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Sunday Talks Listening   6/6/10 Sitting Upright   6/5/10 Supports of Life   5/23/10 Intimacy, Conditions and Circumstances   5/16/10 Not Praising, Not Degrading   5/9/10 Emptyness of the Five Conditions   5/2/10 Intention, Effort   4/25/10 Whole Body Mind   4/18/10 Passovered Easter   4/4/10 Subject/Object   3/28/10 All Buddhas   3/26/10 (Bloomington, IL) Just - Q & A   3/21/10 Joy - Q & A   3/14/10 Conditions, Circumstances   3/7/10 Forgetting Self   3/6/10 (Spfld. Sangha) Conditions   2/28/10 Nirvana Day   2/14/10 Opportunities of Intimacy   2/7/10 Grasping Nothing, Discarding Nothing   1/31/10 Practice is Realization   1/24/10 Cold   1/10/10 Q & A   1/3/10  Nothing Lacking   12/20/09 Light, Dark   12/12/09 Light, Dark II   12/13/09 Bodhi Day I   11/29/09 Bodhi Day II   12/6/09 Unified Mind   11/15/09 Forgetting Self, Serving   11/8/08 Death Birth   11/1/09 Peace, Joy, Impermanence   10/25/09 Life Death Great Matter  10/18/09 Self/Nonself  10/11/09 Release   10/4/09 Expect Delays   9/27/09 Selfoholic I   9/13/09 Selfoholic II   9/19/09 Selfoholic III   9/20/09 Questions   8/23/09 Ocean Practice   8/16/09 No Past, No Future   8/9/09 This - Easy, Hard   8/8/09 (Spfld. Sangha) This   7/12/09 Not Turning Your Head   6/28/09 Ordinary Life Sitting   6/21/09 There is no need...   6/7/09 6th Precept   5/31/09 Mother   5/10/09 Being Who   5/3/09 Withered Tree   4/19/09 Likes and Dislikes   4/12/09 Above the Heaven, Below the Earth   4/5/09 Either-Or   3/8/09 Only Meeting Self   3/1/09 Entangling Not-Knowing   2/22/09 Buddha Parinirvana   2/15/09 Master Sheng-yen   2/8/09 Verbing    2/1/09 You are Not a Noun   1/25/09 Sesshin   1/11/09 Life Zazen   1/4/09 Practice is Easy   12/21/08 Practice 10,000 Times   12/14/08 Bodhi Day 08    12/7/08 Serving Forgiveness    11/23/08 Zazen    10/26/08 Possessions    10/12/08 Not Two    10/5/08 Being Who We Are    9/21/08 Ordinary    9/14/08 Giving    9/7/08 Self Addicted    6/1/08 Self Addicted 2 - Fathers Day    6/15/08 All Beings Are My... Part 1   5/4/08 All Beings Are My... Part 2   5/11/08 All Beings Are My... Part 3   5/18/08 Driving Zen Part 1    4/20/08 Driving Zen Part 2    4/27/08 Buddha's Birthday  2008  2007  2006 Doing Nondoing    4/6/08 Body Mind Practicing    3/23/08 Being the Life We Are    3/16/08 Intimacy Part 1    3/2/08 Intimacy Part 2    3/9/08 Nirvana Day Part 1    2/15/08 (at Sangamon Zen Group) Nirvana Day Part 2    2/17/08 Anger    2/10/08 Nothing Lacking - Wash Your Bowls    2/3/08 Bodhi    12/16/07 Basic Practice   11/25/07 Who   11/18/07 Being Who You Are   11/04/07 Knowing How to be Satisfied   10/28/07 Cause and Effect Part 1   10/14/07 Cause and Effect Part 2 - Memorial   10/21/07 Reflections on Practice Part 1   9/16/07 Reflections on Practice Part 2   9/23/07 Reflections on Practice Part 3 (Wisdom and Samadhi)  9/30/07 Reflections on Practice Part 4 (Not Knowing) 10/7/07 Talking About Practice, Talking About Life   9/9/07 Questions-Responses   8/5/07 Everyday Practice   7/29/07 Zazen   7/22/07 Meeting Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Part 1   6/10/07 Meeting Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Part 2   6/17/07 Zhaozhou   6/3/07 Mother's Day   5/13/07 Being the Life We Are   4/22/07 Bendowa   by Ven. Zuiko Redding   4/15/07 Skillful Practice  3/25/07 Non-Believing, Part 1   3/10/07 (at Sangamon Zen Group) Non-Believing, Part 2   3/11/07 See This, Hear This...   2/25/07 Commitment   2/18/07 Bahiya...   