Dharma Class with Murshid Wali Ali Meyer

Class Recordings for October, 2017

 Classes 36 - 40

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 36-40, originally held in the month of October, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #36 - October 2, 2017

Note: Class 36 is available in audio form only.  Please download the zip file below to be able to listen to the various tracks on your computer, phone, tablet or mp3 player, as you wish. 

Welcome and Taking Refuge; Nyogen Senzaki's Meeting with Hazrat Inayat Khan (Eloquent Silence, pp 242-243); Nyogen Senzaki's Seven Treasures (Eloquent Silence pp 244-245); Meditation; Original Nature pp 162-164 - 'The Incenses' ; Original Nature, 'Formless Confession' pp 164-167 with Commentary; Original Nature, 'Four Great Vows' pp 167-169; Boddhisatvic Vows Considerations - Buddhist & Sufi Leaders' Stories; Meditation; Closing & Dedication.

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Class #37 - October 9, 2017

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Welcome and Introduction, Taking Refuge; Original Nature (pp 177-178); Intro to Meditation, & Meditation; Q & A; Original Nature (pp 167-173) Reading with Commentary and Stories; Final Comments & Meditation; Happy Chinaman Story from Nyogen Senzaki with Commentary; Dedication.

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Class #38 - October 16, 2017

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Welcome, Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence Case 38: A Buffalo Passes Through an Enclosure (pp169-171); Meditation; Original Nature Reading (pp 174-179) with Commentary; Intro to Meditation & Meditation; Closing Remarks; Dedication.

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Class #39 - October 23, 2017

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Welcome, and Taking Refuge; Other Forms of Buddhism; Eloquent Silence - Seven Treasures, pp 244-245, 249-251; Original Nature (pp 176-178); Meditation Instruction and Meditation; Original Nature (pp 179-183) Reading and Commentary; Meditation Instruction and Meditation; Closing Comments and Dedication.

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Class #40 - October 30, 2017

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Taking Refuge; Zen Flesh, Zen Bones - Stories & Commentary; Soundless Sound, Zen History; Meditation Introduction; Meditation; Original Nature Reading (pp 186-192) with Commentary; Meditation; Closing Remarks and Dedication.

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Class Recordings for September, 2017

 Classes 32 - 35

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 32-35, originally held in the month of September, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #32 - September 4, 2017

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Welcome and Taking Refuge; Offering Merit Paper & Commentary; Eloquent Silence, Case 16, Bell & Ceremonial Robe, pp 94-96 & Commentary; Meditation; Original Nature pp 145-150 (Samadhi & Prajna); Meditation Intro & Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #33 - September 11, 2017

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Welcome & Introduction, Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence - Case 12, Tozan's Three Pounds of Flax pp 216-217; Meditation Instruction; Meditation; Original Nature - pp 151-155, with Commentary; Meditation; Sound Commentary & Life Challenges, Good Will Blessing; Dedication & Closing Comments.

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Class #34 - September 18, 2017

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Taking Refuge; Comments On Current Events; Original Nature (Sitting In Meditation) pp 154-155; Q & A re: Direction of Eye Gaze; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Post Meditation Commentary & Discussion; Eloquent Silence - Case 28 - Ryutan Blows Out Candle pp 133-136 & Commentary; Commentary on Zen Teachers; Original Nature pp 156-158 with Commentary; Meditation; Closing Remarks & Dedication.

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Class #35 - September 25, 2017

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Welcome and Introduction, Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence - Seven Treasures, pp 244-248; Original Nature - p 160; Meditation; Comments From Class & Response; Original Nature - Ch 6, Confession, pp 159-164; Meditation; Closing Remarks & Dedication.

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Class Recordings for August, 2017

 Classes 30 - 31

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 30-31, originally held in the month of August, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

The Table of Contents document below shows the same list of tracks for the audio files, and the length of each.  Please note that there were just two Dharma Night classes held during the month of August, 2017, due to Murshid Wali Ali's participation in the Northwest Sufi Camp.

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Class #30 - August 7, 2017

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Welcome and Introduction; Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence: Case 20 - The Man of Great Strength (pp 107-109); Nyogen Senzaki Story; Eloquent Silence Reading continued; Original Nature Reading, Introduction to Meditation; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Q & A -  Suzuki Roshi and Sam; Original Nature Reading with Commentary;  Meditation; Post-Meditation Discussion; Gratitude and Dedication.

