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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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Sesshin Lecture

Harmonizing, Obstacles, Zazen, Bodhidharma, Ego, Posture, Bell, Realization
Aug 11 1997
Green Gulch Farm

An Appropriate Response

Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jul 19 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Oneness,...
Jun 28 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00537

Class 4 of 6

Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Observe, Bell,...
May 29 1997
4
Berkeley Zen Center

May 29th, 1997, Serial No. 01460

Right Speech, Precepts, Attachment, Sixth Patriarch, Conversation, Sangha, Observe,...
May 29 1997

Unveiling Wisdom Within Ourselves

Commitment, Delusion, Ceremony, Chanting, Bell
May 21 1997

Buddha's Birthday

Serial: SF-03098

Sunday Lecture

Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Humility, Chanting, Renewal,...
Apr 06 1997
Green Gulch Farm

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 of Mindfulness,...
Mar 02 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Moment to Moment Awareness

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Chanting, Anger, War, Diversity, Bell, Peace
Feb 22 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Poetry of Enlightenment

Serial: SF-00071

Class

Realization, Emptiness, Dragons, Balance, Bell, Priest, Emotions, Freedom, Doubt...
Feb 04 1997
1

Interdependence/Temple Volunteers

Serial: BZ-00782A

Saturday Lecture

Interdependence, Community, Sangha, Interdependence, Monastic Practice, Dogen,...
Feb 01 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Teresa, The Interior Castle & Our Contemplative Prayer (Part 2) / John of the Cross, The Interior Mountain & Our Contemplative Prayer (Part 1)

Serial: NC-00031

Part of "St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross and Our Vocation to Contemplative Prayer"

3. Teresa, The Interior Castle & Our Contemplative Prayer (Part 2...

OSB Cam, Intimacy, Commitment, Renunciation, Bell
1997
3 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Bound For Glory: Transfiguration Spirituality

Serial: NC-00072

Part of "Bound For Glory: Transfiguration Spirituality"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Letting Go, Breath, Bell, War
1997
2 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

November 24th, 1996, Serial No. 00144

Patience, Passions, Enthusiasm, Non-attachment, Bell
Nov 24 1996

Mindfulness in a Relational World

Serial: RB-00969

Seminar_Profession_and_Vocation

Practice, Time, Bell
Oct 26 1996
Berlin

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...
Oct 19 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Family Practice

Serial: BZ-00791B

Saturday Lecture

Family Practice, Family Practice, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Commitment, Equanimity...
Sep 28 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Tozan’s Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Oneness, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana, Separation,...
Jun 08 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case # 29

Serial: BZ-00802A

Hui Neng "Mind That Moves"; Intentionality, Saturday Lecture

Hui Neng, Intention, MM-29, Bell, Diversity, Silence, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-...
Jun 01 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice of Zazen

Serial: SF-03138

Sunday Lecture

Zazen, Ceremony, Bell, Interview, Greed, Letting Go, Posture, Realization,...
May 26 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Way Seeking Mind

Serial: BZ-00804A

Shuso Talk

Practice Period, War, Impermanence, Happiness, Bell, Conversation, Offering, Posture...
May 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

A Sense of Vision Giving a Sense of Purpose in Life

Serial: SF-03228

Sunday lecture

Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Nirvana, Silence, Peace, Enthusiasm, Bell...
May 05 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Buddha's Birthday

Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Offering, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana,...
Apr 07 1996
Green Gulch Farm

The Angulimala Story

Serial: SF-03226

Sunday Lecture - Children's talk

Enemies, Karma, Letting Go, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Daily Life, Bell,...
Mar 03 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Interview

Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Practice Period, Intuition, Instruction, Emotions, Gratitude,...
Jan 21 1996
Unknown

Mumonkan: Case #15

Serial: BZ-00812A

Tungshan's 60 Blows; Teacher Student Relationship, Saturday Lecture

Dongshan, Teacher-and-Student, MM-15, Bell, causation, Lineage, Interview
Jan 20 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Rite of Passage - Ceremony and Ritual

Serial: BZ-00813A

Saturday Lecture

Ceremony, Family Practice, Karma, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Repentance, