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Our Minor Precepts

Serial: BZ-02275

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Renunciation, Emotions, Humility, Sangha, Conversation, Beginners, Patience...
Nov 17 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Fundraising at BZC

Serial: BZ-02266

History of BZC, Saturday Lecture

balance, Practice Positions, Volunteer and Hired Labor, Adaptations of Zen in America

 

Sangha, Fundraising, Practice Position, American, Building, training, Enthusiasm,...
Sep 22 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

My Three Weeks in Europe

Serial: BZ-02265

Zen in Europe, Saturday Lecture

Kobun Chino, Vanya Palmers, Culture, Building, Religion, Priest, Tassajara Zen...
Sep 15 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-02252

3 Pure Precepts, Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Repentance, Vow, Repentance, Evil, Precepts, Karma, Vow, Four Noble...
Jul 07 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-3

Serial: BZ-02250

Transformation at the Base, Sesshin Day 5]

Live life one moment at a time

 

Suffering, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Emotions, Dragons, Passions, Religion...
Jun 24 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-2

Serial: BZ-02249

Nishiari Bokusan commentary, Sesshin Day 4

Point of non-duality, Zazen-discrete moments in time, Time as Discontinuous

 

Bodhidharma, Non-duality, Time, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Discrimination, Non-duality,...
Jun 23 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjo Koan - Section 10B-Part-1

Serial: BZ-02248

Firewood and Ash, Sesshin Day 3

Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Dogen, Birth-and-Death, Three Treasures, Six Realms,...
Jun 22 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjo Koan - Section 9

Serial: BZ-02247

No Gaining Idea, Sesshin Day 2, All dharmas are without self

Subject-and-Object, Duality, Non-duality, Precious Mirror, Impermanence, Heart Sutra...
Jun 21 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

To Study the Way is to Study the Self

Serial: BZ-02246

The Self and Myriad Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1

Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Nishiari Bokusan, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and...
Jun 20 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Family Practice

Serial: BZ-02245

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Family Practice, Practice Period, Intuition, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jun 16 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

The Question of Love

Serial: BZ-02243

Zen Lesson in the Art of Leadership, Saturday Lecture

Partiality and Impartiality

 

Lovingkindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity, Attachment, Big Mind,...
May 26 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice Period Admonitions

Serial: BZ-02242

Peaceful Abiding, One-Day Sitting

Karma, Shuso, Ceremony, Effort, Admonitions, Practice Period, Daily Life, Family...
May 12 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-02235

The Backward Step, One-Day Sitting

Samadhi, Non-thinking, Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Intuition, Lineage...
Mar 17 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Nishiari Commentary on Genjo Koan

Serial: BZ-02233

Three Commentaries on Genjo Koan, new book,

Meaning of term Koan

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Nishiari Bokusan, Kosho Uchiyama, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-Death,...
Mar 03 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Money is Pure

Serial: BZ-02231

Money and Labor Talk by Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin Day 2

Dogen, Cooking, Dana Paramita, Fox, Culture, Evil, Building, First Principle, Buddha...
Feb 19 2012
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Nirvana-The Death of the Ego

Serial: BZ-02230

Buddha's Parinirvana, Sesshin Day 1

Suzuki Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Fearlessness, Separation, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana...
Feb 18 2012
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

No Gaining Mind Amidst Undulations

Serial: BZ-02228

Big Mind and Shikantaza, Saturday Lecture

Nirvana, Time, Letting Go, Teacher-and-Student, Gaining Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...
Feb 04 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen and the Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-02227

Beneficial Attachment, One-Day Sitting

Passive and Active Zazen

 

Shikantaza, Posture, Breath, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Concentration, Big Mind, Mindfulness...
Jan 21 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

The Little Hare and the Fruit

Serial: BZ-02217

Seeing Things "As It Is", Saturday Lecture

Non-discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Bell, Birth-and-Death, Fasting,...
Dec 03 2011
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

Seijiki and Halloween

Serial: BZ-02211

Feeding the Hungry Ghosts, Saturday Lecture

Hungry Ghosts, Seijiki, Demons, Current Events, Evil, Culture, Religion, Practice...
Oct 29 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Sep 11, 2022

Serial: BZ-02204

Karma, Saturday Lecture

Responding vs. reacting, Owning our own dark side

 

Bodhisattva, Karma, American, Hate, Culture, War, Evil, Greed, Vow, Peace, causation...
Sep 10 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Moment By Moment

Serial: BZ-02198

The Most Important Thing, One-Day Sitting

Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva, Balance, Posture, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Don't...
Aug 14 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Who Am I?

Serial: BZ-02195

Abhidharma, Saturday Lecture

Who Are You? "Don't know" mind.

