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
216 episodes
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...
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25:56
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...
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19:27
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...
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34:53
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...
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20:33
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...
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12:15
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...
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23:16
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...
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19:59
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...
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16:42
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...
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51:07
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.
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30:00
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: King Wants the Saindhava
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on the Shobogenzo Chapter: "King Wants the Saindhava".
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34:43
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Unlocking the Door
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie gives a dharma talk entitled, "Unlocking the Door".
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29:55
Daitoku Rick Vosper: An Appropriate Response
Sangha member Daitoku Rick Vosper gives a talk entitled, "An Appropriate Response".
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29:06
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Space
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on chapter 77 from Dogen's Shobogenzo, entitled Space.
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30:48
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's All-inclusive Study
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Dogen's chapter on all-inclusive study from the Shobogenzo.
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41:09
Isabelle Andre: Death and Dying
Sangha member Isabelle Andre gives a talk on Buddhist perspectives on death and dying, drawing from numerous sources including Thich Nhat Hanh and the Tibetan traditions.
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34:16
Rev. Tetsudo Judy Putnam: The Buddha's Answer to Subhuti
Sangha member Rev. Tetsudo Judy Putnam speaks on the Buddha's answer to Subhuti from the Diamond Sutra. Subhuti asks the Buddha how one should walk the path of the Bodhisattva and receives an interesting answer.
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36:37
Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: The Five Remembrances
Sangha member Shin-E Kieran Rhysling gives a brief overview of The Five Remembrances from the Upajjhatthana Sutta. The sutta recommends that The Five Remembrances of old age, sickness, death, change, and karma be reflected upon often by a...
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10:59
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie: Zen and the Metta Sutta: Waking Up with Loving-Kindness
Rev. Chikyo Ewan Magie gives a talk entitled, "Zen and the Metta Sutta: Waking Up with Loving-Kindness".
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33:32
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen's Commentary on The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin gives a talk on Dogen's commentary on The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings from the Shobogenzo.
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44:00
Shin-E Kieran Rhysling: Deep Hope: The Paramita of Seeing Clearly
Sangha member Shin-E Kieran Rhysling gives the final talk in the series based on Diane Eshin Rizzetto's book, Deep Hope: Zen Guidance for Staying Steadfast When the World Seems Hopeless. The subject is prajna, the paramita of wisdom or seeing c...
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24:52
Steve Lindly: Does Enlightenment Lead to Helping Others?
Sangha member Steve Lindly gives a talk titled “Does Enlightenment Lead to Helping Others?”.
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43:32
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin: Dogen’s Ten Directions
Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin will give a talk based on the Ten Directions Chapter of Dogen's Shobogenzo.
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48:17