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Class #31 - August 28, 2017

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Welcome & Taking Refuge; Reading from The Zen Eye - The Shape of Meditation (pp 58-60); Meditation Instructions and Meditations on Skandhas; Centering Exercise #14 (Hear All Sounds as Waterfall); Original Nature, Chapter 4 Reading - Samadhi & Prajna (pp 132-136); Continued Original Nature Reading (pp 141-144);  Introduction to Meditation, and Meditation; Dedication and Farewell.

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Class Recordings for July, 2017

 Classes 25 - 29

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 25-29, originally held in the month of July, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #25 - July 3, 2017

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Introduction and Three Refuges Chant; Eloquent Silence, ”Case 27: It Is Not Mind, It Is Not Buddha, It Is Not Things” (pp.130-132); Meditation; Wali Ali Comments on the Meditation, Original Nature Reading; Q & A and Sharing; Further Reading; Sitting; Dedication.

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Class #26 - July 10, 2017

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Introductory Commentary on Prajna, Soul, Buddha Nature; Three Refuges Chant (Pali Form); Intro to 'Original Nature' Reading; 'Original Nature' Reading & Commentary; Introduction to, and Sitting Meditation; Comments on Meditation, Murshid SAM Story; Reading with Wali Ali's Commentary continued; Q & A and Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #27 - July 17, 2017

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The Three Refuges Chant, Pali Form; Continuing the Reading of 'Original Nature'; Meditation; Questions and Comments; Continuing with 'Original Nature'; Koan from Senzaki's 'Eloquent Silence’  - Case 30 This Mind is Buddha (pp.141-143); Meditation; Closing Comments and Dedication.

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Class #28 - July 24, 2017

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Taking Refuge; Eloquent Silence, Case 32 - A Philosopher asks Buddha (pp.147-150), stories; Original Nature Reading; Meditation; Koan Commentary; Q & A, Ways of Realization; Original Nature Reading; Smoking & Enlightenment Story, Buddha Awareness; Original Nature Reading continued; Great Nature, Sokei-an/Murshid Sam Stories; Original Nature reading and Commentary; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #29 - July 31, 2017

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Welcome & Introduction / History; Eloquent Silence, Case 33 - This Mind Is Not Buddha (pp. 151-153); Koan Reflection/Commentary, Zen Teacher Stories; Original Nature intro; Original Nature reading (pp. 125-126) with commentary; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Taking Refuge; Original Nature Reading continued; Commentary; Q & A; Meditation Instruction & Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for June, 2017

 Classes 21 - 24

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 21-24, originally held in the month of June, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #21 - June 5, 2017

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Welcome and 3 Refuges Chant; Reading From 'Zen Eye' - Formless Mind pp 46-47; Meditation; Koan reading-Nyogen Senzaki's 'Eloquent Silence' pp 63-66; History- Murshid SAM Dances, Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Sokei-an; Reading from the Sutra of the 6th Patriarch; Q & A, Teaching; Meditation; Concluding Comments and Dedication.

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Class #22 - June 12, 2017

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Taking Refuge; from 'Zen Eye' - 'World of Boundless Light' pp 79-80; Meditation; Amitaba Buddhism Teaching; Sutra of Sixth Patriarch Reading; Teachings on Consciousness & Awakening; Shiva Story; Sixth Patriarch Sutra Reading; Q & A; Meditation and Dedication.

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Class #23 - June 19, 2017

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Taking Refuge; Reading from 'The Zen Eye' - Prayer (pp 71-72); Meditation; Reading from 'The Zen Eye' continued (pp 72-73); Reading from the 6th Patriarch Sutra - Prajna Paramita; Q & A; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class #24 - June 26, 2017

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The Three Refuges of Buddhism; Reading of a Talk by Sokei-an; Commentary and Intro to Meditation, by Wali Ali; Meditation; Q & A and Discussion; Reading from Senzaki's ''Eloquent Silence'' Case 23, 'Neither Good, Nor Not Good'; Reading from ''Original Nature'' - chapter called 'Questioning'; Comments by Wali Ali; Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for May, 2017

 Classes 16 - 20

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for classes 16-20, originally held in the month of May, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #16 - May 1, 2017

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Chatting Before Class; Three Refuges Chant; Senzaki's 1st Koan in 'The Gateless Gate'; Sitting with 'mu'; Sixth Patriarch's Platform Sutra; Reflection on the Reading; Platform Sutra Reading, continued; Discussion and Q&A; Silence, and Dedication.

