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A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the Late Middle Ages, some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).

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Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00223

Class 1 of 4

Chanting, Doubt, Dragons, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Manjushri, Offering,...
Jan 13 1994
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Finding Your Place in Practice

Serial: BZ-00660B

Women's Sitting

Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting
Nov 21 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Maha Mangala Sutta

Serial: BZ-00217

From the October 1993 newsletter:

This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series...

Beginners, Chanting, Doubt, Evil, Lay, Liberation, Religion, Transmission, Vinaya...
Oct 28 1993
1 of 4
Berkeley Zen Center

Problems and Practice with Ritual

Serial: BZ-00657B

Lecture

Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Culture, Diversity, Humility, Practice Period, Precepts...
Sep 25 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Do Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-00629A

Sesshin Day 3

Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Five Ranks, Hate, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Lay Practice,...
Sep 06 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Consistency and the Path to Destiny

Constancy, confusion, Chanting, Building, Emotions
Jun 19 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Consistency and the Path to Destiny

Serial: BZ-00669A

Saturday lecture 

Building, Chanting, confusion, Constancy, Conversation, Passions, Peace, Practice...
Jun 19 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZC

Serial: BZ-00286B

Lecture

Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vow,...
Feb 20 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

The Death Penalty (discussion)

Serial: BZ-00679B

Saturday Lecture

Current Events, Precepts, cognitive process, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Diversity, Priest...
Apr 18 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism: Heart Sutra, Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00278

Class 5 of 5

Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva...
Feb 20 1992
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Personal History, Trappist Monkdom, Hospice Center

Serial: BZ-00683A

Lecture

Chanting, Commitment, Demons, Forgiveness, New Year, Patience, Priest, Religion, War...
Jan 11 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Talk to Tokubetsu Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00624

Sesshin

Building, Chanting, confusion, Dragons, Gratitude, Practice Period, Religion, Soto...
Oct 13 1991

Shusho Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00969

Ceremony

Practice Period, Three Treasures, Giving-and-Taking, Sangha, Attachment, Dragons,...
Jul 01 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Paying Attention to Your Life

Serial: BZ-00701B

Lecture

Ordination, Bowing, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Uchiyama, Priest, Chanting,...
May 04 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #23

Serial: BZ-00692B

"Neither Good Not Evil;" Intentions, Humbleness, Saturday Lecture

Humility, MM-23, Sixth Patriarch, Humility, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Dharma Transmission...
Mar 30 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Thoughts on Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00264

Class 4 of 4

Heart Sutra, Chanting, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Bell...
Feb 28 1991
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: The Sutra’s Place in History

Serial: BZ-00267

Class 1 of 4

Heart Sutra, Chanting, Avalokitesvara, Monastic Practice, Lineage, Practice Period,...
Feb 07 1991
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00494A

Lecture

Heart Sutra, Chanting, Doubt, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Posture,...
Oct 13 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

The Triple Treasure

Serial: BZ-00499

Saturday Lecture

Three Treasures, Three Treasures, Sangha, Big Mind, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha...
Feb 03 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Vows, Four Noble Truths

Serial: BZ-00500

Saturday Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Chanting, Daily Life, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Nirvana, Samsara...
Jan 27 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Chanting

Serial: BZ-00372A

Sesshin Day 2

Chanting, Chanting, Concentration, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Nirvana
Mar 19 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-01465

Monday night talk

Peace, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Humility, Attachment, Heart Sutra, Daily Life,...
Jan 16 1989

Unknown Title

Serial: BZ-01473

The first talk of the 1988 Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. 

Genjokoan, Posture, Emotions, Buddha's Birthday, Daily Life, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 08 1988
1 of 7
Tassajara

November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01512

Anger, Chanting, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Hindrances, Instruction, Lay, Monkey...
Nov 16 1988

November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01508

Chanting, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Hindrances, Instruction, Lay, Monkey Mind,...
Nov 16 1988

The Six Pairs of Qualitative Factors

Serial: BZ-01468

Lecture, sesshin day 1

Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,...
Nov 16 1988
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01474

Lecture 3

Duality, Four Noble Truths, Building, Hindrances, Interdependence, Oneness, Chanting...
Jun 30 1988

On Ryaku Fusatsu

Serial: BZ-01494

Afternoon talk. 

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bell, Chanting, Evil, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Manjushri,...
Jun 29 1988
Tassajara

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00898A

One-Day Sitting

Genjokoan, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Obstacles, Bowing, Samadhi, Chanting, Concentration...
Apr 24 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

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,...
Feb 26 1988
6 of 7
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Buzz Words

Chanting, Intimacy, Teacher-and-Student
Feb 20 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Making Our Lives Part of Practice

Serial: BZ-00886B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Concentration, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Chanting, Continuous Practice,...
Mar 14 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice Leads Us and We Lead Practice

Serial: BZ-00886A

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Bowing, Chanting, Concentration, Ego, Evil, Hate, Nirvana, Offering, Vow...
Mar 07 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00718

Sesshin

Posture, Beginners, Building, Instruction, Humility, Bowing, Chanting, Separation...
Feb 28 1987
Green Gulch Farm

What is Zen Spirit?

Beginners, Bowing, Chanting, Culture, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Intuition...
May 10 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity: Forms of Zen

Serial: BZ-00875A

Saturday Lecture

No-Self, Bell, Bowing, Chanting, Ego, Heart Sutra, Renunciation, Right Effort, Silent...
Apr 19 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest Practice/Lay Practice: Zen Community as a Mandala

Serial: BZ-00872A

Saturday Lecture

Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Birth-and-Death, Chanting, Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Priest-...
Feb 08 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Thoughts on Christmas and New Year: Gaining Mind

Serial: BZ-00870B

Saturday Lecture

Gaining Mind, Gaining Mind, New Year, Ego, Buddha Nature, Karma, Vow, Chanting,...
Dec 21 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Patience and the Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00424A

Sesshin Day 2

Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality, Precepts,...
Mar 17 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-01523B

Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Offering, War...
Jan 26 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

What Shall We Do in the New Year? (discussion) Psychology/Women's Practice

Serial: BZ-00408B

Saturday Lecture

New Year, Psychology, Women's Practice, Mindfulness, New Year, Beginners,...
Dec 22 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)

Serial: BZ-00391B

Lecture

Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and...
Nov 01 1984
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00389B

Lecture

Chanting, Instruction, Mahayana, Priest, Religion, Rinzai, Transmission, War...
Jul 20 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Difficulties in Daily Life Practice

Serial: BZ-00390B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,...
Jul 07 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

On the Death of Soen Nakagawa Roshi

Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Buddha's Birthday, Diversity, New Year,...
Apr 21 1984

How to Talk about Practice: Story of the Birds Nest Monk

Serial: BZ-00433B

Lecture

Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara, Building...
Apr 01 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Development of American Buddhism: Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC

Serial: BZ-00422A

Saturday Lecture

Buddhism, Philip Kapleau, Culture, Building, Daily Life, Tassajara, Diversity,...
Feb 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #46

Serial: BZ-00397B

Saturday Lecture

MM-46, Continuous Practice, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Lay, Chanting, Lay...
Jul 09 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Meal Chants

Serial: BZ-00002A

Saturday Lecture

Instruction, Chanting, Practice, Delusion, Work
May 07 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Shakuhachi Blowing

Serial: BZ-00047

Music

Bell, Rinzai, Dragons, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Happiness, Evil, War, Peace...
Nov 28 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

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