Talk
Everyday Mind is the Way — Zoketsu Norman Fischer — Dharma Talk at Green Gulch Farm
A Zen dharma talk on ordinary mind as the way, given at Green Gulch Farm.
About the teacher
Norman Fischer
Norman Fischer served as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center before founding the Everyday Zen Foundation, through which he continues to teach a style of Zen practice deliberately woven into ordinary daily activity rather than confined to formal retreat settings. He is also a published poet, and his teaching often draws on close attention to language alongside zazen instruction.
He leads an ongoing programme of online seminars and dharma talks through the Everyday Zen Foundation, with a summer pause in July replaced by weekly discussion groups.
“Zen practice has two parts - sitting down and getting up. When we sit down, we calm, clear and illuminate the mind. When we get up, we live our life in this world as an extension and expression of the beauty of our sitting.”Norman Fischer
Upcoming events
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Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
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Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
Talk
Sailing Home | Norman Fischer | Talks at Google
A Talks at Google session drawing on Fischer's book Sailing Home, using Homer's Odyssey as a Zen teaching story.
Path
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Zazen & everyday awareness
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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