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Garth Monroe
Shosan (Pine Mountain) Garth Monroe, long-time dedicated student of Zen; CFO of $3 billion private equity firm, former sargeant in Marine Corps, and brother of a twin (one of life's blessings), gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, October 1st 2017.
Colin Gipson
Zen Priest Colin Gipson, Abiding Teacher of San Antonio Zen Center, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, September 24th, 2017.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, September 10th 2017.
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.
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, senior member of HZC, co-founder of Dharma Punx, and parent, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, August 6th, 2017.
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.
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.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, July 16th 2017.
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.