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Subject-and-Object Talks

In philosophy, a subject is a being that exercises agency, undergoes conscious experiences, such as seeing and hearing, and is situated in relation to other things that exist outside itself; thus, a subject is any individual, person, or observer. Also in philosophy, an object is any of the things observed or experienced by a subject, physical objects such as chairs, clouds, and the Moon, and may even include other beings (thus, from their own points of view: other subjects).

A simple common differentiation for subject and object is: an observer versus a thing that is observed. In certain cases involving personhood, subjects and objects can be considered interchangeable where each label is applied only from one or the other point of view. Subjects and objects are related to the philosophical distinction between subjectivity and objectivity: the existence of knowledge, ideas, or information either dependent upon a subject (subjectivity) or independent of any subject (objectivity).

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Holidays and Affliction

Dragons, Gratitude, New Year, Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind,...
Nov 21 2009

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Concentration, Hindrances, Lay Practice, Posture, Priest, Subject-and-Object,...
Aug 08 2009

Class 5 Absorption In The Treasury Of Light

Subject-and-Object, Cultivation, Transmission, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-...
Jun 11 2009

Platform Sutra: Non attachment within attachment: Serial No. 01081

Serial: BZ-01081

Rohatsu, Day 5, side B

Samadhi, Composure, Non-attachment, Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Subject-and-Object...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Non Attachment within Attachment

Serial: BZ-01451

Rohatsu, Day 5

Samadhi, Composure, Manjushri, Non-attachment, Platform Sutra, Subject-and-Object,...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02008

Non-attachment Within Attachment, Rohatsu Day 5

Hui-neng, Non-attachment, Composure, Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Subject-and-Object,...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

The Brain and Enlightenment

Enlightenment, Bodhidharma, Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Monkey...
Aug 02 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #80

Serial: BZ-01140

Joshu's the New-born Babe Part I, Sesshin Day 2

Joshu, BCR-80, Emotions, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Ego, Hindrances...
Jun 19 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen in Practice Period:

Serial: BZ-01129

Posture, Breath, Mind, One-Day Sitting

Posture, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, Duality, Emotions
May 04 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

The Teachings of the Hsin Hsin Ming: Practicing with “not two”

Serial: BZ-01097

Saturday Lecture

Hsin Hsin Ming, Ego, Karma, Hate, Doubt, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life
Nov 24 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Actualizing the Prajna Paramita

Serial: BZ-01095

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Doubt, Four Noble Truths, Manjushri, Practice Period, Subject-and-...
Nov 10 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Practice

Serial: BZ-00989

Being Creative in Practice, Saturday Lecture

Creativity, Big Mind, Daily Life, Happiness, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, New...
Aug 11 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith in Buddhism: What is Buddhist Faith

Serial: BZ-01057A

Class 5 of 5

Karma, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,...
Jun 14 2007
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith in Buddhism: Faith and Doubt

Serial: BZ-01055A

Class 3 of 5

Doubt, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Non-duality, Big...
May 31 2007
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith in Buddhism: Introduction

Serial: BZ-01053A

Class, 1 of 5

Subject-and-Object, Doubt, Mahayana, First Principle, Concentration, Buddha Nature...
May 17 2007
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Ryokan’s Poetry

Serial: BZ-01413

Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2

Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Lotus Sutra, Dragons, Buddha Nature, Emotions...
Jan 20 2007
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Where Am I? Where am I Headed?

Serial: BZ-01397

Saturday Lecture 

Bodhisattva Precepts, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Ordinary Mind, Precepts, Subject-and-...
Nov 11 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** Hole

Serial: BZ-01388

Women's Sitting

Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Subject-...
Sep 24 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Non-Duality, Emptiness, Leaving No Trace

Serial: BZ-01043A

Class 4 of 5

Subject-and-Object, Skandhas, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Duality, Emotions...
Jun 01 2006
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Bells

Serial: BZ-01211

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Dragons, Rinzai, Separation,...
Jan 21 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Sutra on Breathing

Serial: BZ-01210D

One-Day Sitting

Happiness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and-Object,...
Jan 14 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: BZ-00576

Lecture

Precepts, Duality, Subject-and-Object, Hate, Buddha Nature, Soto Zen
Jul 17 2005
Tassajara

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01032A

Class 2 of 5

Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi, Doubt...
May 26 2005
2
Berkeley Zen Center

May 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01560

Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi, Duality, Separation, Buddha Nature, Doubt,...
May 26 2005

Nirvana, the Waterfall

Serial: BZ-00597

Sesshin Day 2

Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Continuous...
Mar 24 2005

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00768

Class 10 of 12

Subject-and-Object, Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life,...
Mar 10 2005
10
Tassajara

Commentary on The Wayseeker: “Opening the Hand of Thought”

Serial: BZ-01305

Teaching Retreat 2 of 2

Daily Life, Repentance, Gaining Mind, Fundraising, Karma, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object...
Feb 05 2005
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Relaxing into Uprightness: Calm Mind, Zazen Instruction and Ice Skating

Serial: BZ-01303

Saturday Lecture

Don't Know Mind, Half-Smile, Posture, Practice Period, Precepts, Soto Zen,...
Jan 29 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00775

Class 3 of 12

Subject-and-Object, Ordinary Mind, Ego, Dragons, Chanting
Jan 23 2005
3
Tassajara

The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened Person

Serial: BZ-01298

No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Precepts, Right Speech, Subject-and-Object, Ego, Birth-and-Death,...
Dec 11 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Not Holding on to the Stream: Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-01290B

One Day Sitting

Silent Illumination, Emotions, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Subject-and-Object, Lay...
Nov 20 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

October 16th, 2004, Serial No. 01284

Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma, Subject-and-Object,...
Oct 16 2004

Heaven and Hell and Nirvana

Serial: BZ-01566

Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Six Realms, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma,...
Oct 16 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Hinayana Practice: Calm Your Mind

Serial: BZ-01241

Saturday Lecture

Mahayana, Monkey Mind, Nirvana, Obstacles, Subject-and-Object, Impermanence, Heart...
Aug 21 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Parental Mind

Serial: BZ-01278

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Happiness, Lotus Sutra, Composure, Subject-and-Object, Practice...
Jul 31 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Things to be Mindful of in the New Year

Serial: BZ-01377

Is a Six-pack and Pornography Practice?, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Daily Life, Big Mind, Doubt, Family Practice, New Year, Renunciation,...
Dec 13 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00288

Class 3 of 4

Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way,...
Oct 09 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Tenzo Kyokun Pt. 1: Mundane and Supramundane: Refining Our Life

Serial: BZ-01360

One day sitting

Subject-and-Object, Zazen Mind, Family Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Karma, Politics,...
Oct 04 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Renunciation

Serial: BZ-01350

One-Day Sitting

Renunciation, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Silent Illumination, Posture, Concentration...
Jul 20 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case # 82

Serial: BZ-01349C

Eternal Moment: Time, Transformation and Two Truths, Saturday Lecture

Two Truths, BCR-82, Subject-and-Object, Blue Cliff Record, Non-duality, Dragons,...
Jul 19 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Yinyan Sweeps the Ground: Wallace and Grommet

Serial: BZ-01345B

Sesshin Day 3

Subject-and-Object, Tassajara, Zoom, Bowing, Mahayana
Jun 20 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Mindfulness of Body and Feelings

Serial: BZ-00294

Class 1 of 5

Daily Life, Demons, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Practice Period, Subject-and-...
May 15 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #38 Buffalo Tail: What Does it Mean to Pass Through Something Completely?

Serial: BZ-00134A

Lecture

Tassajara, Practice Period, War, Subject-and-Object, Fundraising, Zoom, Sangha,...
Mar 29 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Taking Care of Ourselves as Practice

Serial: BZ-00172B

Excercise and Eating--Mind, Body and Spirit Work Together, Saturday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Ego,...
Nov 30 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Consciousness in Buddhist Practice

Serial: BZ-00171A

Lecture

Big Mind, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Karma, Lay Practice, Heart Sutra,...
Nov 09 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki Roshi, Not Always So: Respect

Serial: BZ-01526

Class

Posture, Subject-and-Object, Emotions, Daily Life, Bowing, Priest
Nov 09 2002
Tassajara

Forgiveness

Serial: BZ-00061B

Saturday Lecture

Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Precepts, Politics, Buddha Mind, Subject-and-...
Jan 26 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Sixth and Seventh Precepts and Contention

Serial: BZ-00066B

One-Day Sitting

Precepts, Bowing, Duality, Emotions, Patience, Precepts, Separation, Subject-and-...
Jan 12 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Non-duality, Concentration, Separation, Samadhi, Duality, Subject-and-Object,...
Nov 13 2001

Dogen's Zazengi

Serial: BZ-00086A

Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture

Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Ego, Concentration, Big Mind, Samadhi...
Aug 18 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

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