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What is the World: An Appropriate Response

Teacher-and-Student, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission,...
Jan 09 2016

Zazen

Serial: BZ-02448

Rohatsu Day 1

 

Posture, Mindfulness, Instruction, Non-duality, Hindrances, Conversation, Duality,...
Nov 29 2015

Practice of Dialogue

Four Noble Truths, Ordinary Mind, Chanting, Teacher-and-Student, Global Warming,...
Jul 18 2015

Every Day Is A Good Day - 3

Offering, Chanting, Daily Life, Conversation, Ordinary Mind, Patience, Practice...
Jun 12 2015

Bringing Practice to Work

Berkeley Zen Center, training, American, Practice Period, Posture, resistance,...
May 22 2015

Friday Zazen Refresher

Posture, Beginners, Concentration, Silent Illumination, true dharma, Happiness,...
Mar 06 2015

The Joy of Defying Gravity

Nirvana, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Impermanence, Dharma Transmission, training...
Feb 21 2015

Sesshin Practice

Instruction, Lay Ordination, Bodhisattva Vow, Posture, training, Daily Life, Offering...
Jan 25 2015

Rohatsu Day 7

Ego, Demons, Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Diversity, Dragons, Instruction,...
Dec 06 2014

Zen Bodies, Zen Mirrors

Lotus Sutra, Precious Mirror, Chanting, Instruction, Commitment, Soto Zen, Silence,...
Sep 14 2014

Song of the Grass Roof Hut

Lineage, Religion, Instruction, Doubt
Aug 31 2014
1

Teaching for the Tenzo

Evil, Hindrances, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Dragons, Continuous Practice,...
Jun 22 2014
4

Zazen Refresher

Posture, Emotions, Passions, Practice Period, Instruction, Interview, Happiness, Evil...
Jun 06 2014

Rohatsu Day 5

Platform Sutra, Vow, Posture, Instruction, Bodhisattva Vow, Ordination, Repentance,...
Dec 05 2013

Blue Cliff Record Case 89

Serial: BZ-02318

Find Out for Yourself, Saturday Lecture

Priest, Avalokiteshvara, BCR-89, Intuition, Instruction, Priest, Daily Life, Precepts...
Jul 06 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Life of Homeless Kodo

Priest, Impermanence, American, Passions, Vow, Instruction, training
Mar 16 2013

Bumblebees Can't Fly

training, Practice Position, Duality, Separation, Attachment, Heart Sutra,...
Feb 09 2013

Sandokai Lecture Five

Serial: BZ-02282

Couplet 5 cont'd, Rohatsu Day 5

Composure, Monastic Practice, resistance, Instruction, Ego, Big Mind, Bell, Offering...
Dec 06 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

The Wholehearted Way - Self Receiving and Employing Samadhi

Practice Period, Instruction, Non-duality, resistance, Priest, Transmission, Posture...
Oct 20 2012

Thinking and Not Thinking

Instruction, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Concentration, Sanctuary,...
Oct 13 2012

Zazen and Willingness

Ego, Posture, Blue Cliff Record, Silence, Instruction, Offering, Dharma Transmission...
Jul 14 2012

Right Communication

Precepts, Practice Period, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva Precepts, Right Speech, Intimacy...
May 05 2012

Three Stories About Love

Karma, Humility, Buddha Mind, Conversation, Big Mind, Separation, Instruction, Buddha...
Apr 14 2012

Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi

Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Non-duality, Duality, Instruction, Religion...
Mar 10 2012

Money is Pure

Serial: BZ-02231

Money and Labor Talk by Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin Day 2

Dogen, Cooking, Dana Paramita, Fox, Culture, Evil, Building, First Principle, Buddha...
Feb 19 2012
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Investigating the Heart of our Forms

Sanctuary, Aspects of Practice, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity,...
Oct 22 2011

Encountering Form in Daily Life

Heart Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Offering, Intimacy, Bell, Mindfulness, Vow,...
Oct 08 2011

Moment By Moment

Serial: BZ-02198

The Most Important Thing, One-Day Sitting

Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva, Balance, Posture, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Don't...
Aug 14 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing

Mindfulness, Zazen Mind, Four Foundations, Instruction, Concentration, Rinzai,...
Jul 23 2011

Chant Refresher

Serial: BZ-02185

Chanting Practice, Sesshin Day 1

Syllables, Beats, Vowels and Consonants

 

Chanting, Sanctuary, Chanting, Passions, Vow, Instruction, American
Jun 15 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazenshin Lojong and Real Life

Practice Period, Instruction, training, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-Student, Hindrances...
Jun 04 2011

Zazenshin Class

Transmission, Discrimination, Culture, Book of Serenity, Fundraising, Instruction,...
Jun 02 2011
4

Zazenshin Class

Intuition, Posture, Gaining Mind, New Year, Discrimination, Separation, Instruction,...
May 26 2011
3

Ordinary Mind Is The Way

Serial: BZ-02178

Shuso talk

Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-...
May 21 2011

Zazenshin Class

Transmission, Peace, Silence, Beginners, Instruction, Fundraising, Posture, Buddha...
May 12 2011
1

Leaning In To Difficulty

Ego, War, Peace, Instruction, Fox, Dragons, Patience, Transmission
Apr 09 2011

India and Community

Karma, Culture, Mindfulness, training, Patience, Chanting, Conversation, Instruction...
Mar 26 2011

Going Beyond Teachers and Ourselves

Half-Smile, Study Period, resistance, Instruction, Patience, Practice Period, Hate,...
Jan 22 2011

Komyo - Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-02147

Light, Rohatsu Day 5

Koun Ejô, Sandokai, Transmission of Light, Komyozo Zammai, Discrimination, Silent...
Dec 09 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

The Simile of the Saw

Evil, Anger, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Instruction, Hate, Precepts, Ego,...
Oct 23 2010

Going on a Pilgrimage

Priest, Posture, War, Don't Know Mind, Gratitude, stubbornness, Conversation,...
Oct 21 2010

Vitakkarasanthana Sutra

Happiness, Instruction, Aspects of Practice, Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil,...
Oct 16 2010

Empty Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Big Mind, Aspects of Practice, Instruction, Buddha Mind, Bodhidharma,...
Oct 09 2010

Creativity and Recreation - Robert Aitken Roshi

Practice Period, Building, Teacher-and-Student, Big Mind, Bell, Passions, Separation...
Sep 04 2010

Hyakujo and the Great Sublime Peak

Serial: BZ-02110

Extraordinariness of the Ordinary, Sesshin Day 4

Intuition, Posture, Silent Illumination, Doubt, Culture, Instruction, Religion, Heart...
Jun 26 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Sojun Weitsman Roshi Genjokoan Class 5

Discrimination, Separation, Beginners, Daily Life, Conversation, Non-discrimination,...
Jun 17 2010

Composure and Composition

Composure, Four Noble Truths, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Mindfulness, Practice...
Jun 05 2010

Birth and Death

Birth-and-Death, Anger, Duality, Forgiveness, Impermanence, Concentration, Culture,...
Apr 24 2010

Shakyamuni Buddha's Parinirvana

true dharma, Funeral, Practice Period, Instruction, Soto Zen, Nirvana, Separation,...
Feb 13 2010

Practice Not Practicing

Right Effort, Evil, Anger, Cultivation, confusion, Precepts, Instruction, Doubt,...
Feb 06 2010

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