SZBA Event Recordings
We are pleased to offer a selection of recordings from our past events for your convenience. The event recordings are made public and searchable on YouTube a month after the event. SZBA Dharma talks were held once a month and open to both SZBA members and the general public. The SZBA Dharma talks provide an opportunity for sharing the Dharma, in its many expressions, and are a new effort by the SZBA to widen its connections.
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Past SZBA Dharma Talks
Recordings: Past SZBA Events
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Soto Zen Buddhist Association was honored to offer two event series that uplifted diverse voices and supported the vitality of Zen communities. "Celebrating the Voices of Women in Buddhism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" was a year-long monthly speaker series in 2024, generously funded by the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation. Curated by the SZBA DEIA Committee, the series featured Dharma talks, panels, and intimate conversations with Buddhist women teachers, exploring the evolving roles and enduring wisdom of women in the Dharma across generations.
This year, 2025, with support from the Hemera Foundation, we are offering the series "Actualizing and Sustaining Healthy Zen Communities", focused on fostering well-being within sanghas and strengthening ties with local communities. These events are developed to equip participants with tools to cultivate harmony and purpose in communal practice.
To access the YouTube recordings, please click on the links below:
2025
Generously funded by the Hemera Foundation.
2024
Generously funded by the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation
January 14, 2024- Bowing to Lotuses Blooming in the Mud: Gratitude as an agent for change.
February 17, 2024- Women in Buddhist Monasticism: Women in Community
March 2, 2024- Navigating Relationships in Buddhist Communities
June 30, 2024- A Trace of Mahapajapati: The Elements of Dharma Transmission Woman to Woman
July 20, 2024- Zenshin, the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun in Japan
August 24, 2024- Women in Himalayan Buddhist Traditions: Transmission and Transformation
October 27, 2024- Receiving the Marrow by Bowing “Raihai Tokuzui
Coming Soon— November 9, 2024-Throughout the Body, Hands and Eyes: Compassion and Bodhisattva Activism
December 15, 2024- Full Moon Bodhisattva Ceremony (Ryaku Fusatsu)