Dharma Talk by Professor Sungha Yun

Talk Date: 09/14/2025

Talk Title: Peace Begins Within Talk

Summary, by Dr. Yun: "Not long ago, I received a heartfelt letter from a fellow Won Buddhist practitioner. He spoke of the turmoil and conflicts spreading across our world, and he asked with sincerity: 'In such troubled times, how should I, as a practitioner, steady my heart and live my life?' His words carried both the weight of deep concern and the gentle wish to bring even a small measure of healing to the world.

We live in an age filled with uncertainty, restlessness, and fear. In such a time, how do we walk the path of practice? How do we nurture peace in our own hearts so that it may ripple outward to others?

This Dharma talk invites you to reflect with me on these questions and to explore together how peace can begin within each of us."

Dharma Talk by Patrice Koelsch, Ph.D., Dharma Teacher

Talk Date: 02/01/2026

Talk Title: Courage in the Buddhadharma

Dharma Talk by Ted O’Toole, Senior Teacher of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center

Talk Date: 03/01/2026

Talk Title: It Is Like a Quilt: How Can I Care for All Beings and Still Care for Myself?

Talk Summary: by Ted O’Toole: “Shinshu Roberts says in Meeting the Myriad Things that all aspects of Buddhism are one thing. ‘It is like a quilt,” she says, in that ‘we work one piece at a time, but there is a larger project – the quilt itself.’ She also says that ‘Even after a practitioner has experienced the time of working on the whole, it is okay to respond to each piece as it arises, because that is often how life meets us.’ If all beings make up the quilt as a whole, and each of us is an individual piece, when must we work to free all beings, and when must we work on caring for our own individual self? How do we find the proper balance in difficult times?”