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Title	Speaker	Date
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00889B Saturday Lecture - Bodhisattva Ceremony, Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Karma, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
May 3rd, 1987, Serial No. 01486 Serial: BZ-01486 - *Gratitude, Lay Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Interdependence, Doubt*		May 03 1987
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture - Four Noble Truths, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Non-attachment	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha’s Birthday Serial: BZ-01485 Lecture - *Buddha's Birthday, Buddha Mind, Fasting, Interview*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha’s Birthday Serial: SF-01428A The talk focuses on the celebration of Buddha's birth and its symbolism, emphasizing the understanding of enlightenment as an inherent quality available to all individuals. It contrasts historical and personal interpretations of... *Buddha's Birthday, Enlightenment*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. II Serial: BZ-00888B Sesshin Day 2 - Koun Ejô, First Principle, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 29 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. I Serial: BZ-00888A Sesshin Day 1 - Koun Ejô, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Demons, Don't Know Mind, Sangha, Samadhi, Daily Life, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Flesh/Zen Bones: Dokusan Serial: BZ-00887 Saturday Lecture - Dokusan, Interview, Daily Life, Rinzai, Hindrances, Posture	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Making Our Lives Part of Practice Serial: BZ-00886B Saturday Lecture - *Concentration, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Chanting, Continuous Practice, Practice Period, Lay...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Leads Us and We Lead Practice Serial: BZ-00886A Saturday Lecture - *Bowing, Chanting, Concentration, Ego, Hate, Nirvana*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
No Title Serial: BZ-00335 Lecture, Sesshin Day 7 - *Concentration, Equanimity, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Ego, Karma,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00334 Sesshin Day 5 - *Concentration, Doubt, Posture, Equanimity, Silent Illumination, Nirvana, Non-attachment, Ego...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00333A Sesshin Day 3 - *Concentration, Equanimity, Posture*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 02 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00332 Sesshin Day 2 - *Gratitude, Priest, Bowing, Separation, Lay Practice*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00718 Sesshin - *Posture, Bowing, Chanting, Separation*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 1987 Green Gulch Farm
No Title Serial: BZ-00331 Lecture - *Bowing, Happiness*	Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi	Feb 21 1987
Priests and Lay Members Practicing Together Serial: BZ-00885B Saturday Lecture - Priest-and-Lay, Daily Life, Diversity, Lay Practice, Mahayana, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Sangha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 14 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
No Title Serial: BZ-01531 Monday evening talk - *Buddha Nature, Concentration, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Demons, Don't Know Mind,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 09 1987
Fundamentals of Zazen Serial: BZ-00885A Saturday Lecture - Zazen, Posture, Concentration	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice and Activity: Bowing and Work Serial: BZ-01495B The talk explores the essence of Zen practice, particularly bowing, as a means of harmonizing with the universe and overcoming dualistic distinctions between self and other. The speaker emphasizes that practice, such as zazen,... *Bowing, Karma, Right Effort, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Demons, Concentration, Posture...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1987
The Importance of Day by Day Practice Serial: BZ-01495A The talk underscores the importance of daily practice in Zen, primarily focusing on maintaining the discipline of zazen amid life's distractions and complexities. The practice requires selectivity, perseverance, and the... *Absolute-and-Relative, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Duality,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 17 1987
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00561 Lecture - *Daily Life, Half-Smile, Hate, Lay Practice, Nirvana, Practice Period*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 10 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.IV: Issan and the Cow Serial: BZ-01529B Rohatsu Day 4 - Tenzo Kyokun, Issan, Daily Life, Dragons, Practice Period, Priest, Bowing, Bodhidharma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.III Serial: BZ-01529A Rohatsu Day 3 - Tenzo Kyokun, Daily Life, Duality, Emotions, Bowing, Tassajara	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.II Serial: BZ-01525B Rohatsu Day 2 - Tenzo Kyokun, Buddha Nature, Interview, War	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.I Serial: BZ-01525A Rohatsu Day 1 - Tenzo Kyokun, Hindrances, Lay Practice, Posture, Uchiyama	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00894B Lecture - *Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara, Family Practice, Practice Period, Separation,...*	Sokaku Kathie Fischer	Nov 22 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Ignorance Itself is the Immutable Knowledge of the Buddhas Serial: BZ-00894A Lecture - *Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, Birth-and-Death, Concentration,...*	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 15 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Refining Your Life: How to Practice in a Position Serial: BZ-00883B Saturday Lecture - Dharma Position, Buddha Mind, Happiness, Monastic Practice, Posture, Dharma Position,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation Serial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture - Renunciation, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Renunciation, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Helping Each Other to Practice in the Absence of Teacher: Giving and Getting Serial: BZ-00881 Saturday Lecture - Giving-and-Taking, Practice Period, Dharma Position, Tassajara, Fundraising, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 20 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Concentration Serial: BZ-00882B Sesshin Day 1 - *Bowing, Buddha Nature, Composure, Concentration, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Lay Practice...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 30 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva ceremony Serial: BZ-00882A Ceremony - Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Way, Hindrances, Karma, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 09 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
New Trends in Practice; Empowerment Serial: BZ-00880 - *Practice Period, Sanctuary, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 26 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
July 26, 1986, Serial No. 00879B Serial: BZ-00879B Saturday Lecture - *Practice Period, Sanctuary, Tassajara*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 26 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Being in the Moment Serial: BZ-00879A Saturday Lecture - *Current Events, Gratitude, Bowing, Tassajara, Ego*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Fundamental Practice Serial: BZ-00878B Saturday Lecture - *Daily Life, Karma, Lay Practice, Obstacles*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #43: Hot and Cold Buddha Serial: BZ-00878A Sesshin Day 4 - BCR-43, Hate, Posture, Emotions, Nirvana, Tassajara, Ego	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877B Sesshin Day 3 - *Posture, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Nirvana, Doubt*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 06 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2 - *Five Ranks, Lay Practice, Samadhi, Soto Zen*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Basics of Our Practice: Jijuyu Samadhi Serial: BZ-00876B Sesshin Day 1 - Jijuyu Zanmai, Emotions, Hindrances, Posture, Obstacles, Demons, Samadhi, Ordinary Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00876A Lecture - *Buddha Ancestors, Happiness, Karma, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Nirvana*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 24 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Zen Spirit? Serial: BZ-01467A - *Bowing, Chanting, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Hindrances*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-01467B - *Lay Practice, Lay Ordination, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Precepts, Priest*...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00875B Saturday Lecture - Bodhisattva Way, Karma, Samsara, Emotions, Bowing, Big Mind, Hindrances, Nirvana, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 25 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity: Forms of Zen Serial: BZ-00875A Saturday Lecture - No-Self, Bowing, Chanting, Ego, Heart Sutra, Renunciation, Right Effort, Silent Illumination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Make Your Life More Meaningless Serial: BZ-01496 - *Posture, War, Daily Life, Lay Practice, Politics, Concentration, Tassajara*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 11 1986
One Thread of Doubt Serial: BZ-00874B Lecture - *Doubt, War, Tassajara, Karma, Funeral, Sangha, Gratitude, Rinzai*	Lou Hartman	Mar 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest's Practice and Coming Ordinations at BZC Serial: BZ-00874A Saturday Lecture - Ordination, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Mahayana, Monastic Practice, Ordination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana: Eight Aspects of an Enlightened Person Serial: BZ-00873B Saturday Lecture - Parinirvana, Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Samadhi, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 1986 Berkeley Zen Center

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