 

Skandas, Bodhidharma, Big Mind, Karma, Bodhidharma, Discrimination, Buddha Mind,...
Jul 30 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Eighty-second Birthday Talk

Serial: BZ-02192

My Intention as a Priest, Saturday Lecture

Four Methods of Guidance, Generosity, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Culture, Gratitude,...
Jul 09 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Jhanas and Shikantaza Arhats

Serial: BZ-02189

Shuso ceremony, Sesshin Day 5

Intuition, Shikantaza, Consciousness, Intuition, Karma, Repentance, Birth-and-Death,...
Jun 19 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-02188

Teacher/Disciple Relationship, Sesshin Day 4

Lineage, Transmission, Dogen, Transmission, Branching Streams, Buddha Ancestors,...
Jun 18 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki Roshi's Eko Lecture

Serial: BZ-02186

Encoragement of Practice, Sesshin Day 2

Chanting, Eko, Offering, Offering, Funeral, Chanting, Religion, Priest, Bodhidharma,...
Jun 16 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Chant Refresher

Serial: BZ-02185

Chanting Practice, Sesshin Day 1

Syllables, Beats, Vowels and Consonants

 

Chanting, Sanctuary, Chanting, Passions, Vow, Instruction, American
Jun 15 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Daitzu Jisho Buddha

Serial: BZ-02180

Zazen, Saturday Lecture

Ordinary Mind, Gaining Idea, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhidharma, Intuition, resistance, Hate...
May 28 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-02176

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture

Karma, Precepts, Karma, Anger, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
May 14 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Supporting Berkeley Zen Center

Serial: BZ-02171

Trusting the Universe, Saturday Lecture

Dana, The Story of the Hare, Monkey, Weasel and Jackal, Generosity is Happiness, trust

 

Dana Paramita, Generosity, Fundraising, Building, War, Fox, Passions, American, Lay...
Apr 16 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

The Mirth of Buddha's Birth

Serial: BZ-02168

I Alone am the Honored One, Saturday Lecture

Bodhi Tree, Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Renewal, Emotions, Demons,...
Apr 02 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Japan Catastrophe

Serial: BZ-02165

Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Fallout, One-Day Sitting

Karma, Japan, Current Events, Karma, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Composure, Interview,...
Mar 19 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

The Four Noble Truths

Serial: BZ-02163

Routine and Depression, Saturday Lecture

Suffering, Faith, Karma, Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Liberation, Daily...
Mar 05 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-02157

Ordinary Life is the Way, Sesshin Day 1, part 1 of 4

Sense of separation, Neither good nor bad

 

Nirvana, Separation, Greed, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Culture, Emotions, Karma, Ego...
Feb 19 2011
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Berkeley Zen Center

Denkoroku

Serial: BZ-02158

Kabimora Daiosho -The Thirteenth Ancestor, Sesshin Day 1, part 2 of 4

Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Discrimination, Demons, Six Realms, Buddha Nature,...
Feb 19 2011
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Intimate Zen, Perfect Wisdom

Serial: BZ-02154

Other

Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Four Noble Truths, true dharma,...
Jan 29 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

You Can't Make a Date with Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-02149

Not Always So, Rohatsu Day 7

Sangha, Duality, Intuition, Composure, Buddha Nature, Humility, Continuous Practice,...
Dec 11 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Commentary on True Concentration

Serial: BZ-02148

Not Always So, Rohatsu Day 6

Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Mudra, Posture, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Posture,...
Dec 10 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Komyo - Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-02147

Light, Rohatsu Day 5

Koun Ejô, Sandokai, Transmission of Light, Komyozo Zammai, Discrimination, Silent...
Dec 09 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Direct Experience of Reality

Serial: BZ-02146

Suzuki Roshi, Rohatsu Day 4

Idealistic and Realistic Zen

 

First Principle, Bell, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Repentance, Sangha,...
Dec 08 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Resuming Big Mind Part Two

Serial: BZ-02144

Trikaya, Rohatsu Day 2

Trikaya, Sambhogakaya, Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Pure Existence, Buddha...
Dec 06 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Resuming Big Mind - The Purpose of Sesshin

Serial: BZ-02143

Rohatsu Day 1

Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Concentration, Posture, Interview, Non-...
Dec 05 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Zenki Birth and Death

Serial: BZ-02141

Time-being, Saturday Lecture

Zenki, Rebecca Mayeno, Priest, Koun Ejô, Birth-and-Death, Global Warming, Continuous...
Nov 27 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Minor Precepts-Shingi

Serial: BZ-02139

Precepts, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Shingi, Precepts, Forgiveness, Humility, Renunciation, Conversation,...
Nov 13 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

My Way As A Teacher

Serial: BZ-02129

Berkeley Zen Center - A garden that is cultivated, Saturday Lecture

Eihei Shingi, Way-Seeking Mind, Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Bell, training,...
Oct 02 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

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