2/11/07 Nurtured by Life, Nurturing Life   1/28/07 Our Life   1/21/07 Buddha's Enlightenment Part 1   12/03/06 Buddha's Enlightenment Part 2   12/10/06 Mistake Part 1    11/19/06 Mistake Part 2    11/26/06 Loss and Death    9/17/06 Eyes Open   9/10/06 Right Here Now    6/04/06 Practice and Realization    5/21/06 Being What's Happening    4/24/06 Kashapa's Flagpole    4/1/06 Resting at Ease    4/1/05 Take All of Me    3/31/05 Dry Spots in Practice   by Karen Cho-on Etheridge   10/3/04 Practice is in Realization    9/18/04 Our Virtual Reality World; Phases in Practice by Karen Cho-on Etheridge    2/22/04 Practice Reminders    9/4/99 Not Two    5/3/99 Entrance Through Insight    not dated True Names    not dated

Sesshin Talks Channel Tuning   5/27/10 Beyond Self   5/28/10 Showing Up   5/29/10 Being With    5/30/10 Being Born Right Now   4/9/10 Who is Hearing Right Now   4/10/10 River   1/14/10 Nose Vetical, Eyes Horizontal   1/15/10 Attha Dipa - You Are LIght   1/16/10 Unhindered, No Fear   1/17/10 Koun Ejo: "A Single Hair..."    11/20/09 Nothing Gained    11/21/09 Non-Abiding   9/3/09 Simple and Straightforward   9/4/09 Giving Our Self Away   9/5/09 Yunmen's "Everyone's Light"   9/6/09 This Mind   7/17/09 Real   7/18/09 Sesshin Guidelines   5/21/09 Master Ma is Ill   5/22/09 Just Right Here   5/23/09 Boundless Dining Room   5/24/09 What We Are Doing Here   3/13/09 Acupuncture Needle of Zen II   3/14/09 Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha   1/15/09 Not Self   1/17/09 Yunmen's Light   1/18/09 Bodhisatva's Vow Part I   11/7/08 Bodhisatva's Vow Part II   11/8/08 Being Listening    8/28/08 Atonement    8/29/08 Dogen and Hakuin on Zazen    8/30/08 Our True Names    8/31/08 Alive? Dead? Part I    7/25/08 Alive? Dead? Part II    7/26/08 Awakening Faith    5/22/08 Jell-O    5/23/08 Calling, Responding    5/25/08 Tokusan's (Deshan) 30 Blows    3/28/08 Marking the Side of the Boat    3/29/08  Happy Birthday   1/17/08 One Mind   1/18/08 Dongshan's Cold and Heat   1/19/08 Shoji   1/20/08 Kyogen's Man Up a Tree   11/9/07 Waves on Water   8/30/07 Being the Ocean   8/31/07 Memorial   9/1/07 Right Now   9/2/07 Fundamental Endowment Part 1   7/13/07 Fundamental Endowment Part 2   7/14/07 Who is She   5/24/07 Wind Bell   5/25/07 Zuigan's Master   5/26/07 Acupuncture Needle of Zen   5/27/07 Merciful Mercilessness   3/30/07 Blank Slate   3/31/07 Kanzeon    1/11/07 Ball on Rushing Water  1/12/07 Non Doing  1/13/07 Four Elements and Five Skandas  1/14/07 Light Part 1    11/8/06 Light Part 2    11/9/06 Upagupta Part 1    8/31/06 Upagupta Part 2   9/1/06 Genjokoan Part 1    9/02/06 Genjokoan Part 2    9/03/06 Driving a Hybrid Car   5/25/06 True Names II    5/26/06 Sanavasa    5/27/06 Making Progress    5/28/06 Encountering Self    4/29/06 Listening    4/30/06 Being Ordinary    11/11/05 Wisdom and Compassion    11/12/05 Wholeheartedness    9/3/05 Giving Ourself Away    9/4/05 Freedom (Hyakujo's Fox) Part 1    7/8/05 Freedom (Hyakujo's Fox) Part 2    7/9/05 Gardening with Weeds    5/26/05 Ocean Mudra    5/27/05 Song of the Way    5/28/05 What are We Doing?    5/29/05 No Gap    1/13/05 True Person of No Rank    1/14/05 Birth and Death    1/15/05 The Self    1/16/05 Practice Basics    8/31/01 Practicing with Difficulties    9/1/01 Giving Birth to This Moment    9/2/01 Being Present    5/24/01 Encountering Oneself    5/25/01 The Unsoiled    5/26/01 At One    5/27/01 Basics    1/11/01 Seen and Unseen    1/12/01 Who is the Other?    1/13/01 Not Attaining    1/14/01 How to Know Satisfaction    5/27/00 Sitting in the Soup    5/28/00 Seeing Our True Nature    5/27/99 Life is Knocking    5/28/99