Coming in July—Deepening Practice Through Tradition and Innovation joins the Zen and Vipassana series. Featuring four fresh talks by Paul Haller and Gil Fronsdal, it continues the exploration of how traditional forms meet contemporary life.

Filmed during a three-week retreat at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, this series captures the living edge of practice. Through four Dharma talks, Paul Haller and Gil Fronsdal explore how tradition and innovation meet to deepen
mindfulness, compassion, and insight in daily life—
where timeless teachings unfold in contemporary experience.

Enhancing Moment-to-Moment Awareness
Across all four talks, the teachers emphasize presence as both method and outcome. Whether through sitting, walking, or responding to life’s complexity, you are invited to engage fully with the unfolding moment—where clarity, compassion, and wisdom take root.

Exploration and Reflection
This on-demand course supports personal inquiry and deep listening. Move at your own pace through these rich teachings, with space to reflect, revisit, and integrate. Let your own experience be the ground for transformation.

Harmonizing Tradition and Modern Practice
Paul Haller reflects on how Zen once intimidating ceremonial forms became sources of embodiment and insight. He shares how tradition, when met with presence and curiosity, opens new pathways into practice, allowing ancient rituals to illuminate modern life.

Unraveling Mental Constructs
Gil Fronsdal offers a clear, nuanced teaching on how the mind constructs identity and reality. Drawing on early Buddhist texts and personal stories, he guides you in seeing through limiting thoughts and concepts to access deeper clarity and freedom.

Embracing the Full Spectrum of Self
Paul Haller invites you into the vulnerable and transformative work of self-discovery. Through poetic reflection and personal story, he explores how tenderness, belonging, and practice interweave to help us meet both sorrow and beauty with presence.

Cultivating Compassionate Action
Gil Fronsdal explores how mindfulness, when deeply embodied, naturally leads to compassionate action. This talk brings Zen into the world—encouraging you to integrate inner awareness with outer care, fostering connection and integrity in everyday life.