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Title	Speaker	Date
Zendo Cooking Serial: BZ-00484 Class 2 of 4 - *Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, War, Culture, Instruction, American, training...*	Mary Mocine	2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Cooking Serial: BZ-00485 Class 1 of 4 - *Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Conversation, Instruction, Monastic Practice, Bell, War,...*	Mary Mocine	2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center
December 9th, 2000, Serial No. 00127, Side B Serial: BZ-00127B - *Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Continuous Practice, Attachment, Enthusiasm, Liberation...*		Dec 09 2000
Hongzhi's Second Method Serial: BZ-00127A Rohatsu Day 5 - Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Aspects of Practice, Instruction, Lay, Dragons, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #68 Serial: BZ-00126B Buddha's Silence, Rohatsu Day 4 - BCR-68, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Non-duality, Silence, Doubt, Bodhidharma, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Oryoki Serial: BZ-00126A Rohatsu Day 3 - Oryoki, Priest, Continuous Practice, Lay, Chanting, confusion, Hate, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi's Practice Instructions Serial: BZ-00125B Rohatsu Day 2 - Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Dependent Origination, Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #36 Serial: BZ-00125A Um-mon's “Everyone has their Light”, Rohatsu Day 1 - Ummon, BCR-36, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Gaining Mind, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Preparing/Not Preparing for Sesshin Serial: BZ-00124B Saturday Lecture - Sesshin, Ego, Demons, Emotions, Posture, Equanimity, Buddha Nature, Obstacles, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486 Serial: BZ-00486 - *Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six Realms,...*		Nov 30 2000
November 25th, 2000, Serial No. 00124, Side A Serial: BZ-00124A - *Practice Period, Giving-and-Taking, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Soto Zen, Building, War,...*		Nov 25 2000
Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha Serial: BZ-00123B Saturday Lecture - Buddha, Koan, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Thoroughness, Priest, Ordinary Mind, Subject-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
November 16th, 2000, Serial No. 00487 Serial: BZ-00487 - *Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Duality, Oneness, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Ego...*		Nov 16 2000
November 11th, 2000, Serial No. 00123, Side A Serial: BZ-00123A - Posture, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Rumi, Bowing, Peace, Cultivation, Patience, Oneness...		Nov 11 2000
November 9th, 2000, Serial No. 00488 Serial: BZ-00488 - *Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Ego, Separation, Vow, Demons, Mahayana, Observe, Building...*		Nov 09 2000
2000.11.04-serial.00051 Serial: SO-00051 - *Soto Zen, zen, Lineage, true dharma, Intuition, Politics, Commitment, Interview, Freedom...*		Nov 04 2000
How Love Drives the World Serial: BZ-00122B Saturday Lecture - Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation, Passions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-00117 Workshop The workshop centers on the translation and study of the "Genjo Koan," a chapter within Dogen's "Shobo Genzo," utilizing the earliest known commentary by Dogen's direct disciples, Senne and Kyogo. The presenter discusses the... *Karma, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics, Nirvana...*	Shohaku Okumura	Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center
November 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 00489 Serial: BZ-00489 - *Birth-and-Death, Vow, Attachment, Big Mind, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow, Four Noble Truths, Ego,...*		Nov 02 2000
Rules for Being Human--Opening of Practice Period Serial: BZ-00122A One-Day Sitting - *Obstacles, Karma, Enthusiasm, Vow, Don't Know Mind, confusion, Hate, Offering, Sangha,...*	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Abhidharma, Six Factors, Two Aspects Serial: BZ-00121B Saturday Lecture - Abhidharma, Intuition, Practice Period, Composure, Hate, Building, Anger, Samadhi, Mindfulness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
October 21st, 2000, Serial No. 00121, Side A Serial: BZ-00121A - *Concentration, Lineage, training, Current Events, Culture, Instruction, War, Mindfulness,...*		Oct 21 2000
October 14th, 2000, Serial No. 00918 Serial: BZ-00918 - *Offering, Attachment, Mindfulness, Liberation, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Passions, Buddha Mind,...*		Oct 14 2000
Embrace Impermanence, Live Authentically Serial: EB-00161 The talk explores the nature of meditation and the subjective approach to life, questioning the standard pursuit of rigid plans or external guidelines in favor of personal experience and direct awareness. The discussion... *Big Mind, Impermanence, resistance, Don't Know Mind*	Edward Brown	Oct 09 2000
October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916 Serial: BZ-00916 - *Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vow, Passions,...*		Oct 07 2000
Recommendations for Fall Practice Period Serial: BZ-00120A Saturday Lecture - Practice Period, Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Intimacy, Commitment, Chanting, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