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Class #17 - May 8, 2017

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Newer Folks Introduction to the Class; Three Refuges Chant, Pali Form; Reading from SAM's Commentary on Akibat;  Question and Commentary by Wali Ali; Short Sit - Let Mind Be Before Thought; Reading from Original Nature on the Platform Sutra; Description of the Twelve Nidanas; Platform Sutra continued with Sokei-an's Comments; Koan Question and Discussion; Further Reading, Closing Meditation and Discussion.

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Class #18 - May 15, 2017

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Chant of the Three Refuges; Introduction and Senzaki Teachings Around Koans; Sit Reflecting on Subject To or Not Subject To Causation; Wali Ali Relates a Sokei-an Story; Reading from Sokei-an's 'Original Nature'; Comments by Wali Ali & Meditation - Inner Spaciousness; Dedication of the Merit.

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Class #19 - May 22, 2017

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Welcome. Three Refuges Chant; Reading from 'Original Nature'; Meditation on the Universe as One's Body; Reading from 'Original Nature' continued; Wali Ali Comments; Reading from 'The Gateless Gate' by Nyogen Senzaki; Wali Ali Comments; Meditation - Letting Go and Finding the Universal Soul; The 'Finger Story' Revisited, Wali Ali Comments, Dedication.

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Class #20 - May 29, 2017

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Introduction and Three Refuges Chant; Senzaki's 'Gateless Gate' Collection - Case Six; Sitting with the Koan; Question - 'I' or 'Eye'?; Reading from Sokei-an's 'Original Mind'; Comments by Wali Ali; Sitting Practice; Q & A, and Dedication.

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Month 4: Classes 12 -15

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for Dharma Classes 12 thru 15 for Month 4, originally recorded in April of 2017.

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Class #12

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3 Refuges Chant, Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra; Translation by Namtrul Rimpoche; Q & A; Reading from Zen talks by Sokei-an Sasaki; Questions and Remarks by Murshid; Sixth Patriarch Sutra; Meditation and Closing.

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Class #13

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Welcome, 3 Refuges Chant in Pali Formula; Reading from the 6th Patriarch Sutra; Om Gate Gate... Mantra and Sitting; 6th Patriarch Sutra; Q&A Re - Letting Go; Reading from 6th Patriarch Sutra continued; Centering Exercise from 'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones'; Reading continued; Meditation; Dedication

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Class #14

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Three Refuges Chant; Reading from 'The Zen Eye', Commentary & Short Sit; Reading from 'Original Nature' on Prajna; Reading continues, with 'Paramita'; Commentary by Wali Ali; Koan for Sitting, and Sit; Q & A and Dedication.

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Class #15

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The Three Refuges (chant); Sokei-an Sasaki Biographical Info; Reading of "The Ten Bulls" book, gift from N. Senzaki; Reading of 'Pure Mind', a short talk by Sasaki; Meditation; Sixth Patriarch Sutra on Prajna and Paramita; Introduction to Meditation, and Meditation; Dedication.

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Month 3, Classes 8 -11

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for Dharma Classes 10 thru 13 for Month 3, originally recorded in March of 2017.

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Class #8

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3 Refuges Chant, Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra; Translation by Namtrul Rimpoche; Q & A; Reading from Zen talks by Sokei-an Sasaki; Questions and Remarks by Murshid; Sixth Patriarch Sutra; Meditation and Closing.

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Class #9

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Welcome, 3 Refuges, Sitting Instruction and Sitting; The Five Eyes - from 'The Zen Eye'; Wali Ali Commentary and Stories; 'Sixth Patriarch' Reading continued; Comments and Meditation; Dedication and Closing.

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Class #10

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Pre-Class Chat; 3 Refuges Mantra; Sokei-an's Instruction for Sitting and Short Sit; Comments and Return to 6th Patriarch Reading; Q & A; Sitting; Closing Remarks and Dedication.

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Class #11

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Murshid SAM's 3 Dhyanas of Buddha Practice; Comments & Return to the 6th Patriarch Sutra; Murshid's Comments and Begin Chapter 2; Murshid SAM Buddhist Stories; Chapter 2 'Prajna Paramita', continued; Prajna Paramita Sutra Chant and Meditation; Dedication.

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Class Recordings for January, 2017

Welcome to the Dharma Night Sangha!  If you are here, you have registered for the initial three classes originally held in the month of January, 2017.  Note: while watching a video on YouTube, you may select "...more" to see links to chapter locations within the video.  On a computer they will be actual links you can click to go to that chapter.  On a mobile device, you can use the slider.

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Class #1 - January 16, 2017

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Re Sokei-an Sasaki & Reading from fwd to 'The Zen Eye' pp vii-viii; Historical Details and Stories of Sokei-an Sasaki; Additional Historical Details; The 3 Bodies of Buddha Practice, 'The Zen Eye' pp 146-149 & Remarks; Gate Gate Mantra and Sitting; 6th Patriarch Platform Sutra - Sokei-an Translation & Commentary - 'Original Nature' pp 3-7; Closing Practices and Comments.

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Class #2 - January 23, 2017

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The Three Dhyanas of Buddha; Reading - Sokei-an's 'Buddha' - 'The Zen Eye' p 3; The Body of Buddha' from 'The Zen Eye' p 5, and Practice; Meditation; Background Notes from SAM's Writings; Platform Sutra Story from 'Original Nature' pp 5-11; Closing Comments & Pali Form of 3 Refuges.

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Class #3 - January 30, 2017

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Overview of Books, Reading - 'Holding the Lotus to the Rock' - pp 93-97; Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra (English); Gate Gate Mantra & Pali Form of 3 Refuges; Comments on Practice; Reading from 6th Patriarch Story - 'Original Nature' pp 11-18; Comments & Sitting; Q & A.

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Dharma Class with Murshid Wali Ali Meyer

Sokei-an Sasaki was the Zen teacher from whom Samuel Lewis received the Dharma Transmission. Sasaki’s method was soul to soul communication, a meeting in the Buddha nature that is present but un-awakened in most of us. 

Nyogen Senzaki was on the West Coast and Sam learned to perfect his skill in meditation and ability to unravel koans with him. Sam would meet Sasaki in 1931 in New York City a few months after this Zen Master opened his zendo. Both Sasaki and Senzaki were of the same direct lineage as Soyen Shaku who introduced Buddhism to America at the Chicago Exposition before the turn of the 20th century.

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The lineage of the Sufi Ruhaniat started by Samuel Lewis is blessed to have a deep strain of Buddhist transmission woven into its heart. There were little to no writings of Sokei-an available during Sam’s lifetime. Now they are available, and very inspiring. I think he gives the clearest exposition ever of Zen Buddhism and points the way directly to Buddhahood. Wali Ali studied this new material as part of the biography on Samuel Lewis that he is writing, and he was inspired to start a class on these teachings and practice.

The live class with Wali Ali included deeply absorbing Sokei-an’s teachings in his translation and commentary on “the Sutra of the 6th Patriarch”, his lectures embodied in a work called “The Zen Eye”, and his autobiography “Holding the Lotus to the Rock”. We meditated according to Sokei-an’s instructions, which include incorporating several basic ko-ans. As Sokeian liked to say “Everyone is welcome, and no one will be pursued if they leave.”

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Each recording will contain the full class as presented, including the silent meditation periods for those who wish to follow along with the actual pace of the classes.  With most meditation periods placed at the end of a track, one has the option to skip forward without missing the other teachings.  The audio recordings may be downloaded to be listened to on your mp3 device, and the video recordings will play on YouTube.

Click HERE for the full Table of Contents of the classes in a pdf file (configured for 2-sided printing).

Registered students may use the links below to access the classes:

Classes 01-03 | Classes 04-07 | Classes 08-11
Classes 12-15 | Classes 16-20 | Classes 21-24
Classes 25-29 | Classes 30-31 | Classes 32-35
Classes 36-40 | Classes 41-43 | Classes 44-46
Classes 48-49 | Classes 50-53 | Classes 54-56
Classes 57-60 | Classes 61-66 |

In September and October of 2018, Murshid presented six more general Dharma Night Classes, with Buddhist and other Dharma tradition teachings mixed with Sufi practice as well:
Classes 67-69 | Classes 70-72