Here you find the recordings of the Dharma Talks of Sensei Peg Kendo Murray starting from September 15, 2024.
The Dharma Talk is a time to hear and discuss the benefits of Zen in our everyday lives.
October 2025
October 15: Recording Joshin and Kendo
October 8: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about Bringing Out Practice into Abandoned Places
September 2025
September 3: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about Peace & Conflict
August 2025
August 6: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about Caring for the Earth and the Importance of the Natural World
August 20: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about Manjushri Bodhisattva and the role of wisdom in practice.
July 2025
July 2: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about Four Commonplace Truths of Engagement
June 2025
June 18: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about The 8 Awarenesses of a Great Being/Bodhisattva
May 2025
May 4: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about touching into space as emptiness
April 2025
April 13: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about Jizo Bodhisattva
March 2025
March 16: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo continues her exploration of the Vimilakirti Sutra.
March 9: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo talked about the Vimilakirti Sutra and the wisdom we can access as householders welcoming all of life–even the sickroom–in. She also talked about another wise bedridden bodhisattva– Kosan Callahan who died last week.
February 2025
February 9: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo reflected on Dharma practices that she has turned to in difficult times including taking time to express grief and sadness, turning to community for support, working with personal pride through the practice of “equalizing” and cultivating silence for stability and clarity.
January 2025
January 12: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo discussed karma and how it is inextricably linked to our intention and actions
January 5: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo and Eisho talked about bodhicitta and the bodhisattva path using some descriptions of bodhisattva archetypes to illustrate qualities associated with the path
December 2024
December 22: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo explores the winter solstice as a metaphor for the importance of cultivating trust, intention, new beginnings and liberation through practice
November 2024
November 24: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo went in a conversation with the sangha about wholesome actions.
November 3: In this Dharma Reflection Joshin, Kendo and Eisho went in a conversation with the sangha about the upcoming elections.
October 2024
October 20: In this Dharma Reflection Joshin, Kendo and Eisho continued the conversation with the sangha about the spiritual path. This week they talked about spiritual friendship, personal lineage, and our lives.
October 13: In this Dharma Reflection Joshin, Kendo and Eisho went in a conversation with the sangha about the spiritual path.
September 2024
September 29: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo reflects on Beneficial Action one of the four embraces of the Bodhisattva
September 22: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo reflects on Loving Speech one of the four embraces of the Bodhisattva.
September 15: In this Dharma Reflection Kendo reflects on Giving one of the four embraces of the Bodhisattva.