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Dharma Audio
​2021 and later recorded Dharma Talks are available here.  Earlier talks are in mp3 format and can be streamed or downloaded.  None may be used or transferred for monetary gain.  

December 2019 Sesshin

Recording 30 Josh Bartok Dharma Talk
​Recording 31 Diane Fitzgerald Dharma Talk
​Recording 32 James Cordova Dharma Talk
​Recording 33 Kate Hartland Dharma Talk

October 2019 Bay Retreat

Recording 28 Diane Fitzgerald Dharma Talk
​Recording 29 Kate Hartland Dharma Talk

September 2019 Bay Retreat

Recording 26 ​Kate Hartland Dharma Talk

July 2019 Forest Retreat

Recording 19  Fran Ludwig  Encouragement Talk
Recording 21  Leslie Gajdukow Encouragement Talk
Recording 22 Kate Hartland Dharma Talk
Recording 24 Diane Fitzgerald Dharma Talk
Recording 25 Leslie Gajdukow Encouragement Talk

​Teisho by Kate Hartland and Diane Fitzgerald and Encouragement Talks by Fran Ludwig and Leslie Gajdukow from October, 2018 Bay Retreat

Talk 1
Talk 2
Talk 3
Talk 4

​Teisho by Kate Hartland and Diane Fitzgerald and Encouragement Talks by Fran Ludwig, Leslie Gajdukow and Jean Erlbaum from July, 2018 Forest Retreat

Kate Hartland 7.26.18
Fran Ludwig Encouragement Talk 7.26.18_18
Diane Fitzgerald 7.27.18_18
Leslie Gajdukow Encouragement Talk 7.27.18_18
Kate Hartland and Diane Fitzgerald 7.28.18_18
​Jean Erlbaum Encouragement Talk 7.28.18_18

Retreat dharma talks (teisho)

​​2018-03-16a_One-Finger-Zen_JB-DF-JC.mp3
2018-03-17a_One-Finger-Zen-2_JC-DF-JB.mp3
2018-01-19p_Diane-Fitzgerald_Dharma-Blossoms.mp3
2017-10-07a_Diane-Fitzgerald_James-Cordova.mp3
2017-07-17a_Josh-Bartok_Diane-Fitzgerald.mp3
​2017-07-20a_James-Cordova_Diane-Fitzgerald.mp3
 
Weekly dharma talks (teisho)
Diane Fitzgerald - 2017-04-17 What Is The Need For Practice
Diane Fitzgerald - 2017-12-14 The Time-Being
Diane Fitzgerald - Nan Ch'uan's Truth That's Never Been Spoken
Liturgy service (chanting)
Liturgy
2021 Zen DownEast Liturgy Book
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Finding Peace
​“Finding Peace”, an essay by Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald
published in Zen Teachings in Challenging Times, Temple Ground Press 2018 
Books
Suggested Zen Reading List
Courtesy of Josh Bartok, Roshi
​BEGINNING ZAZEN
Zen Meditation in Plain English
Taking the Path of Zen
Hardcore Zen
NEXT STEPS
The Book of Mu
Realizing Genjokoan
Opening the Hand of Thought
Living by Vow
Zen Master WHO?
If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break
The Heart of Understanding
Heart of the Universe
Unlimiting Mind
DEEPER STILL
The Art of Just Sitting
Sitting with Koans
Zen Women
DOGEN STUDIES
Realizing Genjokoan: The Key to Dogen's Shobogenzo
Dogen's Extensive Record
How to Raise an Ox
Instructions to the Cook
Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist
Moon In A Dewdrop
KOANS AND ANCIENT MASTERS
The Flowing Bridge
The Gateless Barrier (Aitken)
The Iron Flute
Zen Comments on the Mumonkan (Shibiyama)
The Book of Equanimity (Wick)
Mud and Water
The Unborn
ORDINARY MIND IS THE WAY
Saying Yes To Life (Even the Hard Parts)
This Truth Never Fails
Nothing Special
At Home in Muddy Water
Start Where You Are
Ending the Pursuit  of Happiness
THE PRECEPTS
Waking Up To What You Do
The Mind of Clover
Being Upright
Razor-Wire Dharma
The New Social Face of Buddhism
Money, Sex, War, Karma
Pavement (Jensen)
If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break
THE BUDDHIST TRADITION
Faces of Compassion
In the Buddha's Words
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Buddha (Armstrong)
Buddhism of the Heart
Stories of the Lotus Sutra
OTHER EXCELLENT BOOKS
Mindfulness Yoga
How to Be Sick
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety
Bad Dog! A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places
Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity,
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Food for the Heart
The Screwtape Letters
Living Zen, Loving God
Existential Psychotherapy (Yalom)
How to be Happy (Zopa)
When the Chocolate Runs Out
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