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The Eight Attributes of an Enlightened Being

Serial: BZ-01209

Reading from Dogen, Saturday Lecture

Eight Aspects, Dogen, Eight Awarenesses, Big Mind, Greed, Samadhi, Anger, Hindrances...
Jan 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Lecture on Four Vows

Serial: BZ-01208

Kid Zendo, Saturday Lecture

Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Manjushri, Religion, Culture,...
Dec 17 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Pointing at the Ground

Serial: BZ-01207

Indra's Planting a Blade of Grass, Saturday Lecture

SER-4, Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Sangha, Buddha's Birthday,...
Dec 10 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddhanature Is Light

Serial: BZ-01206

Komyozo Zammai; Dogen and Keizan, Rohatsu Day 6

Buddha Nature, Dogen, Keizan, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice,...
Dec 03 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light"

Serial: BZ-01205

Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5

Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...
Dec 02 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Faith and Doubt Types

Serial: BZ-01203B

Rohatsu Day 3

Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...
Nov 30 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Resuming Big Mind

Serial: BZ-01202

Sesshin Practice, Rohatsu Day 2

Sesshin, Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Pure Existence, Posture, Buddha Mind, Mindfulness,...
Nov 29 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

From "Not Always So": Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There

Serial: BZ-01201B

"Enlightenment Is Right Where You Are", Rohatsu Day 1

 

Practice, Enlightenment, Faith, Buddha Nature, Composure, Non-duality, Suzuki Roshi, perfection,...
Nov 28 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Rules for Monastic Practice

Serial: BZ-01200C

Chiji Shingi: The Head Gardener, Saturday Lecture

Shingi, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...
Nov 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

From "Not Always So"

Serial: BZ-01198

"Find Out For Yourself", Saturday Lecture

Instruction, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Ego, Intuition, Big Mind,...
Nov 12 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Changing Our Karma

Karma, Offering, Conversation, Vow, Politics, Happiness, Hate, Duality, Culture,...
Oct 29 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #3

Serial: BZ-01194B

Gutei's One Finger, Saturday Lecture

Gutei, MM-3, Renewal, Sanctuary, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Hindrances, confusion, Hate,...
Oct 22 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #2

Serial: BZ-01193

Joshu's "Don't Know", Saturday Lecture

Joshu, BCR-2, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-attachment, Hate, Duality, Building,...
Oct 15 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

An Ordination History

Serial: BZ-01192

Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...
Oct 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Saving Sentient Beings of Your Own Mind

Serial: BZ-01191

Review of Sojun's List of Mental Formations, Saturday Lecture

Gaining Mind, Anger, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Forgiveness, Intuition,...
Oct 01 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Hui Neng, Sixth Ancestor

Serial: BZ-01189

Gatha of the Platform Sutra, Saturday Lecture

Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Composure, training, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Hate,...
Sep 24 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing Out

Serial: BZ-01186

Sesshin Day 2

Breath, Pure Existence, Renunciation, Buddha Nature, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Big...
Sep 04 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Intuition

Serial: BZ-01185

Sesshin Day 1

Intuition, Body-and-Mind, Intuition, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Commitment,...
Sep 03 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Stand Up from the Ground

Serial: BZ-01567

Saturday Lecture

Form-and-Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, Soto...
Jul 23 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

On Embracing “Total Dynamic Working”

Serial: BZ-01337B

One day sitting lecture

Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Peace, Practice Period, Offering, Buddha Nature, Zoom...
Jul 17 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

The Steps of the Buddha Way: Kids Zendo

Serial: BZ-01336

Lecture

Concentration, Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Hindrances, Right...
Jul 16 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Reflections on My Life

Serial: BZ-01335

76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture

Sojun Mel Weitsman, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jul 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Shuso Ceremony

Serial: BZ-01333

Tips for Questioners and Shuso, Sesshin Day 5

Shuso Ceremony, Intuition, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Commitment...
Jun 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01332

Sesshin Day 4

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...
Jun 25 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen Tips

Serial: BZ-01330

Dealing with Pain and Sitting in a Chair, Sesshin Day 2

Zazen, Pain, Posture, Discrimination, resistance, Don't Know Mind, Non-...
Jun 23 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin: Tips on Serving, Eating, Kinhin, Zazen

Serial: BZ-01329

Sesshin Day 1

Sesshin, Oryoki, Kinhin, Zazen, Instruction, Bell, Posture, Passions, Concentration,...
Jun 22 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01035A

Class 5 of 5

Daily Life, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen...
Jun 16 2005
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-01327

Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture

Rakusu, Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Lay, Confession...
Jun 11 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01034A

Class 4 of 5

Duality, Daily Life, Intuition, Two Truths, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Jun 09 2005
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest and Lay Practice

Serial: BZ-01325

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...
May 28 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01032A

Class 2 of 5

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

Delusion and Ignorance

Serial: BZ-01323

Saturday Lecture

Delusion, Ignorance, Happiness, resistance, Greed, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death...
May 14 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Samadhi: Imperturbable Mind

Serial: BZ-01322B

Lecture, one day sitting

Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation, Composure, Platform Sutra,...
May 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Samadhi

Serial: BZ-01561

Imperturbable Mind, One-Day Sitting

Samadhi, Imperturbability, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation,...
May 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-01321

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...
May 07 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission

Serial: BZ-01550

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,...
May 07 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Guidelines for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01318B

One-Day Sitting

Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...
Apr 16 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment

Serial: BZ-01316C

Saturday Lecture

Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...
Mar 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Wallace Stevens and Emptiness

Lotus Sutra, Separation, Five Ranks, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, uchiyama,...
Mar 20 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Talk

Berkeley Zen Center, Practice Period, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Vow, Precepts...
Mar 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Make Your Vow and Root it Deeply

Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Greed, Mahayana, Daily Life, Religion, American, Priest, Rinzai...
Feb 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattve; Conclusion

Serial: BZ-01310

Sesshin Day 3

Confession-and-Repentance, Karma, Vow, Non-violence, Priest, Repentance, Gratitude,...
Feb 21 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattva; Loving Speech and Beneficial Action

Offering, Silence, Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Harmonizing, Soto Zen, Peace,...
Feb 20 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Uchiyama-Roshi: His Teachings on Zazen and Life

Serial: BZ-01304E

Teaching Retreat 1 of 2

Funeral, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Impermanence, Vow, Posture, Instruction, American,...
Feb 05 2005
1
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Serial: BZ-01305

Teaching Retreat 2 of 2

Daily Life, Vow, Repentance, Gaining Mind, Fundraising, Offering, Karma, Nirvana,...
Feb 05 2005
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple Life

Serial: BZ-01301C

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice...
Jan 15 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Be the Boss of Everything

Serial: BZ-01299

When Everything Is Contained in Practice, Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Anger, confusion, Posture, Ego, Bodhisattva Way...
Dec 18 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened Person

Serial: BZ-01298

No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Precepts, Right Speech, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Ego...
Dec 11 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being Reborn

Serial: BZ-01297

Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7

New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renewal,...
Dec 05 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01296

Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6

Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...
Dec 04 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

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