American Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Stories and their Significance Attachment, American, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Concentration, Separation,...	Ron Nestor	Jan 25 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Autobiographical: Beatnik Generation Serial: BZ-00790A Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Doubt, Priest-and-Lay, New Year, Religion, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00795A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Doubt, Hindrances, true dharma, Anger, Emotions, Daily Life, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 10 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the USA Anger, Impermanence, Hate, American, Ordination, Chanting, Vow, Karma, Samsara,...	Thich Minh Duc	Aug 03 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Fraternal Charity's Unyielding Challenge American, Religion, Commitment	Abbot Francis Kline, OCSO	Jan 31 1996 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Future Aspects to Focus On/Transition Religion, New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-Student, Aspects of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Why We Sit in the Morning Serial: BZ-00819A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Daily Life, Religion, Priest, Separation, American, resistance, Bell	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Humility in Ancient Cultural Traditions Humility, Peace, American	Fr. Terrence Kardong	Sep 15 1995 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Blue Cliff Record: Case #11 Serial: BZ-00823A Sesshin Day 3 BCR-11, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Hate, Doubt, American, Anger, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Vows Vow, Happiness, Conversation, Interdependence, Commitment, Bell, Mindfulness,...	Peter Overton	Aug 26 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
God/Karma Serial: BZ-00977B Saturday Lecture Religion, Karma, Giving-and-Taking, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Big...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Tassajara Practice Period Serial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dharma Transmission, American, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Takubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, American, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Shosan Replies Serial: BZ-00765 Class 10 of 10 Culture, American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Practice Period, Humility, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 1995 10 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00757A Class 2 of 10 Offering, Culture, American, Dragons, Religion, War, Interview, Precepts, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 19 1995 2 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Six Paramitas Serial: BZ-00740 Lecture War, Enthusiasm, Intuition, Interview, American, Building	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 16 1994
Title Unknown Silence, Monastic Practice, Commitment, Culture, Religion, American, Big Mind,...	Sr. Mary John	Jul 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Heroes, Shadows and O J Simpson Serial: BZ-00941B Lecture Composure, training, Hate, American, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, Interview, Evil,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00942B Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, training, Bodhisattva...	Angie Boissevain	Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Perfection of Wisdom Serial: BZ-00231 Class 4 of 5 American, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Interdependence, Happiness, Mahayana,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 14 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Confidence and Maturity in Practice Serial: BZ-00963A Women's sitting Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, resistance, Posture, Silence, Intuition, Chanting,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four Wisdoms Serial: BZ-00965B Three Bodies of Buddha pt. I, Sesshin Day 1 Trikaya, Platform Sutra, Wisdom, Ego, Platform Sutra, Samadhi, Big Mind, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #10 Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture MM-10, Attachment, Greed, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhism's Influence on Creative Simplicity Silence, Culture, American, Precepts, Daily Life	Edward Brown	Dec 07 1993
Refining Your Life Serial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00220 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Nirvana, Religion, Daily Life, Happiness, Evil, Liberation, Silence, Interview,...	Piyasilo	Nov 18 1993 4 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00217 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Religion, Transmission, Evil, Chanting, Beginners, American, Liberation, Vinaya,...	Piyasilo	Oct 28 1993 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it Feel Serial: BZ-00658A Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi: Cultivating the Empty Field Serial: BZ-00656B The Backward Step, The Upright Cauldron, Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Silent Illumination, Pure Existence, Anger, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Innumerable People’s Labors who Helped the Spread of Buddhism Throughout History Serial: BZ-00656A Lecture Diversity, Religion, Politics, Culture, American, Priest, Vinaya, Ordination,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Problems and Practice with Ritual Serial: BZ-00657B Lecture Culture, Bowing, American, confusion, Chanting, Practice Period, Precepts, training,...	Fran Tribe	Sep 25 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Conference of Buddhist Teachers: Ryozan Enkan’s Dragons (Keizan’s Denkoroku) Serial: BZ-00629B Lecture Dragons, Blue Cliff Record, Enemies, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Obaku's Address to the Monks Serial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 Obaku, Koan, training, Non-discrimination, Rinzai, Dragons, Bowing, Bell, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
1993 Parliament of World Religions Serial: BZ-00628A Seeking Common Ground, Sesshin Day 1 Religion, Current Events, Religion, American, Politics, Separation, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Practice in Malaysia: Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Serial: BZ-00655B Lecture Monastic Practice, Precepts, Religion, American, Emotions, Mindfulness, Daily Life,...	Piyasilo	Aug 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00218 Class 5 of 5 Offering, Five Ranks, Ordinary Mind, Dragons, Commitment, Buddha Ancestors, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1993 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Bringing Practice into Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00664A Lecture Right Speech, American, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Precepts,...	Peter Overton	Apr 24 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Tea Ceremony: The Meeting of Host and Guest Serial: BZ-00285A Lecture Intimacy, New Year, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, American,...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Mar 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Nurturing the Jewel Essence Within Serial: BZ-00644B Lecture Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Kathleen Gustin	Nov 28 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,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 24 1992 2 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...	Kathie Fischer	Sep 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Family, Friends, and Practice Serial: BZ-00636A Sesshin Day 1 Family Practice, Mundane Life, Family Practice, Daily Life, American, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 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,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 01 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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindful Journeys to Authentic Living American, Culture, zen meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Freedom	Edward Brown	Jul 09 1992
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00711A Ordinary Mind Is the Way, Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Doubt, confusion, Religion, Hate, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00713B Sesshin Day 2 American, Monastic Practice, Demons, Culture, Silence, Lineage, Religion	Raul Moncayo	May 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Enthusiasm on the Path Serial: BZ-00710A Lecture Four Foundations, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, American, Peace, Emotions, Anger	Shosan Victoria Austin	May 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
After the King Verdict Serial: BZ-00712A Saturday Lecture Current Events, Karma, Culture, Peace, War, training, Offering, American, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages, 9th and 10th Stages Serial: BZ-00283 Class 4 of 4 Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, American,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Dec 12 1991 4 Berkeley Zen Center

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