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Sojun Mel Weitsman Talks

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Scientific Validation of Zazen

Serial: BZ-00044B

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Meditation
Jan 08 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Home for the Holidays Practicing Our Koan: "What Is This?"

Serial: BZ-00048B

Lecture

Religion, Precepts, Dana Paramita, Big Mind, Duality
Dec 18 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 8: Understanding Zazen Mind

Serial: BZ-00048A

Lecture

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Birth-and-Death, Sixth Ancestor, Buddha Nature, Posture, Attachment...
Nov 27 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5: Need to Find True Teacher

Serial: BZ-00044A

Lecture

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Joshu
Nov 20 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordination and the Bodhisattva Way

Serial: BZ-00045B

Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Lay Ordination, Ordination
Nov 13 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Transient Nature of All Things and No-Self

Serial: BZ-00045A

Saturday Lecture

No-Self, Impermanence, Work
Nov 06 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice is Enlightenment, Ridgepole Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00043B

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Delusion
Oct 30 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Fukanzazengi and Practice Realization

Serial: BZ-00043A

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Zazen
Oct 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Relationship Between Teacher and Student

Serial: BZ-00040B

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Enlightenment, Time
Oct 09 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Pre-Practice versus Practice: The “Gap”

Serial: BZ-00040A

Saturday Lecture

Work, Time
Oct 02 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

The Self-Centered Meets the Absolute

Serial: BZ-00041B

Sesshin Day 2

Samadhi
Sep 26 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Emptiness Means Interdependence

Serial: BZ-00041A

Sesshin Day 1

Zazen, Pain
Sep 25 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Joshu, Wash Your Bowls: On Handling Activity

Serial: BZ-00036B

Saturday Lecture

Freedom, Desire
Sep 18 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Natural Zen and Buddhist Zen

Serial: BZ-00039B

Saturday Lecture

Love, Time
Sep 11 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Japanese Practice/American Practice: Differences

Serial: BZ-00039A

Saturday Lecture

Japan, Lay Practice, Family Practice, Japan
Sep 04 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Work Sesshin: Building the New Zendo

Serial: BZ-00037B

One day sitting lecture

Work, Time, Zazen
Aug 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

August 21, 1982, Serial No 01528B

Serial: BZ-01528B

One-Day Sitting

Sangha, Non-violence, Study Period, Karma, Happiness, Passions, Religion, Anger...
Aug 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Work

Serial: BZ-00035

Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Enthusiasm, Separation, Tassajara, Attachment
Aug 14 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

The Arms Race: Peace, Nonviolence, Aggression

Serial: BZ-00037A

Lecture

Peace, Greed
Aug 07 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

August 7, 1982, Serial No. 01528A

Serial: BZ-01528A

Saturday Lecture

Peace, Non-violence, Current Events, Peace, Non-violence, Greed, War, Hate, Karma,...
Aug 07 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record, Case #80: Does a Baby Have the 6th Consciousness?

Serial: BZ-00033

Saturday Lecture

Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Buddha...
Jul 31 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen: Posture, Attention, Resistance, Naming

Serial: BZ-00034B

One day sitting

Zazen, Posture, Pain
Jul 16 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record, Case #35: Manjushri's "3's" and "3's"; Nondiscrimination

Serial: BZ-00034A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-35

 

Non-discrimination, Koan, Manjushri
Jul 03 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #19: "Nansen's Everyday Mind is the Way"

Serial: BZ-00036A

Saturday Lecture

MM-19

 

Nansen, Absolute-and-Relative, Koan, Ordinary Mind, Nansen
Jun 26 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness and Care: Adapting to Conditions

Serial: BZ-01516A

Sesshin

Lay Practice, Composure, Daily Life, Non-discrimination, Discrimination, Priest...
Jun 01 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Problems in Practice: Calm Mind in Daily Activities

Serial: BZ-00008B

Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Zazen, Time
May 28 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record, Case #17: “Sitting Long and Getting Tired”

Serial: BZ-00029B

Sesshin Day 5

BCR-17

 

Composure, Zazen, Koan, Samadhi, First Principle, Time
May 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Fundraising for the New Zendo: What is Our Basis?

