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Aspects of PracticeSerial: BZ-00476 Class 2 of 4
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Bell, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Doubt, Lineage, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student... |
Oct 11 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects of Practice: Suzuki RoshiSerial: BZ-00477 Class 1 of 4
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Bell, Branching Streams, Instruction, Posture, Precepts, Priest, Soto Zen, Tassajara, War... |
Oct 04 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Paths to Peaceful UnderstandingSerial: SF-00509 The talk addresses the intersection of Zen practice with ethical considerations and reconciliation efforts, focusing on internal and external conflict resolution. It suggests that reconciliation begins with self-examination and... Work, Practice, Time |
Oct 01 2001 San Francisco Zen Center |
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Aspects of Practice: Opening DaySerial: BZ-00092B One Day Sitting
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Anger, Blue Cliff Record, Bowing, Culture, Harmonizing, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Vow... |
Sep 30 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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AltarsSerial: BZ-00092A Lecture
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Offering, Avalokitesvara, Manjushri, Patience, Bowing, Passions, Tassajara, Vow, Culture... |
Sep 29 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Events of September 11, 2001Serial: BZ-00091 What To Do, Saturday Lecture
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Current Events, Ego, Greed, Hate, Karma, Monastic Practice, Patience, Politics, Practice... |
Sep 22 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Practice for Global HarmonySerial: SF-02287 The talk explores the application of Zen practice in fostering global harmony, emphasizing the need for objective reflection on societal issues and advocating for mindful, socially engaged actions without partiality. It discusses... Zazen, Community, Emotions |
Sep 19 2001 |
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Living in VowSerial: BZ-00090 Lecture
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Buddha Ancestors, Enemies, Forgiveness, Patience, Priest, Repentance, Vow |
Sep 08 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Yogacara 100 Dharmas:Serial: BZ-00089B Dharmas of Form, Sesshin Day 3
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Yogachara, Building, Discrimination, Duality, Ego, Heart Sutra, Intuition, Karma, Skandhas... |
Sep 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mind Mechanics: Concentration and DistractionSerial: BZ-00089A Sesshin Day 2
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Concentration, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Zazen Mind, Right Effort, Bodhisattva Ceremony,... |
Sep 02 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Yogacara DharmasSerial: BZ-00088B Four Unfixed Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1
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Yogachara, Birth-and-Death, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Study Period, Karma,... |
Sep 01 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Study as PracticeSerial: BZ-00088A Lecture
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Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Book of Serenity, Building, Dharma Transmission, Four... |
Aug 25 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bearing the Unbearable: Zazen is a Tool for LifeSerial: BZ-00086B One Day sitting
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Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Composure, Funeral, Intuition, Nirvana, Oneness, Priest... |
Aug 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen's ZazengiSerial: BZ-00086A Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture
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Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Discrimination, Ego, Concentration, Big Mind,... |
Aug 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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One Hundred DharmasSerial: BZ-00087A Saturday Lecture
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Anger, Ego, Greed, Patience, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Mandala, Skandhas, confusion, Doubt... |
Aug 11 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Untitled TalkSerial: BZ-00087B -
Anger, Beginners, Bell, Conversation, Culture, Daily Life, Karma, Posture |
Aug 04 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eight Major AfflictionsSerial: BZ-00084B Saturday Lecture
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Monkey Mind, Hindrances, confusion, Culture, Duality, Evil, Greed, Nirvana, Renunciation... |
Jul 28 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ten Beneficial DharmasSerial: BZ-00084A Saturday Lecture
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Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch... |
Jul 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Our HeroSerial: BZ-00531 -
Lotus Sutra, Love, Buddha |
Jul 04 2001 Tassajara |
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Invite Difficulty InSerial: BZ-00106B Sesshin Day 5
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Dogen, Japan, Buddha Nature, Building, Daily Life, Harmonizing, Intuition, Manjushri, Non-... |
Jun 24 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Totally GroundedSerial: BZ-00106A Sesshin Day 4
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First Principle, Samadhi, Anger, Demons, Hate, Karma, Patience, Teacher-and-Student... |
Jun 23 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Doubts and PracticeSerial: BZ-00105 Sesshin Day 3
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Doubt, Practice, Commitment, Demons, Don't Know Mind, Doubt, Ego, Harmonizing, Peace,... |
Jun 22 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo's Awakening from Eihei ShingiSerial: BZ-00104B Sesshin Day 2
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Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Ego, Five Ranks, Tassajara,... |
Jun 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Treating Everything as a Subject from Eihei ShingiSerial: BZ-00104A Sesshin Day 1
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Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Bell, Bowing, Discrimination, Duality, First Principle, Heart Sutra, Non-... |
Jun 20 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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MirrorsSerial: BZ-00103B -
Buddha Nature, Intuition, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Karma, Buddha's Birthday, Buddha... |
Jun 09 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Four Noble Truths and Prison FoodSerial: BZ-00102B -
Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Right Effort, Right... |
Jun 02 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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EmptinessSerial: BZ-00102A Saturday Lecture
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Emptiness, Attachment, Chanting, Composure, Daily Life, Duality, Ego, Heart Sutra,... |
May 26 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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BreathSerial: BZ-00101A Saturday Lecture
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Breath, Maylie Scott, Daily Life, Liberation, Harmonizing, Practice Period, Don't Know... |
May 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Memories of MaylieSerial: BZ-00101B -
Chanting, Conversation, Daily Life, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Peace, Priest, Right Speech,... |
May 12 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing with Impermanence: Reference to Maylie’s IllnessSerial: BZ-00100A -
Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Impermanence, Instruction, Lineage, Priest, Rumi, Separation,... |
May 05 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Releasing Ourselves in Life and DeathSerial: BZ-00100B Saturday Lecture
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Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Continuous Practice, Duality, Ego, Emotions, Karma, Posture, Zoom... |
Apr 28 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Three NaturesSerial: BZ-00099B Saturday Lecture
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Anger, Big Mind, Bodhidharma, confusion, Daily Life, Discrimination, Ego, Greed, Two Truths... |
Mar 24 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #36Serial: BZ-00099A Meeting a Person of the Way, One-Day Sitting
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BCR-36, Silence, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Enemies, Bell, Intimacy, Demons, Chanting,... |
Mar 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Discrimination, Non-discrimination, and Essence of MindSerial: BZ-00098A Saturday Lecture
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Discrimination, Attachment, Big Mind, Discrimination, Don't Know Mind, Dream World, Four... |
Mar 17 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Purity of the BoddhisattvaSerial: BZ-00098B -
Bell, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, Cultivation, Manjushri, Posture, Religion, Sangha... |
Mar 10 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hui Neng’s Idealessness/Non-objectification, Non-attachmentSerial: BZ-00131B -
Attachment, Buddha Nature, Enemies, Evil, Heart Sutra, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Non-... |
Mar 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hongzi (Zen Master)Serial: BZ-00131A -
Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, confusion, Cultivation, Daily Life, Instruction, Light-and-... |
Feb 24 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Essence of Mind & the Five HinderancesSerial: BZ-00130A One-Day Sitting
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Hindrances, Anger, Attachment, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Doubt, Hindrances, Nirvana... |
Feb 19 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking Mind: Trappist, Coptic, BuddhistSerial: BZ-00130B -
Chanting, Culture, Funeral, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Priest, Religion, Vow... |
Feb 17 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Never DisparagingSerial: BZ-00129B -
Lotus Sutra, Bowing, Discrimination, Anger, Karma, Happiness, Evil, Nirvana, Separation... |
Jan 27 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Monk/Fox and The Law of KarmaSerial: BZ-00129A One-Day Sitting
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Hyakujo, Monks, Fox, Karma, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Causation, Dependent Origination,... |
Jan 20 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Interview with Sojun Mel WeitsmanSerial: BZ-00067 Interview 3 of 3
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Priest, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Teacher-and-... |
Jan 08 2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Interview with Sojun Mel WeitsmanSerial: BZ-00128 Interview 1 of 3
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Building, Dharma Transmission, Interview, Intuition, Lineage, Ordination, Priest, Religion,... |
Jan 05 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Interview with Sojun Mel WeitsmanSerial: BZ-00068 Interview 2 of 3
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confusion, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Ordination, Precepts, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Silence,... |
Jan 05 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00482 Class 4 of 4
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Bell, Tassajara, Doubt, Harmonizing, Ego |
2001 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00483 Class 3 of 4
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Bell, confusion, Forgiveness, Hate, Interview, Offering, Practice Period, Tassajara... |
2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00485 Class 1 of 4
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Bell, Conversation, Hate, Instruction, Interview, Manjushri, Monastic Practice, Tassajara, War... |
2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00484 Class 2 of 4
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Culture, Instruction, Practice Period, Tassajara, War |
2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What is Hard Practice?Serial: BZ-00127B Rohatsu Day 6
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Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Continuous Practice, Attachment, Enthusiasm, Liberation... |
Dec 09 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hongzhi's Second MethodSerial: BZ-00127A Rohatsu Day 5
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Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, confusion, Dragons, Emotions, Equanimity, Instruction, Intuition, Lay... |
Dec 08 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |