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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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Zen Pathways: Discovering Interconnected Enlightenment

Serial: RB-01644

Sesshin_7

Enlightenment, Bell, Love
Aug 2005
Johanneshof

Present Moment

Serial: BZ-01334

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Gratitude, Book of Serenity, Practice Period, Vow, Lay, Ordination,...
Jul 02 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin: Tips on Serving, Eating, Kinhin, Zazen

Serial: BZ-01329

Sesshin Day 1

Sesshin, Oryoki, Kinhin, Zazen, Instruction, Bell, Posture, Passions, Concentration,...
Jun 22 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindful Connections: Zen Meets Psychotherapy

Serial: RB-01633G

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Time, Practice, Bell
Jun 2005
Kassel

Perceiving Emptiness: Zen's Transformative View

Serial: RB-04042

Talk_Teaching_and_Emptiness

Bell, Emptiness, Impermanence
Jun 2005
Berlin

Cultivating the Heart in Practice

Instruction, Religion, Bell, Chanting
Apr 25 2005

Sincere Engagement in Zen Practice

Dragons, Bell, Instruction, Tenzo, Sangha
Apr 25 2005

On Race

Serial: BZ-00601

Sesshin Day 7

Diversity, Culture, Lay, Discrimination, Hate, Soto Zen, Silence, confusion, Bell,...
Mar 29 2005
Tassajara

Expressing Yourself Completely

Serial: BZ-00572

Sesshin Day 5

Silence, Practice Period, Vow, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Bell,...
Feb 24 2005

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00583

Sesshin Day 4

Karma, Funeral, Death-and-Dying, Global Warming, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Feb 23 2005
Tassajara

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00595

Shuso talk, sesshin 1, day 3

Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Silent...
Jan 27 2005
Tassajara

Zen Life: Intimacy and Freedom

Serial: RB-01637G

Practice-Month_Talks_2

Enlightenment, Bell, Love
2005
Johanneshof

Awakening Through Embodied Presence

Serial: RB-01636B

Practice-Month_Talks_1

Practice, Zazen, Bell
2005
Johanneshof

Zen's Sound: Translating Impermanence

Serial: RB-01636K

Practice-Month_Talks_1

Consciousness, Bell, Practice
2005
Johanneshof

Aspects of Practice: Tozan

Serial: BZ-01028A

Class 2 of 4

Lineage, Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Blue Cliff Record,...
Nov 04 2004
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03554

Dining Room Class 3

Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara, Balance,...
Oct 20 2004
Tassajara

Sitting Under The Rose-Apple Tree

Serial: SF-01016

Sunday Lecture

Balance, Darkness-and-Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 03 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Beyond Consciousness: Intuitive Decision-Making

Serial: RB-04075

Seminar_The_Nature_of_Mind

Consciousness, Work, Bell
Oct 2004
Berlin

Dining Room Lecture

Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,...
Aug 18 2004
Tassajara

July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00101

Doubt, Liberation, Bell, Kinhin
Jul 2004

July 2004 talk, Serial No. 00107

Kinhin, Doubt, Blue Cliff Record, Platform Sutra, Bell
Jul 2004

June 5th, 2004, Serial No. 03194

Intimacy, Mindfulness, Bell
Jun 05 2004

Gateways of Presence and Perception

Serial: RB-02953

Seminar_The_Gate_of_the_Moment

Bell, Zazen, Intention
Jun 2004
Rastenberg

Beyond Boundaries: Zen Perception Unveiled

Serial: RB-02950

Seminar_The_Gate_of_the_Moment

Consciousness, Bell, Buddhism
Jun 2004
Rastenberg

May 30th, 2004, Serial No. 00081

Ordinary Mind, Letting Go, Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Faith
May 30 2004

Wholehearted Living: Zen in Practice

Bell, Dragons, Instruction, Tenzo, Sangha
May 10 2004

Zen Flavors: Crafting Harmony in Cuisine

American, Bell, Observe
May 04 2004

Zen Tastes: A Flavor Journey

American, MM-12, Bell, Observe
May 02 2004

Balancing Flavors in Mindful Cooking

American, Bell, Observe
May 02 2004

Zen Flavors: Mindful Culinary Harmony

American, Renewal, Bell, Observe
May 02 2004

Enlightenment as a Touchstone of Practice

Serial: BZ-01262

Saturday Lecture

Bowing, Practice Position, Lay, Bell, Posture, Attachment, Manjushri, Oneness...
May 01 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Breath Uncovers Mind's Reality

Serial: RB-03752

Seminar_What_Is_Reality?

Bell, Breath, Practice
May 2004
Johanneshof

Minds, Moods, and Interconnected Reality

Serial: RB-03753

Seminar_What_Is_Reality?

Time, Bell, Interdependence
May 2004
Johanneshof

Embracing Impermanence in Every Moment

Serial: RB-03210

Seminar_Buddha-Nature

Practice, Bell, Buddhism
May 2004
München

The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas: A Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01261

Saturday Lecture

Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,...
Apr 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #12 Ruiyan Calls “Master”

Serial: BZ-01020B

Class 3 of 4

Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Mindfulness, Cultivation...
Mar 08 2004
3
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #2 Paichang’s Fox

Serial: BZ-01018A

Class 1 of 4

Fox, Karma, Absolute-and-Relative, causation, Daily Life, Bell, Funeral, Culture,...
Feb 23 2004
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Tasting Life's True Essence

Buddha Nature, Bell, Enthusiasm, Koan
Jan 19 2004

Embrace the Void: Discover Not Knowing

Serial: RB-02827

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Bell, Emptiness, Buddhism
2004

The Power of Ten

Serial: SF-00985

The silence of 'don't know'; outer space Vimalakirti Sutra; radiant vision of alternate universes. Motivation for literary inventiveness - world is not only what we think;...

Vimalakirti, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Mill Valley, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra...
Dec 14 2003
Green Gulch Farm

Sesshin Lecture

Vow, causation, Faith, Six Realms, Passions, Bell, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-...
Dec 06 2003
Green Gulch Farm

Oryoki Instruction

Serial: BZ-01371

Rohatsu Day 2

Oryoki, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Dec 02 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

His Practice as a Wandering Monk: Meeting People

Serial: BZ-01369

Lecture

War, Commitment, Enemies, Bell, Practice Position, Vow, Culture, Peace, Lineage, Evil...
Nov 29 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

On Receiving a Religion

Serial: BZ-01367B

Lecture

Practice Period, First Principle, Separation, Monastic Practice, Bowing, Birth-and-...
Nov 15 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

The Dragon Speaks

Serial: BZ-01366

Lecture

Dragons, Interdependence, Rinzai, Samadhi, Bell, Duality, Vow, Posture, Instruction...
Nov 08 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan (last two weeks of Oct. 2003)

Serial: BZ-01365

The Necessity of both Oneness and Diversity, Saturday Lecture

Oneness, Japan, Fox, Priest, Lay, Soto Zen, Ordination, Diversity, Precepts, Lay...
Nov 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness

Serial: BZ-01362

Saturday Lecture

Posture, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity...
Oct 18 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen and the Self: An Exploration

Serial: RB-01495

Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy

Practice, Bell, Work
Jun 18 2003
Rastenberg

Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00291A

Class 5 of 5

Mindfulness, Concentration, Cultivation, Bell, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations of...
Jun 12 2003
5
Berkeley Zen Center

June 2003 talk, Serial No. 03123

Commitment, Bell, Suzuki Roshi
Jun 2003

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