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Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00732 Sesshin Day 4
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Concentration, Religion, Absolute-and-Relative, Doubt, Mindfulness, Transmission, Jewel Mirror... |
Dec 16 1991 |
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Anticipation, Apprehension and FearSerial: BZ-00731B Rohatsu Day 3
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Hindrances, Discrimination, Big Mind, Concentration, Posture, Karma, Ego, Attachment... |
Dec 15 1991 |
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Transmission of LightSerial: BZ-00681A -
Eka, Bodhidharma, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen, Greed, Birth-and-Death,... |
Dec 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00731A Lecture
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Five Ranks, Ego, Absolute-and-Relative, Non-duality, Silence, Mahayana, confusion, Evil... |
Dec 14 1991 Tassajara |
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Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages, 9th and 10th StagesSerial: BZ-00283 Class 4 of 4
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Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, Enthusiasm, Platform Sutra... |
Dec 12 1991 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00693B Rohatsu Day 7
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Religion, Ordinary Mind, Discrimination, Duality, Don't Know Mind, Greed, Passions, Hate... |
Dec 07 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Meaning of DokusanSerial: BZ-00707B Relationship to Teacher and Zazen, Rohatsu Day 6
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Teacher-and-Student, Dokusan, Zazen, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Rinzai, Hate,... |
Dec 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Patience, Posture, and PracticeSerial: BZ-00693A Rohatsu Day 5
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Posture, Zazen, Patience, Buddha Nature, Instruction, Non-duality, Silence, Building, Priest... |
Dec 05 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vimalakirti Sutra; Oneness and DualitySerial: BZ-00707A Rohatsu Day 4
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Vimalakirti, Oneness, Duality, Duality, Silence, Manjushri, Discrimination, Non-duality,... |
Dec 04 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vimalakirti Sutra; SufferingSerial: BZ-00706B Rohatsu Day 3
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Vimalakirti, Suffering, Duality, Manjushri, Oneness, Non-duality, Silence, Blue Cliff Record,... |
Dec 03 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vijnana: Mind ConsciousnessSerial: BZ-00706A Manas, the Sixth Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 2
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Consciousness, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Doubt, Dragons, Sixth Patriarch,... |
Dec 02 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Three Buddha Bodies; Eight ConsciousnessesSerial: BZ-00705B Rohatsu Day 1
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Trikaya, Consciousness, Ego, Eight Aspects, Sixth Patriarch, Posture, Buddha Nature,... |
Dec 01 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Deep Ecology and InterconnectednessSerial: BZ-00705A Lecture
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Conversation, Intimacy, Interdependence, Culture, Ego, Mahayana, Bell, Peace... |
Nov 23 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages; Awareness and AcceptanceSerial: BZ-00272 Class 3 of 4
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Soto Zen, Concentration, Liberation, Karma, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Commitment,... |
Nov 21 1991 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00730 Lecture
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Dragons, Continuous Practice, Observe, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Anger, Ego, Five... |
Nov 20 1991 Tassajara |
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Pearls Written FamilySerial: BZ-00704B Women's Sitting
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Evil, Separation, Offering |
Nov 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00729 Class Three, Class
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Ego, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Ordinary Mind, Monastic Practice, Big Mind,... |
Nov 17 1991 3 Tassajara |
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Encountering the True DragonSerial: BZ-00704A Lecture
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Dragons, Anger, Beginners, Posture, Culture, War, Sangha, Interview, Bowing, Lineage... |
Nov 16 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00728 Class Two, Class
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Five Ranks, Ego, Platform Sutra, Separation, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative,... |
Nov 15 1991 2 Tassajara |
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Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten StagesSerial: BZ-00273 Class 2 of 4
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Right Effort, Mindfulness, Light-and-Darkness, Concentration, Culture, Liberation, Heart Sutra... |
Nov 14 1991 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00626 Class One, Class
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Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Lay, Beginners, Soto Zen, Greed,... |
Nov 13 1991 1 Tassajara |
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Wonderful Ramblings on Zen in AmericaSerial: BZ-00703B Lecture
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Building, Heart Sutra, Interview, Tassajara, Posture, Religion, War, Peace |
Nov 09 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unveiling Zen Through CalligraphySerial: SF-01459 The talk discusses the art of Zen calligraphy through the works of Hodo Tabase Sensei, emphasizing how calligraphy reflects Zen principles and the merging of artistic expression with spiritual understanding. The speaker outlines... Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Priest |
Nov 09 1991 |
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Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages; First Two StagesSerial: BZ-00274 Class 1 of 4
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Four Noble Truths, Enthusiasm, Passions, Vow, Lineage, Concentration, Practice Period, War,... |
Nov 07 1991 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hui-Neng's Verse to Monk and LaitySerial: BZ-00703A Fault Finding, One-Day Sitting
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Hui Neng, Precepts, Platform Sutra, Passions, Posture, Hindrances, Lay, Sixth Patriarch,... |
Nov 04 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With JapanSerial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture
