Lay Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Oryoki Serial: BZ-00126A Rohatsu Day 3 Oryoki, Priest, Continuous Practice, Lay, Chanting, confusion, Hate, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Shingi, Head Gardener Serial: BZ-00060B Saturday Lecture Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Lay, Daily Life,...	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, Chanting, training, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Bell,...	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, Intimacy, Practice...	Mary Mocine and Grace Schireson	Jul 06 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Sixteen Foot Golden Body of Budddha Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay,...	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, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vow,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Don’t Think Good, Don’t Think Evil Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Sep 18 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice Lay, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Aspects of Practice, Beginners, confusion,...	Ron Nestor	Aug 14 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes) Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Family Practice, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Monastic...	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, Buddha Nature,...	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, true dharma, Monastic Practice, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 20 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Mary Mocine	Jan 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Feminist Lens on Our Practice Lay, Sangha, Culture, Liberation, Bodhisattva Vow, Monastic Practice, Mahayana, Birth...	Dolly Gatozzi	Nov 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
How To Respond To A Practice Period Serial: BZ-00441A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Aspects of...	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, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vow, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace, Composure, Bowing,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen & Sojun on Oryoki Serial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Observe, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Priest, Ordination, Renunciation, Lay, Lay Practice, Commitment,...	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, Ego, Rinzai, Interview, Observe...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 04 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Bankei And Horse Sense Serial: BZ-00321B Saturday Lecture Bankei, Bell, Religion, Separation, Absolute-and-Relative, War, Conversation, Duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 13 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Serial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center
May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,...		May 22 1997
Practicing With the Precepts Serial: BZ-00363A One-Day Sitting Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Vinaya, Observe, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 04 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Period Commitment Serial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00846 Class 5 of 6 Evil, Four Noble Truths, Sangha, Lay, Darkness and Light, Non-violence, Religion,...	Maylie Scott	Apr 10 1997 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha’s Birthday Story Buddha's Birthday, Lay, Buddha Nature, Peace	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 05 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00849 Class 2 of 6 Four Noble Truths, Renunciation, Vow, Lay, Lay Ordination, Concentration, Mindfulness...	Maylie Scott	Mar 20 1997 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana: Buddha’s Life/Our Life Nirvana, Precepts, Family Practice, Greed, Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00807A Rohatsu Day 6 BCR-17, Obstacles, First Principle, Lay, Evil, Peace, Bodhidharma, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination Serial: BZ-00787A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Precepts, Practice Period, Family Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 16 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Four Methods of Guidance Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Vow, Enemies, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 26 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #41 Serial: BZ-00790B Ashes in the Students' Eyes., Saturday Lecture BCR-41, Ego, true dharma, Monastic Practice, Priest, Buddha Nature, Lay, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Family Practice Serial: BZ-00791B Saturday Lecture Family Practice, Family Practice, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Commitment, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Misunderstandings of Practice Ego, Posture, Hindrances, Instruction, Sangha, Aspects of Practice, Enthusiasm,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 29 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00251 Class 3 of 9 Buddha Nature, Repentance, Nirvana Sutra, Evil, Duality, Karma, Confession-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 1996 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #25 Serial: BZ-00803B Hui Neng Bed & Bowl, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, MM-25, Evil, Lay, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra Serial: BZ-00250 Class 2 of 9 Attachment, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 24 1996 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00806A Saturday Lecture BCR-17, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, resistance, Concentration, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: BZ-00244 Class 1 of 5 Ordinary Mind, Mahayana, Monastic Practice, Gratitude, Liberation, Lay, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Feb 29 1996 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Trip to India: Buddhist Culture Culture, Conversation, Lay, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Daily Life, Building, Chanting,...	Peter Overton	Feb 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Images and the Feminine Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Cultural Differences/Family Practice Soto Zen, Culture, First Principle, Lay Practice, Demons, Gratitude, Lay, Lineage,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Jul 22 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
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00757A Class 2 of 10 Offering, Culture, American, Dragons, Religion, War, Interview, Precepts, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 19 1995 2 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #69 Serial: BZ-00936B Nansen Draws a Circle, Sesshin Day 2 Nansen, BCR-69, Manjushri, Obstacles, New Year, Doubt, Gratitude, resistance, Observe...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00937B Saturday Lecture Enthusiasm, Precepts, Non-duality, Zazen Mind, Mindfulness, Patience, Priest, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1994 Berkeley Zen Center

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