During our 2026 residential Get-Out-the-Vote retreats in Bakersfield and San Antonio, we will be offering daily dharma talks from October 20 through November 4.  Talks hosted in San Antonio will be at 10:30 am Central (8:30 Pacific).  Bakersfield talks will be at 10:30 am Pacific (12:30 pm Central).

To watch a current talk, click HERE.  Note that on Saturday Oct 24 and Saturday Oct 31, the dharma talks will begin at 10:15 am Central (8:15 Pacific) and will be streamed by the San Antonio Zen Center.  Click HERE for zoom link (Passcode 674394).

To watch a talk that has previously been recorded, press the red “Watch” button in the table below.  (If the “Watch” button is not red, the talk has not been recorded or uploaded.)

Note

Date	Presenter	Location	Topic	Watch Recording (if red)
Tuesday, October 20	Gregory Denny	San Antonio		Watch
Wednesday, October 21	Taigen Dan Leighton	San Antonio	James Talarico and Supporting Life	Watch
Thursday, October 22	Taigen Dan Leighton	San Antonio	James Talarico and Not Stealing	Watch
Friday, October 23	Reirin Gumbel	San Antonio	Remembering True Nature: Practicing the Precepts as a Way to Wholeness	Watch
Saturday, October 24	Kruba Chris Ornelas	San Antonio	A Framework of Clarity	Watch
Sunday, October 25	Susan O'Leary	San Antonio	Buddhist Engagement and Dissident Awareness	Watch
Monday, October 26	Florence Caplow	San Antonio		Watch
Tuesday, October 27	Eduardo Juarez	San Antonio	Active Social Justice Anchored in Roman Catholic, Buddhist and 12 Step Teachings	Watch
Tuesday, October 27	Taigen Dan Leighton	Bakersfield	Randy Villegas	Watch
Wednesday, October 28	Clay Taylor	San Antonio		Watch
Wednesday, October 28	Taigen Dan Leighton	Bakersfield	Randy Villegas	Watch
Thursday, October 29	Laurie Haley	San Antonio	1963	Watch
Friday, October 30	Pat Yingst	San Antonio		Watch
Saturday, October 31	Andrea Thach	San Antonio		Watch
Sunday, November 1	Heather Martin	San Antonio		Watch
Monday, November 2	tbd	San Antonio		Watch
Tuesday, November 3	tbd	San Antonio		Watch
Wednesday, November 4	tbd	San Antonio		Watch

 

Sue Moon’s Six Encouragements:

1. Do something
2. Act in community with others
3. Remember that no effort for good is wasted
4. Follow your ongoing vow, or your intention, to save all beings.  Let this be your guiding light
5. Lighten up.  Make apricot jam with a friend, watch a funny movie . . . 
6. Live in gratitude for your precious human life, in this very moment.

We’ve recorded dharma talks at many of our in-person and online retreats — both our residential GOTV retreats and our postcard writing retreats.  Speakers have included Joan Halifax, Taigen Dan Leighton, Hozan Alan Senauke, Sue Moon, Florence Caplow, and many others.  For a complete list of recorded dharma talks click HERE and HERE.

As an added bonus you may be interested in Rob Lyons’ eyewitness accounts of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee; the 2024 Democratic Convention in Chicago; doorknocking in Wisconsin during the 2024 General Election; the 2025 Presidential Inauguration; and doorknocking in Wisconsin during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race.  To read these blogs, click HERE.