Beginners Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00083A Nondiscriminating Mind within Discrimination, Sesshin Day 3 Discrimination, BCR-2, Discrimination, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Hsin...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
August 12th, 2000, Serial No. 00081, Side A Instruction, Beginners, Commitment, War, Rinzai, Heart Sutra, Posture, Bodhidharma,...		Aug 12 2000
July 27th, 2000, Serial No. 00851 Transmission, Dragons, Passions, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Beginners, Conversation...		Jul 27 2000
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00056B Sunshine and Shadow, Sesshin Day 4 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Beginners, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
2000.03.28-serial.00007 Beginners, Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Priest	Edward Brown	Mar 28 2000
December 5th, 1999, Serial No. 03927 Hindrances, Doubt, Emotions, Enthusiasm, Emptiness, Greed, Silence, Attachment,...	Teah Strozer	Dec 05 1999 City Center
August 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00192, Side A Lay, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Aspects of Practice, Beginners, confusion,...		Aug 14 1999
1999.06.07-serial.00249A Posture, Way-Seeking Mind, Delusion, Don't Know Mind, Beginners	Edward Brown	Jun 07 1999
January 24th, 1999, Serial No. 00183, Side A Silence, Offering, Beginners, Instruction, training, Attachment, Diversity, Sangha,...		Jan 24 1999
Dogen's Guidelines For Studying The Way (Pt.2) Serial: BZ-00188A Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, New Year, Beginners, resistance, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #41 Serial: BZ-00317A Joshu & The Great Death, Saturday Lecture Joshu, Death, BCR-41, Birth-and-Death, Peace, Big Mind, Zoom, Beginners, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 12 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Zadankai Serial: BZ-00779 Discussion Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Religion,...	Robert Aitken and Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 1997 San Francisco Zen Center
1997.04.22-serial.00055 Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Greed, Anger, Precepts, Meditation, Ego, Beginners,...		Apr 22 1997
No Species Is Only Itself Serial: SF-03103 Sunday Lecture: Tigers are awesome, unchained wildness; species are disappearing; every species exists as an important factor in the world of many other species; for humans,... Forgiveness, Dream World, Mindfulness, Ego, Four Foundations, Commitment, Beginners,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 02 1997 Green Gulch
Shikantaza Serial: BZ-00357B One-Day Sitting Shikantaza, Posture, Beginners, Bowing, resistance, Concentration, Pure Existence,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 16 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12 Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Birth-and-Death, Beginners, Monkey...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1997 Unknown Location
Bound For Glory: Transfiguration Spirituality Serial: NC-00074 Part of "Bound For Glory: Transfiguration Spirituality" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Letting Go, training, Beginners	John Powell	1997 4 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00789A 100 Foot Pole, Barriers in Practice, Saturday Lecture MM-46, Beginners, Sixth Patriarch, Lotus Sutra, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 19 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
December 30th, 1995, Serial No. 04043 New Year, Six Realms, Karma, Religion, Renewal, Fasting, Beginners, Samsara, Chanting...	Hekizan Tom Girardot	Dec 30 1995 Unknown
Images and the Feminine Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort Serial: BZ-00909A Beginners' Sitting Talk Buddha's Birthday, Right Speech, Beginners, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Apr 09 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
1995.04.06-serial.00056 Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Practice Period, Vinaya, Family Practice, Beginners,...		Apr 06 1995
Life is Suffering resistance, Emotions, Four Noble Truths, Separation, Observe, Beginners, Offering,...	Karen DeCotis	Mar 19 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic History Serial: NC-00338 Monastic History Class, John Cassian OSB Cam, Balance, lecture, Beginners, Intuition	Peter-Damian Belisle	Feb 02 1994 15 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Three Kinds of Pain: Physical, Emotional, Existential Serial: BZ-00983A Beginners' Sitting Beginners, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Separation, Culture, Religion,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00215 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... Precepts, Humility, Sangha, Gratitude, New Year, Happiness, Religion, Beginners, Evil...	Piyasilo	Nov 11 1993 3 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
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00657A Joshu's "The Way Is Not Difficult", Saturday Lecture Joshu, BCR-2, confusion, Attachment, Hate, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind and Body in Zen and Yoga Practice Serial: BZ-00627A Lecture Posture, Concentration, Instruction, Anger, Lay, Duality, training, Beginners, Sangha...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Aug 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #5 Serial: BZ-00647B Saturday Lecture BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginner’s Mind Serial: BZ-00647A Beginners' Sitting Conversation, Posture, Instruction, Silence, Zazen Mind, Beginners, Monkey Mind, Zoom...	Fran Tribe	Jan 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Shakyamuni Buddha Serial: BZ-00645B Lecture Concentration, Nirvana, Culture, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Beginners, Posture,...	Ron Nestor	Dec 12 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan's Five Ranks: Desire and Intention Serial: BZ-00710B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-00680B First Friday Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Concentration, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Keeping Your Eyes Open and Staying in the World Serial: BZ-00686B Saturday Lecture Emotions, Berkeley Zen Center, Posture, Separation, Beginners, Sangha, Bell,...	Les Kaye	Mar 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00686A Women's Sitting Posture, Right Effort, Culture, Lineage, training, Beginners, Vow, Religion	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Prayer & the Rule of St. Benedict Serial: NC-00035 Part of "Prayer and the Rule of St. Benedict" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Chanting, Beginners, Gratitude	John Powell	1992 3 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Lectio: Listening as Communion Serial: NC-00023 Part of "Lectio: Listening with the Heart" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Repentance, Intimacy, Instruction, Commitment, Beginners	John Powell	1992 3 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Prayer & the Rule of St. Benedict Serial: NC-00034 Part of "Prayer and the Rule of St. Benedict" Archival Photo OSB Cam, Beginners, stubbornness, Patience, Bowing, Chanting	John Powell	1992 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Encountering the True Dragon Serial: BZ-00704A Lecture Dragons, Anger, Beginners, Posture, Culture, War, Sangha, Interview, Bowing, Lineage...	Michael Wenger	Nov 16 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00626 Class One, Class Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Lay, Beginners, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 1991
Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00715A Lecture Enemies, Anger, Mahayana, Equanimity, Greed, Lovingkindness, Happiness, Peace,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 07 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Naturalness Serial: BZ-00970B Lecture true dharma, Religion, Composure, resistance, Heart Sutra, Concentration, Daily Life...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jul 19 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
The “Stuff” of Life and Waking Up Serial: BZ-00690B Lecture Daily Life, Renunciation, training, Samsara, Beginners, Happiness, Observe, Doubt,...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Mar 09 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00725 Lecture BCR-2, Discrimination, Attachment, Duality, Oneness, Non-discrimination, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 17 1990 Unknown Location
1990.08.02-serial.00080 Zendo, Sutra, Discrimination, Practice Period, Beginners	Edward Brown	Aug 02 1990 Tassajara
Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: BZ-00515B Sesshin Day 1 Hsin Hsin Ming, Discrimination, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-discrimination, Daily Life, Hate...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Manjushri Sapan Guruyoga Serial 00030 Precepts, Peace, japanese, Interview, Continuous Practice, Lay, Beginners, Enemies,...	His Hoiiness the 41st Sakya Trizin	Jul 02 1989 Tape 2
Sunday Lecture New Year, Offering, Liberation, Dragons, Impermanence, Non-violence, Ceremony,...	Yvonne Rand	Mar 05 1989 Green Gulch

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