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The Five Powers of Practice and How They Interact Serial: BZ-00986 Kid Zendo: Zen: inside and outside the circle's center, Saturday Lecture - Practice, Concentration, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Intuition, Mahayana, Instruction, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen Serial: BZ-01276 Saturday Lecture - *Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Oneness,...*	Daigaku Rumme	Jul 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
How Do We Support Our Intention, Moment by Moment? Serial: BZ-00985 One Day Sitting - *Four Noble Truths, Liberation, War, Impermanence, confusion, Nirvana*	Peter Overton	Jul 14 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Reading from “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”: Control Serial: BZ-00984 Saturday Lecture - Composure, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Impermanence, Mundane Life, Heart Sutra...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Way Seeking Mind Serial: BZ-01446 Monday morning talk - *Politics, Religion, Practice Period, Enemies, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture, War...*	Ken Knabb	Jul 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Responding with Openness to Love and Hate Serial: BZ-01445 And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture - Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 30 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
No Gaining Mind Serial: BZ-01444 Sesshin Day 5 - *Pure Existence, Ego, Dream World, Gaining Mind, Discrimination, Big Mind, Practice Period,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
What Is It That Comes? Serial: BZ-01443 Nangaku Ejo asks Daikan Eno, Sesshin Day 4 - Nangaku Ejo, Daikan Eno, Koan, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
With No Path, Go Dark Serial: BZ-01442 Sesshin Day 3 - *Doubt, Evil, Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Bell, Lay, Humility,...*	Robert Rosenbaum	Jun 22 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Seigen Gyoshi asks Daikan Eno about: Serial: BZ-01441 Falling Into Classifications, Sesshin Day 2 - Seigen Gyoshi, Daikan Eno, Discrimination, Gaining Mind, Four Noble Truths, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01440 Tanka's "Have You Eaten Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 - Tanka, BCR-76, Birth-and-Death, Light-and-Darkness, Lay Practice, Karma, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: What is Buddhist Faith Serial: BZ-01057A Class 5 of 5 - *Karma, Constancy, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2007 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Nature of Mind is Ungraspable: Tozan’s “I’m Not It—It Just is Me” Serial: BZ-01439 Saturday Lecture - Hsin Hsin Ming, Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Karmic Consciousness, Global Warming, Sixth...	Robert Rosenbaum	Jun 09 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: True Buddhism Has No Gste Serial: BZ-01056A Class 4 of 5 - *Discrimination, Doubt, Buddha Mind, Ego, Nirvana Sutra, Priest, Eight Aspects, Pure Existence...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 2007 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Fundraising History of Berkeley Zen Center Development Serial: BZ-01438 Saturday Lecture - Berkeley Zen Center, Fundraising, Building, Fundraising, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: Faith and Doubt Serial: BZ-01055A Class 3 of 5 - *Doubt, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Non-duality, Big Mind,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 2007 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing in the Body Serial: BZ-01437D Saturday Lecture - Manjushri, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Bowing, Birth-and-...	Robert Rosenbaum	May 26 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: Ignition Serial: BZ-01054A Class 2 of 5 - *Manjushri, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Ordinary Mind,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 24 2007 2 Berkeley Zen Center
This Is It Serial: BZ-01436A Saturday Lecture - Mindfulness, Koan, Karma, Doubt, confusion, Big Mind, Instruction, Religion, Priest, Humility...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: Introduction Serial: BZ-01053A Class, 1 of 5 - *Subject-and-Object, Doubt, Religion, Mahayana, First Principle, Concentration, Buddha Nature,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01435 Lay Practice Period--Practice your self, not study the self, One-Day Sitting - Practice Period, Practice Period, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Patience, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Sandokai, Branching Streams Flow in the Dark: Dark and Light, The Function of Dark is Light Serial: BZ-01434 Saturday Lecture - Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Duality, Priest, Lineage...	Doug Greiner	May 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Mind Serial: BZ-01433 Saturday Lecture - Buddha Mind, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Obstacles, Big...	Karen Sundheim	Apr 28 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Intelligence, Predictions and Zazen: Texts, Fukanzazengi, On Intelligence (Hawkings w/Blakeslee) Serial: BZ-01432B Saturday Lecture - *Global Warming, Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Intuition, Uchiyama, Culture,...*	Richard Haefele	Apr 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Our Approach to Practice Period Serial: BZ-01260 Saturday Lecture - *Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination, Precepts, Anger...