Talks you can listen to:

I'll be posting links to a few soundfiles of (mostly recent) talks, and also some text files (for talks or other Zen writing I've been doing)

Here are talks from the Desert Rain spring retreat here in Tucson, co-taught by Megan Rundel and me

March 4: talks by Tenney and Megan

March 5: Tenney

March 6: Megan

March 8: Tenney and Megan

Here are links to the talks from the September-October 2024 Open Source retreat in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Colorado's Springs Mountain Sangha, Oakland's Crimson Gate Meditation Community, and Tucson's Desert Rain all participated. The talks are by Sarah Bender of SMS, Megan Rundel of Crimson Gate, and Tenney.

September 30: all teachers

October 1: Tenney

October 2: Megan

October 3: Sarah

Writing: essays, edited talks on the way to becoming essays, etc.:

(clicking on the link will open and/or download the file so you can read it on your device)

"The World of Dew"

based on talks given at the Desert Rain retreat at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks in Tucson, March 2025

"The World of Dew," part 1

"The World of Dew," part 2

"The World of Dew," part 3

& etc. . . . some miscellaneous stuff . . .

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