Beginning 4/8/07, Lectures will be posted in MP3 format,

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TEACHINGS POSTED 05/31/08

"Breath, Beings, and Butterfiles"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 12/10/07

"Awareness of Body and Feelings"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 10/25/07

"Breathing and Awareness"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 10/25/07

"Questions about Zazen and Karma"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 09/03/07

"Things are Not What They Seem"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 04/08/07

"Everday Mind is Tao"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 11/26/06

"Halloween--A Buddhist Holiday"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 10/14/06

"What is Priest Ordination?" (MP3 File)

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TEACHINGS POSTED 8/21/06

"Affinity"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 7/8/06

"The Essence of Precepts"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 6/4/06

"What is Buddha Nature?"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 4/17/06

"Practicing Compassion #1"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 3/05/06

"The Three Marks of An Awakened Life"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 2/14/06

"I now fully avow"

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TEACHINGS POSTED 1/18/06

Different Meditation States and Their Uses

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TEACHINGS POSTED 12/10/05

Concentration and Insight: The Two Wings of Meditation

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The Buddhist Meaning of "Karma"

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HURRICANE KATRINA: 8/29/05

Buddhist reflections on dukkha (suffering), as it relates to Katrina; the difference between life tragedies and man-made suffering due to greed, anger, and delusion.  This lecture was given just after the levee broke, and before it was known how much of what subsequently happened was either preventable or predictable. 

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LECTURES POSTED 8/24/05

3 Key points of Suzuki-Roshi's Teaching--Summary

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The Six Realms of Ego-Strategy Existence - Summary

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FUNDAMENTALS OF AMERICAN ZEN

Posture and Awareness

6/19/04

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Posture as Inner Attitude and Energy

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Mindful Breathing

Talk After Zazen 6/25/04

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The Koan of the Breath

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The Inner Practice of Walking

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The Practice of Just-Awareness

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ZEN AND THE COMPLEXITY OF DAILY LIFE

Talks from a Class Given Fall 2004

Class I: Mindfulness, Awareness & Breath

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Class II: Mindfulness in Daily Activity

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Class III: The Koan of Everyday Life

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Class IV: Right Speech

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Class V: The Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta)

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Class VI: Parents, Family and Dharma

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Class VII: Anger and Conflict

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OTHER TEACHINGS

The Bodhisattva Vow

Lecture Berkeley Zen Center 7/04

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"THE GREAT LOVE OF A BODHISATTVA"
Lewis Richmond
Adapted from a talk given Oct. 10, 2003
at Green Gulch Zen Temple

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"TEN SET-ASIDES OF ZEN"
Admonitions for The Vimala Sangha
Lewis Richmond

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AUDIO LECTURES OF LEW RICHMOND

Spiritsight Website

"Practice and Meditative Experience"

"The Vimalakirti Sutra"

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"DON'T TAKE SIDES"

A Buddhist Approach to Protest

Lecture at Green Gulch Zen Temple

Published in Turning Wheel

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"EVERYDAY MIND IS THE TAO"

Audio of Lecture Given at S. F. Zen Center

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