Bell Talks
A bell 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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Tokusan Brings His BowlsSerial: BZ-00377B Sesshin Day 4 Tokusan, Bell, Monastic Practice, Dragons, Lineage, Peace, Anger |
Jun 24 1989 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1989.07.23-serial.00082 Obstacles, Anger, Doubt, Enemies, Dana, Emotions, Observe, Bell, Vows, Instruction... |
Jul 23 1989 |
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Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, stubbornness, Bodhisattva Way, Cultivation, Enemies, Fox, Equanimity,... |
Nov 12 1989 Green Gulch |
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February 17th, 1990, Serial No. 00498, Side B Mill Valley, Bell, Practice Period, Conversation, Priest, Karma, Discrimination,... |
Feb 17 1990 |
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February 17th, 1990, Serial No. 00072, Side A Concentration, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Avalokiteshvara, Bell |
Feb 17 1990 |
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February 17th, 1990, Serial No. 00134, Side A Concentration, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Avalokiteshvara, Bell |
Feb 17 1990 |
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Every Day is a Good DaySerial: BZ-00510A Saturday Lecture Bell, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Diversity, Rinzai,... |
Mar 18 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 17th, 1990, Serial No. 00695, Side B Religion, Bell, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Fox, Politics, Interview, Bowing,... |
Nov 17 1990 |
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Arbor DaySerial: SF-01050 Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Passions, Renewal, Peace, Bell, Right Effort, Describe, Birth-and-... |
Feb 1991 Green Gulch |
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Shuso Way-Seeking Mind TalkSerial: SF-01077 #shuso-talk Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Tassajara, zen meditation, Zazen, Conversation, Practice... |
Feb 20 1991 Unknown |
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February 28th, 1991, Serial No. 00264 Heart Sutra, Chanting, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Bell... |
Feb 28 1991 |
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Dogen's GuidelinesSerial: BZ-00691B No Gaining Idea, Discernment, Sesshin Day 2 Gaining Mind, Shingi, Bell, Don't Know Mind, Gaining Mind, Buddha Nature,... |
Mar 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Form and Inanimate Objects Teaching the DharmaSerial: SF-00947 Sesshin Day 2 #shuso-talk Ceremony, Bowing, Ordination, Bell, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, soto, Concentration, Lineage... |
Apr 11 1991 Unknown |
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May 4th, 1991, Serial No. 00701, Side B Ordination, Bowing, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lineage, uchiyama, Priest, Chanting,... |
May 04 1991 |
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1991.05.29-serial.00097 Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
May 29 1991 |
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1991.05.29-serial.00098 Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
May 29 1991 |
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1991.06.06-serial.00099 Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
Jun 06 1991 |
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Tara Rinpoche's Memorial Heart Sutra, Bell, Lineage, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Happiness, training, Impermanence... |
Jun 30 1991 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen and ExcitementSerial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara, Priest, Attachment,... |
Jul 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #43Serial: BZ-00970A Tozan's "Neither Hot Nor Cold", One-Day Sitting Tozan Ryokai, BCR-43, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Samsara, Nirvana, training,... |
Jul 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 19th, 1991, Serial No. 00702, Side A Silence, Continuous, Describe, Bell, War, Peace, Priest, Addiction, Composure,... |
Oct 19 1991 |
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1991.11.08-serial.00302 Precepts, Abhidharma, Conversation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bell |
Nov 08 1991 |
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November 23rd, 1991, Serial No. 00705, Side A Conversation, Intimacy, Interdependence, Culture, American, training, Ego, Mahayana,... |
Nov 23 1991 |
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All We Have to Do is Wash Our BowlSerial: BZ-00682A Saturday Lecture Bell, Interview, Instruction, training, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies,... |
Jan 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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January 16th, 1992, Serial No. 00282 Four Noble Truths, Lay, Renunciation, Religion, Lineage, Fasting, Dependent... |
Jan 16 1992 |
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January 30th, 1992, Serial No. 00280 Right Speech, Four Foundations, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right Effort, Karma,... |
Jan 30 1992 |
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February 20th, 1992, Serial No. 00278 Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva... |
Feb 20 1992 |
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March 7th, 1992, Serial No. 00686, Side B Emotions, Berkeley Zen Center, Posture, Describe, Separation, Beginners, Sangha,... |
Mar 07 1992 |
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July 25th, 1992, Serial No. 00110Serial: BZ-00110 One-Day Sitting Intuition, Big Mind, Ordinary Mind, Bell, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Buddha... |
Jul 25 1992 Unknown Location |
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August 8th, 1992, Serial No. 00634, Side B Mindfulness, Demons, Nirvana Sutra, Commitment, Liberation, Bell, Nirvana, Posture,... |
Aug 08 1992 |
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October 10th, 1992, Serial No. 00639, Side B Culture, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Echo, Gratitude, Bodhidharma, Evil, Concentration,... |
Oct 10 1992 |
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November 8th, 1992, Serial No. 00642, Side B Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vows, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate... |
Nov 08 1992 |
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November 28th, 1992, Serial No. 00644, Side B Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara, Zoom,... |
Nov 28 1992 |
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February 27th, 1993, Serial No. 00649, Side A Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, training, Diversity, Echo, Sangha,... |
Feb 27 1993 |
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1993.03.10-serial.00113 Precepts, Thich Nhat Hanh, Heart Sutra, Bell, Buddha Nature |
Mar 10 1993 |
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April 17th, 1993, Serial No. 00663, Side A Teacher-and-Student, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Vow, Observe, confusion, Bell,... |
Apr 17 1993 |
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Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Bowing, Avalokiteshvara, Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Duality... |
May 08 1993 City Center |
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June 15th, 1993, Serial No. 00671 Bodhidharma, Practice Period, Bell, Giving-and-Taking, Renunciation, Ordinary Mind,... |
Jun 15 1993 |
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1993.08.01-serial.00272 Bell, zen meditation, Lineage, Silence, Buddha Mind |
Aug 01 1993 |
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Obaku's Address to the MonksSerial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 Obaku, Koan, training, Non-discrimination, Rinzai, Dragons, Bowing, Bell, American... |
Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Do Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, training, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture,... |
Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 9th, 1993, Serial No. 02688 Freedom, Rumi, Instruction, Zazen, Doubt, Religion, Sanctuary, Funeral, Passions,... |
Oct 09 1993 Unknown |
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Refining Your LifeSerial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, soto, Discrimination,... |
Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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January 9th, 1994, Serial No. 00983, Side A Beginners, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Separation, Culture, Religion,... |
Jan 09 1994 |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00341 Monastic History Class, Monastic Rules OSB Cam, Bell, Demons, Renewal |
Feb 16 1994 19 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00342 Monastic History Class, Spanish Monasticism OSB Cam, Fasting, Lineage, War, japanese, Bell |
Feb 17 1994 20 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00343 Monastic History Class, finish Spanish Monasticism, begin Anglo-Saxon Monasticism OSB Cam, Chanting, Politics, Bell, Patience, Money |
Feb 23 1994 21 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00347 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, Money, Observe, Mandala, resistance, Bell |
Mar 09 1994 25 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-03675 Includes Q&A and discussion Big Mind, Emptiness, Bell, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Instruction, Zazen,... |
Mar 13 1994 Green Gulch |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00350 Monastic History Class, Organizing the Benedictine Order OSB Cam, Money, Politics, Bell, Renewal, Vows |
Mar 17 1994 28 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |