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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

December 15th, 2007, Serial No. 01106

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

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

November 5th, 2005, Serial No. 01197

Darkness and Light, Evil, Mahayana, Practice Period, Duality, Aspects of Practice,...
Nov 05 2005

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

November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486

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

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

 

Hokyo Zanmai, Precious Mirror, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...
Sep 23 1999
Class 1 of 8,

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