Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks

Being authentic, genuine, and reflecting true wisdom.

 Bearing witness instead of turning your back on life. 

Dropping off body, mind.

Smile as the mockingbird sings.

When all distinctions drop away, “alles ist gut”

Empathy and compassion in everyday life. 

The Ordinary Zen Sangha discusses our Zen practice. Is zazen the whole experience?

Non-violent resistance, what is it?

What is this? There is nothing to gain.

 Andrea shares with us some reflections on compassion, mercy, and love. 

A good news message and prediction for the New Year!

 Beyond beginnings and endings. 

 Zen's fundamental question! 

A message for the Holiday Season — Abbot Will (Hae An) Rauschenberger

Do our attachments define us?

The Six Perfections and Thanksgiving.

Life's Limitations and Boundlessness, are they the same or different?

Beyond the algorithms of delusion.

Opening the hand of thought to the natural attributes of compassion, intuition, and the wisdom of our original nature.Our upcoming Retreat is on November 15, 2025.

Why do we meditate?

Practice is continuous, Mountains are Mountains, and Rivers are Rivers.

Beyond Thinking Is Compassionate Mind.

What is emptiness in Ordinary Zen?

 What is meditation?

The Samadhi of the perfume of the universe.

The Dreamscape and doing the right thing.

Who is it that sees, hears, tastes, smells, feels, thinks?

What are you? Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

How would you like to be involved without being involved? Rising above the din.

The Boddhisattva path.

How to handle the apparent distinctions and differences that divide us, from the Zen perspective.

The influence of  Zen Master Hakuin

Dan Gulliford and Will Rauschenberger co-host this talk from Sarasota, FL, and Asheville, NC.

Ignoring, denying, or pushing away anything we consider uncomfortable is why we are uncomfortable!

The ups and downs of the seesaw of karma.

Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will Rauschenberger in discussing Kongan practice, Linages, and the Lotus Sutra Parable of the Burning House.

In this podcast, visiting Zen Master Chong An Sunim joins Abbot Will (Hea An) Rauschenberger at our Sunday Session on May 4th, 2025. The talk includes chanting the Heart Sutra.

Strip away who we think we are and experience the actuality of who we are.

Zen is solving the problem of Birth and Death.

If we already have Buddha Nature, why do we meditate?

Taking responsibility for your life and liberation are not different.

“Bodhisattva Samadhi” is Repose and Bliss.

How ordinary stupid people cause great suffering.

Zen is not mental replacement therapy for your self image.

The lion's roar.

You cannot think your way into Loving Kindness…

Did Buddha pierce right through the primordial darkness of ignorance?

 What does it mean to be fearless? 

Hitching your Ox to the post of Emptiness.

 Opening the hand of thought. 

Zazen (Zen meditation), Awakening, and Buddhahood are no different.