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Big Mind Serial: BZ-01405B Dharmakaya/Sambhogakaya/Nirmanakaya, Rohatsu Day 5 - Trikaya, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment Serial: BZ-01404 Rohatsu Day 4 - *Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Dependent Origination, Nirvana, Concentration, Bell,...*	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on talk by Suzuki-rôshi on Concentration Serial: BZ-01403 Rohatsu Day 3 - Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-01402B Rohatsu Day 2 - *Attachment, Concentration, Equanimity, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Passions, Right Effort...*	Peter Overton	Nov 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right" Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 - Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Duality, Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Offering, Rinzai, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Gratitude for Adversity Serial: BZ-01400B The Nun and the Stars, Saturday Lecture - *Gratitude, Composure, Non-duality, Hate, Enemies, Continuous Practice, War, Anger...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Joy in the Precepts Serial: BZ-01399 One Day Sitting - *Bodhisattva Precepts, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Happiness, Intimacy, Liberation,...*	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Right Speech Serial: BZ-01050A Class 4 of 4 - *Four Noble Truths, Lay Ordination, Liberation, Precepts, Renunciation, Repentance, Right...*	Karen Sundheim	Nov 16 2006 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts - Minor Precepts as Attitude Serial: BZ-01398 Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning - Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Where Am I? Where am I Headed? Serial: BZ-01397 Saturday Lecture - *Bodhisattva Precepts, Enthusiasm, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Ordinary Mind, Peace, Precepts,...*	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Nov 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01049A Class 3 of 3 - *Addiction, Bell, Branching Streams, Chanting, Karma, Monastic Practice, Observe, Precepts, Vow...*	Ross Blum	Nov 09 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01396 Saturday Lecture - *Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Precepts, Chanting, Karma, Non-duality, Passions,...*	Ross Blum	Nov 04 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept Serial: BZ-01048 Class 2 of 4 - *Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger, Harmonizing,...*	Ron Nestor	Nov 02 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Sojun Gives Doan and Kokyo Training: Chanting and Bells Serial: BZ-01046 Class - *Bell, Bowing, Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Harmonizing, Heart Sutra, Sangha, Tassajara...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Realizing the Precepts in Practice Serial: BZ-01395 Saturday Lecture - *Buddha Ancestors, Greed, Heart Sutra, Interdependence, Observe, Practice Period, Precepts,...*	Greg Denny	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts— Historical Background Serial: BZ-01047A Class 1 of 4 - *Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Lay, Mahayana, Ordination, Precepts, Three Treasures,...*	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 26 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Precepts: Practicing Precepts in Zazen Serial: BZ-01394 One Day Sitting - *Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva Precepts, Concentration, Conversation, Hindrances, Practice...*	Ron Nestor	Oct 22 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Halloween and Seijiki Serial: BZ-01393 Saturday Lecture - Sejiki, Culture, Demons, Discrimination, Evil, Offering, Religion, Separation, Six Realms, War...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 21 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01392 Fall 2006, Saturday Lecture - *Big Mind, Culture, Daily Life, Interview, Offering, Practice Period, Practice Position, Rinzai...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Sojun and Doug Greiner’s Trip to Bhutan Serial: BZ-01390 Monday Morning - *Demons, Culture, Interview, Chanting, Happiness, Religion, Priest, Lay*	Sojun Mel Weitsman, Doug Greiner	Oct 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Eventual Transition of Abbacy Serial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture - Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Humility,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** Hole Serial: BZ-01388 Women's Sitting - *Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Culture...*	Myoan Grace Schireson	Sep 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing the Way Wholeheartedly: Commentary on Dogen’s Bendowa Serial: BZ-01387 Saturday Lecture - *Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, Uchiyama,...*	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Sep 23 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture - *Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission,...*	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Humility Serial: BZ-01385 Saturday Lecture - *Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Humility, Karma, Platform Sutra,...