40 min
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
Meet Norman Fischer in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
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Everyday Zen Daily Sitting
Online · Daily online zazen
See event pageDaily online zazen
04NOV
Dharma Seminar: The Diamond Sutra, 4 November
Online · Online seminar
See event pageOnline seminar
Show 10 past gatherings
31OCT
One-Day Meditation Retreat led by Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Mountain View, California, United States · One-day retreat
See event pageOne-day retreat
28OCT
Dharma Seminar with Norman Fischer: October Session Four
Tiburon, California, United States · Hybrid seminar
See event pageHybrid seminar
21OCT
Dharma Seminar: Majjhima Nikaya on Social Harmony
Online · Online seminar
See event pageOnline seminar
21OCT
Dharma Seminar with Norman Fischer: October Session Three
Online · Online seminar
See event pageOnline seminar
20OCT
Honoring Philip Whalen Birthday Ceremony
Online · Online ceremony
See event pageOnline ceremony
14OCT
Dharma Seminar with Norman Fischer: October Session Two
Tiburon, California, United States · Hybrid seminar
See event pageHybrid seminar
10OCT
All-Day Sitting with Norman Fischer at Green Gulch Farm
Muir Beach, California, United States · Day-long retreat
See event pageDay-long retreat
07OCT
Dharma Seminar with Norman Fischer: October Session One
Online · Online seminar
See event pageOnline seminar
19SEP
All-Day Sitting at Green Gulch Farm
Muir Beach, California, United States · All-day sitting (hybrid)
See event pageAll-day sitting (hybrid)
05AUG
Dharma Seminar: Core Texts & Teachings of Dogen
Online · Online seminar
See event pageOnline seminar
Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
43 min
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
The wider context.
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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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