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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00877B Sesshin Day 3
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Posture, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Nirvana, Doubt |
Jun 06 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2
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Five Ranks, Lay, Lay Practice, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Vow |
Jun 05 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Basics of Our Practice: Jijuyu SamadhiSerial: BZ-00876B Sesshin Day 1
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Jijuyu Zanmai, Emotions, Hindrances, Posture, Bell, Offering, Obstacles, Demons, Samadhi,... |
Jun 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-00876A Lecture
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Buddha Ancestors, Happiness, Renewal, Karma, Daily Life, Offering, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Vow,... |
May 24 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What is Zen Spirit?Serial: BZ-01467A -
Beginners, Bowing, Chanting, Culture, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Intuition,... |
May 10 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Priest PracticeSerial: BZ-01467B -
Commitment, confusion, Lay, Lay Ordination, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Precepts, Priest... |
May 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Bodhisattva WaySerial: BZ-00875B Saturday Lecture
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Bodhisattva Way, Karma, Samsara, Emotions, Attachment, Bowing, Big Mind, Hindrances, Nirvana,... |
Apr 25 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered ActivitySerial: BZ-00875A Forms of Zen, Saturday Lecture
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No-Self, Bell, Bowing, Chanting, Ego, Heart Sutra, Renunciation, Right Effort, Silent... |
Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Make Your Life More MeaninglessSerial: BZ-01496 -
Posture, War, Daily Life, Lay, Politics, Commitment, Silence, Concentration, Tassajara... |
Mar 11 1986 |
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One Thread of DoubtSerial: BZ-00874B Lecture
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Doubt, Culture, War, Observe, Tassajara, Karma, Funeral, Sangha, Gratitude, Rinzai... |
Mar 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Priest's Practice and Coming Ordinations at BZCSerial: BZ-00874A Saturday Lecture
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Ordination, Priest, Commitment, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Lay Practice, Mahayana, Monastic... |
Mar 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00873B Eight Aspects of an Enlightened Person, Saturday Lecture
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Parinirvana, Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Samadhi, Daily Life, Greed... |
Feb 16 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Priest Practice/Lay PracticeSerial: BZ-00872A Zen Community as a Mandala, Saturday Lecture
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Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Birth-and-Death, Chanting, Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Priest-and-Lay... |
Feb 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Kshanti: Practicing Patience with Life as It IsSerial: BZ-00873A Saturday Lecture
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Kshanti, Patience, Composure, Culture, Gaining Mind, Lotus Sutra, Passions, Patience, Priest,... |
Feb 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Discipline in PracticeSerial: BZ-00871B One-Day Sitting
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Monastic Practice, Forms, Building, Commitment, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Equanimity,... |
Jan 18 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha, Dharma, SanghaSerial: BZ-00871A Saturday Lecture
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Three Treasures, Priest, Lay, Sangha, Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Nature, Religion, Ego... |
Jan 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Thoughts on Christmas and New Year: Gaining MindSerial: BZ-00870B Saturday Lecture
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Gaining Mind, Gaining Mind, New Year, Ego, Buddha Nature, Karma, Vow, Chanting, Bodhisattva... |
Dec 21 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole MindSerial: BZ-00870A Saturday Lecture
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Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana,... |
Dec 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part IIISerial: BZ-00869B Rohatsu Day 6
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Enlightenment, Concentration, Equanimity, Composure, Attachment, Concentration, Equanimity,... |
Dec 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part II Second Factor: Investigation, Deep AnalysisSerial: BZ-00869A Rohatsu Day 5
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Enlightenment, Concentration, Posture, Building, Harmonizing, Mindfulness, Separation,... |
Dec 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part I Mindfulness and Effort in SesshinSerial: BZ-00868B Rohatsu Day 4
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Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity, Gaining Mind... |
Dec 04 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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One Month Practice Period at TassajaraSerial: BZ-00868A Rohatsu Day 2
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Tassajara, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara, Mindfulness, Nirvana Sutra, Daily Life... |
Dec 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Death and Dying: Compassion MeditationSerial: BZ-00867B Lecture
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Buddha Nature, Building, Heart Sutra, Priest, Happiness, Conversation, Hate, War, Peace... |
Nov 23 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and PhenomenonSerial: BZ-00867A Lecture
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Anger, Commitment, Culture, Mahayana, Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Soto Zen, Tassajara, Vow... |
Nov 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Sit SesshinSerial: BZ-00866B Lecture
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Anger, Concentration, Evil, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Instruction, Mindfulness, Passions... |
Nov 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way-Seeking Mind Within Any CircumstancesSerial: BZ-00866A Lecture
