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Title	Speaker	Date
Conflict Between Intention versus Desire: "What to do with our Oni (devil)" Serial: BZ-00434B Sesshin Day 2 Intention, Desire, Daily Life, Tassajara, Demons, Silence	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Wanting to Sit/Should Sit Serial: BZ-00434A Sesshin Day 1 Zazen, Daily Life, Posture, Concentration, Separation, Lay Practice	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
On the Death of Soen Nakagawa Roshi Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Buddha's Birthday, Diversity, New Year,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 1984
Making the Commitment to Practice Serial: BZ-00404B Saturday Lecture Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, Tassajara, Lay Practice, Diversity, Happiness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #41: Bodhidharma and Eka: Peace of Mind and Having a Sincere Practice Serial: BZ-00432B One-Day Sitting Bodhidharma, MM-41, Bodhidharma, Peace, Composure, Eka, Conversation, Vow, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Tao Wu and Lung Tan: Teaching Through Example; No Special Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00431A Saturday Lecture Daowu, Enlightenment, Religion, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi Serial: BZ-00432A Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dream World: Realm of Desire versus Reality Serial: BZ-00430 One-Day Sitting Desire, Daily Life, Lay Practice, Dragons, Interview, Hindrances	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Enlightenment Without Desiring Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00422B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Emotions, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Development of American Buddhism: Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC Serial: BZ-00422A Saturday Lecture Philip Kapleau, Daily Life, Tassajara, Diversity, Politics, Rinzai, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Responsible Independence Serial: BZ-00421A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Inside Out Serial: BZ-00420B Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Demons, Ego, Enthusiasm, Harmonizing, Intuition, Bowing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Decision to Focus on Practice and Role of the Teacher Serial: BZ-00420A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Monastic Practice, Non-discrimination, Discrimination, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity: Case #2: The Highest Truth is Emptiness Serial: BZ-00418A Rohatsu Day 6 Emptiness, SER-2, Enlightenment, Bodhidharma, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1983 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #42: The Girls Comes Out of Samadhi Serial: BZ-00418B Rohatsu Day 7 Samadhi, MM-42, Four Noble Truths, Manjushri, Samadhi, Hindrances, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1983 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dharma of Effort Serial: BZ-01520B Saturday Lecture Effort, Discrimination, Study Period, Concentration, Daily Life, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #14 Pt. II: Ordinary Mind Is the Way Serial: BZ-01520A Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, MM-14, Oneness, Ordinary Mind, Discrimination, Non-discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 19 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #19 Pt. I: Nansen's Ordinary Mind Serial: BZ-00903B Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, Nansen, Bodhidharma, Ordinary Mind, Anger, Zazen Mind, Samsara, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 12 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dharma of Mindfulness: Tassajara Gathas Serial: BZ-00903A Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Gathas, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Forgiveness, Liberation, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Abhidharma: The Six Pairs Serial: BZ-00417B One-Day Sitting Abhidharma, Hindrances, Eight Aspects, Anger, Daily Life, Monkey Mind, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Study Period Serial: BZ-00417A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Study Period, Monastic Practice, New Year, Daily Life, Commitment, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. II: Calling and Answering Serial: BZ-00403B Saturday Lecture MM-12, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Sixth Ancestor, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 01 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. I: Zuigan's Calling the Master Serial: BZ-00403A Saturday Lecture Zuigan, MM-12, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Demons, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 24 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing and Posture in Zazen Serial: BZ-00402B One-Day Sitting Zazen, Posture, Repentance, Patience, Oneness, Concentration, Karma	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 17 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment in Soto Zen Serial: BZ-00402A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Sixth Ancestor, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Fast For Life: Not Attaching to Life Serial: BZ-00396B Saturday Lecture Fasting, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Daily Life, Vow, Attachment	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Without Hindrance: Seeing the Absolute and Relative Serial: BZ-00396A Saturday Lecture Absolute-and-Relative, Hindrances, Tassajara, Daily Life, Discrimination, Teacher-and...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Fasting and Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00400B Saturday Lecture Fasting, Daily Life, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 06 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Posture and Breathing in Zazen Serial: BZ-00400A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Posture, Harmonizing, Concentration	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00397B Saturday Lecture MM-46, Continuous Practice, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Lay Practice, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 09 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Ways of an Enlightened Person II Serial: BZ-00399B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Eight Aspects, Concentration, Right Speech, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 02 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Ways of an Enlightened Person I Serial: BZ-00398 Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Lay Practice, Demons, Right Effort, Equanimity, Mahayana, Passions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Developing Your Own Authority to Practice Serial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara, Doubt, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Brahmaviharas Serial: BZ-00397A Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Peace, Mahayana, Hate, Emotions, Anger, Lay Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Love: The Unlimited Abode Serial: BZ-00001B Saturday Lecture Love, Love	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 21 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Unlimited Abodes Emotions, Equanimity, Greed, Happiness, Hate, Lovingkindness, Passions	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 21 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Gate, Gate, Paragate: The Mantra of Your Life Serial: BZ-00001A Sesshin Day 5 Bowing, Concentration, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Passions, Priest, Samadhi, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Prajna Paramita: Four Samadhis Serial: BZ-00002B Sesshin Day 4 Samadhi, Emptiness, Samadhi, Zazen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Meal Chants Serial: BZ-00002A Saturday Lecture Chanting, Delusion, Work	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Bowing to Our Dharmakaya Nature Serial: BZ-00004A Saturday Lecture Dharmakaya, Karma, Freedom	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 30 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Mind Serial: BZ-00003B Saturday Lecture Work, Time	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 23 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Law of Karma: Most Important in Buddhism Serial: BZ-00003A Saturday Lecture Zazen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Organic Gardening and Composting: Interdependency and Impermanence Serial: BZ-00005B Saturday Lecture Interdependence, Impermanence, Zazen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 02 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Yourself in Every Moment: Renewing Our Practice Serial: BZ-00005A Saturday Lecture Love, Enlightenment	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #43: How Can We Avoid Heat and Cold? Serial: BZ-00006B Saturday Lecture BCR-43 Koan, Suffering, Pain, Anger	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Ceremony: Renewing Our Way Serial: BZ-00006A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Effort, Time	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Importance of Attention to Form in Zen Practice Serial: BZ-00049B Sesshin Day 2 Koan, Shikantaza	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Importance of Attention to Form in Zen Practice Serial: BZ-00049A Sesshin Day 1 Zazen, Emptiness	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #35 -- Seijo's Soul Separated: Unifying Body, Mind and the Way Serial: BZ-00046B Saturday Lecture MM-35 Koan, Work, Study	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Posture: Gravity and Spirit Serial: BZ-00046A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Time	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center

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