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Factors of Zazen Serial: BZ-01431 One-Day Sitting - Zazen, Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Emotions, Samadhi, Posture, Humility,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Joshu on Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: BZ-01430 "I alone am the holy one throughout heaven and earth", Saturday Lecture - Joshu, Attachment, Hsin Hsin Ming, BCR-2, Discrimination, Attachment, Non-discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 14 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: BZ-01429 (and songs sung by the children), Saturday Lecture - Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Separation, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Attachment and Non-attachment Serial: BZ-01428 Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Nansen's "What is the Way?", Saturday Lecture - Attachment, Non-attachment, Nansen, Mumonkan, BCR-2, Attachment, Diversity, Ordinary Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Letter and Spirit of Rules and Regulation Serial: BZ-01427 Dogen's Eihei Shingi, Saturday Lecture - Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Passions, Hate, Religion, Buddha Nature, Ego, Big Mind, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Refuge: “Regulation” and Ethics Guidelines Serial: BZ-01426 Ethics Sesshin - *Precepts, Vow, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Vinaya, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...*	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplation in Action, Leaving the Zendo: What do You do? Everything is to Build Compassion Serial: BZ-01425 Saturday Lecture - *Demons, Happiness, Daily Life, Anger, Priest, Greed, Passions, Evil, Conversation, Peace...*	Suhita Dharma	Mar 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Relationship, the Radical Practice of the Bodhisattva : The Bodhisattva Vows and Life in Montana Serial: BZ-01424 Saturday Lecture - *Vow, Buddha Nature, Berkeley Zen Center, Ego, Attachment, Happiness, Skandas, Liberation,...*	Karen DeCotis	Mar 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Sojun Gives Chanting Instruction Serial: BZ-01051 Class - *Chanting, Bell, Hate*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horse Serial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture - Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Kid Zendo, Monkey: Hell Boy, The Bodhisattva Serial: BZ-01422 Saturday Lecture - *Bodhisattva Way, Avalokiteshvara, War, Karma, Nirvana, American, Emotions, Dragons, Liberation...*	Mary Mocine	Feb 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special" Serial: BZ-01421 Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3 - Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous Practice, Gaining Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Nothing Outside of Practice Serial: BZ-01420 "Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2 - Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness and Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting, Forgiveness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-01419 Sesshin Day 1 - Parinirvana, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Greed, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Eight Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01418 Commentary by Deshimaru from "Ring of the Way", Saturday Lecture - Eight Aspects, Dogen, Deshimaru, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Ego, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Ethics in our Sangha Serial: BZ-01417 Monday Morning Talk - *Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...*	Gerry Oliva	Feb 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death Serial: BZ-01416 Saturday Lecture The lecture explores the themes of suffering, compassion, life, and death within the context of Zen practice, emphasizing the delicate balance between experiencing emotions without becoming consumed by them. The discussion... *Suffering, Compassion, Suzuki Roshi*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Kidzendo: Oneness of Opposites Serial: BZ-01415 "The Teaching is Just for You", Saturday Lecture - Non-duality, Dragons, Ego, Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Two Truths, Daily Life, Gaining Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan’s Poetry Serial: BZ-01412 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 - *Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Instruction, Peace*	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 20 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan’s Poetry Serial: BZ-01413 Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2 - *Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Lotus Sutra, Peace, Dragons, Discrimination, Buddha...*	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 20 2007 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the New Year: This is It! Serial: BZ-01411 Saturday Lecture - Practice, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections on Autumn 2006: Trip to Japan by Grace and Participants Serial: BZ-01410 Saturday Lecture - *Culture, Buddha Nature, American, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Offering, Doubt, Priest...*	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dealing With Mistakes: Rice and Sand— Working with our “Sandy” Path Serial: BZ-01409 Saturday Lecture - *Instruction, Buddha Mind, Conversation, Precepts, Karma, Practice Period, Intuition, Samadhi,...*	Peter Schireson	Dec 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commmentary on "Respect for Things" (from Not Always So) Serial: BZ-01408B Faith is Synonymous for Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture - Faith, Enlightenment, Big Mind, Culture, Bodhisattva Way, Building, Soto Zen, Bowing, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Forms Serial: BZ-01407 Serving, Mokugyo, Chanting, Rohatsu Day 7 - Meal Serving, Chanting, Mokugyo, Instruction, Doanryo, New Year, Bowing, Chanting, Heart Sutra...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center

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