Recorded Talks*
By Mike Fieleke, Rōshi
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| Jan 15 | Universally Recommended Instructions for Zazen |
| Jan 11 | Solitary and Destitute |
| Jan 1 | Finding Nirvana |
| Dec 18 | Not Misusing Sex |
| Dec 7 | Transmitting the Light: Shanavasa |
| Dec 4 | Cries of the World and The Four Immeasurable Minds |
| Nov 20 | Beacon of Light |
| Nov 6 | Walking the Razor’s Edge |
| Oct 16 | Beginningless Ignorance |
| Oct 6 | Jui-yen calls 'Master' part 2 |
| Oct 5 | Jui-yen calls 'Master' part 1 |
| Oct 2 | Thundering Silence |
| Sep 15 | Te Shan: Bowls in Hand |
| Sep 4 | An Unending Truth |
| Aug 21 | Bodhisattva's Prayer |
| Aug 7 | Opening to Darkness |
| Jul 24 | The Whole Earth is Medicine |
| Jun 26 | Huangbo's 'No Mind' |
| May 29 | Liberation As Whatever Is |
| May 15 | Is There Anything Missing Now |
| Apr 24 | Loving Kindness |
| Apr 3 | Torei Enji Parts 3 & 4: Who Are You |
| Mar 13 | Torei Enji Part 2: Boundless Intimacy |
| Feb 21 | Torei Enji Part 1: The Essential Gateway |
| Jan 31 | Every Day is a Good Day |
| Jan 10 | The Hidden Lamp: Ling's Question |
| Dec 20 | Turning into the Dark |
| Nov 29 | Bowing |
| Nov 8 | The Great Matter |
| Oct 18 | Compassionate Surrender |
| Sep 27 | Mind of Bisquick |
| Sep 6 | In the Mud, Flowers Bloom |
| Aug 9 | Sambhogakaya |
| Jul 26 | Where there’s No Heat, No Cold |
| Jul 5 | Releasing the Grip of Thought |
| Jun 14 | No Gaining Idea |
| May 24 | The Diamond Sutra and Saving All Beings |
| May 3 | "Ending the Pursuit of Happiness" |
| Mar 22 | Beginning Koan Practice with Chaozhou’s Mu |
| Feb 8 | The Precepts: A Clear View of Muddy Water |
| Jan 18 | The Six Paramitas |
| Dec 22 | Why We Need the Precepts |
| Dec 7 | Bodhidharma's Vast Emptiness |
| Nov 16 | Opening Through Suffering |
| Oct 5 | Endarkenment |
| Aug 15 | Nirvana |
| Aug 3 | Make of Yourself a Light |
| Jun 29 | Zen: Walking the Eightfold Path |
| Jun 22 | Healing in Love |
| Jun 1 | Awakening to Discouragement |
| May 11 | Not Knowing is Most Intimate |
| Apr 20 | Practicing Wisdom |
| Mar 30 | Caring for Stardust |
| Mar 16 | Seek Nothing |
| Feb 16 | Realizing the Zen Way |
| Feb 2 | Bodhicitta |
| Jan 19 | Right Speech |
| Jan 5 | The 12 Links: Monkey Freedom |
| Dec 1 | Guanyin Finds Us |
| Nov 17 | Delusive Wisdom |
| Nov 3 | Seeking With Empty Hands |
| Oct 6 | Self and Other the Same |
| Sep 1 | The Ship of Compassion |
| Aug 4 | Opening the Hand of Thought |
| Jul 21 | Birth-and-Death |
| Jun 2 | The Six Realms |
| May 19 | Where is Buddha |
| Apr 21 | Only Apricots |
| Apr 7 | Happy Birthday Buddha |
| Mar 31 | Hotei's Way |
| Mar 17 | No Knowing, Bearing Witness, & Loving Action: A Response to Violence against Asian Americans |
| Mar 3 | No |
| Feb 17 | Ocean of Presence |
| Feb 3 | Loving Kindness |
| Jan 6 | Dharma in the Midst of a Coup |
| Dec 30 | New Year's Vow |
| Dec 16 | A Thousand Hands and Eyes |
| Dec 2 | Master Ma is Unwell |
| Nov 18 | Shikantaza |
| Nov 4 | Flowers of Air |
| Oct 21 | Self-care For World-care |
| Sep 28 | Acting Without Attachment |
| Sep 14 | The Way of Doubt |
| Aug 16 | Ecodharma (Given at Boundless Way Temple) |
| Aug 1 | Dismantling Racial Constallations of Harm |
| Jul 15 | The Four Bodhisattva Vows |
| Jul 1 | Because of the Rain |
| May 6 | You and the Universe are Never Separate |
| Apr 22 | Giving Up Control |
| Apr 8 | Saying Yes |
| Apr 1 | Dont Be Lost in Resistance |
| Mar 25 | Just This |
| Mar 4 | Birth-and-Death |
| Feb 10 | Limiting Your Activity |
| Feb 9 | Not one. Not two. Both one and two |
| Jan 16 | Realizing the Zen Way |
| Dec 18 | The Precepts |
| Dec 4 | Dedications |
| Nov 6 | Tuning the Strings |
| Nov 6 | Great Doubt |
| Oct 23 | Shikantaza |
| Oct 9 | Who Owns the Weather |
| Sep 11 | Compassion Unbound |
| Aug 14 | Wandering |
| Jul 21 | Facing Everything |
| Jul 3 | Zen, Not What You Expected |
| Jun 19 | The Three Pillars of Zen |
| Jun 6 | The Three Pure Precepts |
| May 19 | Race and Liberation For All |
| May 15 | Enlightenment Is Not Enough |
| May 2 | Right Effort |
| Apr 13 | Pai-Chang's Fox |
| Mar 20 | Only Compassion |
| Feb 20 | Further Musings on the Heart Sutra |
| Feb 6 | Is There Anything Missing Now |
| Jan 2 | Enlightenment |
| Dec 5 | Nanchuan's Cat |
| Nov 21 | Dogen's Instructions for Zazen |
| Oct 17 | Being Embodied |
| Sep 19 | Dogen's Time-Being |
| Jul 4 | Dogen's Dharma Blossoms |
| Jun 20 | Buddhanature |
| Jan 3 | Compassion For Delusions |
| A Lotus In Muddy Water |
| The Oneness of Forms |
| The Heart of the Heart Sutra |
| Sudden Awakening |
| Just Notice |
| Moments of Opening (by David Rynick) |
| Precepts (by David Rynick) |
| Enlightenment (by Melissa Blacker) |
| Entangling Vines (by Melissa Blacker) |
| Precepts (by Melissa Blacker and James Ford) |
| Shikantaza (by David Rynick) |
*Talks often explore readings from our sutra book or other sources cited in Mike's blog.
