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Title	Speaker	Date
Family, Friends, and Practice Serial: BZ-00636A Sesshin Day 1 Family Practice, Mundane Life, Family Practice, Daily Life, American, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #30: Baso’s This Very Mind is Buddha Serial: BZ-00633B Lecture Buddha Mind, stubbornness, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Hate, Posture,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Is Buddha Happy? Harmony, Universal Logic Serial: BZ-00632A Communion and Communication cont., Saturday Lecture Happiness, Composure, American, Buddha Mind, Demons, Ego, Politics, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00711A Ordinary Mind Is the Way, Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Doubt, confusion, Religion, Hate, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00713B Sesshin Day 2 American, Monastic Practice, Demons, Culture, Silence, Lineage, Religion	Raul Moncayo	May 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Enthusiasm on the Path Serial: BZ-00710A Lecture Four Foundations, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, American, Peace, Emotions, Anger	Shosan Victoria Austin	May 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
After the King Verdict Serial: BZ-00712A Saturday Lecture Current Events, Karma, Culture, Peace, War, training, Offering, American, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages, 9th and 10th Stages Serial: BZ-00283 Class 4 of 4 Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, American,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Dec 12 1991 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Deep Ecology and Interconnectedness Serial: BZ-00705A Lecture Conversation, Intimacy, Interdependence, Culture, American, training, Ego, Mahayana,...	Joanna Macy	Nov 23 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00730 Lecture Continuous Practice, Observe, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Anger, Ego, Five...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 20 1991
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages Serial: BZ-00273 Class 2 of 4 Right Effort, Mindfulness, Light-and-Darkness, Concentration, Culture, Liberation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 14 1991 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Wonderful Ramblings on Zen in America Serial: BZ-00703B Lecture American, Building, Heart Sutra, Interview, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture,...	Philip Whalen	Nov 09 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Talk to Tokubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00624 Sesshin Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building, Gratitude, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 1991
Early Days of Suzuki-rôshi Serial: BZ-00750B Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Practice Period, American, Transmission, training,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #93 Serial: BZ-00750A True Self is Expressed, Saturday Lecture BCR-93, Emotions, Gratitude, Enthusiasm, American, Building, War, training	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Bringing Zendo Life to the World Serial: BZ-00715B Lecture Family Practice, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking, Precepts, Practice Period, Vow,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Sep 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #20 Serial: BZ-00694B Nansen's Flower; Dreaming, Sesshin Day 1 Nansen, BCR-20, Dream World, Separation, Intuition, Attachment, Precepts, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 31 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00967A Sesshin Day 3 lecture New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, American, Building, training,...	Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi	Jun 28 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Nine Patch Quilt Serial: BZ-00966B Sesshin day 2 Half-Smile, Building, Patience, Passions, Continuous Practice, Posture, American,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Jun 27 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Karma Peace Serial: BZ-00688B Saturday Lecture Karma, Peace, Karma, Peace, War, Precepts, Greed, Non-violence, American, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Birth-and-Death, War, Liberation, Greed, Manjushri, American, Lay, Intuition,...	Chan Master Sheng-Yen	Oct 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Big Emptiness and Small Emptiness Serial: BZ-00516B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 25 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhidharma Travels East Serial: BZ-00511A Saturday Lecture Bodhidharma, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Intuition, Attachment, Big Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 07 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Vinaya/American Vinaya Serial: BZ-00722 Lecture Vinaya, Precepts, Buddha Mind, American, Daily Life, Sangha, Aspects of Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1990
Eulogy for Katagiri Roshi Serial: BZ-00509B Lecture Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...	Michael Wenger	Apr 14 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
December 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01472 Serial: BZ-01472 Final talk of the Fall Practice Period at Tassajara. Duality, Nirvana, Posture, Buddha Nature, resistance, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 18 1988 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 14th, 1988, Serial No. 01471 Serial: BZ-01471 Seventh day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Intimacy, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1988 7 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Suzuki Roshi Memorial service Bowing, American, Instruction, Priest, Humility, Gratitude, Lineage, Tassajara Zen...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 03 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Sandokai Serial: BZ-00301 Lecture Sandokai, Fundraising, Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Mill Valley, Oneness, confusion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1988
December 13th, 1987, Serial No. 00304 Serial: BZ-00304 Sesshin Day 6 Lineage, Religion, Silence, Diversity, Lotus Sutra, Doubt, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 1987
December 11th, 1987, Serial No. 00306, Side A Serial: BZ-00306A Sesshin Day 4 Ego, Buddha Nature, Peace, resistance, Continuous Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 9th, 1987, Serial No. 00308 Serial: BZ-00308 Rohatsu Day 2 Intuition, Fasting, American, Anger, Impermanence, Hindrances, Nirvana, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1987
Four Truths and Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00309 Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Passions, Mundane Life, Attachment, Karma, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1987
Chanting Chanting, Intuition, Continuous Practice, Concentration, Religion, American	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Priests and Lay Members Practicing Together Serial: BZ-00885B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Three Treasures, training,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 14 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
The Importance of Day by Day Practice Daily Life, Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Don't Know Mind, Obstacles, Oneness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 17 1987
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.I Serial: BZ-01525A Rohatsu Day 1 Tenzo Kyokun, uchiyama, Hindrances, Posture, American, Lay	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
New Trends in Practice; Empowerment Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-Student, Sanctuary,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 26 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Zen Spirit? Chanting, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Beginners, Bowing, American, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 10 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice/Lay Practice Serial: BZ-00872A Zen Community as a Mandala, Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, training, Chanting, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Kshanti: Practicing Patience with Life as It Is Serial: BZ-00873A Saturday Lecture Kshanti, Patience, Patience, American, Passions, Priest, Gaining Mind, Lotus Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Discipline in Practice Serial: BZ-00871B One-Day Sitting Monastic Practice, Forms, Daily Life, Lay, Precepts, Commitment, Continuous Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Hearing Sounds with Our Whole Body and Mind Serial: BZ-00884B Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Zendo, Daily Life, Vinaya, Greed, Continuous Practice, Nirvana, Duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Sutra Study: The Meaning of Zazen and Kinhin Serial: BZ-00413B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Kinhin, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Mindfulness, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 10 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-01523B Saturday Lecture Chanting, Chanting, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Bell, American, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Makyo Serial: BZ-00393A Saturday Lecture Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fifth Precept: Do Not Deal in Intoxicants Serial: BZ-00394B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Attachment, American, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center

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