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Sangha Jewel

American, Building, Religion, Ordination, Dana
Jun 19 2021
Berkeley Zen Center

Mountain Seat Ceremony Rehersal

Serial: BZ-02815

Rehersal for Hozan Alan Senauke's Mountain Seat Ceremony. 

Dragons, Bodhidharma, Bell, Silence, Bowing
Jan 23 2021
Berkeley Zen Center

Kika's Ordination

Serial: BZ-02787

From the November/December 2020 newsletter:

Sojun Ordains a New Priest

On October 17 in the zendo Sojun Roshi ordained Doko Kika Susan Hellein as a priest, with...

Ordination, Karma, Precepts, Equanimity, Building, Attachment, Zoom, Beginners,...
Oct 17 2020
Berkeley Zen Center

Oryoki Seating Announcement

Dec 06 2019
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice Class - Paramitas - Part 1 October 10th, 2019, Serial No. 02705

Precepts, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Mahayana, Vow, Intuition, Vinaya, Buddha Nature...
Oct 10 2019
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice Class - Paramitas - Part 2 October 10th, 2019, Serial No. 02706

Karma, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Precepts, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Peace,...
Oct 10 2019
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Beloved Community (Study Sesshin PM)

Serial: BZ-02698

Study Sesshin PM

 

Enemies, Hate, Lotus Sutra, Evil, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Oneness, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Sep 07 2019
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing with Prayer

Chanting, Peace, Heart Sutra, Continuous Practice, Instruction, Separation,...
Apr 27 2019
Berkeley Zen Center

Resilience through Shared Grief

Vow, Separation, Passions
Oct 13 2018
Berkeley Zen Center

Feeding the Hungry Ghosts

Demons
Oct 28 2017
Berkeley Zen Center

About Elsicia Easley's Visit

Bell, Separation, Instruction, American, Peace, Attachment
Oct 02 2017
Berkeley Zen Center

Two Approaches to the Regulation of Posture, Breath, and Mind

Instruction, Posture, Birth-and-Death, Gaining Mind, training, resistance, Buddha...
Sep 09 2017
Berkeley Zen Center

Alexandra's Amazing Body Practice

Serial: BZ-02865

A conversation between Practice Leaders Alexandra Frappier and Laurie Senauke. 

Parkinson's disease, Pain, Health, Emotions, Intuition
Aug 2017
Berkeley Zen Center

Way-Seeking Mind Talk

Ego, Equanimity, Conversation, Instruction, Building, Peace, Emotions
Jul 17 2017
Berkeley Zen Center

Original Buddhism and Beyond Consciousness

Karma, Fox, Posture, Aspects of Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Mindfulness, Subject-...
Nov 19 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

Yogacara Teaching and Suzuki Roshi

Culture, American, Interdependence, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Dependent Origination,...
Jul 16 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

Blanche Hartman: This Little Light

Serial: BZ-02000

Saturday Lecture

M, Ordinary Mind, Berkeley Zen Center, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
May 21 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

Chanting Class: Japanese Pronunciation

Chanting, Vow, Bell
May 09 2016
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen of Four Seasons

Serial: BZ-02434

Part 1 of 2

Transmission, Silence, Culture, uchiyama, Fundraising, Precepts, Building,...
Aug 29 2015
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen of Four Seasons

Serial: BZ-02435

Part 2 of 2

Posture, Peace, Karma, New Year, Separation, War, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination...
Aug 29 2015
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Case 17 Book of Serenity

Serial: BZ-02351

Class

SER-17, Intuition, Continuous Practice, Discrimination, Observe, Equanimity, Hate,...
Feb 21 2014
Berkeley Zen Center

Berkeley Zen Center in 2013

Serial: BZ-02344

Saturday Lecture

Work, Practice Period, New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Family Practice, Ego...
Dec 14 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-02343

Rohatsu

Forgiveness, Emotions, Attachment, Intuition, Big Mind, Ego, Discrimination, Daily...
Dec 07 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Think not Thinking

Serial: BZ-02342

Rohatsu

Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Greed, Happiness,...
Dec 06 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Forgiveness

Serial: BZ-02340

Rohatsu

Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Emotions, Anger, American, Attachment, Transmission...
Dec 04 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Brain Washing 1,7,3,5

Serial: BZ-02339

Rohatsu

Dogen, Tenzo Kyokun, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Daily Life, Hate, Dragons,...
Dec 03 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-02338

Rohatsu

Zazen, Posture, Pure Existence, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Religion, Emotions,...
Dec 02 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Joshu's 4 Gates and Joshu's Bridge

