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Title	Speaker	Date
Life and Death Serial: BZ-00897A Lecture The lecture focuses on the Zen understanding of life and death, emphasizing the acceptance of death through direct confrontation and contemplation, and highlights the transient nature of life. Core teachings from Dogen Zenji's "... *Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice Period,...*	Shosan Victoria Austin	May 07 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00898B Lecture The talk explores the traditional Buddhist full moon ceremony, focusing on its historical significance and the Bodhisattva Vows. These vows include acknowledging the countless beings to awaken with, the inexhaustibility of... *Bodhisattva Ceremony, Continuous Practice, Precepts, Repentance, Rumi, Sangha, Tassajara,...*	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00898A One-Day Sitting - Genjokoan, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Obstacles, Bowing, Samadhi, Chanting, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 24 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
April 17th, 1988, Serial No. 00300 Serial: BZ-00300 Sunday Lecture - *Building, Ego, Greed, Hate, Mindfulness, Separation*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 1988
February 27th, 1988, Serial No. 01536 Serial: BZ-01536 Seventh day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - *Discrimination, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Non-discrimination, Interdependence,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 27 1988 7 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
February 26th, 1988, Serial No. 01535 Serial: BZ-01535 Sixth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - *Lineage, Dharma Transmission, Soto Zen, Chanting, Platform Sutra, Rinzai, Priest, Sixth...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 1988 6 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
February 24th, 1988, Serial No. 01534 Serial: BZ-01534 Fifth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - *Big Mind, Discrimination, Duality, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Passions, Two Truths,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 24 1988 5 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
February 23rd, 1988, Serial No. 01532 Serial: BZ-01532 Fourth day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - *Bell, Continuous Practice, Demons, Duality, Emotions, Hindrances, Non-duality, Posture,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 23 1988 4 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
February 22nd, 1988, Serial No. 01533 Serial: BZ-01533 Third day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - *Composure, Concentration, Mindfulness, Posture*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 22 1988 3 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
February 21st, 1988, Serial No. 01499 Serial: BZ-01499 Second day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - Blue Cliff Record, Lotus Sutra, Enemies, Concentration, Separation, Posture, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 1988 2 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
Zen Buzz Words Serial: BZ-00899B - *Chanting, Intimacy, Teacher-and-Student*	Peter Overton	Feb 20 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
February 20th, 1988, Serial No. 01500 Serial: BZ-01500 First day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. - *Posture, Instruction, Separation, Building*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 1988 1 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
Transmission Serial: BZ-00899A Lecture - *Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study Period,...*	Ananda Dalenberg	Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Sandokai Serial: BZ-00301 Lecture - Sandokai, Conversation, Duality, Fundraising, Lotus Sutra, Mill Valley, Oneness, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1988
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00900B Saturday Lecture - Genjokoan, Bowing, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Sixth Ancestor, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin Lecture Serial: BZ-00900A One-Day Sitting - *Separation, Priest, Duality, Vow, Emotions, Lay Practice*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
January 16th, 1988, Serial No. 00901, Side B Serial: BZ-00901B - *Addiction, Anger, Attachment, Concentration, Instruction, Mindfulness, Posture, Sanctuary...*	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jan 16 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-01464 The talk emphasizes the maturation of Zen practice beyond self-centered concerns, underlining the importance of realizing the non-existence of a self that clings to desires, thereby achieving freedom. The speaker discusses the... *Happiness, Lay Practice, Interview, Silence, Bell, Posture, Building, Anger*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1988 City Center
January 13th, 1988, Serial No. 00302 Serial: BZ-00302 Wednesday Lecture - Attachment, Building, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Passions, Practice Period, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 1988
Stepping Serial: BZ-00901A Saturday Lecture - *Beginners, Ego, Priest, Samadhi, Concentration*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 09 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
New Year's Eve; Priest Ordination Serial: BZ-00902B Saturday Lecture - Ordination, Priest, Priest, New Year, Commitment, Lay Practice, Practice Period, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 19 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00303 Sesshin Day 7 - *Attachment, Karma, Heart Sutra, Separation, Hate, Precepts, Culture, Ego*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00304 Sesshin Day 6 - *Bell, Diversity, Doubt, Lineage, Lotus Sutra, Religion, Silence, Subject-and-Object,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00305 Sesshin Day 5 - *Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Ego, Lay Practice*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Tightrope Lecture Serial: BZ-00902A Lecture - *Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Practice Position, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Lay Practice, Fox,...*	Maylie Scott	Dec 12 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00306A Sesshin Day 4 - Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Doubt, Ego, Karma, Peace, Religion, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 1987 Tassajara
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00306B Speaker identified with the assistance of Shosan Victoria Austin. - Addiction, Building, Culture, Discrimination, Instruction, Mindfulness, Right Effort...	Katherine Thanas	Dec 11 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00307 Sesshin Day 3 - *Renunciation, Priest, Forgiveness, Intuition, Patience, Interview, Silence, Happiness,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00308 Rohatsu Day 2 - *Anger, Ego, Fasting, Hindrances, Impermanence, Intuition, Nirvana*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Four Truths and Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00309 Rohatsu Day 1 - Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Anger, Attachment, Karma, Mahayana, Passions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Posture, Breath, Attitude Serial: BZ-00904B Saturday Lecture - Posture, Breath, Posture, Dragons, Happiness	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 21 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Setting The Tone For Practice Period Serial: BZ-01503A Lecture - Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Conversation, Discrimination, Harmonizing, Interdependence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00310 Sesshin Day 6 - *Birth-and-Death, Demons, Discrimination, Emotions, Harmonizing, Priest, Subject-and-Object...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 20 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00720 Sesshin Day 4 - *Building, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Mindfulness, Separation*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00311 Sesshin Day 3 - *Passions, Bell, Beginners, Dragons*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00312 Sesshin Day 2 - *Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Lineage, Nirvana, Peace, Soto Zen*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 16 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00338 Lecture - *Attachment, Posture, Separation*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Chanting Serial: BZ-01490 - *Chanting, Concentration, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Religion*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 1987 Green Gulch Farm
No Title Serial: BZ-01489 - *Anger, Daily Life, Mindfulness*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 12 1987 Green Gulch Farm
No Title Serial: BZ-01488 - *Continuous Practice, Enemies, Happiness, Interdependence, Interview, Practice Period, Precepts...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title unknown Serial: BZ-00905A Saturday Lecture The talk fundamentally explores the nature of Zen practice, emphasizing the importance of the seated posture in meditation and the tendency to rationalize discomfort. It discusses societal tendencies towards convenience and... *Discrimination, Culture, Doubt, War, Mahayana, Peace, Emotions, Attachment*	Les Kaye	Jun 27 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00906 Saturday Lecture - Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi, Silence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan V Serial: BZ-00907B Sesshin Day 4 - Genjokoan, Passions, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Dragons	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan IV Serial: BZ-00907A Sesshin Day 3 - Genjokoan, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Gratitude	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 06 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan III Serial: BZ-00908B Sesshin Day 2 - *Genjokoan, Bodhidharma, Building, Eka, Heart Sutra, Interview, Religion, Silence...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan II Serial: BZ-00908A Sesshin Day 1 - Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 04 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan I Serial: BZ-01501B Sesshin lecture - Anger, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Koan, Sixth Ancestor, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Chi Men's Lotus Flower, Lotus Leave Serial: BZ-00337 Sunday Lecture - Religion, Gratitude, Lay Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Interdependence, Doubt, Peace...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Practicing with Intention and Vows Serial: BZ-01501A The talk explores the necessity of continuously renewing one’s intentions and vows in Zen practice, emphasizing that life’s changing circumstances necessitate a constant reshaping of our intentions to remain aligned with reality... *Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Posture, Transmission...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 23 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00336 Lecture - Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Anger, Discrimination, Duality, Five Ranks,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 1987 Green Gulch Farm

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