Dharma Talks

Upcoming Talks

Wednesday March 21, 2012
Jeff Shore will give a lecture on Zen and an introduction to zazen meditation from 7pm Wednesday March 21 for Zen Do Kai in Munich. All are welcome. For details, contact Ursula.

Tuessday April 24, 2012
Jeff Shore will give lectures on Zen and an introduction to zazen meditation on April 24 at Colgate University in upstate New York. For details, contact John.

Transcribed Talks (pdf)

These talks are offered as PDF files. Please see below for MP3 sound files. New talks and sound files will be added periodically.

• Enjoying the Way (2010)
• Great Doubt: Getting Stuck & Breaking Through The Real Koan (2010)
• No Bull: Zen Oxherding Pictures for the Modern World (2009)
  • El No-Toro: Cuadros Zen del Pastoreo del Buey para el Mundo Moderno
• Clarifying the Mind of Nirvana (2008)
• The Constant Practice of Right Effort (2008)
• A Rinzai-Soto Dialogue (2007)
• Religious Experience in the Light of Zen Buddhism: Zen Buddhism in the Light of Religious Experience (2007)
• Encounters on the Way (a diary of Jeff’s 2006 sabbatical)
• Becoming One and Being Without Self (2005)
  • Eén worden en zijn zonder zelf
  • Einswerden und Sein ohne Selbst
• No-self in Zen Buddhism (2004)
  • Geen-zelf in het Zenboeddhisme
  • Intet Selv i Zen Buddhismen
• Principles of Zen Practice: Illuminating the Source (2003)
  • Principes van de zenpraktijk: Het belichten van de bron
  • Principios de la práctica zen: Iluminando el Origen
• Basics of Zen Practice: Just Be One (2002)
  • Basisbeginselen van de Zenbeoefening: Wees alleen maar één
  • Práctica Básica de Zen: Ser Sólo Uno
• The Unconditioned (2001)
  • Het ongeconditioneerde
  • Das Nicht-bedingte
• Zen in Early Buddhism (2000)
  • Zen in het vroege Boeddhisme
• The Source of Zen – Who Transmits What? (1998)
  • De bron van Zen – Wie draagt wat over?
  • Der Ursprung von Zen – Wer überträgt was?
• Koan Zen From the Inside (1995) (NEW)
• Koan-Zen von Innen

Audio Files (mp3)

• Philadelphia, February-March 2010: “Great Doubt: Getting Stuck & Breaking Through The Real Koan.” Lecture: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
• Steyl August 2009: “No Bull: Zen Oxherding Pictures for the Modern World”. Day: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Egmond March 2009: Day 1, 2, 3
• Egmond November 2008: “Clarifying the Mind of Nirvana”. Day: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Steyl February 2008: “The Constant Practice of Right Effort”. Day: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Interview for Dutch radio, May 14, 2006 (external link, .rm streaming media)
• No-self in Zen Buddhism (2004)
• Principles of Zen Practice (2003)
• The Unconditioned (2001)
• Zen in Early Buddhism (2000)
• The source of Zen (1998)

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