Serial: BZ-02337

Rohatsu

Joshu, BCR-9, BCR-52, Ego, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Fundraising, Culture,...
Dec 01 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice in the gate and outside

Serial: BZ-02334

Saturday Lecture

Emotions, Emotions, Anger, Dependent Origination, Addiction, Subject-and-Object, Ego...
Nov 09 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

The Dharma of Money

Serial: BZ-02329

History of BZC Finances, Saturday Lecture

Money, Building, Fundraising, Priest, Sangha, Patience, Chanting, Observe, training...
Sep 28 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Seijo and Her Soul

Serial: BZ-02321

Lotus Sutra, Saturday Lecture

Lotus Sutra, MM-35, Birth-and-Death, Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...
Jul 27 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case 89

Serial: BZ-02318

Find Out for Yourself, Saturday Lecture

Priest, Avalokiteshvara, BCR-89, Intuition, Instruction, Priest, Daily Life, Precepts...
Jul 06 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Flexibility

Serial: BZ-02315

Working with Pain, Sesshin

Discrimination, Pain, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Conversation, Bodhidharma, Enemies...
Jun 21 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin

Serial: BZ-02314

zazen, Sesshin

Sesshin, Breath, Separation, Mundane Life, Oneness, Daily Life, Conversation, Posture...
Jun 20 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen

Serial: BZ-02313

Review of Zazen, Sesshin

Effort, Zazen, Sesshin, Nirvana, Mindfulness, Practice Period, resistance, Mahayana,...
Jun 19 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-02312

History of American Lay Ordination, Saturday Lecture

Jukai, Lay Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lay Practice, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage,...
Jun 15 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

On The Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-02309

Karma, Saturday Lecture

Katagiri Roshi, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Precepts, Repentance, Karma, Peace...
May 25 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice Period Standards

Serial: BZ-02307

Shin Ji, One-Day Sitting

Karma, Practice Period, Forgiveness, Commitment, Repentance, Continuous Practice, Don...
May 11 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Samadhi

Serial: BZ-02304

Shikantaza, Saturday Lecture

Samadhi, Suzuki Roshi, Vairochana Buddha, Precious Mirror, Darkness and Light, Silent...
Apr 20 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

What is the Basis of our Activity

Serial: BZ-02300

Why Do We Chant?, Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, training, Lay Practice, Priest,...
Mar 30 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai-Branching-Streams-Lecture-Six-Part-Two

Serial: BZ-02294

Sandokai, Sesshin Day 2

part 4 of 4

Suzuki Roshi, Sekito Kisen, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Funeral, American,...
Feb 17 2013
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Six Qualities from the Abhidhamma

Serial: BZ-02289

Tranquility, Agility, Pliancy, Workableness, Proficiency, Saturday Lecture

No-Self, Abhidharma, Zazen, Daily Life, Composure, Nirvana, Hindrances, Attachment,...
Feb 02 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

The State of the World According to Sojun

Serial: BZ-02285

Saturday Lecture

Religion, New Year, Greed, Four Noble Truths, Evil, War, Peace, Enemies, Manjushri,...
Jan 05 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture Six

Serial: BZ-02284

Couplet 12, Rohatsu Day 7

Diversity, Absolute-and-Relative, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Oneness, Daily Life...
Dec 08 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Serving Practice

Serial: BZ-02283

Rohatsu Day 6

Pure Existence, Duality, Bowing, Intimacy, Bell, Composure, Practice Period, War,...
Dec 07 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture Five

Serial: BZ-02282

Couplet 5 cont'd, Rohatsu Day 5

Composure, Monastic Practice, resistance, Instruction, Ego, Big Mind, Bell, Offering...
Dec 06 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture Four

Serial: BZ-02281

Couplet 5, Rohatsu Day 4

Bell, Practice Position, Discrimination, Practice Period, Chanting, Subject-and-...
Dec 05 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture Three

Serial: BZ-02280

Couplet 34, Rohatsu Day 3

Forgiveness, Big Mind, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Duality, Karma, Practice Period,...
Dec 04 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture Two

Serial: BZ-02279

Couplets 2 & 3, Rohatsu Day 2

Branching Streams, Big Mind, Discrimination, Attachment, Two Truths, Dependent...
Dec 03 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture One

Serial: BZ-02278

Title and Couplet 1, Rohatsu Day 1

Big Mind, Platform Sutra, Discrimination, Oneness, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Dec 02 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

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