Parmita Derden, senior member of HZC, corporate secretary of the Board of Directors of HZC, member of the Personnel Committee and the Finance Committee, and overseer of the budget of HZC gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, August 20th 2017.
Gayle Klaybor: Being Human
Jika (Earth Song) Gayle Klaybor, member of the Board of Directors of HZC, student of the Way of Flowers (Ikebana), parent, and psychotherapist in private practice gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, August 13th, 2017.
Matt Brownlie: The Five Skandhas
Matt Brownlie, senior member of HZC, co-founder of Dharma Punx, and parent, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, August 6th, 2017.
Vicki Glenn: Loving Kindness
Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Ino/Head of the Meditation Hall of HZC, senior Zen sewing teacher, senior member of HZC, and teacher of children, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, July 30th, 2017.
Rev. Zenshin Greg Fain, Roshi: Love
Zen Priest Zenshin Greg Fain, the Tanto/Head of Practice of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the largest Zen monastery in the West, and long-time friend of HZC gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, July 23rd, 2017.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Responsibility
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, July 16th 2017.
Kenkai Brandon Lamson: Creativity
Brandon Lamson
Brandon Lamson gives the Dharma Talk at the one day sitting on July 15th, 2017.
Brandon Lamson, whose dharma name Kenkai means Inkstone Ocean, is a senior member of HZC and a poet. He teaches literature and creative writing in the Honors College at the University of Houston. He is a co-founder of both the Houston Dharma Punx and the Houston Meditation Society. Currently, he teaches meditation classes at the University of Houston, BIG Power Yoga, and Define Living. His book Starship Tahiti won the Juniper Prize in Poetry. He is currently finishing a second collection of poems titled Mountains Walking, and a memoir about prison teaching titled Caged.
Judson Dunn: It Gets Better
Judson Dunn, Vice-President of the Board of HZC, Director of Membership, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, July 9th, 2017
Rev. Tim Schorre: The Way and The Path
Rev. Tim Schorre, Zen Priest, senior member of HZC, architect and former president and tanto/head of practice, of HZC gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, July 2nd, 2017
Rev. Sarah Emerson: Jizo and the Middle Way
Zen Priest Dōjin Sarah Emerson, the co-Head Priest at Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, California, returns to Houston Zen Center to give the Dharma Talk on Sunday, June 25th, 2017.