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Mumonkan: Case #10

Serial: BZ-00980A

Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture

MM-10, Attachment, Greed, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Culture,...
Feb 05 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

1993.12.07-serial.00002

Silence, Culture, American, Precepts, Daily Life
Dec 07 1993

Refining Your Life

Serial: BZ-01497A

Rohatsu Day 3

Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, soto, Discrimination,...
Dec 01 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

October 16th, 1993, Serial No. 00658, Side A

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,...
Oct 16 1993

Hongzhi: Cultivating the Empty Field

Serial: BZ-00656B

The Backward Step, The Upright Cauldron, Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Silent Illumination, Echo, Pure Existence, Anger, Instruction, Teacher-and-...
Oct 09 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

October 2nd, 1993, Serial No. 00656, Side A

Diversity, Religion, Politics, Culture, American, Priest, Vinaya, Ordination,...
Oct 02 1993

September 25th, 1993, Serial No. 00657, Side B

Culture, Bowing, American, confusion, Chanting, Practice Period, Precepts, training,...
Sep 25 1993

September 11th, 1993, Serial No. 00629, Side B

Dragons, Blue Cliff Record, Enemies, Instruction, Teacher-and-Student, Heart Sutra,...
Sep 11 1993

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...
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,...
Sep 04 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

August 14th, 1993, Serial No. 00655, Side B

Monastic Practice, Precepts, Religion, American, Emotions, Mindfulness, Daily Life,...
Aug 14 1993

June 3rd, 1993, Serial No. 00218

Offering, Five Ranks, Ordinary Mind, Dragons, Commitment, Buddha Ancestors, Sixth...
Jun 03 1993

April 24th, 1993, Serial No. 00664, Side A

Right Speech, American, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Precepts,...
Apr 24 1993

March 20th, 1993, Serial No. 00285, Side A

Intimacy, New Year, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, American,...
Mar 20 1993

ial No. 00217

Religion, Transmission, Evil, Chanting, Beginners, American, Liberation, Vinaya,...
1993

ial No. 00220

Nirvana, Religion, Daily Life, Happiness, Evil, Liberation, Silence, Interview,...
1993

November 28th, 1992, Serial No. 00644, Side B

Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara, Zoom,...
Nov 28 1992

September 24th, 1992, Serial No. 00611

Precepts, Addiction, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Heart Sutra, Right Speech, Hindrances,...
Sep 24 1992

September 12th, 1992, Serial No. 00637, Side B

Buddha Mind, Religion, Politics, Non-violence, Doubt, Concentration, American, Peace...
Sep 12 1992

Family, Friends, and Practice

Serial: BZ-00636A

Sesshin Day 1

Family Practice, Mundane Life, Family Practice, Daily Life, American, Anger,...
Sep 05 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

August 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00633, Side B

Buddha Mind, stubbornness, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Describe, Hate,...
Aug 01 1992

Is Buddha Happy? Harmony, Universal Logic

Serial: BZ-00632A

Communion and Communication cont., Saturday Lecture

Happiness, Composure, American, Buddha Mind, Demons, Ego, Politics, Sangha,...
Jul 18 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

1992.07.09-serial.00247A

American, Culture, zen meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Freedom
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,...
Jun 07 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

May 18th, 1992, Serial No. 00713, Side B

American, Monastic Practice, Demons, Culture, Silence, Lineage, Describe, Religion...
May 18 1992

May 3rd, 1992, Serial No. 00710, Side A

Four Foundations, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, American, Peace, Emotions, Anger
May 03 1992

After the King Verdict

Serial: BZ-00712A

Saturday Lecture

Current Events, Karma, Culture, Peace, War, training, Offering, American, confusion,...
May 02 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

December 12th, 1991, Serial No. 00283

Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, American,...
Dec 12 1991

November 23rd, 1991, Serial No. 00705, Side A

Conversation, Intimacy, Interdependence, Culture, American, training, Ego, Mahayana,...
Nov 23 1991

Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00730

Lecture

Continuous, Observe, Describe, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Anger, Ego, Five...
Nov 20 1991

November 14th, 1991, Serial No. 00273

Right Effort, Mindfulness, Light-and-Darkness, Concentration, Culture, Liberation,...
Nov 14 1991

November 9th, 1991, Serial No. 00703, Side B

American, Building, Heart Sutra, Interview, Tassajara, Posture, Religion, War, Peace...
Nov 09 1991

Green Tara Serial 00019

Concentration, Samadhi, Ceremony, Six Realms, Freedom, American, Equanimity, Emotions...
Oct 19 1991
Tape 1
Cupertino California

Talk to Tokubetsu Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00624

Sesshin

Practice Period, Tassajara, Building, Gratitude, confusion, American, Dragons, soto,...
Oct 13 1991

Early Days of Suzuki-rôshi

Serial: BZ-00750B

Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Practice Period, American, Transmission, training,...
Sep 28 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #93

Serial: BZ-00750A

True Self is Expressed, Saturday Lecture

BCR-93, Emotions, Gratitude, Observe, Enthusiasm, American, Building, War, training...
Sep 21 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

September 14th, 1991, Serial No. 00715, Side B

Family Practice, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking, Precepts, Practice Period, Vows,...
Sep 14 1991

Blue Cliff Record: Case #20

Serial: BZ-00694B

Nansen's Flower; Dreaming, Sesshin Day 1

Nansen, BCR-20, Dream World, Separation, Intuition, Attachment, Precepts, American...
Aug 31 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

June 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00967, Side A

New Year, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, American, Building, training,...
Jun 28 1991

June 27th, 1991, Serial No. 00966, Side B

Half-Smile, Building, Patience, Passions, Continuous, Describe, Posture, American,...
Jun 27 1991

1991.06.DD-serial.00100

Money, Interview, American, War, Diversity
Jun 1991

Karma Peace

Serial: BZ-00688B

Saturday Lecture

Karma, Peace, Karma, Peace, War, Precepts, Greed, Non-violence, American, Politics,...
Jan 26 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

October 22nd, 1990, Serial No. 00495

Birth-and-Death, War, Liberation, Greed, Manjushri, American, Lay, Intuition,...
Oct 22 1990

Big Emptiness and Small Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00516B

Saturday Lecture

Emptiness, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage,...
Aug 25 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhidharma Travels East

Serial: BZ-00511A

Saturday Lecture

Bodhidharma, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Intuition, Attachment, Big Mind...
Jul 07 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Vinaya/American Vinaya

Serial: BZ-00722

Lecture

Vinaya, Precepts, Buddha Mind, American, Daily Life, Sangha, Aspects of Practice,...
Jun 12 1990

April 14th, 1990, Serial No. 00509, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...
Apr 14 1990

Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan

Serial: BZ-00385

Saturday Lecture

Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, soto, Study Period,...
Oct 28 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

December 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01472

Duality, Obstacles, Nirvana, Judgement, Posture, Buddha Nature, resistance,...
Dec 18 1988

December 14th, 1988, Serial No. 01471

Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Tassajara, Intimacy, Commitment, Practice Period,...
Dec 14 1988

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