Serial: BZ-00007B

Sesshin Day 4

Fundraising, Sangha, Samadhi
May 22 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Vigor During Sesshin: Soto and Rinzai Practice Compared

Serial: BZ-00007A

Sesshin Day 3

Sesshin, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Time, Soto Zen
May 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Essence of Mind: The Fifth Paramita, Subject and Object, Buddhanature

Serial: BZ-00008A

Saturday Lecture

Subject-and-Object, Duality, Buddha Nature, Buddha Nature
May 15 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Composure: The Third Paramita

Serial: BZ-00009B

Saturday Lecture

Patience, Work, Composure
May 01 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Effort, The Fourth Paramita (Virya): Blue Cliff Record: Case #44, "Beating the Drum"

Serial: BZ-00009A

Saturday Lecture

 

Virya, Koan, Time
Apr 24 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Wholeheartedly with Change

Serial: BZ-00010B

Saturday lecture. 

Attachment, Lay Practice, Bendowa, Impermanence, Lay Practice, Zazen
Apr 18 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Dana: The First Paramita

Serial: BZ-00011B

Saturday Lecture

Dana Paramita, Dana Paramita, Study
Apr 17 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

The Meaning of Devotion

Serial: BZ-00011A

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Emotions, Mahayana, Religion, Heart Sutra, Avalokitesvara, Ego,...
Apr 03 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukudo Lesson

Serial: BZ-00012A

Instruction

Doanryo, Chanting, Intuition, Interview, Happiness, Vow
Apr 01 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Study Period Practice/The Six Paramitas Lay Practice

Serial: BZ-00013

Lecture

Study Period, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Mahayana, Patience, Precepts...
Mar 27 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Celebration of Spring--This Shore, The Other Shore: Keeping Your Place

Serial: BZ-00014B

One-Day Sitting

Sixth Ancestor, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Happiness
Mar 20 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Soto and Rinzai Practice: Koans

Serial: BZ-00014A

Sesshin Day 2

Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Daily Life, Interview, Soto Zen, Concentration, Emotions...
Feb 27 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Hyakujo and the Fox: Form and Emptiness, Karma

Serial: BZ-00016B

Sesshin Day 2

Hyakujo, Karma, Form-and-Emptiness, Karma, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Daily Life, Lay...
Feb 21 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo -- Endless Dimension: Ten Phrase Avalokiteshvara Sutra

Serial: BZ-00016A

Sesshin Day 1

Dharani, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Sangha, Big Mind, Karma, Manjushri,...
Feb 20 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana: Eight Aspects of Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00017

One Day Sitting

Parinirvana Sutra, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Eight Aspects, Right Effort, Nirvana...
Feb 13 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

The Importance of Study

Serial: BZ-00018

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...
Jan 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Participating Completely: Posture, Breath, Body, Mind, Zazen, Kinhin, Eating

Serial: BZ-00019B

One-Day Sitting

Zazen, Kinhin, Oryoki, Schedule, Posture, Harmonizing, Concentration, Conversation...
Jan 16 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

New Year/ A Time to Renew Practice: Continuous Time, Continuous Practice

Serial: BZ-00019A

One-Day Sitting

New Year, Time, Continuous Practice, Interview, Priest
Jan 09 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Not Taking What is Not Given

Serial: BZ-00021B

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Giving, Freedom, Caretaking, Time, Tassajara
Dec 11 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Kinds of Horses

Serial: BZ-00021A

Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7

Agama Sutra, Beginners, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Lineage,...
Dec 1981
Part 3 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

Ideal vs. Actual Practice

Serial: BZ-00022B

Rohatsu Day 6

Commitment, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Hindrances
Dec 1981
Part 2 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Sit Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00022A

Rohatsu Day 5

Zazen, Effort, Chanting, Emotions, Anger, Conversation, Religion, Doubt
Dec 1981
Part 1 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

The Three Treasures

Serial: BZ-00023

Saturday Lecture

Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Chanting, Daily Life, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana,...
Nov 14 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

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