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A bell /ˈbɛl/ () is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an internal "clapper" or "uvula", an external hammer, or—in small bells—by a small loose sphere enclosed within the body of the bell (jingle bell).
Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its resonant properties, but can also be made from other hard materials. This depends on the function. Some small bells such as ornamental bells or cowbells can be made from cast or pressed metal, glass or ceramic, but large bells such as a church, clock and tower bells are normally cast from bell metal.
Bells intended to be heard over a wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable, to a musical ensemble such as an English ring of bells, a carillon or a Russian zvon which are tuned to a common scale and installed in a bell tower. Many public or institutional buildings house bells, most commonly as clock bells to sound the hours and quarters.
Historically, bells have been associated with religious rites, and are still used to call communities together for religious services. Later, bells were made to commemorate important events or people and have been associated with the concepts of peace and freedom. The study of bells is called campanology.
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Embodying the Lotus Sutra Intimacy, Bell, Separation |
Apr 10 2008 |
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Embodying the Lotus Sutra Lotus Sutra, Bell, Discrimination, Observe, Evil |
Apr 03 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Embodying the Lotus Sutra Lotus Sutra, Bell, Discrimination |
Apr 03 2008 |
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AgingSerial: BZ-01119 Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Book of Serenity, Culture, Conversation, Gratitude, Lineage, confusion... |
Mar 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Listening to A Story, Quiet Enought to Hear Own Thoughts (Kid Zendo)Serial: BZ-01109B Saturday lecture Bell, Daily Life, Hate, Culture, Emotions, Ego, Impermanence, Liberation, Silence,... |
Jan 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Priest Meeting Ceremony, Book of Serenity, Bell |
Dec 10 2007 |
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Can I Trust This Practice? What Else is There?Serial: BZ-01104B Rohatsu Day 6 Renunciation, Monastic Practice, Book of Serenity, Peace, Bell, War, Ego, Greed,... |
Dec 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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True Humility and Buddha's PracticeSerial: BZ-01101 Bare Attention and Not Anticipating, Rohatsu Day 3 Practice, Shikantaza, Humility, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Anger... |
Dec 04 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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BCR: Case #75: "Ukyû's Unfair Blows"Serial: BZ-00990 Kid Zendo, Saturday Lecture Ukyu, BCR-75, Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Bell,... |
Aug 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva VowDuring this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Nirvana, Harmonizing, Lotus Sutra, Bell, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Desire... |
Jul 17 2007 The Yoga Room |
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Responding Authentically: Zen in ActionSerial: RB-01657F Seminar_Dogen_Statements_with Norman Fisher Bell, Work, Practice |
Jul 2007 Johanneshof |
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With No Path, Go DarkSerial: BZ-01442 Sesshin Day 3 Doubt, Evil, Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Bell, Lay, Humility... |
Jun 22 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Minds: Navigating Consciousness and SufferingSerial: RB-01656E Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Consciousness, Bell, Practice |
Jun 2007 Rastenberg |
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Sandokai, Branching Streams Flow in the Dark: Dark and Light, The Function of Dark is LightSerial: BZ-01434 Saturday Lecture Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Duality, Priest... |
May 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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OpennessSerial: NC-00769 Retreat Conference OSB Cam, Openness, Enemies, Pain, Sanctuary, Bell, Concentration |
May 2007 Part 3 (of 5) New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Sojun Gives Chanting InstructionSerial: BZ-01051 Class Chanting, Bell, Hate |
Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo FormsSerial: BZ-01407 Serving, Mokugyo, Chanting, Rohatsu Day 7 Meal Serving, Chanting, Mokugyo, Instruction, Doanryo, New Year, Bowing, Chanting,... |
Dec 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Commentary on "Find Out For Yourself"Serial: BZ-01406 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha, Suzuki Roshi, Intuition, Daily Life, Instruction, Bell, Don't Know Mind... |
Dec 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-01404 Rohatsu Day 4 Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Dependent Origination, Nirvana, Concentration,... |
Nov 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and IntoxicationSerial: BZ-01049A Class 3 of 3 Precepts, Chanting, Branching Streams, Vow, Observe, Bell, Monastic Practice, Karma,... |
Nov 09 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sojun Gives Doan and Kokyo Training: Chanting and BellsSerial: BZ-01046 Class Bell, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, Sangha, Bowing,... |
Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Intention Unveiled: The Heart of Zen Bell, Lovingkindness, Dogen |
Oct 08 2006 |
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Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo)Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission... |
Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Stopping and ListeningSerial: SF-00945 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: Baby beluga; why are you here?; Dogen's Three Minds: joyful mind, kind mind, big mind; mother's love as essence of spirituality (... Tenzo Kyokun, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Gratitude, Hate, Suzuki Roshi... |
Sep 03 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Teachers and StudentsHakuin, Suzuki Roshi, Cooking, Bell, Way-Seeking Mind, Silence, Demons |
Aug 27 2006 |
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Loving Everyone — The Metta Sutra; Kid Zendo and Also Reflecting on the Death of John KingSerial: BZ-01179 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Bell, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Vow, Addiction, Gratitude, Duality,... |
Aug 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Parenting as ShikantazaSerial: BZ-01169B Sesshin Day 4 Four Noble Truths, Passions, Bell, Lay, Attachment, Interdependence, Enemies, Culture... |
Jun 17 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Engaging Life's Details MindfullySerial: RB-03108 Seminar_Heartfelt_Desire Time, Bell, Practice |
Jun 2006 Rastenberg |
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Mindful Teaching: Embracing Inner Calm Bell, Thich Nhat Hanh, Yaoshan, Emptiness, Silence |
Apr 24 2006 |
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Bodhidharma as Mother: What do You Love More than Your Own EaseSerial: BZ-01313D Saturday Lecture Bodhidharma, Practice Position, Silent Illumination, Lineage, Bell, American... |
Mar 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Great MatterSerial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,... |
Mar 11 2006 City Center |
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The Water of LifeKids' Talk, Rumi, Personality Types, Enemies, Dragons, Silence, Bell |
Mar 05 2006 |
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Practice PeriodSerial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Dongshan, Dogen, Rumi, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara Zen... |
Feb 19 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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Alive or Dead?Serial: SF-01147 Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what... Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind,... |
Jan 29 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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When Things Go WrongSerial: BZ-01212 Saturday Lecture Light-and-Darkness, Right Speech, Five Ranks, Non-duality, Samadhi, Continuous... |
Jan 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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BellsSerial: BZ-01211 Saturday Lecture Bell, Bell, Chanting, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva... |
Jan 21 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Crisis: A Spiritual Turning PointSpiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of... Transmission, Intuition, Emotions, Bell, Continuous Practice |
Jan 08 2006 Part 2 Green Gulch Farm |
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Resuming Big MindSerial: BZ-01202 Sesshin Practice, Rohatsu Day 2 Sesshin, Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Pure Existence, Posture, Buddha Mind, Mindfulness,... |
Nov 29 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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“Calmness of Mind” from Not Always SoSerial: BZ-01039A Class 4 of 4 Anger, Attachment, American, Ego, Interview, Chanting, Concentration, Bell, Offering... |
Nov 17 2005 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Settling Into Monastic Practice TogetherPractice Period, Shingi, Monastic Practice, Sangha, Global Warming, Buddha Ancestors... |
Oct 02 2005 Tassajara |
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Book of Serenity Case #7: On Thinking “Inside the Box”Serial: BZ-01187 Saturday Lecture Bowing, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Fox, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Sep 10 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unveiling Zen: Beyond Dualistic ThoughtSerial: RB-01645G Seminar_Living_Original_Mind Bell, Silence, Buddhism |
Sep 2005 Oldenburg |
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Floating through Perception's LensSerial: RB-01646F Seminar_Somatic_Space Bell, Breath, Consciousness |
Sep 2005 Johanneshof |
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Trip to Japan: Jizos for PeaceSerial: BZ-01343 Saturday Lecture Peace, War, Vow, Six Realms, Avalokiteshvara, Bell, Soto Zen, Chanting, Conversation... |
Aug 27 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan Case #9: Wash Your Bowls—ZBA Zen Business Associates Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Humility, Intimacy, Greed, Culture... |
Aug 06 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Pathways: Discovering Interconnected EnlightenmentSerial: RB-01644 Sesshin_7 Enlightenment, Bell, Love |
Aug 2005 Johanneshof |
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Present MomentSerial: BZ-01334 Saturday Lecture Concentration, Gratitude, Book of Serenity, Practice Period, Vow, Lay, Ordination,... |
Jul 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin: Tips on Serving, Eating, Kinhin, ZazenSerial: BZ-01329 Sesshin Day 1 Sesshin, Oryoki, Kinhin, Zazen, Instruction, Bell, Posture, Passions, Concentration,... |
Jun 22 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Perceiving Emptiness: Zen's Transformative ViewSerial: RB-04042 Talk_Teaching_and_Emptiness Bell, Emptiness, Impermanence |
Jun 2005 Berlin |
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Mindful Connections: Zen Meets PsychotherapySerial: RB-01633G Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Time, Practice, Bell |
Jun 2005 Kassel |