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Anger, Big Mind, Bowing, Commitment, confusion, Continuous Practice, Doubt, Karma, Light-and-... |
Nov 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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After the Bodhisattva Ceremony: Four Vows and Four Noble TruthsSerial: BZ-00865B Saturday Lecture
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Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vow, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,... |
Oct 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Investigation and the Five Controlling FacultiesSerial: BZ-00865A Saturday Lecture
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Concentration, Mindfulness, Doubt, Zazen Mind, Daily Life, Karma, Separation, Harmonizing,... |
Oct 19 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Background of Oryoki PracticeSerial: BZ-00864B Beginners' Sitting
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Oryoki, Offering, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Lay, Gratitude, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Bowing... |
Oct 12 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Teacher and Student RelationshipSerial: BZ-00864A Saturday Lecture
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Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Transmission, confusion... |
Oct 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hearing Sounds with Our Whole Body and MindSerial: BZ-00884B Saturday Lecture
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Mindfulness, Daily Life, Vinaya, Greed, Continuous Practice, Nirvana, Duality, Precepts... |
Sep 28 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Considering the Hindrances and Seeing the DharmasSerial: BZ-00884A Saturday Lecture
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Hindrances, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Hindrances, Study Period, Sixth Patriarch... |
Sep 21 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Five HindrancesSerial: BZ-00411B Saturday Lecture
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Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,... |
Sep 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Free Sitting vs. Forty Minute Periods: Dogen's WaySerial: BZ-00411A Lecture
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Zazen, Dogen, Daily Life, Lay Practice, Bell, Practice Period, Beginners, Rinzai, Interview,... |
Sep 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Karma and The HindrancesSerial: BZ-00410B Saturday Lecture
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Karma, Hindrances, Karma, Study Period, Hindrances, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Continuous... |
Aug 31 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Study Period (J. Ango)Serial: BZ-00410A Saturday Lecture
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Study Period, Ango, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Lay, Practice Period, Precepts, Priest, Priest-... |
Aug 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sutra Study: The Meaning of Zazen and KinhinSerial: BZ-00413B Saturday Lecture
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Zazen, Kinhin, Bell, Bodhidharma, Building, Daily Life, Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Mindfulness,... |
Aug 10 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Meaning of the Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-00413A Saturday Lecture
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Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Sangha, Manjushri, Bodhisattva... |
Aug 03 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Eight Janas and the Origins of ZenSerial: BZ-00429A One-Day Sitting
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Consciousness, Attachment, Bodhidharma, Concentration, Doubt, Equanimity, Happiness,... |
Jul 20 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Practice With Children and FamiliesSerial: BZ-00424B Saturday Lecture
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Family Practice, Religion, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Priest, Family... |
Jul 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fukanzazengi: Think Not ThinkingSerial: BZ-00412B Saturday Lecture
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Fukanzazengi, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Nirvana, Duality, Attachment, Samsara,... |
Jul 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way-Seeking MindSerial: BZ-00412A Saturday Lecture
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Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Vow, Samsara, Nirvana, Religion,... |
Jun 22 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zazen and ShikantazaSerial: BZ-00415B Saturday Lecture
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Zazen, Shikantaza, Anger, Building, Concentration, Daily Life, Greed, Hindrances, Instruction... |
Jun 15 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fukanzazengi; Questions and AnswersSerial: BZ-00415A Saturday Lecture
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Fukanzazengi, Discrimination, Continuous Practice, Enemies, Peace, Subject-and-Object, Big... |
Jun 08 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zaike Tokudo: The Meaning of OrdinationSerial: BZ-00414 Saturday Lecture
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Zaike Tokudo, Lineage, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Transmission, Rinzai... |
Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 1st, 1985, Serial No. 00429, Side BSerial: BZ-00429B -
Lineage, Priest, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Priest-and-Lay,... |
Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Post-Mountain Seat Ceremony: Questions and AnswersSerial: BZ-00428 Lecture
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War, Happiness, Causation, Zoom, Diversity, Manjushri, Demons, Gratitude, Bodhidharma,... |
May 25 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mountain Seat CeremonySerial: BZ-00427B Ceremony
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Gratitude, Dragons, Bodhidharma, Happiness, War |
May 19 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo KyokunSerial: BZ-00426B Saturday Lecture
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Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Six Realms, Demons, Buddha Mind, Karma, Ego, Big Mind,... |
May 18 1985 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Pre-Mountain Seat CeremonySerial: BZ-00427A Lecture
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New Year, Cultivation, Bodhidharma, Transmission, Priest |
May 18 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |