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Master Ummon's Everybody has Their Own Light

Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Duality, Demons, Concentration...
Aug 03 2019

Yunmen's Medicine and Sickness Heal Each Other

Serial: BZ-02469

Class Blue Cliff Record 67

 

BCR-67, Cultivation, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-...
Mar 28 2016

What Is Acceptance

Forgiveness, Two Truths, Dependent Origination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Darkness and...
Aug 08 2015

Everyone Has a Light

Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Oneness, Practice Period, Berkeley Zen Center, Passions,...
Nov 15 2014

Dogen's Uji: Being Time

Big Mind, Doubt, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Demons, Continuous Practice,...
Feb 23 2014

Samadhi

Serial: BZ-02304

Shikantaza, Saturday Lecture

Samadhi, Suzuki Roshi, Vairochana Buddha, Precious Mirror, Darkness and Light, Silent...
Apr 20 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture One

Serial: BZ-02291

Part 1 of 4

Composure, Discrimination, Branching Streams, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness...
Feb 16 2013
1

A Candle in the Dark

Practice Position, Darkness and Light, Five Ranks, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Commitment...
Nov 24 2012

Reality Revealed in the Workplace

Serial: BZ-02104

Shuso talk

Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Silence, Liberation,...
Jun 12 2010

More Light

Ordinary Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and Light, Bodhisattva Vow, Transmission...
May 23 2009

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem in Section on Prayana

Serial: BZ-01452

Rohatsu, Day 7, side A

Darkness and Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Commentary on Poem in Section on Prajna

Serial: BZ-02010

Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7

Hui Neng, Darkness and Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Preparing for the New Year: Zazen, Vows, Resolutions (Kid Zendo)

Serial: BZ-01106

Saturday Lecture

New Year, Happiness, Berkeley Zen Center, Vow, Don't Know Mind, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 15 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Nothing Outside of Practice

Serial: BZ-01420

"Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2

Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness and Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting, resistance...
Feb 18 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #10

Serial: BZ-01384

"You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2

BCR-10, Darkness and Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily...
Sep 03 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light"

Serial: BZ-01205

Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5

Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...
Dec 02 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Pai Chang

Serial: BZ-01197

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Way, Darkness and Light, Evil, Mahayana, Practice Period, Duality,...
Nov 05 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Master Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00153B

Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha...
Jul 13 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00486

Class 4 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six...
Nov 30 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-...
May 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161A

Light and Darkness, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and...
Apr 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00207B

Some personal comments, Sesshin Day 3

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Branching Streams, Darkness and...
Mar 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00202B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Anger, Duality, Branching Streams, Composure, Happiness...
Jan 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 6 of 8

Serial: BZ-00929

Fall practice period

Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and Light, Light-and-...
Nov 04 1999
6 of 8
BZC

October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546

Serial: BZ-01546

#duplicate-please-hide

Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination,...
Nov 04 1999

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861

Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...
Sep 23 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, Class 1 of 8

Serial: BZ-01008A

Fall practice period 1999

class 1 of 8

 

Hokyo Zanmai, Precious Mirror, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...
Sep 23 1999
1

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541

Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...
Sep 23 1999

Master Hongzi's Practice Instruction

Serial: BZ-00073A

One-Day Sitting

Hongzhi, Practice, Attachment, Darkness and Light, Silent Illumination, Light-and-...
Apr 18 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Five Ranks And The Bricks

Serial: BZ-00071B

Saturday Lecture

Tozan, Five Ranks, Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Absolute-and-Relative, Evil, Darkness...
Apr 03 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Knowing, Not Knowing, Nonknowing

Culture, Ego, American, Building, Religion, Darkness and Light, Bodhidharma, Duality...
Jan 24 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Life of Buddha

Serial: BZ-00846

Class 5 of 6

Evil, Four Noble Truths, Sangha, Lay, Darkness and Light, Non-violence, Religion,...
Apr 10 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Parinirvana and Our Own Death

Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana Sutra, Darkness and Light, Light...
Feb 11 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86

Serial: BZ-00957A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Gaining Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Duality, Blue Cliff...
Oct 15 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Darkness and Light: The Winter Holiday

Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and Light, Five Ranks, Discrimination, Samsara, Teacher-...
Dec 19 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Day Off Class Zazenshin

Serial: BZ-01483

Class 6 of 6

Doubt, Commitment, Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and...
Nov 19 1992
6

Tozan’s Five Ranks: Basic Overview

Serial: BZ-00607

Class 2 of 4

Tozan, Dongshan, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Emotions,...
May 21 1992
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Vimalakirti Sutra; Suffering

Serial: BZ-00706B

Rohatsu Day 3

Vimalakirti, Suffering, Duality, Manjushri, Oneness, Non-duality, Silence, Blue Cliff...
Dec 03 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages

Serial: BZ-00273

Class 2 of 4

Right Effort, Mindfulness, Light-and-Darkness, Concentration, Culture, Liberation,...
Nov 14 1991
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai; All Equal

Serial: BZ-00751B

Lecture

Instruction, Darkness and Light, Book of Serenity, Right Speech, Precepts,...
Oct 12 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86

Serial: BZ-00388A

It's Everywhere, Sesshin Day 1

BCR-86, Evil, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Discrimination, Duality, Light-and-...
Sep 01 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Illumination

Serial: BZ-00892B

Sesshin Day 3

Discrimination, Ego, Duality, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Daily Life, Darkness and...
Sep 05 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: BZ-00892A

Sesshin Day 2

Duality, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Anger, Birth-and-Death,...
Sep 04 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. II

Serial: BZ-00888B

Sesshin Day 2

Koun Ejô, First Principle, Light-and-Darkness, Discrimination, Buddha Nature,...
Mar 29 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Unification of Body and Mind

Serial: BZ-01058A

Lecture

Religion, Precepts, Buddhism, Priest, Darkness and Light, American, Tassajara Zen...
May 16 1980
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center