The Diamond Sutra Serial: BZ-00920 Class 3 of 5 - *Karma, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Bodhisattva Vow, Skandas, Liberation, Vow, Nirvana...*	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 30 2000 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Whole World Is Medicine Serial: SF-00078 "The Four Nourishments" This talk explores the concept of the "Four Nourishments" within Zen practice, focusing on how these elements inform our understanding of our lives and practices. The speaker uses a traditional Zen koan, "Medicine and disease... *Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Samadhi, Continuous Practice, Commitment, Passions,...*	Ryushin Paul Haller	Sep 30 2000
September 23rd, 2000, Serial No. 00917 Serial: BZ-00917 - *Offering, Attachment, Passions, Anger, Karma, Nirvana, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence, Sanctuary...*		Sep 23 2000
Why Do We Practice? Serial: BZ-00083B Saturday Lecture - Practice, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Manjushri, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 09 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
The Diamond Sutra: Commentarty Serial: BZ-00919 Class 1 of 5 - *Offering, Skandas, Attachment, Mahayana, Vow, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Bodhisattva...*	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 09 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00083A Nondiscriminating Mind within Discrimination, Sesshin Day 3 - Discrimination, BCR-2, Discrimination, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Hsin Hsin Ming...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Codependent Chain of Origination: Why We Sit Serial: BZ-00082B Sesshin Day 2 - Dependent Origination, Zazen, Dependent Origination, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Ego, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00082A Sesshin Day 1 - Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Lay Practice, Absolute-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
One Buddha, Three Boddhisattvas: Practice is Everything Serial: BZ-00081B Saturday Lecture - Buddha, Bodhisattva, Practice, Composure, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 26 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00085B Unity in Diversity, Diversity in Unity, Saturday Lecture - Sandokai, Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Diversity, Bell, Oneness, Precepts, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 19 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Embracing Fluidity in Zen Practice Serial: EB-00160 The discussion focuses on the practice of form within Zen and yoga, emphasizing the challenges experienced with the rigidity of practice and the realization of bodily autonomy. Personal anecdotes illustrate the process of... *Kinhin, Heart Sutra, Death, Chanting*	Edward Brown	Aug 16 2000
Finding the Jewel of Presence Serial: EB-00159 The talk explores the theme of presence and the futility of striving for happiness by attempting to control future outcomes, referencing Dogen's "Instructions for the Head Cook" and the concept of the "black dragon jewel" as a... *Dragons, Tenzo, Sengai, Don't Know Mind, Instruction*	Edward Brown	Aug 14 2000
August 12th, 2000, Serial No. 00081, Side A Serial: BZ-00081A - *Instruction, Beginners, Commitment, War, Rinzai, Heart Sutra, Posture, Bodhidharma, Soto Zen...*		Aug 12 2000
Breath and Posture Serial: BZ-00085A One-Day Sitting - Breath, Posture, Posture, Instruction	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Shingi, Head Gardener Serial: BZ-00060B Saturday Lecture - Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Lay, Daily Life, Dragons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
July 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00532 Serial: BZ-00532 - *Instruction, Bell, American, Priest, Branching Streams, Family Practice, Building, New Year,...*		Jul 30 2000
Love Beyond Approval Seeking Serial: EB-00052 The talk emphasizes the distinction between seeking love and approval, drawing on Buddhist teachings to illustrate the futility of seeking validation through external approval. The teachings of Dogen, particularly the practice of... *Letting Go, Culture, confusion, Silence, Dragons*	Edward Brown	Jul 30 2000
Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Samantabhadra Serial: BZ-00060A Saturday Lecture - Bodhisattva, Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, Samantabhadra, Manjushri, Practice Position, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 29 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
July 27th, 2000, Serial No. 00851 Serial: BZ-00851 - *Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation, Duality...*		Jul 27 2000
July 22nd, 2000, Serial No. 00057, Side B Serial: BZ-00057B - *Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Religion, Four Noble Truths, Concentration, Culture, American...*		Jul 22 2000
July 20th, 2000, Serial No. 00852 Serial: BZ-00852 - *Silent Illumination, Lineage, Interview, Soto Zen, Attachment, Chanting, Obstacles, Buddha...*		Jul 20 2000
Meal Serving, Chanting and Liturgy Details Serial: BZ-00057A One-Day Sitting - Meal Serving, Chanting, Instruction, Chanting, training, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Bell, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
The Sixth Precept "No Fault Finding" Serial: BZ-00059 Saturday Lecture - Precepts, Big Mind, Anger, Hate, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil, Daily Life, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
July 13th, 2000, Serial No. 00853 Serial: BZ-00853 - *Silent Illumination, Lineage, Doubt, Dharma Transmission, Buddha's Birthday, Intimacy,...*		Jul 13 2000

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