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In religious organizations, the laity () — individually a layperson, layman or laywoman — 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 secular usage, by extension, a layperson is a person who is not qualified in a given profession or is not an expert in a particular field. 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Energy, Rapture, Tranquility Serial: BZ-00292 Class 4 of 5 Happiness, Gaining Mind, Karma, Concentration, Precepts, Posture, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination, Lay Recognition, Precepts Serial: BZ-00137 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Lay Ordination, Buddha Nature, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 31 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
The Spirit of Practice Period Serial: BZ-01527B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Commitment, Concentration, Continuous Practice, Enemies, Hate, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen: 6th Ancestor and Five Schools of Zen Serial: BZ-00297 Class 2 of 4 Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, First Principle, Lineage, Sixth Ancestor, Intimacy...	Ross Blum, Kosei Laurie Senauke	Apr 17 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
World Peace Serial: BZ-00133A Anti-Iraq War/Peace March Talk, One-Day Sitting Peace, War, Current Events, Ego, Forgiveness, Karma, Lay Practice, Peace, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 16 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Enneagram and Meditation: Nine Defensive Styles of Meditation Serial: BZ-00464 Class 3 of 4 Emotions, Anger, Equanimity, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Passions, Buddha...	Santikaro Bhikku	Mar 01 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Hymn of Prajna Paramita: Practicing Peace Serial: BZ-00172A Lecture, Closing Aspects of Practice Don't Know Mind, Enemies, Lay Practice, Peace, War	Rebecca Mayeno	Nov 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan: Everyday Practice Serial: BZ-00171B Lecture Conversation, Daily Life, Ego, Instruction, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Practice...	Mary Mocine	Nov 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Consciousness in Buddhist Practice Serial: BZ-00171A Lecture Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Karma, Lay Practice, Heart...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Practice as a Lay Person Serial: BZ-00152B Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 29 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Draw Sound From the Bell Serial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Kinhin and Bowing Serial: BZ-00151A Sesshin Day 3 Kinhin, Bowing, Attachment, Monastic Practice, Priest, Lay Practice, Practice Period...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
BZC Precepts Serial: BZ-00148B Lecture Bodhisattva Precepts, Instruction, Intimacy, Lay Practice, Lineage, Practice Period,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 01 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo Kyokun; Stages of Buddhism, History at Start Serial: BZ-00451 Class 3 of 5 Bodhisattva Way, Branching Streams, Building, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center
May 30th, 2002, Serial No. 01012, Side B Bodhisattva Way, Building, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic Practice, Practice...		May 30 2002
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00139A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Kokyo: the Eternal Mirror Serial: BZ-00470 Class 4 of 4 Passions, Attachment, Gratitude, Intuition, Concentration, Instruction, Religion,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Feb 14 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Suzuki Roshi Serial: BZ-00063A Rohatsu Day 5 Duality, Ego, Lay Practice, Non-duality, Oneness, Posture, Practice Period, Precepts...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #35 Serial: BZ-00093B Saturday Lecture MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay Practice, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Zazengi Serial: BZ-00086A Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Discrimination, Ego, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00067 Interview 3 of 3 Priest, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission, Lay...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00068 Interview 2 of 3 Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Ordination, Precepts, Priest, Priest-and-Lay,...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi's Second Method Serial: BZ-00127A Rohatsu Day 5 Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, Dragons, Emotions, Equanimity, Instruction, Intuition, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Oryoki Serial: BZ-00126A Rohatsu Day 3 Oryoki, Priest, Continuous Practice, Lay Practice, Chanting, Hate, Building	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00082A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Shingi, Head Gardener Serial: BZ-00060B Saturday Lecture Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Dragons...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Meal Serving, Chanting and Liturgy Details Serial: BZ-00057A One-Day Sitting Meal Serving, Chanting, Instruction, Bell, Building, Chanting, Funeral, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Woman Ancestors Class Serial: BZ-00854 Class 1 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Intimacy,...	Mary Mocine, Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 06 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhist Teachers’ Conference Commitment, Culture, Diversity, Lay Practice, Liberation, Monastic Practice,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 01 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Sixteen Foot Golden Body of Budddha Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay Practice...	Ross Blum	Jun 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazengi Serial: BZ-00055A Sesshin Day 1 Zazengi, Concentration, Posture, Samadhi, Emotions, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths Class Serial: BZ-00915 Class 1 of 5 Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Liberation, Separation, Impermanence, Peace, Right...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 13 2000 1 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-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 26 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu Asks: “Use or Be Used” Serial: BZ-00206B Sesshin Day One Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay Practice, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Don’t Think Good, Don’t Think Evil Buddha Nature, Evil, Hindrances, Lay Practice, Nirvana, Obstacles, Ordinary Mind,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Sep 18 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00673 Sesshin Day 1 Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Lay Practice, Renunciation, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice Beginners, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Concentration, Culture, Lay Practice, Religion...	Ron Nestor	Aug 14 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes) Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Bell, Enthusiasm, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00862 The final class in a series on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Mahayana, Peace, Vow, Happiness, Priest, Lay Practice, Buddha...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	Apr 29 1999 5 of 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record #26 Serial: BZ-00069A Hyakujo's "Wonderful Thing", Saturday Lecture Hyakujo, BCR-26, Big Mind, Daily Life, Ego, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Ordinary...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 20 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Lay Practice, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Priest,...	Mary Mocine	Jan 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Feminist Lens on Our Practice Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Culture, Lay Practice, Liberation, Mahayana, Monastic...	Dolly Gatozzi	Nov 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
How To Respond To A Practice Period Serial: BZ-00441A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Commitment, Lay Practice, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 17 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
One Continuous Life Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lay Ordination, Priest,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate Big Mind, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, Vow, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen & Sojun on Oryoki Serial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Hate, Instruction, Lay Practice, Priest, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Commitment, Lay Practice, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #48 Serial: BZ-00323A Fish In Net, Saturday Lecture BCR-48, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Lay Practice, Ego, Rinzai, Interview...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 04 1997 Berkeley Zen Center

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