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Tozan’s Five Ranks: Tozan’s Five Poems in 3 TranslationsSerial: BZ-00609 Class 4 of 4
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Dragons, Five Ranks, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Culture, Ego, Buddha Nature, New Year,... |
Jun 11 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #19Serial: BZ-00711A Ordinary Mind Is the Way, Saturday Lecture
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Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Doubt, confusion, Religion, Hate, Culture, Equanimity,... |
Jun 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan’s Five Ranks: Five Positions, Eight ConsciousnessesSerial: BZ-00608 Class 3 of 4
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Birth-and-Death, Karmic Consciousness, Diversity, Discrimination, Buddha Nature, Ego, Eight... |
Jun 04 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan's Five Ranks: Desire and IntentionSerial: BZ-00710B Saturday Lecture
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Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing, Renunciation... |
May 30 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan’s Five Ranks: Eight Consciousnesses, Four WisdomsSerial: BZ-00606 Class 1 of 4
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Discrimination, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Concentration, Ego, Buddha Nature, Cultivation... |
May 28 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tozan’s Five Ranks: Basic OverviewSerial: BZ-00607 Class 2 of 4
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Tozan, Dongshan, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Emotions, Daily Life,... |
May 21 1992 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00713B Sesshin Day 2
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Monastic Practice, Demons, Culture, Silence, Lineage, Religion |
May 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What is Buddha?Serial: BZ-00713A Sesshin Day 1
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Buddha, Big Mind, Practice Period, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative, Lay, Zoom... |
May 17 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Transmission of LightSerial: BZ-00213 Class 2 of 5
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Transmission, Nirvana, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Manjushri, Buddha Mind, Separation... |
May 13 1992 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00712B Lecture
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Silence, confusion, Emotions, Anger, Greed, Funeral, Discrimination, Conversation, Vow,... |
May 09 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Enthusiasm on the PathSerial: BZ-00710A Lecture
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Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Peace, Emotions, Anger... |
May 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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After the King VerdictSerial: BZ-00712A Saturday Lecture
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Current Events, Karma, Culture, Peace, War, Offering, confusion, Building, Anger... |
May 02 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zazen InstructionSerial: BZ-00680B First Friday
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Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Concentration, Nirvana,... |
May 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Harmonizing Body, Breath, and MindSerial: BZ-00680A One-Day Sitting
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Posture, Harmonizing, Concentration, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
Apr 26 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Death Penalty (discussion)Serial: BZ-00679B Saturday Lecture
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Current Events, Precepts, cognitive process, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Diversity, Priest, Karma,... |
Apr 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Zen: DogenSerial: BZ-00605 Class 6 of 6
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Lotus Sutra, Silent Illumination, Doubt, Rinzai, Instruction, Six Realms, Buddha Nature, Soto... |
Apr 09 1992 6 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Attention, Thought, Faith, KnowledgeSerial: BZ-00679A Lecture
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Concentration, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Anger, Patience, Enemies, Hindrances... |
Apr 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Zen: Ungan to TozanSerial: BZ-00604 Class 5 of 6
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Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission, Priest,... |
Apr 02 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shen Shu and Daikan Eno: Enlightenment PoemsSerial: BZ-00678B Relative and Ultimate Reality; Sudden and Gradual Enlight., Saturday Lecture
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Daikan Eno, Enlightenment, Sixth Patriarch, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Priest, Ordination... |
Mar 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Zen: Sixth Patriarch, Sudden and Gradual EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00603 Class 4 of 6
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Platform Sutra, Branching Streams, Four Noble Truths, Perfect Wisdom, Sixth Patriarch, Lineage... |
Mar 26 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Lotus Sutra; FormsSerial: BZ-00678A Lecture
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Lotus Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Big Mind, Mahayana,... |
Mar 21 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Zen: Bodhidharma to the Fifth AncestorSerial: BZ-00602 Class 3 of 6
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Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha Ancestors... |
Mar 19 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ordination(s)Serial: BZ-00677B Reminiscences of the Old Days, Sesshin Day 2
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Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Birth-and... |
Mar 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Giving and Taking, Empty Ground Manifests; No FutureSerial: BZ-00677A Inaction of Action, Action in Inaction, Sesshin Day 1
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Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life, Buddha Nature,... |
Mar 17 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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OrdinationSerial: BZ-00958B One-Day Sitting
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Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Ordination, Anger, Bodhisattva Precepts,... |
Mar 15 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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One TreasureSerial: BZ-00958A One-Day Sitting
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Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Causation, Ego, Oneness... |
Mar 14 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Zen: Lankavatara and Lotus SutrasSerial: BZ-00651 Class 2 of 6
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Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Nirvana, Karma, Eight Awarenesses, Heart Sutra, Four... |
Mar 12 1992 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00109 Saturday Lecture
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Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Liberation, Ego, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Duality |
Mar 07 1992 Unknown |
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Keeping Your Eyes Open and Staying in the WorldSerial: BZ-00686B Saturday Lecture
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Emotions, Posture, Separation, Beginners, Sangha, Bell, Tassajara |
Mar 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Zen: Heart Sutra, Rise of MahayanaSerial: BZ-00650 Class 1 of 6
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Perfect Wisdom, Mahayana, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Continuous Practice, Half-Smile,... |
Mar 05 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00686A Women's Sitting
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Posture, Right Effort, Culture, Lineage, Beginners, Vow, Religion |
Mar 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00685B Saturday Lecture
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Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Precepts, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and... |
Feb 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Numerous Dharma Gates: Elementary School BuddhistsSerial: BZ-00685A Lecture
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Vow, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Daily Life, Peace, Anger, Priest... |
Feb 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Heart Sutra, EmptinessSerial: BZ-00278 Class 5 of 5
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Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow... |
Feb 20 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Four Foundations of MindfulnessSerial: BZ-00279 Class 4 of 5
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Mindfulness, Half-Smile, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Hindrances, Posture, Zazen Mind,... |
Feb 06 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Continuous ZazenSerial: BZ-00684B Saturday Lecture
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Zazen, Priest, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Intimacy, Instruction, Liberation, Equanimity,... |
Feb 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Precepts and Self/No SelfSerial: BZ-00280 Class 3 of 5
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Right Speech, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right Effort,... |
Jan 30 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Is Buddhism a Religion? Yes, NoSerial: BZ-00684A Saturday Lecture
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Religion, Buddhism, Religion, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Continuous Practice, Samadhi... |
Jan 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Three Treasures; Tripitaka, 4 Noble Truths, 8-fold PathSerial: BZ-00281 Clas 2 of 5
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Four Noble Truths, Impermanence, Heart Sutra, Lay, Sangha, Karma, Buddha Mind, Precepts,... |
Jan 23 1992 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Who Do We Bow To?Serial: BZ-00683B Saturday Lecture
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Bowing, Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Lineage, Happiness, Offering,... |
Jan 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Personal HistorySerial: BZ-00282 Class 1 of 5
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Four Noble Truths, Lay, Renunciation, Religion, Lineage, Fasting, Dependent Origination, Bell... |
Jan 16 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Personal History, Trappist Monkdom, Hospice CenterSerial: BZ-00683A Lecture
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Religion, New Year, War, Chanting, Priest, Forgiveness, Demons, Commitment, Patience... |
Jan 11 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen: Emptiness in DiscourseSerial: SF-01464 The transcript does not contain any substantial discussion on Zen philosophy, teachings, or texts. It lacks meaningful content that would provide insight or benefit to the study of Zen. There are no references to specific... |
Jan 11 1992 |
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Zazen InstructionSerial: BZ-00682B Instruction
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Zazen, Instruction, Priest, Bowing, Posture, Passions, Concentration, Anger, Harmonizing, Fox... |
Jan 09 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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All We Have to Do is Wash Our BowlSerial: BZ-00682A Saturday Lecture
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Bell, Interview, Instruction, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies, Nirvana, Priest... |
Jan 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown Title, Serial No. 00735, Side ASerial: BZ-00735A Sunday Lecture
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Birth-and-Death, Ego, Interview, Doubt, New Year, Offering, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-... |
Dec 29 1991 Green Gulch Farm |
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Compassionate Practice with Tibetan FlavorSerial: BZ-00681B Lecture
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Attachment, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Offering, Ego, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Demons, Instruction,... |
Dec 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror SamadhiSerial: BZ-00734 Sesshin Day 7
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Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Five Ranks, Sixth Patriarch, Discrimination, Monastic... |
Dec 19 1991 |
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December 18th, 1991, Serial No. 00733, Side BSerial: BZ-00733B Sesshin Day 6
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Buddha Nature, First Principle, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Liberation, Light-and-Darkness, Five... |
Dec 18 1991 |
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Song of the Jewel Mirror SamadhiSerial: BZ-00733A Sesshin Day 5
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Ordinary Mind, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Doubt, Instruction, Building, Peace |
Dec 17 1991 |