Prairie Mountain Zen Center Dharma Talks
PMZC offers Sunday morning Dharma talks by our own teachers and sangha members. In addition, we are privileged to have wonderful Soto Zen guest speakers from around the country.
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Episodes
227 episodes
Rev. Ensho Chikudo D Madrid: The Precepts: Waking Up To What You Do
Rev. Ensho Chikudo D Madrid gives a talk based on the book by Diane Eshin Rizzetto "Waking Up To What You Do", discussing how we practice with the precepts in everyday life.
Isabelle Andre: Broken Bodhisattva
Isabelle Andre presents a talk titled, “Broken Bodhisattva”. This powerful talk explores how we can embrace loss and heartbreak during tumultuous times on the Bodhisattva path.
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: When Your House of Practice Burns Down
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie presents a talk titled, “When Your House of Practice Burns”. The talk ties together the burning of the Tassajara zendo and library on March 26 with the burning down of relationship trust to the Paramita Practices of Gener...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings from the Lotus Sutra.
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Practice as Epic Journey, Together and Alone
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie gives a talk exploring practice. Like Homer’s Odyssey, each practitioner undertakes an epic journey with others and alone within themselves.
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's "King of Samadhis"
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on Dogen's "King of Samadhis" from the Shobogenzo.
Nendo David Pavlacky: Stillness at the Heart of Impermanence
Sangha member Nendo David Pavlacky gives a talk exploring Buddha’s ancient teaching of impermanency from the Lankavatara Sutra and Katagiri Roshi’s teaching of total dynamic functioning.
Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: The Middle Way of Protest
Sangha member Shin-E Kieran Rhysling facilitates a discussion about the challenges of determining an appropriate response to the harms we are seeing in the world.
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Birth and Death
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin speaks on the Birth and Death chapter of the Shobogenzo.
Dr. Bishal Karna: The Zen of Loving Your Neighbor
Guest speaker Dr. Bishal Karna gives a talk titled, “The Zen of Loving Your Neighbor”. This talk is a fascinating exploration of the different approaches of Christianity and Zen to loving your neighbor and how, ultimately, they seek...
Rev. Jisho Sara Siebert: What is true freedom? Traditional Zen practice and our lives
Guest speaker Rev. Jisho Sara Siebert gives a talk entitled, "What is true freedom? Traditional Zen practice and our lives."The talk addresses the question of how the forms and practices of Soto Zen can help us recognize that our limited...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 8: Don't Hate)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 7: War and Violence)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 6: Ecological Harm)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 5: Economic Injustice)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 4: LGBTQIA+ Rights)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 3: Slavery and Racism)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 2: Indigenous Genocide)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion series (Talk 1: Introduction)
This series of talks was recorded in 2025. After each talk, the sangha engaged in lively discussion, which was not recorded.The talks were an examination of the Statement of Recognition and Repentance from the Soto Zen Buddhist conferen...
Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Everyday Life in Zen
Shin-E Kieran Rhysling begins a series of facilitated discussions that we're calling Dharma Jams from Dainin Katagiri Roshi’s book, You Have to Say Something.If the next Buddha is the Sangha, as Thich Nhat Hanh proposed, then maybe the n...
Rev. Kyosho Valorie Beer: Stop
Guest speaker Kyosho Valorie Beer shares a Dharma talk, entitled "Stop", that offers us a different way to approach the New Year.
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: King Wants the Saindhava
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on the Shobogenzo Chapter: "King Wants the Saindhava".
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Unlocking the Door
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie gives a dharma talk entitled, "Unlocking the Door".