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talks by Tenney
& talks by Open Source teachers from our Open Source retreats


Here are some talks by our resident teacher Tenney Nathanson, & some more by Open Source teachers delivered at our Open Source retreats. Click to play, or right click on "Download file" to save the talk to your computer (in Firefox, for example, you'd select the "save link as" option). To play a talk on your phone, just open this  page in your phone's browser and tap on the "Download File" link. You can also look down below for the red "download" button if you'd like to download the talks from our Dropbox folder instead. Further down the page you'll find links to pages of talks by some other teachers. Questions? email us


talks from the March 2025 Desert Rain Zen retreat
at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks in Tucson
Tenney Nathanson & Megan Rundel
first night (3/4): Tenney and Megan
march_4_tenney_megan.mp3
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second night (3/5): Tenney
march_5_tenney.mp3
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third night (3/6): Megan
march_6_megan.mp3
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fourth night (3/8): Tenney and Megan
march_8_tenney_megan.mp3
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talks from the March 2024 Desert Rain Zen retreat
at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks in Tucson
Tenney Nathanson & Megan Rundel

first night (3/19): Tenney
tenney_24_03_19.mp3
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first night (3/19): Megan
megan_24_03_19.mp3
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second night (3/20): Tenney
tenney_24_03_20.mp3
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third night (3/21):Megan
megan_24_03_21.mp3
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talks from the July 2022 Open Source retreat in Beulah, Colorado:
final night: Megan and Tenney
2022.07.29meganandtenneyclosingtalk.mp3
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3rd night: Tenney
2022.07.27tenneytalkday3.mp3
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2nd night: Megan
2022.07.26megantalkday2.mp3
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opening night: Tenney and Megan
2022.07.25tenneyandmeganopeningtalk.mp3
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talks from our DRZ March 2020 residential retreat:
20_03_07_retreat_talk_4.mp3
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20_03_05_retreat_talk_3.mp3
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20_03_04_retreat_talk_2.mp3
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20_03_03_retreat_talk_1.mp3
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Open Source Teachers:
talks from our June 2019 Open Source Mahasangha Retreat in Beulah, Colorado


Here are the talks from our June 2019 Mahasangha Retreat up in Beulah, Colorado, by Open Source teachers Sarah Bender Roshi, Andrew Palmer Sensei, Megan Rundel Sensei, and Tenney Nathanson Sensei. Left-click to play, right-click to download. Thanks to Andrew for recording, curating, and uploading the talks for us to share!

6-9-19_opening_evening.mp3
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6-10-19_am_sarah.mp3
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6-10-19_pm_megan.mp3
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6-11-19_am_tenney.mp3
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6-11-19_pm_andrew.mp3
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6-12-19_am_megan.mp3
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6-12-19_pm_sarah.mp3
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6-13-19_am_andrew.mp3
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6-13-19_pm_tenney.mp3
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talks from our June 2016 Open Source Mahasangha Retreat in Colorado

You can listen to all the talks given at our June 2016 Open Source retreat--by Open Source teachers Sarah Bender, Andrew Palmer, Megan Rundel, and Tenney Nathanson--here on Andrew Palmer's Bow & Roar Website

note added April 2024: it looks like the talks are no longer posted on Andrew's site (the page is still there but the links are no longer "live"). Here are the talks I gave; I'm not sure how you can locate the talks by the other teachers, sorry.

16_06_21_mahasangha_retreat_talk.mp3
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16_06_23_mahasangha_morning_talk.mp3
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more talks by Tenney



talks from our DRZ March 2019 residential retreat:
19_03_09_retreat_talk_4.mp3
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19_03_07_retreat_talk_3.mp3
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19_03_06_retreat_talk_2.mp3
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19_03_05_retreat_talk_1.mp3
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talks from our DRZ March 2018 residential retreat:
18_03_10_retreat_talk_3.mp3
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18_03_08_retreat_talk_2.mp3
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18_03_06_retreat_talk_1.mp3
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a talk at Little Chapel, 2018
18_01_12_other_side_of_what.mp3
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a talk from our DRZ October 2017 mini-retreat at Little  Chapel:
17_10_20_weekend_retreat_talk__yes_and_no_self_.mp3
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talks from our DRZ March 2017 residential retreat:
17_03_04_retreat_talk_3.mp3
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17_03_02_retreat_talk_2.mp3
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17_03_01_retreat_talk_1.mp3
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talks from the Open Source Mahasangha retreat, Colorado, June 2016
16_06_23_mahasangha_morning_talk.mp3
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16_06_21_mahasangha_retreat_talk.mp3
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talks from our DRZ March 2016 residential retreat
16_03_05_retreat_talk_3.mp3
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16_03_03_retreat_talk_2.mp3
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16_03_02_retreat_talk_1.mp3
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talks at Little Chapel, 2015
15_04_19__not__managing_2.mp3
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15_04_12__not__managing_1.mp3
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talks at Little  Chapel, 2014
14_10_26_off_the_clock__balanchine_.mp3
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14_05_11_working_with_koans__resemblance_.mp3
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14_04_13_but_thats_just_my_opinion_3.mp3
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14_03_30_but_thats_just_my_opinion_2.mp3
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talks at Little Chapel, 2013
13_12_29_but_thats_just_my_opinion_1.mp3
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13_12_22_midwinter_day__beethoven.mp3
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13_12_15_ordinary_mind_3.mp3
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13_12_08_ordinary_mind_2.mp3
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13_11_10_ordinary_mind_1.mp3
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13_06_23_this_particular_eternity__derrida_.mp3
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13_06_16_spaciousness.mp3
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13_02_17_light_and_dark_5.mp3
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13_01_27_light_and_dark_4.mp3
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talks at Little Chapel, 2012
12_11_11_light_and_dark_3.mp3
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12_10_28_light_and_dark_2.mp3
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12_09_30_light_and_dark_1.mp3
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a talk at the Awakened  Life retreat in Santa Fe, June 2012
12_06_13_sangre_de_cristo_retreat__storehouse_consciousness_.mp3
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more talks at Little Chapel, 2012
12_05_26_when_i_get_there_ill_know_what_to_do.mp3
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12_05_20_mindfulness_and_the_storehouse_consciousness.mp3
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talks (etc.) by other Open Source teachers

Joan Sutherland:
  • soundfiles of dharma talks
  • printed talks and interviews
  • "The Radiance of the Dark" (video)

Sarah Bender:
  • blog and other writings

Andrew Palmer:
  • website: "Bow & Roar"
  • soundfiles of dharma talks
  • blog and other writings

Megan Rundel:
  • blog
  • psychoanalytic writings


Pacific Zen Institute

John Tarrant (et al)
  • printed talks by John Tarrant and other PZI teachers
  • videos of talks by John Tarrant and other PZI teachers


Everyday Zen Foundation

Norman Fischer (et al)
  • soundfiles of talks by Norman Fischer and other Everyday Zen teachers
  • Norman's "Abbot's Journal"
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