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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, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lay Practice... |
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, Patience, Passions, Priest, Gaining Mind, Lotus Sutra, Culture, Composure,... |
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, Daily Life, Lay, Precepts, Commitment, Continuous Practice,... |
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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Commitment, Tassajara, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger, Soto Zen, Mahayana, Vow... |
Nov 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Sit SesshinSerial: BZ-00866B Lecture
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Concentration, Evil, Silence, Passions, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Anger, Hindrances,... |
Nov 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way-Seeking Mind Within Any CircumstancesSerial: BZ-00866A Lecture
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Doubt, confusion, Continuous Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Big Mind, Anger, Commitment... |
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, Study Period, Priest-and-Lay, Practice Period, Lay, Priest, Tassajara,... |
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, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Mindfulness, Bell, Building... |
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, Happiness, Concentration, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment,... |
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, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building, Anger, Greed, Daily Life,... |
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 |
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Pre-Mountain Seat CeremonySerial: BZ-00426A Questions and Comments, Saturday Lecture
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Mountain Seat Ceremony, Priest, Ordination, Precepts, Lay, Offering, Priest-and-Lay, Monastic... |
May 11 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Patience and the ParamitasSerial: BZ-00424A Sesshin Day 2
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Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality, Precepts, Samadhi,... |
Mar 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sitting Sesshin as a BeginnerSerial: BZ-00425B Sesshin Day 1
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Sesshin, Zazen, Peace, Intuition, Hate, Posture, Anger, Silence, Concentration, Bell,... |
Mar 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Creating Practice Using the Forms at HandSerial: BZ-00425A Layman Pang, Saturday Lecture
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Lay Practice, Layman Pang, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice,... |
Mar 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Form is EmptinessSerial: BZ-01477 -
Mindfulness, Tassajara, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Building, Gratitude, Bell... |
Mar 05 1985 Tassajara |
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Doing Zazen All Day Long Without Crossing Your LegsSerial: BZ-00423B Saturday Lecture
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Buddha Mind, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Posture, Anger,... |
Mar 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00423A Saturday Lecture
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Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha's Birthday... |
Feb 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introductory Sesshin: Zazen QuestionsSerial: BZ-00409B Carrying the Stick, Beginners' Sitting
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Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Kyosaku, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Harmonizing, Silence,... |
Feb 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #3Serial: BZ-00409A Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha, Saturday Lecture
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Buddha, Koan, BCR-3, First Principle, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Commitment, Greed, Observe,... |
Feb 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-01523B Saturday Lecture
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Chanting, Chanting, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Bell, War, Ego... |
Jan 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mindfulness Practice in SesshinSerial: BZ-01523A Vipassana and Samadhi, Saturday Lecture
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Mindfulness, Vipassana, Samadhi, Concentration, Mindfulness, Attachment, Concentration,... |
Jan 19 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Four Foundations of MindfulnessSerial: BZ-01521 Don't Bow When You Leave the Zendo, Saturday Lecture
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Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Attachment, Four... |
Jan 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |