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The Four Modes or Categories of Master RinzaiSerial: BZ-00649B Saturday Lecture
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Rinzai, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Constancy, Daily Life, Discrimination, Ego,... |
Mar 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Awakening Through Zen's Hidden PowersSerial: SF-01527 The talk critically examines the case of Kapimala, illustrating the relationship between form and emptiness and the concept of Buddha nature through historical narratives and Zen teachings. The speaker explores how supernatural... Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Buddhism |
Mar 03 1993 |
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Practicing with Flexible Mind within Forms: The Practice of Recovering Zazen MindSerial: BZ-00649A Lecture
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Bell, Concentration, Diversity, Don't Know Mind, Family Practice, Fasting, Sangha,... |
Feb 27 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZCSerial: BZ-00286B Lecture
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Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vow, Chanting... |
Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Precepts: Tenth PreceptSerial: BZ-00621 Class 6 of 6
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Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Renunciation, Repentance, Evil, Rinzai,... |
Feb 18 1993 6 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's Parinirvana; The Eight AdmonitionsSerial: BZ-00286A One-Day Sitting
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Parinirvana, Admonitions, Eight Awarenesses, Lay, Concentration, Right Effort, Eight Aspects,... |
Feb 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Precepts: Eighth and Ninth PreceptsSerial: BZ-00620 Class 5 of 6
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Anger, Precepts, Emotions, Bowing, Vow, Gratitude, Ordination, Culture, Greed, Repentance... |
Feb 11 1993 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The First Noble Truth, The Three Kinds of SufferingSerial: BZ-00648B The Suffering of Impermanence, Saturday Lecture
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Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Building, Emotions, Impermanence... |
Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Precepts: SpeechSerial: BZ-00619 Class 4 of 6
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Anger, Bodhidharma, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Mind, Intimacy, Precepts, Repentance, Right... |
Feb 04 1993 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What is Meant by Saving All Beings?Serial: BZ-00648A Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting
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Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Greed, Attachment, Evil,... |
Jan 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Precepts: Third and Fifth PreceptsSerial: BZ-00618 Class 3 of 6
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Precepts, Addiction, Intimacy, Right Speech, Bodhidharma, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha... |
Jan 29 1993 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #5Serial: BZ-00647B Saturday Lecture
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BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara, Beginners... |
Jan 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Precepts: First and Second PreceptsSerial: BZ-00617 Class 2 of 6
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Precepts, Giving-and-Taking, Mahayana, Attachment, Passions, Buddha Mind, Emotions,... |
Jan 21 1993 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Beginner’s MindSerial: BZ-00647A Beginners' Sitting
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Conversation, Posture, Instruction, Silence, Zazen Mind, Beginners, Monkey Mind, Zoom,... |
Jan 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Precepts: Overview and First PreceptSerial: BZ-00616 Class 1 of 6
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Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lineage, Mahayana, Ordination, Bodhidharma, Monastic Practice... |
Jan 14 1993 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing with Problems and DemonsSerial: BZ-01519 Monkey, It's a Wonderful Life, Saturday Lecture
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Practice, Anger, Demons, Happiness, Hindrances, Monkey Mind, New Year, Obstacles, Offering,... |
Jan 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Darkness and Light: The Winter HolidaySerial: BZ-00646 -
Light-and-Darkness, Darkness-and-Light, Five Ranks, Discrimination, Samsara, Teacher-and-... |
Dec 19 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shakyamuni BuddhaSerial: BZ-00645B Lecture
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Concentration, Nirvana, Culture, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Beginners, Posture, Religion, War... |
Dec 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00645A Rohatsu Day 7
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Doubt, Duality, Fundraising, Happiness, Harmonizing, Obstacles, Religion, Silence... |
Dec 06 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Nurturing the Jewel Essence WithinSerial: BZ-00644B Lecture
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Bell, Buddha Ancestors, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Posture, Precepts, Silence, Tassajara,... |
Nov 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Red ShoesSerial: BZ-00644A Women's Sitting
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Addiction, Subject-and-Object, Passions, Vow, Hate, Culture |
Nov 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Fallow Field, Grassroots and the Ginko: The Being that Refused to EvolveSerial: BZ-00643B Lecture
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Practice Period, Non-violence, War, Interdependence, Vow, Doubt, Avalokitesvara, Peace,... |
Nov 21 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Day Off Class ZazenshinSerial: BZ-01483 Class 6 of 6
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Doubt, Commitment, Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness-and-Light,... |
Nov 19 1992 6 |
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Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in WinterSerial: BZ-00643A The recording photo shows two titles.
