Instruction Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
“Engaged”: Webster’s as a Buddhist Text Serial: BZ-00972B Lecture Fox, Four Noble Truths, Priest, Right Speech, Right Effort, Funeral, Vow, Soto Zen,...	Lin Zenki	Aug 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Fundamentals and Practicality of Zazen Serial: BZ-00700B One-Day Sitting Zazen, Harmonizing, Posture, Buddha Nature, Peace, resistance, confusion, Instruction...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Guidelines Serial: BZ-00691B No Gaining Idea, Discernment, Sesshin Day 2 Gaining Mind, Shingi, Bell, Don't Know Mind, Gaining Mind, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza: Being Present Serial: BZ-00699A Lecture Concentration, Soto Zen, Instruction, Anger, Hate, Family Practice, Posture, Emotions...	Gil Fronsdal	Dec 15 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01517B Mindfulness of Forms, Rohatsu Day 3 Mindfulness, Instruction, Offering, Dogen, Composure, Bowing, Duality, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
November 3rd, 1990, Serial No. 01478 Serial: BZ-01478 Lecture sesshin day 5 Dragons, Posture, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Karma, Hindrances, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1990 Unknown Location
Posture and Breath Serial: BZ-00511B One-Day Sitting Posture, Breath, Posture, Concentration, Instruction, Harmonizing, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun by Dogen: Monastic Life in Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00507A Lecture Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Offering, Soto Zen, uchiyama, Daily Life,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 28 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #1 Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Posture, Offering, Avalokiteshvara, Repentance,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 11 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
June 10th, 1989, Serial No. 00375, Side A resistance, Posture, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Hindrances, Continuous Practice,...		Jun 10 1989
Suzuki Roshi Memorial service Bowing, American, Instruction, Priest, Humility, Gratitude, Lineage, Tassajara Zen...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 03 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Zenshinji Serial: BZ-01468 Lecture, sesshin day 1 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 16 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01512 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Instruction, Emotions, Lay,...		Nov 16 1988
November 16th, 1988, Serial No. 01508 Monkey Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Continuous Practice, Emotions, Lay, Chanting,...		Nov 16 1988
September 10th, 1988, Serial No. 00366, Side A confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai, Bowing,...		Sep 10 1988
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51: Seppo’s “What is it?” Serial: BZ-01498A Seppo's "What Is It?", Saturday Lecture Issan, confusion, Dragons, Big Mind, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Priest, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eyes of Practice Serial: BZ-00832B Saturday Lecture Practice, stubbornness, Instruction, Harmonizing, Buddha Mind, Oneness, Renewal,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 20 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Q&A Serial: BZ-01510 Afternoon talk. confusion, War, Hindrances, Discrimination, Concentration, Posture, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1988 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Perfect Just as You Are Serial: BZ-00891B Sesshin .day 4 Posture, cognitive process, Instruction, Lineage, Monkey Mind, Bowing, Buddha Nature...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 18 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Just This One Serial: BZ-00895B Lecture, sesshin day 2 Peace, Dharma Transmission, Emotions, Samadhi, Greed, Lineage, Concentration,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 16 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Be Yourself Serial: BZ-00895A Lecture, sesshin day 1 Precepts, Bowing, Posture, War, Bell, Instruction	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 15 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
February 20th, 1988, Serial No. 01500 Serial: BZ-01500 First day of sesshin at Green Gulch Farm. Posture, Instruction, Separation, Building	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 1988 1 of 7 Green Gulch Farm
January 16th, 1988, Serial No. 00901, Side B Posture, resistance, Sanctuary, Addiction, confusion, Concentration, Mindfulness,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jan 16 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
August 16th, 1987, Serial No. 00312 Serial: BZ-00312 Sesshin Day 2 Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, training, Soto Zen, Lineage, Instruction, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 16 1987
Zen Flesh/Zen Bones: Dokusan Serial: BZ-00887 Saturday Lecture Dokusan, Instruction, Interview, Daily Life, Beginners, Rinzai, Intuition, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
February 28th, 1987, Serial No. 00718 Serial: BZ-00718 Sesshin Posture, Beginners, Building, Instruction, Humility, Bowing, Chanting, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 1987
Fundamentals of Zazen Serial: BZ-00885A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Dream World, Commitment, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Helping Each Other to Practice in the Absence of Teacher Serial: BZ-00881 Giving and Getting, Saturday Lecture Giving-and-Taking, Practice Period, Practice Position, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 20 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Fundamental Practice Serial: BZ-00878B Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Obstacles, Commitment, Peace, training, Karma, Observe, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Sit Sesshin Serial: BZ-00866B Lecture Concentration, Evil, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Passions, Four Noble Truths,...	Maylie Scott	Nov 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen and Shikantaza Serial: BZ-00415B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Shikantaza, zen meditation, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
What Shall We Do in the New Year? (discussion) Serial: BZ-00408B Psychology/Women's Practice, Saturday Lecture New Year, Psychology, Women's Practice, Mindfulness, New Year, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 22 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Sanshi Mompo: Ongoing Practice of Student and Teacher Serial: BZ-00408A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Interview, Lineage, Instruction, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Bowing Practice Serial: BZ-00406B Rohatsu Bowing, Bowing, training, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Demons, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00389B Lecture Religion, Priest, Instruction, American, War, training, Rinzai, Chanting, Mahayana,...	Maureen Stewart	Jul 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Talk about Practice: Story of the Birds Nest Monk Serial: BZ-00433B Lecture Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 01 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Tao Wu and Lung Tan: Teaching Through Example Serial: BZ-00431A No Special Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture Daowu, Enlightenment, Religion, Instruction, Bell, Vow, Culture	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Responsible Independence Serial: BZ-00421A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Fast For Life Serial: BZ-00396B Not Attaching to Life, Saturday Lecture Fasting, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Posture and Breathing in Zazen Serial: BZ-00400A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Posture, Harmonizing, Concentration, Instruction	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Meal Chants Serial: BZ-00002A Saturday Lecture Instruction, Chanting, Greed, Hate, Offering, Karma, Meal Serving, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated Serial: BZ-00046B Unifying Body, Mind and the Way, Saturday Lecture MM-35 Koan, Birth-and-Death, War, Peace, Dragons, Offering, Instruction, Doubt, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5 Serial: BZ-00044A Need to Find True Teacher, Saturday Lecture Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dragons, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu: Wash Your Bowls Serial: BZ-00036B On Handling Activity, Saturday Lecture Continuous Practice, Ego, Bodhidharma, Attachment, Samadhi, Eka, Heart Sutra, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 18 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Trust in One’s Self and the Eightfold Path Serial: BZ-01516B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Eight Aspects, Concentration, Aspects of Practice,...	Arnie Kotler	Jul 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Women's Practice Family Practice, Enthusiasm, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 30 1982
Fukudo Lesson Serial: BZ-00012A Instruction Instruction, Zendo, Doanryo, Chanting, Intuition, Interview, Happiness, Bell, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 01 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Pure Effort In Everyday Busy Life Serial: BZ-00020 Saturday Lecture Posture, New Year Celebration, Pure Effort, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jan 02 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Ideal vs. Actual Practice Serial: BZ-00022B Rohatsu Day 6 Commitment, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Hindrances, Bell, Instruction...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 2 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Learning How To Sit Serial: BZ-00025 Saturday Lecture Technique, Posture, Instruction, Complete activity, Passions, Samadhi, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 20 1980 Berkeley Zen Center

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