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Nurturing the Jewel Essence Within

Serial: BZ-00644B Lecture -
Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Nov 28 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Women in Japanese Soto Zen

Serial: SF-00097 Author reading from her book on the subject. The talk centers on the history and role of women in Japanese Soto Zen Buddhism, challenging the prevalent androcentric narrative by highlighting significant female figures and contributions. It provides an in-depth examination...
Soto Zen, training, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Ceremony, Religion, Lay, Emptiness...
Nov 25 1992

Red Shoes

Serial: BZ-00644A Women's Sitting -
Addiction, Subject-and-Object, Passions, Vow, Hate, Culture
Nov 22 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

The Fallow Field, Grassroots and the Ginko: The Being that Refused to Evolve

Serial: BZ-00643B Lecture -
Practice Period, Non-violence, War, Interdependence, Vow, Doubt, Avalokiteshvara, Peace,...
Nov 21 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Day Off Class Zazenshin

Serial: BZ-01483 Class 6 of 6 -
Doubt, Commitment, Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and Light,...
Nov 19 1992
6

Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in Winter

Serial: BZ-00643A The recording photo shows two titles.  Getting Real: After Putting Another Head on Your Head Iron Flute: Heat in Summer, Head Cold in Winter While the second title seems more appropriate for the talk and we've chosen it... -
Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation, Commitment,...
Nov 14 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Day Off Class

Serial: BZ-01484 Class 5 of 6 -
Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Current Events,...
Nov 14 1992
5

Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00642B One Day Sitting -
Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate, Peace...
Nov 08 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing Zen's Messy Truths

Serial: EB-00173 The talk examines the Zen practice through reflections on koans, personal experiences, and stories of practitioners who navigate the tension between spiritual ideals and everyday life. It emphasizes the realization that authentic...
Priest, Buddha Nature, Silence, Hate, Koan
Nov 08 1992

Zen in Everyday Life Unveiled

Serial: EB-00243 The talk explores the essence and practice of Zen, using anecdotes and personal reflections to illuminate the realization that life’s ordinary experiences and challenges are valuable benefits. This realization often requires a...
Silence, Priest, Buddha Nature, Hate, Koan
Nov 08 1992

Hongzhi (Zen Master)

Serial: BZ-00642A Saturday Lecture -
Hongzhi, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Silent Illumination, Lay, Practice Period, Hindrances,...
Oct 31 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Day Off Class

Serial: BZ-01481 Class 4 of 6 -
Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Silence, Subject-and-Object, Interview,...
Oct 24 1992
4

Folk Tale of the Woman and the Crescent Moon Bear

Serial: BZ-00641B Lecture -
Obstacles, Anger, Vow, Four Noble Truths, War, Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Oct 23 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramitas: Prajna (Wisdom)

Serial: BZ-00615 Class 6 of 6 -
Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart Sutra,...
Oct 22 1992
6
Berkeley Zen Center

Day Off Class

Serial: BZ-01482 Class 3 of 6 -
Dragons, Karma, Fox, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Doubt, training,...
Oct 19 1992
3

Who am I? What is Zazen? Turning to Life: A Cow Turns Water into Milk, A Snake, Into Venom

Serial: BZ-00641A Lecture -
Peace, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Precepts, Priest, Addiction, Greed, Evil,...
Oct 17 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramitas: Dhyana (Meditation)

Serial: BZ-00614 Class 5 of 6 -
Concentration, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Instruction, Death-and-Dying, zen meditation, Mahayana...
Oct 15 1992
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Day Off Class

Serial: BZ-01480 Class 2 of 6 -
Dragons, Gaining Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Lineage,...
Oct 14 1992
2

The Dragon Who Never Sleeps: Taisho on Gathas and their Use

Serial: BZ-00640 Lecture -
Vow, resistance, Priest, Bodhisattva Precepts, Right Speech, Lay, Mahayana, Evil, Practice...
Oct 12 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Balance: Relax Your Mind

Serial: BZ-00639B Lecture -
Culture, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Gratitude, Bodhidharma, Evil, Concentration, Bell,...
Oct 10 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramitas: Virya (Effort)

Serial: BZ-00613 Class 4 of 6 -
Right Effort, Enemies, Attachment, Patience, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Practice Period,...
Oct 08 1992
4
Berkeley Zen Center

The Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00639A One day sitting -
Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra, Precepts,...
Oct 03 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramitas: Sila (Virtue) and Kshanti (Patience)

Serial: BZ-00612 Class 3 of 6 -
Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination, Observe,...
Oct 01 1992
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Silence and Poetry

Serial: BZ-00638B Lecture -
Silence, Don't Know Mind, resistance, Concentration, Peace, Emotions, Politics,...
Sep 26 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramitas: Dana (Giving) and Sila (Virtue)

Serial: BZ-00611 Class 2 of 6 -
Precepts, Addiction, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Heart Sutra, Right Speech, Hindrances, Conversation...
Sep 24 1992
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Living Mindfully Beyond Emotions

Serial: EB-00112 The talk explores the experience of Zen practice at Tassajara as a continuous exercise in mindfulness and putting life's challenges into perspective. Through personal anecdotes, it illustrates how emotions can be observed without...
Emotions, Buddha Nature, Sanctuary, Equanimity, Desire
Sep 20 1992

Living Zen: Everyday Enlightenment

Serial: EB-00257 The talk explores the Zen practice at Tassara, illustrating how everyday experiences can serve as spiritual practice. The discussion suggests that life itself is Zen practice, emphasizing the importance of not identifying with...
Emotions, Buddha Nature, Sanctuary, Desire, Equanimity
Sep 20 1992

Blue Cliff Record: Case #44

Serial: BZ-00638A Hoshan's Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Saturday Lecture -
BCR-44, Daily Life, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 19 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Paramitas: Dana, Bodhisattva Context

Serial: BZ-00610 Class 1 of 6 -
Mahayana, Mindfulness, Silence, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice, Blue Cliff Record,...
Sep 17 1992
1
Berkeley Zen Center

The Path of Purification: The Dynamic, Not Static Nature of Virtue in Buddhamind

Serial: BZ-00637B Lecture -
Buddha Mind, Religion, Politics, Non-violence, Doubt, Concentration, American, Peace,...
Sep 12 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo Continued

Serial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3 -
Dogen, Shobogenzo, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Building, Enthusiasm, Bowing...
Sep 07 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo

Serial: BZ-00636B Everyday Activity: Drinking Tea and Eating Rice, Sesshin Day 2 -
Shobogenzo, Daily Life, Buddha Ancestors, Non-duality, Doubt, War, Peace
Sep 06 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Family, Friends, and Practice

Serial: BZ-00636A Sesshin Day 1 -
Family Practice, Mundane Life, Family Practice, Daily Life, American, Anger, Conversation,...
Sep 05 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #27: Leaves Fall, Body Exposed to the Golden Wind

Serial: BZ-00635B Lecture -
Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition, Tassajara Zen...
Aug 29 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan: Manifesting Larger Being Through Small Being

Serial: BZ-00635A Lecture -
Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality, Religion, Impermanence, Oneness...
Aug 22 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #42: What is a Zen Student? Manjusri and the Young Woman in Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00634A Lecture -
Manjushri, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture...
Aug 15 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Sutta Nippatta: Early Teaching of Nonattachment to View, Self; Attentiveness to Actual and Ideal

Serial: BZ-00634B Lecture -
Mindfulness, Demons, Nirvana Sutra, Commitment, Liberation, Bell, Nirvana, Posture, Peace,...
Aug 08 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #30: Baso’s This Very Mind is Buddha

Serial: BZ-00633B Lecture -
Buddha Mind, stubbornness, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Hate, Posture, American,...
Aug 01 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan, Case #1: Joshu’s Mu and the Importance and Significance of the Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00633A Lecture -
Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Three Treasures, Book of Serenity, Priest,...
Jul 25 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Is Buddha Happy? Harmony, Universal Logic

Serial: BZ-00632A Communion and Communication cont., Saturday Lecture -
Happiness, Composure, American, Buddha Mind, Demons, Ego, Politics, Sangha, Equanimity,...
Jul 18 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Communion and Communication

Serial: BZ-00631B Saturday Lecture -
First Principle, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Bodhisattva Precepts, Monastic Practice,...
Jul 11 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindful Journeys to Authentic Living

Serial: EB-00247A The talk centers on the practice of offering and mindfulness in Buddhism, where acts without visible acknowledgment reflect a broader existential engagement with life. It explores the importance of authenticity in meditation and...
American, Culture, zen meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Freedom
Jul 09 1992

Embracing Presence Through Zen Mind

Serial: EB-00247B The talk delves into the theme of interconnectedness and the depth inherent in ordinary life, illustrated through a story about creating life-sized dolls and reflections on Zen practice. It explores the concept that the mind...
Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Harmonizing, Offering, Daily Life
Jul 08 1992

Savoring Simplicity: Embracing Imperfection

Serial: EB-00284 The talk explores the tension between the desire for originality and completion inherent in creative and everyday tasks, using cooking as a metaphor. The discussion emphasizes the Zen concept of appreciating the simplicity and...
Ordinary Mind, Soto Zen, Dragons, Don't Know Mind
Jul 05 1992

Shusho Hossen

Serial: BZ-00630 Ceremony -
Giving-and-Taking, Bodhidharma, Absolute-and-Relative, Dragons, stubbornness, Practice Period...
Jun 28 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Criticism in the Realm of Absolute and Relative

Serial: BZ-00631A Sesshin Day 5 -
Absolute-and-Relative, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Discrimination, Emotions, Ego,...
Jun 28 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan: Seeing Forms with the Whole Body and Mind

Serial: BZ-00727B No Gap, Flexibility, Pain, Sesshin Day 4 -
Separation, Thoroughness, Discrimination, Ego
Jun 27 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #1

Serial: BZ-00727A Sesshin Day 3 -
Bodhidharma, Duality, Avalokiteshvara, Samsara, Silence, Building, Ego
Jun 26 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00709B Sesshin Day 2 -
Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Duality, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Non-duality, Heart Sutra...
Jun 25 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00709A Sesshin Day 1 -
Genjokoan, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Emotions, Practice Period, Attachment,...
Jun 24 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

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