the mind as the Inconceivable Object. But this […]
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:15:00 +0000
Zazen and Compassion
ADZG 1113 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Sophia DeVita
Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:15:25 +0000
Visiting Tassajara
ADZG 1112 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 23 Jul 2023 15:15:46 +0000
Going to Pieces without falling apart
ADZG 1111 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Kathy Bingham
Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:15:15 +0000
Memorial Service for Katsuryu David Hill
ADZG 9999 ADZG Sunday Morning Memorial Service Memorial Video Jukai Photograph
Sun, 16 Jul 2023 16:30:55 +0000
Right Livelihood for our time
ADZG 1110 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 16 Jul 2023 15:15:23 +0000
The Zazen of Non-attachment
ADZG 1109 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Tue, 11 Jul 2023 01:15:48 +0000
Gates and Buildings
ADZG 1108 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Zengyu Paul Discoe
Sun, 09 Jul 2023 15:15:16 +0000
The Corrosive Fantasy of Control
ADZG 1107 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Ko Carol Laursen
Tue, 04 Jul 2023 01:15:54 +0000
Interdependence Day and the Current State of Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
ADZG 1106 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 02 Jul 2023 15:15:37 +0000
Stories that Restore
ADZG 1105 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:15:19 +0000
Case 16 Gateless Gate: When the Bell Sounds
ADZG 1104 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Eishin Nancy Easton
Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:15:54 +0000
Taking Refuge and the Precepts
ADZG 1103 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 18 Jun 2023 15:15:03 +0000
Celebrating the Avatamsaka Sutra
ADZG 1102 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Dylan Toropov
Tue, 13 Jun 2023 01:15:17 +0000
Yunmen’s Every Day Is a Good Day
ADZG 1101 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Tue, 06 Jun 2023 01:15:06 +0000
Keeping the dharma fresh: Encouragement from Suzuki-roshi
ADZG 1100 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 04 Jun 2023 15:15:16 +0000
In the Shade of a Beautiful Flower
ADZG 1099 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Ko Carol Laursen
Tue, 30 May 2023 01:15:20 +0000
The Three Refuges and Refugees
ADZG 1098 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 28 May 2023 15:15:16 +0000
Sangha renewal with Practice Period and sesshin
ADZG 1097 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 23 May 2023 01:15:55 +0000
Sesshin day 3: Bodhisattvas’ Four Integrative Dharmas
ADZG 1096 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 21 May 2023 15:15:41 +0000
Sesshin day 2: The Buddha Work
ADZG 1095 ADZG Saturday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sat, 20 May 2023 15:15:25 +0000
Sesshin day 1: Bodhisattva Inconceivable practice
ADZG 1094 ADZG Friday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Fri, 19 May 2023 15:15:09 +0000
Fragrant Teaching and Incarnated Beings
ADZG 1093 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 16 May 2023 01:15:29 +0000
Buddha Fields, Zazen, and Quantum Entanglement
ADZG 1092 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 14 May 2023 15:15:25 +0000
The Practice of Birds /Gary Snyder’s Birthday
ADZG 1091 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Gyoshin Laurel Ross
Tue, 09 May 2023 01:15:00 +0000
Inconceivably Awakening
ADZG 1090 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 07 May 2023 15:15:45 +0000
Zen Koans about Vimalakirti’s Silence
ADZG 1089 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 02 May 2023 01:15:15 +0000
The Family of Tathagatas and a bodhisattva song
ADZG 1088 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hozan Alan Senauke
Sun, 30 Apr 2023 15:15:25 +0000
The Dharma Door of Nonduality
ADZG 1087 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:15:26 +0000
Earth Day and the Family of Buddhas
ADZG 1086 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:15:04 +0000
Vimakakirti’s Goddess friend and Gender Non-discrimination
ADZG 1085 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 01:15:10 +0000
The Goddess of Freedom in the Vimalakirti Sutra
ADZG 1084 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Dale Wright
Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:15:55 +0000
The Consolation of the Invalid: Vimalakirti’s sickbed
ADZG 1083 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:15:04 +0000
Inconceivable Liberation
ADZG 1082 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 09 Apr 2023 15:15:57 +0000
Vimalakirti’s skillful Liberative Techniques
ADZG 1081 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 04 Apr 2023 01:15:32 +0000
Vimalakirti Intro: Buddha Fields and Awakening Practice in the world
ADZG 1080 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:15:03 +0000
Bodhidharma and Practicing Form and Emptiness
ADZG 1079 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Douglas Floyd
Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:15:38 +0000
Turning Words
ADZG 1078 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hozan Alan Senauke
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 15:15:12 +0000
Ordinary Emptiness
ADZG 1077 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Sophia DeVita
Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:15:48 +0000
Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects and Great Turning
ADZG 1076 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:15:18 +0000
Aspiring to Awakening
ADZG 1075 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Howard Ruan
Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:15:18 +0000
Adept Practitioners in the World: Vimalakirti, Tosui, Ryokan
ADZG 1074 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 12 Mar 2023 15:15:29 +0000
Zen as Body Practice
ADZG 1073 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Ko Carol Laursen
Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:15:50 +0000
Dogen’s Eight Awakenings of Great People
ADZG 1072 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Steven Heine
Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:15:18 +0000
Green Gulch Zen Intensive
ADZG 1071 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Dylan Toropov
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:15:14 +0000
The Poetry of Silence
ADZG 1070 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Gyoshin Laurel Ross
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:15:35 +0000
Resting in the Sea of Impermanence
ADZG 1069 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Sara Lytle
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:15:12 +0000
How do we keep Zen Practice Alive?
ADZG 1068 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Debra Callahan
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:15:47 +0000
The Island of the Self
ADZG 1067 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Hogetsu Laurie Belzer
Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:15:11 +0000
Sangha – Caring for the Family Business
ADZG 1066 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:15:04 +0000
Courage and Practice
ADZG 1065 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Zenshin Florence Caplow
Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:15:18 +0000
Letting Go
ADZG 1064 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Nyozan Eric Shutt
Tue, 31 Jan 2023 02:15:40 +0000
Hongzhi and the Amazing Beings
ADZG 1063 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Sun, 29 Jan 2023 16:15:05 +0000
A Requiem for Pete: Death, Grief, and Peace of Mind
ADZG 1062 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Alex Bernstein
Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:04:05 +0000
Peace, in Zazen and the World
ADZG 1061 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton
Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:02:27 +0000