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Title	Speaker	Date
Sutra Study: The Meaning of Zazen and Kinhin Serial: BZ-00413B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Kinhin, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Mindfulness, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 10 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-01523B Saturday Lecture Chanting, Chanting, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Bell, American, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Makyo Serial: BZ-00393A Saturday Lecture Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fifth Precept: Do Not Deal in Intoxicants Serial: BZ-00394B Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Attachment, American, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00389B Lecture Religion, Priest, Instruction, American, War, training, Rinzai, Chanting, Mahayana,...	Maureen Stewart	Jul 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Difficulties in Daily Life Practice Serial: BZ-00390B Saturday Lecture Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Spirit of the Mahayana, Serial 00033 Two Truths, Evil, Diversity, Intention, Peace, American	Deshung Rinpoche	May 13 1984 3rd session New York City
Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi Serial: BZ-00432A Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dream World Serial: BZ-00430 Realm of Desire versus Reality, One-Day Sitting Desire, Daily Life, Dream World, Lay Practice, Lay, Dragons, Interview, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Development of American Buddhism Serial: BZ-00422A Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC, Saturday Lecture Buddhism, American, Philip Kapleau, Culture, American, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Gate, Gate, Paragate Serial: BZ-00001A The Mantra of Your Life, Sesshin Day 5 Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic Harmony Through Eucharistic Unity Serial: MS-00218 Talk at Mt. Saviour Priest, Silence, American	Fr. Burkhard Neunheuser	Oct 13 1982 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Women in Buddhism, Ordination Ordination, Transmission, Lay, Precepts, Passions, Family Practice, Buddha Nature,...	Pema Chödrön	Oct 04 1982
Spiritual Renewal Through Monastic Labor Serial: MS-00211 Talk at Mt. Saviour American, War, Priest	Fr. Burkhard Neunheuser	Sep 06 1982 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Monastic Growth and Benedictine Balance Serial: MS-00212 Talk at Mt. Saviour American, Building, War	Fr. Burkhard Neunheuser	Sep 06 1982 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Japanese Practice/American Practice: Differences Serial: BZ-00039A Saturday Lecture Japan, American, Lay Practice, Family Practice, Practice, Buddhism, japanese...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center Lay, Sangha, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Fundraising,...	Deborah Hopkinson	Jul 08 1982
The Importance of Study Serial: BZ-00018 Saturday Lecture Religion, Study Period, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Daily Life, Rinzai, Dragons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Kinds of Horses Serial: BZ-00021A Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7 Agama Sutra, Posture, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, American, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 3 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Three Treasures Serial: BZ-00023 Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 14 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
The Stages of Practice II Serial: BZ-00024B Saturday Lecture resistance, Daily Life, Samadhi, Mindfulness, Aspects of Practice, Doubt, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 04 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
February 8th, 1981, Serial No. 00400 Compassion, Concentration, Beginners, Delusion, American, Nirvana, Pain	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 08 1981
February 5th, 1981, Serial No. 00398 Impermanence, Big Mind, Interdependence, Consciousness, Bell, Pain, American,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 05 1981
February 3rd, 1981, Serial No. 00399 Consciousness, Bell, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration, Right Speech, Buddha Nature...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 03 1981
Visionaries of Medieval Monasticism Serial: MS-00321 Monastic History Seminar Priest, Passions, American	Cyprian Davis	Dec 31 1980 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Monastic Influence in Feudal Society Serial: MS-00328 Monastic History Seminar Politics, Religion, American	Cyprian Davis	Dec 31 1980 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Learning How To Sit Serial: BZ-00025 Saturday Lecture Technique, Posture, Instruction, Complete activity, Passions, Samadhi, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 20 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Right Effort and Right Thought Serial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 15, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Right Effort, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Daily Life, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Unification of Body and Mind Serial: BZ-01058A Lecture Religion, Precepts, Buddhism, Priest, Darkness and Light, American, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 16 1980 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Browning's Sordello Time, Poetry, American	Robert Duncan	Feb 10 1980 SFZC
Everyday Zazen: Mindful Living Art Breath, Posture, Compassion, Discrimination, Meditation, causation, American,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 21 1979
Descriptions and Realizations Unveiled Posture, Observe, American, Dokusan, Ego	Richard Baker	Nov 02 1979
Harmony in Motion: Zen Practices Commitment, Vow, Community, Evil, American	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 26 1979
Contemplation's Balance in Monastic Life Serial: MS-00198A Talk at Mt. Saviour Humility, Peace, American	Fr. Burkhard Neunheuser	Jul 06 1978 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Zen and the Art of Communication Bell, Ceremony, American, Intention, Freedom	Richard Baker	Sep 11 1977
Zen Practice: Embracing Equanimity and Unity Buddha Nature, realization, Oneness, Suffering, Interview, Ego, Precepts, Nirvana,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 29 1977
Love's Essence: A Buddhist Perspective Compassion, Hate, Politics, Community, Attachment, Suffering, Consciousness, Pain,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 28 1977
Zen Improvisation: Bridging Cultures Mindfully Posture, Chanting, training, Bodhidharma, American	Richard Baker	Jul 12 1977
Dynamic Interconnections in Zen Philosophy Interdependence, Teacher-and-Student, Religion, Attachment, Interview, American...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 05 1975
Zenki: Living the Eternal Moment Birth-and-Death, Concentration, realization, American, Happiness, Separation,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 01 1975
Crossing Boundaries in Zen Practice Death, American, Shuso Ceremony, Samadhi, Pain	Richard Baker	Dec 01 1974
Transcending Boundaries in Zen Practice Death, American, Shuso Ceremony, Samadhi, Pain	Richard Baker	Dec 01 1974
Proportional Zen: Dogen's Mindful Practice Nirvana, Vow, American, Evil, Doubt	Richard Baker	Jan 20 1974
Spiritual Synergy Across Borders Religion, Continuous Practice, American	Fr. Jean Leclerq	Dec 05 1973 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Guiding Light of Compassionate Wisdom Serial: MS-00431 Role of the Guru in Ahimsa Training American, Happiness, Religion	Swami Venkatesananda	1973 Mt. Saviour Monastery
Freedom in the Flow of Being Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Consciousness, Posture, realization, lecture, American...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 02 1972
Shaping Life's Transformative Journey Enemies, Religion, American	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 1972
Embracing Life and Death Dynamism Birth-and-Death, Oneness, American, Culture, Buddha Nature, Hate, Funeral,...	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 1972

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