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Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Dharma... |
Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00625 Lecture
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Gratitude, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Absolute-and-Relative, Manjushri, Dharma Transmission... |
Oct 19 1991 Tassajara |
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Exacting PracticeSerial: BZ-00702A -
Silence, Continuous Practice, Bell, War, Peace, Priest, Addiction, Composure, Impermanence... |
Oct 19 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Talk to Tokubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00624 Sesshin
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Practice Period, Tassajara, Building, Gratitude, confusion, Dragons, Soto Zen, Chanting,... |
Oct 13 1991 |
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Sandokai; All EqualSerial: BZ-00751B Lecture
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Instruction, Darkness-and-Light, Book of Serenity, Right Speech, Precepts, Bodhidharma,... |
Oct 12 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Effort, Pain and ResistanceSerial: BZ-00751A Lecture, one day sitting
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Big Mind, Posture, Death-and-Dying, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, New Year, Duality... |
Oct 05 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Days of Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-00750B Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture
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Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Practice Period, Transmission, War, Discrimination,... |
Sep 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Cultivating Zen: From Tradition to CommunitySerial: SF-01458 The talk focuses on two main subjects: the Tokubetsu Sesshin and the speaker's role as Abbot. The Tokubetsu Sesshin at Tassajara symbolizes a rare exchange between Japanese Soto Zen representatives and Western practitioners,... Practice Period, Japan, Suzuki Roshi |
Sep 25 1991 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #93Serial: BZ-00750A True Self is Expressed, Saturday Lecture
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BCR-93, Emotions, Gratitude, Enthusiasm, Building, War |
Sep 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bringing Zendo Life to the WorldSerial: BZ-00715B Lecture
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Family Practice, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking, Precepts, Practice Period, Vow, Building,... |
Sep 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Metta SuttaSerial: BZ-00715A Lecture
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Enemies, Anger, Mahayana, Equanimity, Greed, Lovingkindness, Happiness, Peace, Beginners, Hate... |
Sep 07 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Why Do We Do Zazen?Serial: BZ-00714B Just Say "Yes!", Sesshin Day 3
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Zazen, Offering, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Fox, Doubt, Priest, Demons, Samadhi,... |
Sep 02 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Book of Serenity: Case #91Serial: BZ-00714A More of Dreams, Sesshin Day 2
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SER-91, First Principle, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Dragons, Buddha Nature, Oneness,... |
Sep 01 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #20Serial: BZ-00694B Nansen's Flower; Dreaming, Sesshin Day 1
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Nansen, BCR-20, Dream World, Separation, Intuition, Attachment, Precepts |
Aug 31 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practices in Everyday LifeSerial: BZ-00694A Lecture
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Cultivation, Culture, Monastic Practice, Right Speech, Dharma Transmission, Liberation,... |
Aug 24 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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“Engaged”: Webster’s as a Buddhist TextSerial: BZ-00972B Lecture
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Fox, Four Noble Truths, Priest, Right Speech, Right Effort, Funeral, Vow, Soto Zen, Precepts,... |
Aug 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Path of Purification, Negative Space, Humanity and NematoadsSerial: BZ-00972A Lecture
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Concentration, Culture, Doubt |
Aug 10 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mindfulness Straight ThroughSerial: BZ-00971B Lecture
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Renunciation, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Mill Valley, Four Foundations of Mindfulness,... |
Aug 03 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva Ceremony: Plunging InSerial: BZ-00971A Lecture
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Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance, Vow, Buddha Ancestors, Three Treasures, Precepts,... |
Jul 27 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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NaturalnessSerial: BZ-00970B Lecture
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Religion, Composure, Heart Sutra, Concentration, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Harmonizing,... |
Jul 19 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 18th, 1991, Serial No. 00623Serial: BZ-00623 Lecture
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Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Tassajara, Building, Non-discrimination, Enthusiasm... |
Jul 18 1991 Tassajara |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #43Serial: BZ-00970A Tozan's "Neither Hot Nor Cold", One-Day Sitting
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Tozan, BCR-43, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Samsara, Nirvana, Enemies, Discrimination,... |
Jul 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen and ExcitementSerial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture
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Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara, Priest, Attachment, Equanimity,... |
Jul 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embodying Timeless PresenceSerial: SF-01412 The talk centers on the concept of "being-time" or "uji" as expounded by Dōgen in his work, emphasizing the inseparability of time and being and the actualization of every moment. The discussion explores the complexity of... Effort, Study, Nirvana |
Jul 03 1991 |
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Shusho CeremonySerial: BZ-00969 Ceremony
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Practice Period, Three Treasures, Giving-and-Taking, Sangha, Attachment, Dragons, Intimacy,... |
Jul 01 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |