NBMC Dharma Talks Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center

On Sunday, November 5, Shodo Spring will gave with the title: “Making Peace: With the Sutta-Nipatta, and considering the current state of the world.” She is well-known in the sangha as a Zen priest, an activist, and the head of the Mountains and Waters Alliance in Faribault, where she lives on a permaculture farm. 

Ben delivered a dharma talk on Imagination, Interdependence, and Liberation: Practicing Yogacara Buddhism with Vasubandhu’s “Three Natures.” Ben teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multi-faith groups focused on intersectional liberation, racial justice, and climate justice. Ben serves the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, […]

Sam Johnson delivered a dharma talk on March 5, 2023 on the subject: Is it really just a small world after all?  Bhikkhus, I say that the end of the world cannot be known, seen, or reached by travelling. Yet, bhikkhus, I also say that without reaching the end of the world there is no making an end […]

On June 20, 2021 Rocky gave a talk about the challenging journey that led him to join the Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center in 2019, and how the sangha and meditation changed his life. As someone who was able to overcome intense anxiety through sitting, he asks how we (the sangha) can help others who may […]

On October 10, 2021, Ben Connelly gave a talk entitled:  Show Up In A Good Way – Lessons from Zen practice at Indigenous Led Water Protector Camps. About Ben:  Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen […]