Click the links below to view teaching videos. Most of these are on the Belmont Zen Center YouTube channel. The most recent is at the top.

• Thought Junkies
  • A dharma talk inspired by Leonard Cohen (September 11, 2024, 18:40)
• Think Globally, Act Locally
  • A dharma talk exploring the bodhisattva’s mission, with reference to John and Hank Green (August 14, 2024, 22:13)
• No Blind Faith
  • A dharma talk presenting an interfaith comparison of “faith” (August 4, 2024, 20:21)
• Acknowledging Impermanence
  • A dharma talk on the practical and spiritual benefits of facing our mortality (July 10, 2024, 20:25)
• Happy, Regardless
  • A dharma talk on the Buddha’s unique view of happiness (June 12, 2024, 21:45)
• Don’t Affirm, Don’t Promote, Don’t Protect
  • A dharma talk the nature of self (June 2, 2024, 14:45)
• Arrival at Heartbreak
  • A dharma talk inspired by the movie Arrival (May 8, 2024, 20:19)
• The Whole Diet and Exercise Program
  • A dharma talk on incorporating practice into your daily life (March 13, 2024, 21:36)
• Sunyata: Boundless and Free
  • A dharma talk unpacking “form is emptiness, emptiness is form” (February 14, 2024, 24:00)
• Without the Burden of Comparison
  • A dharma talk based on the important text Xinxinming,”Faith in Mind” (January 21, 2024, 17:39)
• Try Softer
  • A dharma talk on why trying harder is not always the best approach (January 10, 2024, 16:37)
• Holy Days
  • A dharma talk on the value of holy days (December 13, 2023, 25:27)
• Kido Chanting
  • A brief explanation and demonstration of this embodied practice (December 5, 2023, 30:41)
• A Little Patience
  • A dharma talk on the six perfections, especially kśanti (November 8, 2023, 24:54)
• The Dhammapada
  • A short explanation and selections from this important scripture (November 1, 2023, 23:15)
• Right Speech
  • A dharma talk on the eight-fold path (October 11, 2023, 23:21)
• Obstacles
  • A dharma talk on the hindrances to meditative absorption (September 13, 2023, 26:20)
• Constructive Discomfort
  • A dharma talk on spiritual growth (September 10, 2023, 21:27)
• Morality, Precepts, Intentions
  • A dharma talk on śila (August 9, 2023, 26:44)
• Cosmic Bodhisattvas
  • A dharma talk about the Mahayana view of bodhisattvas (July 12, 2023, 24:24)
• The Vinegar Tasters
  • A dharma talk on pessimism, optimism, and realism (June 14, 2023, 17:13)
• The “First Service” at BZC
  • A piece of the liturgy and a talk on the theme of the Buddha’s “middle path”, from the first service that actually had people in attendance (April 12, 2023, 20:53)
• The Five Precepts
  • The most important element of the full moon service — reminding ourselves of the Buddha’s five moral Precepts, and rededicating ourselves to following them, to the best of our ability, for the benefit of ourselves and all sentient beings (April 5, 2023, 1:37)
• The Noises We Make
  • A dharma talk about chanting practice (March 12, 2023, 18:32)
• No Enlikenment
  • One minute of dharma — a spiritual path has to be walked (January 21, 2023, 0:57)
• Morning Service
  • Get a taste of what services are like at our new location (January 16, 2023, 11:41)
• Tour Our New Home!
  • A short tour of our new facility in St. Clairsville, Ohio (January 8, 2023, 3:00)
• We Eat This Food With Everyone
  • A dharma talk about food, eating, and the holidays (December 18, 2022, 21:53)
• Big News!
  • An update on live in-person events starting soon (December 5, 2022, 1:00)
• Homage to Medicine Buddha
  • One minute of dharma — May all beings be healthy in body and mind! (November 13, 2022, 0:48)
• Update and Appeal
  • What’s going on with the Zen Center? Can you help it find a home? (October 16, 2022, 4:50)
• Everyone Is Eligible
  • One minute of dharma — from Tong Songchol Sunim, one of the great Seon masters of the 20th century (October 2, 2022, 0:53)
• One Hundred Years
  • One minute of dharma — a reading from the Dhammapada (August 28, 2022, 0:54)
• Buddha Nature Cures Everybody
  • A dharma talk given at Muddy Water Zen Temple, with a mental health angle (August 21, 2022, 17:21)
• Mind Is At Rest
  • One minute of dharma — this lightly edited passage is from “Korean Buddhism,” published by the Korean Buddhist Order Association (July 24, 2022, 0:54)
• The Buddha’s Robe
  • A short explanation about the vestments worn by Buddhist clergy (July 10, 2022, 6:34)
• Ten Guides
  • A reading of an important Seon text (July 3, 2022, 1:28)
• The Practice of Angeo
  • Explains the cycle of intensity that is build into Seon practice over the year (May 15, 2022, 9:18)
• Existential Gaslighting
  • A re-recording of a dharma talk given at Muddy Water Zen Temple (April 24, 2022, 19:30)
• The Christ-Buddha – A poem by Rev. Duke Grey
  • One minute of dharma for Easter (April 17, 2022, 0:46)
• A Small Drop of Water – A reading from Daehaeng Kunsunim: Part 1 — Part 2
  • One minute of dharma times two (April 3, 2022, 0:59 & 0:54)
• Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting
  • Praying for peace in Ukraine and around the world (February 27, 2022, 3:38)
• A Samantabhadra Practitioner’s Aspiration
  • One minute of dharma (February 20, 2022, 1:00)
• Celebrating the life of Thich Nhat Hanh
  • One minute of dharma (January 21, 2022, 1:00)
• Eating the Ice Cream
  • One minute of dharma (November 18, 2021, 1:00)
• We Need a Metta-Verse
  • One minute of dharma (November 13, 2021, 1:00)
• Crossing the Threshold
  • Korean Buddhism’s unique idea of “sudden enlightenment and gradual cultivation” — on the Muddy Water Zen Temple channel (October 24, 2021, 24:43)
• That’s Not My Train
  • One minute of dharma (October 10, 2021, 1:00)
• Evening Liturgy
  • This is an animated version of the evening liturgy from the BZC liturgy book (August 29, 2021, 12:50)
• Making Seated Meditation More Comfortable
  • Increase your flexibility and warm up for sitting meditation with this exercise (August 15, 2021, 11:08)
• Impossible Vows
  • Examining the four bodhisattva vows — on the Muddy Water Zen Temple channel (July 18, 2021, 14:19)
• Karma Isn’t Everything
  • The Buddha taught that why things happen is… complicated (May 9, 2021, 20:57)
• In Defense of Study
  • The map is not the trip, the menu is not the meal, but the map and the menu are still worthwhile. (March 14, 2021, 14:41)
• Meditation on Loving-Kindness and Compassion
  • A guided metta meditation (February 7, 2021: 15:00)
• Rebirth – Reincarnation – What Did the Buddha Teach?
  • Metaphors for understanding a complex teaching (January 3, 2021, 11:31)
• The One Who Bows, the One Who Is Bowed To
  • A dharma talk on prostrations as a spiritual practice (November 29, 2020, 11:39)
• What’s With All the Gray?
  • Explains the symbolism of this color in the Korean Buddhist tradition (November 1, 2020, 3:52)
• Meditation: Is It All in My Head?
  • Explores the role of the body in meditation practice (October 11, 2020, 13:32)
• Meditation: What’s the Point?
  • A short teaching on the goal of meditation (September 13, 2020, 5:20)
• Brief Morning Liturgy
  • This is an animated version of the morning liturgy from the BZC liturgy book (August 16, 2020, 7:00)
• Buddhism is Not Just Meditation
  • The path starts with ethics (August 2, 2020, 5:16)
• If You’re Happy Where You Are…
  • A short video about “no proselytizing” (July 26, 2020, 5:19)
• Swimming in Life & Death
  • A dharma talk from April, 2020 for the Muddy Water Zen Temple (July 19, 2020, 15:21)
• Why This? Why Now? 
  • About why the Belmont Zen Center was started (June 28, 2020, 7:20)