*	Baika Andrea Pratt	Sep 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #10 Serial: BZ-01384 "You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2 - BCR-10, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01181 Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 - BCR-76, Conversation, Daily Life, Evil, Interview, Light-and-Darkness, Offering, Oneness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Topics: Flowers Instead of Incense; Use of the “Wake-up” Stick; Mel’s Trip to Bhutan Serial: BZ-01180 Saturday Lecture - *Culture, Happiness, Lay, Offering, Tassajara, War*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 25 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Loving Everyone — The Metta Sutra; Kid Zendo and Also Reflecting on the Death of John King Serial: BZ-01179 Saturday Lecture - *Death-and-Dying, Bell, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Vow, Addiction, Gratitude, Duality,...*	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John King Serial: BZ-01178 Saturday Lecture - *Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara, Practice Period, Anger, Ego, Patience, Greed,...*	Mary Mocine	Aug 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort Serial: BZ-01177 Saturday Lecture - Buddha Nature, Beginners, Chanting, Concentration, Ego, Instruction, Lay, Mindfulness, Right...	Ron Nestor	Aug 05 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramita of Forebearance Serial: BZ-01176B Saturday Lecture - *Heart Sutra, Anger, Forgiveness, Precepts, Practice Period, Patience, Hate, Karma, Teacher-and...*	Richard Haefele	Jul 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
State of the World Address: Causes and Excuses Serial: BZ-01175 Power: Manipulation Through Maintaining Chaos, Saturday Lecture - Politics, Religion, War, Peace, Evil, Emotions, Anger, Attachment, Forgiveness, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 22 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Komyo-zo Zammai" by Koun Ejô Serial: BZ-01174 Storehouse of Radiant Light Samadhi, One-Day Sitting - Koun Ejô, Concentration, Discrimination, Gaining Mind, Hate, Hindrances, Liberation, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What is a Cookie? Kid Zendo; Confection Serial: BZ-01173 Saturday Lecture - *Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Family Practice, Composure, Concentration, Daily Life,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Allah, The Unseen and Unknowable: Respect, Love and Free Will Serial: BZ-01172B Saturday Lecture - *Culture, Ego, Evil, Fasting, Happiness, Humility, Patience, Peace, War*	Shayk Yassir Chadly	Jul 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Suffering: How We Create It Serial: BZ-01171 The Meaning of Forgiveness and How We Free Ourselves, Saturday Lecture - Suffering, Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Enemies, Forgiveness, Hate, Intuition, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Spirit of Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01170 Sesshin Day 5 - Shuso Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Teacher-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Parenting as Shikantaza Serial: BZ-01169B Sesshin Day 4 - *Attachment, Bell, Building, Culture, Enemies, Four Noble Truths, Interdependence, Lay,...*	Greg Denny	Jun 17 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas: Meditation Serial: BZ-01169A Sesshin Day 3 - *Big Mind, Composure, Monastic Practice, Patience, Peace, Renunciation, Right Effort, Samadhi...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What Does It Mean to Practice Prajna Paramita? Serial: BZ-01167 Sesshin Day 2 - *Heart Sutra, Religion, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Non-duality, Silence,...*	Karen Sundheim	Jun 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-01166 Patience and Enthusiastic Effort, Sesshin Day 1 - Effort, Patience, Virya, Enthusiasm, Practice Position, Composure, Thoroughness, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01239 Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture - Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment, Priest-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Chain of Dependant Co-arising; Mahayana View of Cessation Serial: BZ-01044A Class 5 of 5 - *Birth-and-Death, Passions, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life, Anger,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 08 2006 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record #90: Her Koan — Chih Men’s Body of Wisdom Serial: BZ-01238 Saturday Lecture - *Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment, Happiness,...*	Karen Sundheim	Jun 05 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Non-Duality, Emptiness, Leaving No Trace Serial: BZ-01043A Class 4 of 5 - *Subject-and-Object, Passions, Skandhas, Anger, confusion, Non-duality, Greed, Birth-and-Death...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 2006 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Worldly Life and Pure Practice Serial: BZ-01237 Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture - Daily Life, Practice, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Doubt, Greed, Interview, Precepts...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: 18 Emptinesses; Continuous Existence Serial: BZ-01042A Class 3 of 5 - *Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Emotions, Forgiveness, Heart Sutra,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
How Sojun Gives Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-01045 Class - *Bowing, Daily Life, Enemies, Instruction, Interview, Observe, Posture*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Dealing with a Problematic Public Library Patron Serial: BZ-01236D Saturday Lecture - *Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto Zen,...*	Karen Sundheim	May 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center

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