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George W. Bush and a Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01263B

Saturday Lecture

Dogen, Current Events, Politics, Anger, Birth-and-Death, War, Greed, Buddha Ancestors...
May 15 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu

Serial: BZ-01022A

Class 1 of 5

Karma, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Diversity, Attachment,...
May 13 2004
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Enlightenment as a Touchstone of Practice

Serial: BZ-01262

Saturday Lecture

training, Bowing, Practice Position, Lay, Bell, Posture, Aspects of Practice,...
May 01 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas: A Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01261

Saturday Lecture

Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,...
Apr 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Life of Shakyamuni Buddha Until His Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-01259

Saturday Lecture

Demons, Religion, Funeral, Offering
Apr 10 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #12

Serial: BZ-01258

One-Day Sitting

MM-12, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Ego,...
Apr 03 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice and Taking Care of Her Mother

Serial: BZ-01257

Saturday Lecture

Impermanence, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Diversity, Birth-and-Death, Practice...
Mar 27 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Spring-Diamond Sutra

Serial: BZ-01256C

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Sanctuary, Liberation, Enemies, Culture, Instruction...
Mar 20 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #14 Nanchuan Kills the Cat

Serial: BZ-01021B

Class 4 of 4

Blue Cliff Record, Precepts, Commitment, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Manjushri...
Mar 15 2004
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Joshu's "Go Wash Your Bowls"

Serial: BZ-01255

One-Day Sitting

Joshu, Continuous Practice, Posture, Daily Life, Samadhi, Instruction, Karmic...
Mar 14 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Book of Serenity: Case #4

Serial: BZ-01254

What Is A Practice Place?, Saturday Lecture

SER-4, Sanctuary, Big Mind, Posture, Funeral, Book of Serenity, resistance,...
Mar 13 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #12 Ruiyan Calls “Master”

Serial: BZ-01020B

Class 3 of 4

Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Mindfulness, Cultivation...
Mar 08 2004
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Bendowa

Serial: BZ-01253

Saturday Lecture

Bendowa, Repentance, Samadhi, Six Realms, Offering, Oneness, Lineage, Demons, Rinzai...
Mar 06 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #6 Buddha Twirls a Flower

Serial: BZ-01019A

Class 2 of 4

Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Lineage, Intimacy, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Conversation, Fox...
Mar 01 2004
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #15: Giving and Receiving

Serial: BZ-01252

Saturday Lecture

Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...
Feb 28 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #2 Paichang’s Fox

Serial: BZ-01018A

Class 1 of 4

Fox, Karma, Absolute-and-Relative, causation, Daily Life, Bell, Funeral, Culture,...
Feb 23 2004
1
Berkeley Zen Center

The Cross of Buddhism: Principles of Practice

Serial: BZ-01251

Stillness and Activity, Saturday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Composure, Daily Life, Buddha Mind, Separation, Don't Know...
Feb 21 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Digging Deep: Getting to the Bottom of the Soup Pot

Serial: BZ-01250

Getting to the Bottom of Ourselves, Sesshin Day 3

Buddha Nature, Happiness, Dragons, confusion, Bowing, Liberation, Discrimination,...
Feb 16 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #29

Serial: BZ-01249

It Will Be Gone With the Others, Sesshin Day 2

BCR-29, Birth-and-Death, Silence, resistance, Five Ranks, Bodhisattva Vow, Liberation...
Feb 15 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-01248

Sesshin Day 1

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday,...
Feb 14 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Precept of Not Killing

Serial: BZ-01383

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Karma, Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Doubt, War, Dependent Origination,...
Feb 07 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #5

Serial: BZ-01382

Saturday Lecture

BCR-5, First Principle, Beginners, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Manjushri, Duality,...
Jan 31 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Martin Luther King Tribute

Serial: BZ-01380

Saturday Lecture

Martin Luther King, Current Events, Discrimination, American, War, Culture, Monastic...
Jan 17 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Bathroom Zen

Serial: BZ-01379

One-Day Sitting

Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Koan, American, New Year, Culture, Continuous Practice...
Jan 10 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan: Sotoshu Formal Initiation

Serial: BZ-01378

Saturday Lecture

training, Soto Zen, Priest-and-Lay, Right Effort, New Year, American, Peace, Priest,...
Jan 03 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, Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Addiction, Big Mind, Doubt, Family...
Dec 13 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Chiji Shingi

Serial: BZ-01376B

The Head Gardener, Rohatsu Day 7

Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Dragons, Intuition,...
Dec 07 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01375

Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6

Eihei Shingi, Big Mind, Emotions, Buddha Ancestors, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...
Dec 06 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01374

The Kanin, Rohatsu Day 5

Eihei Shingi, Buddha Ancestors, Evil, Monastic Practice, confusion, Dragons, Birth-...
Dec 05 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01373

Rohatsu Day 4

Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, New Year, Lay...
Dec 04 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

The Practice of Love

Serial: BZ-01372A

Rohatsu Day 3

 

Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Separation, Duality, Vow...
Dec 03 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Oryoki Instruction

Serial: BZ-01371

Rohatsu Day 2

Oryoki, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Dec 02 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

What About the Moment When Going Beyond Duality?

Serial: BZ-01370B

Rohatsu Day 1

Duality, Instruction, Priest, Continuous Practice, Silence, Daily Life, Duality,...
Dec 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

His Practice as a Wandering Monk: Meeting People

Serial: BZ-01369

Lecture

War, Commitment, Enemies, Bell, Practice Position, Vow, Culture, Peace, Lineage, Evil...
Nov 29 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01017A

Class 4 of 4

Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Discrimination,...
Nov 20 2003
4
Berkeley Zen Center

On Receiving a Religion

Serial: BZ-01367B

Lecture

Practice Period, First Principle, Separation, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice...
Nov 15 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01016B

Class 3 of 4

Aspects of Practice, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,...
Nov 13 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

The Dragon Speaks

Serial: BZ-01366

Lecture

Dragons, Interdependence, Rinzai, Samadhi, Bell, Duality, Vow, Posture, Instruction...
Nov 08 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01015A

Class 2 of 4

Lay, Posture, Dharma Transmission, zen meditation, Lineage, Observe, Transmission,...
Nov 06 2003
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan (last two weeks of Oct. 2003)

Serial: BZ-01365

The Necessity of both Oneness and Diversity, Saturday Lecture

Oneness, Japan, Fox, Priest, Lay, Soto Zen, Ordination, Diversity, Precepts, Lay...
Nov 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

The Three Treasures and Six Sign-up Sheets

Serial: BZ-01364

One Day Sitting 

Sangha, Big Mind, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Commitment, Addiction,...
Oct 26 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Spilling the Water: Equanimity and Balance

Serial: BZ-01363

Saturday Lecture

Aspects of Practice, Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen,...
Oct 25 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness

Serial: BZ-01362

Saturday Lecture

Posture, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity...
Oct 18 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00287B

Class 4 of 4

Nirvana, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Samsara, Heart Sutra,...
Oct 16 2003
4
Berkeley Zen Center

The Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-01361A

Saturday Lecture

Platform Sutra, Hui Neng, Karma, Emotions, Big Mind, Evil, Duality, Doubt, Attachment...
Oct 11 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

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00289

Class 2 of 4

Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Religion, Duality, Building, Nirvana, Emotions,...
Oct 02 2003
2
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00290

Class 1 of 4

Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Hindrances, Daily Life, Separation, Instruction, Buddha Nature...
Sep 25 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Things Change: Butch

Serial: BZ-01359

Women's Sitting

Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission, Mindfulness,...
Sep 21 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

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