Beginners Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Benefits of Meditation for Self and Others Serial 00004 Posture, Commitment, Emotions, Culture, Letting Go, Cultivation, difficulty, Hate,...	Jetsun Kusho	Apr 18 1988 Tape 1
Visualization in Vajrayana Practice Serial 00002 Culture, Politics, Intention, difficulty, Beginners	Jetsun Kushok	Apr 16 1988 Tape 2
Benefits of Meditation for Self and Others Serial 00003 Commitment, Describe, Beginners	Jetsun Kushok	Apr 16 1988 Tape 2
Stepping Serial: BZ-00901A Saturday Lecture Beginners, Ego, Priest, Samadhi, Concentration	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 09 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
August 17th, 1987, Serial No. 00311 Serial: BZ-00311 Sesshin Day 3 Passions, Bell, Beginners, Dragons	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1987
Koun Ejo; Komyozo Zammai Pt. II Serial: BZ-00888B Sesshin Day 2 Koun Ejô, First Principle, Light-and-Darkness, Discrimination, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 29 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Flesh/Zen Bones: Dokusan Serial: BZ-00887 Saturday Lecture Dokusan, Instruction, Interview, Daily Life, Beginners, Rinzai, Intuition, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
February 28th, 1987, Serial No. 00718 Serial: BZ-00718 Sesshin Posture, Beginners, Building, Instruction, Humility, Bowing, Chanting, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 1987
Fundamentals of Zazen Serial: BZ-00885A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Dream World, Commitment, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
July 26th, 1986, Serial No. 00880 Practice Period, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Sanctuary, Addiction, Beginners,...		Jul 26 1986
May 10th, 1986, Serial No. 01467, Side A Chanting, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Beginners, Bowing, American, Hindrances,...		May 10 1986
Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole Mind Serial: BZ-00870A Saturday Lecture Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part I Serial: BZ-00868B Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4 Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Teacher and Student Relationship Serial: BZ-00864A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Free Sitting vs. Forty Minute Periods: Dogen's Way Serial: BZ-00411A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Dogen, Daily Life, Lay Practice, training, Bell, Practice Period, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Serial: BZ-01521 Don't Bow When You Leave the Zendo, Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Attachment, Four Foundations...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
What Shall We Do in the New Year? (discussion) Serial: BZ-00408B Psychology/Women's Practice, Saturday Lecture New Year, Psychology, Women's Practice, Mindfulness, New Year, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 22 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
December 19th, 1983, Serial No. 00419 Mindfulness, Daily Life, Samadhi, Beginners, Aspects of Practice, training, Anger,...		Dec 19 1983
Posture: Gravity and Spirit Serial: BZ-00046A Saturday Lecture Subject-and-Object, Posture, Chanting, Beginners, Interview, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Scientific Validation of Zazen Serial: BZ-00044B Saturday Lecture zen meditation, Religion, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Describe, Priest, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Mahamudra & Chenrezig meditation instructions, Serial 00082 Right Effort, Duality, Non-duality, Delusion, Observe, Hindrances, Intention,...		Dec 05 1982 A Tape II, DR65
Natural Zen and Buddhist Zen Serial: BZ-00039B Saturday Lecture Priest, Commitment, Lay, American, Posture, Buddha Nature, training, Enthusiasm,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
1982.09.DD-serial.00106 Liberation, Observe, Intuition, Impermanence, Subject-and-Object, Beginners, Freedom...		Sep 1982
Talk on the "Women in Buddhism" Conference Chanting, Obstacles, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Beginners, Observe,...	Fran Tribe	Jul 12 1982
April 23rd, 1982, Serial No. 00155 Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Compassion, difficulty, Evil, Discrimination, Offering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 23 1982
Four Kinds of Horses Serial: BZ-00021A Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7 Agama Sutra, Posture, Continuous, Dharma Transmission, American, Obstacles, Beginners...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 3 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Human Encounter with Death Death-and-Dying, training, Letting Go, Demons, Conversation, Emotions, Faith,...	Dr Joan Halifax	Oct 11 1981 1 and 2 of 3 City Center
The Stages of Practice I Serial: BZ-00024A One-Day Sitting Study Period, Heart Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063 Study Period, Obstacles, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt...		Mar 28 1981
February 8th, 1981, Serial No. 00400 Compassion, Concentration, Beginners, Delusion, American, Echo, Nirvana, Pain...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 08 1981
Ngon Dro, and sleep yoga of Amitabha, Serial 00011 Buddha Nature, Conversation, Breath, Hindrances, Intention, Describe, Beginners...		Apr 20 1980
Ngon Dro con't, mandala offering, Serial 00091 japanese, Culture, Japan, Commitment, Hate, Building, Beginners, Sutra, Mahayana,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 30 1980 New York City
Ngon Dro: Vajrasattva, Serial 00055 Precepts, Mindfulness, Balance, Patience, Hindrances, Intention, Non-duality,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 15 1980
Ngon Dro, Serial 00050 Impermanence, Teacher-and-Student, Right Effort, Birth-and-Death, Mahayana, Delusion...	Deshung Rinpoche	Mar 09 1980 Session 2, Tape 1 New York City
December 21st, 1979, Serial No. 00144 Breath, Posture, Compassion, Discrimination, Meditation, causation, American,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 21 1979
December 18th, 1979, Serial No. 00142 Breath, confusion, Evil, Fifth Precept, Beginners, Happiness, Emotions, Interview,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 18 1979
December 17th, 1979, Serial No. 00139 Pain, Intuition, Consciousness, realization, Beginners, Subject-and-Object, Don'...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 17 1979
December 16th, 1979, Serial No. 00140 Buddha Mind, Beginners, Emotions, Instruction, Consciousness, Posture, Ceremony,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 16 1979
December 14th, 1979, Serial No. 00141 Emotions, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Meditation, Oneness, Happiness,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 14 1979
September 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00133 confusion, Hate, Subject-and-Object, Community, Consciousness, Intuition, Beginners,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 05 1979

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