Getting Real: After Putting Another Head on Your Head
Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in Winter
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Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation, Commitment,... |
Nov 14 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Day Off ClassSerial: BZ-01484 Class 5 of 6
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Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Current Events, Instruction, Perfect Wisdom,... |
Nov 14 1992 5 |
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Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-00642B One Day Sitting
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Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate, Peace... |
Nov 08 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hongzhi (Zen Master)Serial: BZ-00642A Saturday Lecture
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Hongzhi, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Silent Illumination, Lay, Practice Period, Hindrances,... |
Oct 31 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Day Off ClassSerial: BZ-01481 Class 4 of 6
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Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Silence, Subject-and-Object, Interview,... |
Oct 24 1992 4 |
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Folk Tale of the Woman and the Crescent Moon BearSerial: BZ-00641B Lecture
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Absolute-and-Relative, Anger, Four Noble Truths, Obstacles, Offering, Peace, Vow, War... |
Oct 23 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Paramitas: Prajna (Wisdom)Serial: BZ-00615 Class 6 of 6
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Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra,... |
Oct 22 1992 6 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Day Off ClassSerial: BZ-01482 Class 3 of 6
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Bodhisattva Ceremony, Doubt, Dragons, Fox, Karma, Repentance, Rinzai, Vow |
Oct 19 1992 3 |
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Who am I? What is Zazen? Turning to Life: A Cow Turns Water into Milk, A Snake, Into VenomSerial: BZ-00641A Lecture
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Peace, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Precepts, Priest, Addiction, Greed, Evil,... |
Oct 17 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Paramitas: Dhyana (Meditation)Serial: BZ-00614 Class 5 of 6
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Concentration, confusion, Death-and-Dying, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Hindrances,... |
Oct 15 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Day Off ClassSerial: BZ-01480 Class 2 of 6
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Dragons, Gaining Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Lineage,... |
Oct 14 1992 2 |
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The Dragon Who Never Sleeps: Taisho on Gathas and their UseSerial: BZ-00640 Lecture
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Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Nature, Evil, Lay, Mahayana, Practice Period, Priest, Right... |
Oct 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Balance: Relax Your MindSerial: BZ-00639B Lecture
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Culture, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Gratitude, Bodhidharma, Evil, Concentration, Bell,... |
Oct 10 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Paramitas: Virya (Effort)Serial: BZ-00613 Class 4 of 6
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Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Enemies, Ordinary Mind,... |
Oct 08 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The ParamitasSerial: BZ-00639A One day sitting
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Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra, Precepts,... |
Oct 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Paramitas: Sila (Virtue) and Kshanti (Patience)Serial: BZ-00612 Class 3 of 6
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Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination, Observe,... |
Oct 01 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Silence and PoetrySerial: BZ-00638B Lecture
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Concentration, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Instruction, Lay, Peace, Politics, Silence... |
Sep 26 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Paramitas: Dana (Giving) and Sila (Virtue)Serial: BZ-00611 Class 2 of 6
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Addiction, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Conversation, Culture, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Mahayana,... |
Sep 24 1992 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #44Serial: BZ-00638A Hoshan's Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Saturday Lecture
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BCR-44, Daily Life, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Sep 19 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Paramitas: Dana, Bodhisattva ContextSerial: BZ-00610 Class 1 of 6
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Blue Cliff Record, Dependent Origination, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Mindfulness, Precepts,... |
Sep 17 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Practice, Psychotherapy, and FeminismSerial: BZ-00038 Lecture
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Culture, Zoom, Religion, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Samadhi, Silence, Hate, Building, Intuition... |
Sep 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Path of Purification: The Dynamic, Not Static Nature of Virtue in BuddhamindSerial: BZ-00637B Lecture
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Buddha Mind, Concentration, Doubt, Happiness, Non-violence, Passions, Peace, Politics,... |
Sep 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo ContinuedSerial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3
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Dogen, Shobogenzo, Bowing, Buddha Ancestors, Building, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Duality,... |
Sep 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in ShogobenzoSerial: BZ-00636B Everyday Activity: Drinking Tea and Eating Rice, Sesshin Day 2
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Shobogenzo, Daily Life, Buddha Ancestors, Non-duality, Doubt, War, Peace |
Sep 06 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Family, Friends, and PracticeSerial: BZ-00636A Sesshin Day 1
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Family Practice, Anger, Conversation, Culture, Daily Life, Duality, Family Practice, Lay,... |
Sep 05 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #27: Leaves Fall, Body Exposed to the Golden WindSerial: BZ-00635B Lecture
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Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition, Tassajara,... |
Aug 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjokoan: Manifesting Larger Being Through Small BeingSerial: BZ-00635A Lecture
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Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality, Religion, Impermanence, Oneness... |
Aug 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |