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Right Effort; Polish the Tile Serial: BZ-00964B Lecture - *Right Effort, Ego, New Year, Four Noble Truths, Bodhidharma, Cultivation, Interdependence,...*	Lee DeBarros	Mar 19 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis Serial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 - Madyamaka, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four Wisdoms Serial: BZ-00965B Three Bodies of Buddha pt. I, Sesshin Day 1 - *Trikaya, Platform Sutra, Wisdom, Big Mind, Ego, Hindrances, Platform Sutra, Samadhi...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Practice: Intention; Getting to Zendo and Seeing Reality Serial: BZ-00965A Lecture - *Family Practice, Posture, Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Sangha, Anger, Offering,...*	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Mar 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00557 Class 7 of 10 - *Evil, Big Mind, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Soto Zen,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 1994 7 Tassajara
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00227 Class 3 of 3 - *Precepts, Practice Period, Priest, Culture, Dream World, Lay, Ordination, Interview, Buddha...*	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 02 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Helplessness: Profoundness of Dharma, Honoring Missed Opportunities Serial: BZ-00979B Lecture - *Don't Know Mind, Priest, Silence, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, Forgiveness, Intimacy,...*	Fran Tribe	Feb 26 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Chapter 4 Serial: BZ-00547 Class 6 of 10 - *Evil, Repentance, Vow, Intuition, Liberation, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Don't Know Mind,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 1994 6 Tassajara
Zen's Radiant Path of Enlightenment Serial: SF-01526 The talk explores the concept of "light" in Zen, focusing on the texts of Keizan Jōkin's "Denko Roku" and the frequent use of the term by Dogen Zenji. It provides insights into the transmission of Zen from India to Japan,... *Dogen, Original Nature, Japan*		Feb 24 1994
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00226 Class 2 of 3 - *Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Practice Period, Instruction, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors...*	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 23 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra: Parable of the Hidden Jewel Serial: BZ-00979A One day sitting - *Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Greed, Hate, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Posture, Zazen Mind...*	Maylie Scott	Feb 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00225 Class 1of 3 - *Religion, Four Noble Truths, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, War,...*	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 16 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture - *Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara, Lay,...*	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #10 Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture - MM-10, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Building, Culture, Greed, Practice Period, Priest, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00224 Class 4 of 4 - *Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms, Priest,...*	Maylie Scott	Feb 02 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: The Four Part Verse and Samadhi/Prajna Serial: BZ-00549 Class, Part 4 of 10, Winter Practice Period - *Attachment, Samadhi, Precepts, Non-attachment, Don't Know Mind, Discrimination,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 29 1994 4 Tassajara
Mumonkan Case 15: Seeing Truth; Ordination and Dharma Transmission—Ordinariness Serial: BZ-00981B Lecture - *Bodhisattva Ceremony, Conversation, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Mill Valley,...*	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jan 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00221 Class 3 of 4 - *Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Avalokitesvara, Nirvana, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Bowing, Buddha Mind,...*	Maylie Scott	Jan 27 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra: Maha Prajna Paramita Serial: BZ-00546 Class 3 of 10 - *Platform Sutra, Intuition, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Mahayana, Evil, Buddha Mind, Lotus...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 24 1994 3 Tassajara
Mindwaves, Unconsciousness: Taking the Posture Not One, Not Two Serial: BZ-00981A One day sitting - *Anger, Big Mind, Daily Life, Diversity, Don't Know Mind, Hindrances, Karma, Obstacles,...*	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jan 22 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #23 Serial: BZ-01502 One day sitting - *Evil, Duality, Don't Know Mind, Instruction, Peace, Lay, Non-duality, Greed, Mahayana...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 21 1994 Unknown
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00222 Clas 2 of 4 - *Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt, Transmission, Four...*	Maylie Scott	Jan 20 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00559 Class 2 of 10 - *Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Duality, Ego, Evil, Lotus Sutra, Non-duality, Platform...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 19 1994 2 Tassajara
Full Awareness of Our Ordinary Lives Serial: BZ-00983B Lecture - *Precepts, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Conversation, Posture,...*	Peter Overton	Jan 15 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00558 Class 1 of 10 - *Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Evil, Ordination, Platform Sutra, Instruction, Lay, Interview...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 14 1994 1 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00223 Class 1 of 4 - *Chanting, Doubt, Dragons, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Manjushri, Offering, Samadhi...*	Maylie Scott	Jan 13 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Peace, Compassion, Response Serial: BZ-00982 Lecture - *Karmic Consciousness, Peace, Attachment, Rinzai, Culture, Religion, Enemies, Enthusiasm, Evil...*	Robert Aitken Roshi	Jan 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Kinds of Pain: Physical, Emotional, Existential Serial: BZ-00983A Beginners' Sitting - *Beginners, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Separation, Culture, Religion, War,...*	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mountain Practice, City Practice; Renunciation Serial: BZ-00959B Leaving for Tassajara, Saturday Lecture - Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Renunciation, Cultivation, Family Practice, Four Noble Truths,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Awareness of Thought, Especially Just Prior to the Drama: Cause and Effect, Satipattana Sutta Serial: BZ-00959A Lecture - *Emotions, Mindfulness, Skandhas, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Dependent Origination, New...*	Ron Nestor	Dec 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Refining Your Life Serial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 - Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Book of Serenity, Buddha Nature, Building, Discrimination, Emotions, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Your Place in Practice Serial: BZ-00660B Women's Sitting - *Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting*	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Nov 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00220 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series explores the Mangala Sutta, an early Pali discourse or poem for... - *Daily Life, Evil, Happiness, Hindrances, Interview, Liberation, Nirvana, Religion, Silence...*	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 18 1993 4 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Gateways to Liberation: Dogen’s “Plum Blossoms” and Oryoki Serial: BZ-00660A Lecture - *Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Oneness, Discrimination, confusion, Religion...*	Kathleen Gustin	Nov 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00215 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series explores the Mangala Sutta, an early Pali discourse or poem for... - Precepts, Humility, Sangha, Gratitude, New Year, Happiness, Religion, Beginners, Evil...	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 11 1993 3 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Nagarajuna and Dogen on Buddhanature Serial: BZ-00659B Happiness, Reward, and Love, One-Day Sitting - Buddha Nature, Happiness, Love, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00216 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series explores the Mangala Sutta, an early Pali discourse or poem for... - *Culture, Daily Life, Impermanence, Precepts, Religion, Sangha, Separation*	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 04 1993 2 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Segaki/Halloween Serial: BZ-00659A Saturday Lecture - Sejiki, Offering, Karma, Demons, Vow, Culture, Funeral, Sangha, Liberation, Mindfulness, Hate...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00217 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series explores the Mangala Sutta, an early Pali discourse or poem for... - Beginners, Chanting, Doubt, Evil, Lay, Liberation, Religion, Transmission, Vinaya...	Reverend Piyasilo	Oct 28 1993 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51 Serial: BZ-00658B Seppo Star, Ganto Co-star; 2 monks, Supporting Actors, Saturday Lecture - Seppo, Ganto, BCR-51, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it Feel Serial: BZ-00658A Lecture - *Concentration, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Mindfulness, Ordination, Priest, Tassajara...*	Steve Weintraub	Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi: Cultivating the Empty Field Serial: BZ-00656B The Backward Step, The Upright Cauldron, Saturday Lecture - Hongzhi, Anger, Instruction, Offering, Samadhi, Silent Illumination, Teacher-and-Student...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Innumerable People’s Labors who Helped the Spread of Buddhism Throughout History Serial: BZ-00656A Lecture - *Bodhidharma, Culture, Diversity, Ordination, Politics, Priest, Religion, Soto Zen, Vinaya...*	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Problems and Practice with Ritual Serial: BZ-00657B Lecture - Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Culture, Diversity, Humility, Practice Period, Precepts...	Fran Tribe	Sep 25 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00657A Joshu's "The Way Is Not Difficult", Saturday Lecture - Joshu, BCR-2, confusion, Attachment, Hate, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Emotions, Discrimination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Conference of Buddhist Teachers: Ryozan Enkan’s Dragons (Keizan’s Denkoroku) Serial: BZ-00629B Lecture - *Blue Cliff Record, Demons, Dragons, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Mahayana, Sangha,...*	Maylie Scott	Sep 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Do Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 - Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Five Ranks, Hate, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Lay Practice, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Obaku's Address to the Monks Serial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 - Obaku, Koan, Bell, Bowing, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Rinzai	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
1993 Parliament of World Religions Serial: BZ-00628A Seeking Common Ground, Sesshin Day 1 - Religion, Current Events, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Hate, Manjushri, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind and Heart of Practice in Daily Life Serial: BZ-00627B Lecture - *Anger, Enemies, Evil, Hate, Lineage, Oneness, Posture, Precepts, Religion*	Kathleen Gustin	Aug 28 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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