Lay Practice Talks

In religious organizations, the laity () consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother. In both religious and wider secular usage, a layperson (also layman or laywoman) is a person who is not qualified in a given profession or does not have specific knowledge of a certain subject. The phrase "layman's terms" is used to refer to plain language that is understandable to the everyday person, as opposed to specialised terminology understood only by a professional.

Terms such as lay priest, lay clergy and lay nun were once used in certain Buddhist cultures, especially Japanese, to indicate ordained persons who continued to live in the wider community instead of retiring to a monastery. Some Christian churches utilise lay preachers, who preach but are not clergy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the term lay priesthood to emphasise that its local congregational leaders are unpaid.

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Getting Stuck

Big Mind, Ordinary Mind, Lay Practice, Emotions, Humility
Aug 28 2021

What Now, I Don't Know

Book of Serenity, Lay Practice, Ordinary Mind, Patience, Chanting
Aug 21 2021

Public Dokusan 12

Continuous Practice, Lay Practice, Instruction, Karma, Politics, Gratitude, Non-...
Nov 06 2020

Living On A Mountain

Dragons, Zoom, Bodhidharma, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Priest,...
Oct 24 2020

Don't Be Stingy

Precepts, Lay, Separation, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind,...
Apr 20 2019

The Heart of Priest and Lay Practice

Priest, Gaining Mind, Lay, Lay Practice, Ego, Practice Period, Priest-and-Lay,...
Apr 21 2018

Precepts Class 5

Serial: BZ-02550

PP Class

Precepts, Ego, Culture, Anger, Renunciation, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Emotions, Lay...
Jun 01 2017

Practice in Community

Practice Position, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay Practice...
Feb 18 2017

Continuous Practice

Serial: BZ-02482

Sesshin Day 1

 

Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Meal Serving, Continuous Practice, Family...
Jun 08 2016

Practice of No Self

Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Lay...
May 07 2016

The Three Bodies of Buddha

Priest, Precepts, Lay, Ordination, training, Practice Period, Karma, Lay Practice,...
Apr 12 2014

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-02312

History of American Lay Ordination, Saturday Lecture

Jukai, Lay Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lay Practice, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage,...
Jun 15 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

What is the Basis of our Activity

Serial: BZ-02300

Why Do We Chant?, Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, training, Lay Practice, Priest,...
Mar 30 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Raihai Tokuzui

Serial: BZ-02261

Study sesshin, part 2 of 4

Fox, Lay Practice, Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lineage, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission,...
Sep 01 2012
2

Dharma Kaleidescope

Serial: BZ-02225

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture

Peace, Lay Practice, Platform Sutra, Evil, Evil, Karma, New Year, Platform Sutra,...
Jan 07 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Becoming A Priest

Priest, Vow, Aspects of Practice, Ordination, training, Anger, Lay Practice, Lay,...
Aug 27 2011

It's All Right Here

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, resistance, Branching Streams, Lay Practice, Platform...
Jun 25 2011

Guidelines for Practice

Serial: BZ-02098

One-Day Sitting

Forgiveness, Practice Period, Composure, Continuous Practice, true dharma, Lay...
May 15 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddhism in India and America

Lay, training, Religion, Lay Practice, Continuous Practice, Intimacy, Precepts,...
Mar 20 2010

August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side B

American, War, Culture, Building, Lay Practice, Transmission, Peace, training,...
Aug 28 2009

The Precepts for Zaike Tokudo

Serial: BZ-02041

Giving and Receiving, Saturday Lecture

Zaike Tokudo, Jukai, Lay Practice, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Lineage,...
Jun 13 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

August 25th, 2007, Serial No. 00991

War, Patience, Practice Period, training, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...
Aug 25 2007

How to Practice

Serial: BZ-00989

Being Creative in Practice, Saturday Lecture

Practice, Creativity, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Big Mind,...
Aug 11 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

July 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01276

Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 17 2007

Blue Cliff Record: Case #76

Serial: BZ-01440

Tanka's "Have You Eaten Yet?", Sesshin Day 1

Tanka, BCR-76, Birth-and-Death, Light-and-Darkness, Lay Practice, Karma, Teacher-and-...
Jun 20 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Guidelines for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01435

Lay Practice Period--Practice your self, not study the self, One-Day Sitting

Practice Period, Practice Period, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Patience, Daily Life...
May 12 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

April 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01260

Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,...
Apr 17 2007

Heart Sutra: Dealing with a Problematic Public Library Patron

Serial: BZ-01236D

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Anger, Practice Position, Interview, Lay Practice, Soto...
May 20 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Preparation for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01229

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Daily...
Apr 15 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. II

Serial: BZ-01222B

Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture

Berkeley Zen Center, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission,...
Mar 18 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

March 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01454

Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four Noble...
Mar 04 2006

What Are We Doing Here?

Serial: BZ-01220

History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. I, Saturday Lecture

Berkeley Zen Center, Dogen, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma...
Mar 04 2006
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Rules for Monastic Practice

Serial: BZ-01200C

Chiji Shingi: The Head Gardener, Saturday Lecture

Shingi, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...
Nov 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

An Ordination History

Serial: BZ-01192

Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...
Oct 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

September 25th, 2005, Serial No. 01190

Lineage, Chanting, Rinzai, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 25 2005

Reflections on My Life

Serial: BZ-01335

76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture

Sojun Mel Weitsman, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jul 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest and Lay Practice

Serial: BZ-01325

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...
May 28 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

April 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01319, Side B

Silence, Bodhidharma, Lay, Practice Period, Bowing, Oneness, Priest, Lay Practice,...
Apr 23 2005

Guidelines for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01318B

One-Day Sitting

Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...
Apr 16 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment

Serial: BZ-01316C

Saturday Lecture

Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...
Mar 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01572

Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Ordination...
Mar 15 2005

Way Seeking Mind Pt. 4

Serial: BZ-00588

Lecture, second half of part 4

Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice...
Mar 15 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

February 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01307

Five Ranks, Anger, Peace, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Aspects...
Feb 12 2005

November 11th, 2004, Serial No. 01029, Side A

Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Rinzai,...
Nov 11 2004

Practice in Daily Life

Serial: BZ-01280C

Integrating the Spiritual and the Mundane, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Renewal, Duality,...
Sep 25 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-01266

Saturday Lecture

Zaike Tokudo, Three Refuges, Precepts, Priest, Big Mind, Ordination, Lay Practice,...
Jun 12 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #12

Serial: BZ-01258

One-Day Sitting

MM-12, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Ego,...
Apr 03 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community

Serial: BZ-00581

Class 4 of 5

resistance, Instruction, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Offering, Lay, Posture,...
Feb 29 2004
4
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community

Serial: BZ-00578

Class 1 of 5

Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Aspects of Practice, Dragons, Don'...
Feb 29 2004
1
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01373

Rohatsu Day 4

Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, New Year, Lay...
Dec 04 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

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