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Title	Speaker	Date
Attachment and Non-attachment Serial: BZ-01428 Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Nansen's "What is the Way?", Saturday Lecture Attachment, Non-attachment, Nansen, Mumonkan, BCR-2, Attachment, Diversity, Ordinary...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Letter and Spirit of Rules and Regulation Serial: BZ-01427 Dogen's Eihei Shingi, Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Passions, Hate, Religion, Buddha Nature, Ego, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Refuge: “Regulation” and Ethics Guidelines Serial: BZ-01426 Ethics Sesshin Precepts, Vow, Non-duality, Four Noble Truths, Vinaya, Right Speech, Bodhisattva...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplation in Action, Leaving the Zendo: What do You do? Everything is to Build Compassion Serial: BZ-01425 Saturday Lecture Demons, Happiness, Daily Life, Anger, Priest, Greed, Passions, Evil, Conversation,...	Suhita Dharma	Mar 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Relationship, the Radical Practice of the Bodhisattva : The Bodhisattva Vows and Life in Montana Serial: BZ-01424 Saturday Lecture Vow, Buddha Nature, Berkeley Zen Center, Ego, Attachment, Happiness, Skandas,...	Karen DeCotis	Mar 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Sojun Gives Chanting Instruction Serial: BZ-01051 Class Chanting, Bell, Hate	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horse Serial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Kid Zendo, Monkey: Hell Boy, The Bodhisattva Serial: BZ-01422 Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Way, Avalokiteshvara, War, Karma, Nirvana, American, Emotions, Dragons,...	Mary Mocine	Feb 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special" Serial: BZ-01421 Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3 Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Nothing Outside of Practice Serial: BZ-01420 "Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2 Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness and Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-01419 Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Greed, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Eight Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01418 Commentary by Deshimaru from "Ring of the Way", Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Deshimaru, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Ethics in our Sangha Serial: BZ-01417 Monday Morning Talk Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Gerry Oliva	Feb 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death Serial: BZ-01416 Saturday Lecture Suffering, Compassion, Suzuki Roshi	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Kidzendo: Oneness of Opposites Serial: BZ-01415 "The Teaching is Just for You", Saturday Lecture Non-duality, Dragons, Ego, Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Two Truths, Daily Life, Gaining...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan’s Poetry Serial: BZ-01412 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Instruction, Peace	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 20 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan’s Poetry Serial: BZ-01413 Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2 Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Lotus Sutra, Peace, Dragons, Discrimination,...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 20 2007 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the New Year: This is It! Serial: BZ-01411 Saturday Lecture Practice, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections on Autumn 2006: Trip to Japan by Grace and Participants Serial: BZ-01410 Saturday Lecture Culture, Buddha Nature, American, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Offering, Doubt,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 06 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dealing With Mistakes: Rice and Sand— Working with our “Sandy” Path Serial: BZ-01409 Saturday Lecture Instruction, Buddha Mind, Conversation, Precepts, Karma, Practice Period, Intuition,...	Peter Schireson	Dec 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commmentary on "Respect for Things" (from Not Always So) Serial: BZ-01408B Faith is Synonymous for Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture Faith, Enlightenment, Big Mind, Culture, Bodhisattva Way, Building, Soto Zen, Bowing...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Forms Serial: BZ-01407 Serving, Mokugyo, Chanting, Rohatsu Day 7 Meal Serving, Chanting, Mokugyo, Instruction, Doanryo, New Year, Bowing, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Find Out For Yourself" Serial: BZ-01406 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha, Suzuki Roshi, Intuition, Daily Life, Instruction, Bell, Don't Know Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Big Mind Serial: BZ-01405B Dharmakaya/Sambhogakaya/Nirmanakaya, Rohatsu Day 5 Trikaya, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment Serial: BZ-01404 Rohatsu Day 4 Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Dependent Origination, Nirvana, Concentration,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on talk by Suzuki-rôshi on Concentration Serial: BZ-01403 Rohatsu Day 3 Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Concentration, Posture, Big Mind, Eight Aspects, Gaining...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-01402B Rohatsu Day 2 Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Teacher-and-Student, Mindfulness, Right Effort,...	Peter Overton	Nov 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right" Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Pure Existence, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Gratitude for Adversity Serial: BZ-01400B The Nun and the Stars, Saturday Lecture Gratitude, Composure, Non-duality, Hate, Enemies, Continuous Practice, War, Anger...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Joy in the Precepts Serial: BZ-01399 One Day Sitting Precepts, Vow, Bodhisattva Precepts, Composure, Liberation, Happiness, Don't...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Right Speech Serial: BZ-01050A Class 4 of 4 Precepts, Right Speech, Repentance, Vow, Renunciation, Liberation, Lay Ordination,...	Karen Sundheim	Nov 16 2006 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts - Minor Precepts as Attitude Serial: BZ-01398 Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Where Am I? Where am I Headed? Serial: BZ-01397 Saturday Lecture Subject-and-Object, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Liberation, Enthusiasm, Ordinary...	Laurie Senauke	Nov 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01049A Class 3 of 3 Precepts, Chanting, Branching Streams, Vow, Observe, Bell, Monastic Practice, Karma,...	Ross Blum	Nov 09 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01396 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Chanting, Bodhisattva Precepts, Karma, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest...	Ross Blum	Nov 04 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept Serial: BZ-01048 Class 2 of 4 Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...	Ron Nestor	Nov 02 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Sojun Gives Doan and Kokyo Training: Chanting and Bells Serial: BZ-01046 Class Bell, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, Sangha, Bowing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Realizing the Precepts in Practice Serial: BZ-01395 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Vow, Practice Period, Observe, Repentance, Buddha Ancestors,...	Greg Denny	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts— Historical Background Serial: BZ-01047A Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Vinaya, Ordination, Mahayana, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 26 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Precepts: Practicing Precepts in Zazen Serial: BZ-01394 One Day Sitting Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Practice Period, Concentration, Hindrances, Absolute-...	Ron Nestor	Oct 22 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Halloween and Seijiki Serial: BZ-01393 Saturday Lecture Seijiki, American, Offering, Religion, Evil, Demons, Six Realms, Culture, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 21 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01392 Fall 2006, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Daily Life, Offering, Interview, Big Mind, Practice Period, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Sojun and Doug Greiner’s Trip to Bhutan Serial: BZ-01390 Monday Morning Demons, Culture, Interview, Chanting, Happiness, Religion, American, Priest, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman and Doug Greiner	Oct 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Eventual Transition of Abbacy Serial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** Hole Serial: BZ-01388 Women's Sitting Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Sep 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing the Way Wholeheartedly: Commentary on Dogen’s Bendowa Serial: BZ-01387 Saturday Lecture Transmission, New Year, Lay, Lineage, Buddha Mind, Chanting, Discrimination, Uchiyama...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Sep 23 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Humility Serial: BZ-01385 Saturday Lecture Humility, Forgiveness, Karma, Platform Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, War,...	Baika Pratt	Sep 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #10 Serial: BZ-01384 "You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2 BCR-10, Darkness and Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01181 Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 Tanka, BCR-76, Light-and-Darkness, Offering, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center

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