Monastic Practice Talks

Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual activities. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions as well as in other faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. In other religions, monasticism is generally criticized and not practiced, as in Islam and Zoroastrianism, or plays a marginal role, as in modern Judaism.

Many monastics live in abbeys, convents, monasteries, or priories to separate themselves from the secular world, unless they are in mendicant or missionary orders.

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Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...
Nov 23 2020
2 of 3
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Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-...
Nov 23 2020
2 of 3
Zoom

Sojun Roshi At YEBZ

Precepts, Absolute-and-Relative, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
Sep 26 2020

Public Dokusan 9

Equanimity, Two Truths, Karma, Patience, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...
Sep 24 2020

The Fire of Zen

Monastic Practice, Global Warming, Nirvana, War, Politics, Interview, Liberation,...
Jan 25 2020

Don't Wait For Maitreya

Discrimination, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Passions, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Dec 06 2019

Beat Zen Square Zen and Zen

Monastic Practice, Duality, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, American, Lay...
Jul 13 2019

Zenki and Shoji Class 4

Serial: BZ-02682

PP Class 4

 

Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Lay, Vinaya, Platform...
Jun 06 2019

Love

Hate, Mindfulness, Big Mind, Equanimity, Duality, Monastic Practice, Interdependence...
Jun 01 2019

Practice Period 31st Opening Sesshin

Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Practice Position, Bodhisattva Vow,...
May 11 2019

Precepts

Precepts, Karma, Anger, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,...
Dec 01 2018

Practices for PP Opening Sesshin

Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Continuous...
Apr 28 2018

Buddha's Parinirvana (Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 1, Lecture 2)

Serial: BZ-02597

Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 1 Lecture 2

 

Happiness, Composure, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Samsara, Soto Zen, Bowing, Oneness...
Feb 17 2018

Hyakujo Sits on the Sublime Peak

Serial: BZ-02591

Sesshin

 

BCR-26, Separation, Monastic Practice, Lineage, Bodhidharma, Interview, Bowing,...
Jan 13 2018

The Zen of Going to the Restroom

Addiction, Culture, Attachment, Patience, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva...
Jul 08 2017

Practice and Ritual: Just Enough

Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Precepts, training, Heart Sutra, Chanting, zen...
Jun 24 2017

Precepts Class 5

Serial: BZ-02550

PP Class

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

What is Bowing

Bowing, Pure Existence, Duality, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Peace,...
Oct 01 2016

Practice of No Self

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

Iron Grindstone Liu

Serial: BZ-02443

Aspects of Practice

 

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Liberation,...
Nov 02 2015

What Makes Zen Center Run - Q&A

Serial: BZ-02433

Part 2 of 2

Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Dragons, Bell, Building, Monastic Practice,...
Aug 22 2015
2

Acceptance

Building, Peace, Demons, Birth-and-Death, War, Evil, Addiction, Duality, Monastic...
Jun 13 2015

Seeing and Non-Seeing

Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Platform Sutra,...
Apr 12 2015

Teaching for the Tenzo

Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Emotions, stubbornness, Anger, Hindrances, Ego
Jun 19 2014
2

Teaching for the Tenzo

Monastic Practice, Big Mind, resistance, Harmonizing, Soto Zen, training, Priest, Ego...
Jun 18 2014
1

Heart Sutra Class

Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Evil, Composure, Duality, Monastic...
Jun 12 2014
5

Five Hindrances

Hindrances, Anger, Doubt, Forgiveness, Continuous Practice, Addiction, Attachment,...
Mar 29 2014

Dogen's Shoji: Birth and Death

Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Eight Aspects, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Funeral,...
Feb 22 2014

Lotus Sutra and Bodhisattva Practice

Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Mahayana,...
Sep 21 2013

Zen and Psychotherapy

Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Mindfulness, War, Priest, Dragons, Aspects...
Aug 03 2013

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

The Metaphor and Practice of Home Leaving

Gratitude, Bodhisattva Way, Family Practice, Culture, Monastic Practice, Thoroughness...
Mar 23 2013

Sandokai Lecture Five

Serial: BZ-02282

Couplet 5 cont'd, Rohatsu Day 5

Composure, Monastic Practice, resistance, Instruction, Ego, Big Mind, Bell, Offering...
Dec 06 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Monastic Practice

Serial: BZ-02216

The Law of Circularity, Saturday Lecture

Wearing down Self-centeredness, Jizo's Compassion, Tiger's Cave

 

Emptiness, Jizo, Compassion, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Demons, Building,...
Nov 26 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Non-Attachment to Buddha Nature Is Buddha Nature

Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Transmission, Non-...
Nov 05 2011

The Heart of Our Forms

Precepts, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Family Practice,...
Sep 25 2011

Monastic Practice

Serial: BZ-02206

Founding of Tassajara, Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Composure, American,...
Sep 24 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Fire Monks

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind,...
Aug 06 2011

Zazenshin Class

Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Doubt, Separation, Dragons,...
Jun 09 2011
5

Our Approach To Practice Period

Serial: BZ-02174

Peaceful and Harmonious Abiding, One-Day Sitting

Sangha, Ango, Practice Period, Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Commitment,...
May 07 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Denkoroku Class - Ungo Doyo Daiosho

Serial: BZ-02160

Study sesshin, part 4 of 4

Offering, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Evil, Demons, Intuition, Discrimination,...
Feb 20 2011
4

Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two

Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,...
Jan 15 2011

The Kalame Sutta

Evil, Soto Zen, Doubt, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Happiness, Priest, Aspects of...
Oct 10 2010

Building and Maintenance History of the Berkeley Zen Center

Serial: BZ-02125

Sangha, Saturday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Berkeley Zen Center, Sangha
Sep 11 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Berkeley Zendo and Money

Serial: BZ-02094

Mandalas, Saturday Lecture

Sojun's early practice, Sangha, Supporting Practice

 

Samsara, Sangha, Samsara, Building, Enemies, Nirvana, Practice Position, Culture,...
Apr 17 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Zen In Illness, Disability, and Old Age

Ego, War, Monastic Practice, Priest, Mill Valley, Priest-and-Lay, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Jan 30 2010

Women's Practice

Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...
Jan 09 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

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

American, Monastic Practice, training, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture,...
Aug 28 2009

Entering The Dragons Cave

Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Monastic Practice, War, Enemies,...
Aug 01 2009

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