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Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01435 Lay Practice Period--Practice your self, not study the self, One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Attachment, Commitment, Daily Life, Lay, Lay Practice, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Our Approach to Practice Period Serial: BZ-01260 Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Factors of Zazen Serial: BZ-01431 One-Day Sitting Zazen, Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Emotions, Samadhi, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Joshu on Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: BZ-01430 "I alone am the holy one throughout heaven and earth", Saturday Lecture Joshu, Attachment, Hsin Hsin Ming, BCR-2, Discrimination, Attachment, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 14 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: BZ-01429 (and songs sung by the children), Saturday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Buddha's Birthday,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
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
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
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, Chanting, Darkness-and-Light, Discrimination, Dream World, Duality,...	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, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 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, Big Mind, Daily Life, Dragons, Ego, Gaining Mind, Instruction, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the New Year: This is It! Serial: BZ-01411 Saturday Lecture Practice, New Year, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, confusion, Hate, Instruction, Ordinary...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 2007 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, Bell, Bowing, Building,...	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, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on talk by Suzuki-rôshi on Concentration Serial: BZ-01403 Rohatsu Day 3 Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 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, Big Mind, Duality, Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Offering, Rinzai, Sixth...	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
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
Sojun Gives Doan and Kokyo Training: Chanting and Bells Serial: BZ-01046 Class Bell, Bowing, Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Harmonizing, Heart Sutra, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Halloween and Seijiki Serial: BZ-01393 Saturday Lecture Sejiki, Culture, Demons, Discrimination, Evil, Offering, Religion, Separation, Six...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 21 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01392 Fall 2006, Saturday Lecture Big Mind, Culture, Daily Life, Interview, Offering, Practice Period, Practice...	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, Priest, Lay	Sojun Mel Weitsman, 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
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 BCR-76, Conversation, Daily Life, Evil, Interview, Light-and-Darkness, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Topics: Flowers Instead of Incense; Use of the “Wake-up” Stick; Mel’s Trip to Bhutan Serial: BZ-01180 Saturday Lecture Culture, Happiness, Lay, Offering, Tassajara, War	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 25 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
State of the World Address: Causes and Excuses Serial: BZ-01175 Power: Manipulation Through Maintaining Chaos, Saturday Lecture Politics, Religion, War, Peace, Evil, Emotions, Anger, Attachment, Forgiveness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 22 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Komyo-zo Zammai" by Koun Ejô Serial: BZ-01174 Storehouse of Radiant Light Samadhi, One-Day Sitting Koun Ejô, Concentration, Discrimination, Gaining Mind, Hate, Hindrances, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What is a Cookie? Kid Zendo; Confection Serial: BZ-01173 Saturday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Family Practice, Composure, Concentration, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Suffering: How We Create It Serial: BZ-01171 The Meaning of Forgiveness and How We Free Ourselves, Saturday Lecture Suffering, Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Enemies, Forgiveness, Hate, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Spirit of Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01170 Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Ceremony, Dharma Transmission, Dragons, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas: Meditation Serial: BZ-01169A Sesshin Day 3 Big Mind, Composure, Monastic Practice, Patience, Peace, Renunciation, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-01166 Patience and Enthusiastic Effort, Sesshin Day 1 Effort, Patience, Virya, Enthusiasm, Practice Position, Composure, Thoroughness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01239 Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Chain of Dependant Co-arising; Mahayana View of Cessation Serial: BZ-01044A Class 5 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Passions, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 08 2006 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Non-Duality, Emptiness, Leaving No Trace Serial: BZ-01043A Class 4 of 5 Subject-and-Object, Passions, Skandhas, Anger, confusion, Non-duality, Greed, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 2006 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Worldly Life and Pure Practice Serial: BZ-01237 Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Practice, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Doubt, Greed, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: 18 Emptinesses; Continuous Existence Serial: BZ-01042A Class 3 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Emotions, Forgiveness, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
How Sojun Gives Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-01045 Class Bowing, Daily Life, Enemies, Instruction, Interview, Observe, Posture	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Dharmas, Skandas and 18 Emptinesses Serial: BZ-01041A Class 2 of 5 Anger, Buddha Mind, Dependent Origination, Duality, Ego, Interdependence, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 18 2006 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence and Action of Prajna Serial: BZ-01235 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Hui-neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01040A Class 1 of 5 Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Mahayana, Daily Life, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01232 Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Six "Wrong" Ways of Practice Serial: BZ-01231 Saturday Lecture Practice, Ego, Family Practice, Greed, Instruction, Interview, Nirvana, Obstacles,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center

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