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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 -
Bell, Building, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Tassajara... |
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, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Building, Continuous Practice... |
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, Buddha Nature, Commitment, Cultivation, First Principle, Greed,... |
Feb 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-01523B Saturday Lecture
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Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Offering, War... |
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 |
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What Shall We Do in the New Year? (discussion) Psychology/Women's PracticeSerial: BZ-00408B Saturday Lecture
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New Year, Psychology, Women's Practice, Mindfulness, New Year, Beginners, Chanting, Evil... |
Dec 22 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sanshi Mompo: Ongoing Practice of Student and TeacherSerial: BZ-00408A Saturday Lecture
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Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Interview, Lineage, Instruction, Buddha Nature,... |
Dec 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dropping the Buddha Bowl: Combining Sesshin with Outside Work and FamilySerial: BZ-00407B Rohatsu
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Sesshin, Daily Life, Repentance, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Karma,... |
Dec 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What's the Use of Sesshin? Difficulty and EaseSerial: BZ-00407A Rohatsu
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Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Peace, Daily Life, Doubt, Equanimity, Enemies, Concentration... |
Dec 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bowing PracticeSerial: BZ-00406B Rohatsu
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Bowing, Bowing, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Demons, Enemies, Mindfulness, Duality... |
Dec 06 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin and Daily Life; Questions and DiscussionSerial: BZ-00406A Rohatsu
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Sesshin, Daily Life, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, Posture... |
Dec 05 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Breathing in ZazenSerial: BZ-00405B Rohatsu
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Zazen, Breath, Zazen Mind, confusion, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma,... |
Dec 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mind in ZazenSerial: BZ-00405A Rohatsu
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Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Zazen, Building, Sixth Patriarch, Concentration, Enemies,... |
Dec 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara LifeSerial: BZ-00404A Saturday Lecture
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Tassajara, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara, Samadhi, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra, Oneness,... |
Nov 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Precepts Before the PreceptsSerial: BZ-00392B Saturday Lecture
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Precepts, Precepts, Obstacles, Bodhisattva Precepts, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Sangha,... |
Nov 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dharma Transmission: Objects of AuthoritySerial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture
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Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Lineage, Soto Zen, Precepts,... |
Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Third Paramita: Kshanti (Composure)Serial: BZ-00391A Lecture
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Kshanti, Composure, Happiness, Monastic Practice, Demons, Patience, confusion, Constancy,... |
Nov 01 1984 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)Serial: BZ-00391B Lecture
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Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object,... |
Nov 01 1984 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Trip to JapanSerial: BZ-00393B Saturday Lecture
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Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Building, Sanctuary, Lay, Lineage, Sixth... |
Oct 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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MakyoSerial: BZ-00393A Saturday Lecture
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Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration, Posture,... |
Sep 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Fifth Precept: Do Not Deal in IntoxicantsSerial: BZ-00394B Saturday Lecture
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Precepts, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dragons,... |
Sep 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddhist Perspective on Love and RelationshipsSerial: BZ-00394A Sesshin Day 3
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Love, Passions, Desire, Emotions, Liberation, New Year, Hate, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Sep 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, LaitySerial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture
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Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Daily... |
Aug 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Meaning of GathasSerial: BZ-00395A Saturday Lecture
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Gathas, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Precepts, Priest, Vow, Mindfulness, Lay... |
Jul 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00389B Lecture
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Chanting, Instruction, Mahayana, Priest, Religion, Rinzai, Transmission, War... |
Jul 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Direct Experience and Thinking about ExperienceSerial: BZ-00389A Lecture
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Peace, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Intimacy, War, Subject-and-Object, Priest, Dana Paramita,... |
Jul 13 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Difficulties in Daily Life PracticeSerial: BZ-00390B Saturday Lecture
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Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience, Hindrances,... |
Jul 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ego and PersonalitySerial: BZ-00390A Saturday Lecture
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Ego, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Offering, Bowing, Samadhi, Discrimination, Evil, Anger, Composure,... |
Jun 30 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan, Case 19: Ordinary Mind is the WaySerial: BZ-00435 Lecture
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Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Culture, Discrimination, Impermanence, Ordinary Mind, Posture,... |
May 22 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Conflict Between Intention versus Desire: "What to do with our Oni (devil)"Serial: BZ-00434B Sesshin Day 2
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Intention, Desire, Daily Life, Tassajara, Demons, Silence, Evil, Building |
May 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wanting to Sit/Should SitSerial: BZ-00434A Sesshin Day 1
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Zazen, Daily Life, Posture, Concentration, Separation, Lay |
May 19 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Purifying One’s MindSerial: BZ-00433A Lecture
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Attachment, Concentration, Daily Life, Enemies, Hate, Hindrances, Mindfulness... |
Apr 28 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Making the Commitment to PracticeSerial: BZ-00404B Saturday Lecture
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Practice, Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, Tassajara, Lay, Fox, Diversity, Happiness,... |
Apr 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On the Death of Soen Nakagawa RoshiSerial: BZ-00431B -
Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Buddha's Birthday, Diversity, New Year, Rinzai,... |
Apr 21 1984 |
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Mumonkan: Case #41: Bodhidharma and Eka: Peace of Mind and Having a Sincere PracticeSerial: BZ-00432B One-Day Sitting
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Bodhidharma, MM-41, Bodhidharma, Peace, Composure, Eka, Conversation, Vow, Posture, Emotions... |
Apr 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Talk about Practice: Story of the Birds Nest MonkSerial: BZ-00433B Lecture
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Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara, Building... |
Apr 01 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tao Wu and Lung Tan: Teaching Through Example; No Special EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00431A Saturday Lecture
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Daowu, Enlightenment, Religion, Instruction, Bell, Vow, Culture |
Mar 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu SamadhiSerial: BZ-00432A Saturday Lecture
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Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Building, Daily Life, Transmission,... |
Mar 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Dream World: Realm of Desire versus RealitySerial: BZ-00430 One-Day Sitting
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Desire, Daily Life, Dream World, Lay Practice, Lay, Dragons, Interview, Enemies, Hindrances,... |
Feb 13 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing Enlightenment Without Desiring EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00422B Saturday Lecture
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Enlightenment, Emotions, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Lay, Ego,... |
Feb 11 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Development of American Buddhism: Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZCSerial: BZ-00422A Saturday Lecture
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Buddhism, Philip Kapleau, Culture, Building, Daily Life, Tassajara, Diversity, Politics,... |
Feb 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Responsible IndependenceSerial: BZ-00421A Saturday Lecture
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Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara, Priest... |
Jan 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Inside OutSerial: BZ-00420B Saturday Lecture
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Buddha Nature, Demons, Ego, Enthusiasm, Harmonizing, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies,... |
Jan 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |