Instruction Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
The Four Brahmaviharas Equanimity, Enemies, Instruction, Patience, Daily Life, Posture, Anger, Intimacy,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 16 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Five Points Serial: BZ-00827B Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, Instruction, Thoroughness, Hindrances, Absolute-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 12 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Process and Parenting Serial: BZ-00830A Lecture Family Practice, Culture, Building, Karma, Practice Period, Funeral, Separation,...	Fran Tribe	Jun 24 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Picking and Choosing Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Emotions, Funeral, Obstacles,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jun 18 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Letting Go of Preconceptions Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...	Myoan Grace Schireson	May 20 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Myoan Grace Schireson	May 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi's Silent Illumination Serial: BZ-00974A Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Practice Period, Silent Illumination, Daily Life, Instruction, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 22 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Delusion Emotions, Posture, Hate, Greed, confusion, Anger, Culture, Instruction	Peter Overton	Feb 19 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Space in Your Life: Tassajara Reveries Serial: BZ-00946B Lecture Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Study Period, Dependent Origination,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 28 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi Serial: BZ-00758 Class 3 of 10 Fox, true dharma, Priest, Instruction, Lay, Transmission, Demons, Chanting, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 24 1995 3 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Bendowa I: Bendowa and Thoughts Serial: BZ-00953A Rohatsu Day 1 uchiyama, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Vow, Posture, Mahayana, Instruction, Equanimity,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 04 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #44 Serial: BZ-00954A Becoming One with the Drum, Saturday Lecture Oneness, BCR-44, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Concentration, Buddha Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 19 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Returning to Our Intention Serial: BZ-00938A Saturday Lecture Intention, Daily Life, Bowing, Posture, Continuous Practice, Separation, Instruction...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 06 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Responsibility, Intention, Six Realms of Existence Serial: BZ-00945B Lecture Six Realms, Dependent Origination, Karma, Addiction, Bodhisattva Vow, Culture,...	Maylie Scott	Jun 04 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity: Shoyoruko (Book of Equanimity) Serial: BZ-00238 Class 5 of 5 First Principle, Buddha Nature, War, Ordinary Mind, Duality, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 1994 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00226 Class 2 of 3 Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Practice Period, Instruction, Lineage, Buddha...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 23 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00221 Class 3 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Avalokiteshvara, Nirvana, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Bowing,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 27 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #23 Serial: BZ-01502 One day sitting Evil, Duality, Don't Know Mind, Instruction, Peace, Lay, Non-duality, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 21 1994 Unknown Location
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00222 Clas 2 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 20 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00558 Class 1 of 10 Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Evil, Ordination, Platform Sutra, Instruction, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 14 1994 1 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51 Serial: BZ-00658B Seppo Star, Ganto Co-star; 2 monks, Supporting Actors, Saturday Lecture Seppo, Ganto, BCR-51, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi: Cultivating the Empty Field Serial: BZ-00656B The Backward Step, The Upright Cauldron, Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Silent Illumination, Pure Existence, Anger, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Conference of Buddhist Teachers: Ryozan Enkan’s Dragons (Keizan’s Denkoroku) Serial: BZ-00629B Lecture Dragons, Blue Cliff Record, Enemies, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Do Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, training, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind and Body in Zen and Yoga Practice Serial: BZ-00627A Lecture Posture, Concentration, Instruction, Anger, Lay, Duality, training, Beginners, Sangha...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Aug 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
You’re OK as You Are: Dogen’s Tenno Kyokun Serial: BZ-00655A Lecture Subject-and-Object, Separation, Instruction, Greed, Soto Zen, Hate, Dragons, Silence...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity Case #24: Commentary on Student’s Response to a Teacher Serial: BZ-00654B Lecture Pure Existence, Obstacles, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Instruction,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukan Zazen-gi: Dust and Cataracts are the Flowers of Emptiness Serial: BZ-00654A Lecture Anger, Instruction, Emotions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration,...	Gil Fronsdal	Jul 24 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Zazengi II Serial: BZ-00652A Sesshin Day 3 Fukanzazengi, Concentration, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Samadhi, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Tree Practice Serial: BZ-00653B Sesshin Day 2 Birth-and-Death, Interdependence, Bodhidharma, Buddha Ancestors, Lay, Dragons,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 10 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Fukanaazengi: Zazen Instructions Serial: BZ-00653A Sesshin Day 1 Fukanzazengi, Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Anger, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Later Years Serial: BZ-00667A Lecture Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Practice Period,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 29 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Keizan’s Transmitting Light; Tung Shan: the Teaching of Inanimate Things Serial: BZ-00665B Lecture Attachment, Discrimination, Lotus Sutra, War, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period,...	Heikisan Tom Giradot	May 15 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism Serial: BZ-00271 Class 5 of 6 Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Apr 15 1993 5 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 Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginner’s Mind Serial: BZ-00647A Beginners' Sitting Conversation, Posture, Instruction, Silence, Zazen Mind, Beginners, Monkey Mind, Zoom...	Fran Tribe	Jan 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Day Off Class Serial: BZ-01484 Class 5 of 6 Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Current...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 14 1992 5
Hongzhi (Zen Master) Serial: BZ-00642A Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Silent Illumination, Lay, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 31 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Paramitas: Dhyana (Meditation) Serial: BZ-00614 Class 5 of 6 Concentration, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Instruction, Death-and-Dying, zen meditation...	Fran Tribe	Oct 15 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Silence and Poetry Serial: BZ-00638B Lecture Silence, Don't Know Mind, resistance, Concentration, Peace, Emotions, Politics,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 26 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
Early Zen: Dogen Serial: BZ-00605 Class 6 of 6 Lotus Sutra, Silent Illumination, Doubt, Rinzai, Instruction, Six Realms, true dharma...	Maylie Scott	Apr 09 1992 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism: Four Foundations of Mindfulness Serial: BZ-00279 Class 4 of 5 Mindfulness, Half-Smile, Four Foundations, Hindrances, Posture, Zazen Mind,...	Fran Tribe	Feb 06 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Zazen Serial: BZ-00684B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Priest, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Intimacy, Instruction, Liberation, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-00682B Instruction Zazen, Instruction, Priest, Bowing, Posture, Passions, Concentration, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 09 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
All We Have to Do is Wash Our Bowl Serial: BZ-00682A Saturday Lecture Bell, Interview, Instruction, training, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Compassionate Practice with Tibetan Flavor Serial: BZ-00681B Lecture Attachment, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Offering, Ego, Bodhisattva...	Katherine Thanas	Dec 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00733A Sesshin Day 5 Ordinary Mind, Precious Mirror, Doubt, Instruction, Building, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 17 1991
Patience, Posture, and Practice Serial: BZ-00693A Rohatsu Day 5 Posture, Zazen, Patience, Buddha Nature, Instruction, Non-duality, Silence, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Sandokai; All Equal Serial: BZ-00751B Lecture Instruction, Darkness and Light, Book of Serenity, Right Speech, Precepts,...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Oct 12 1991 Berkeley Zen Center

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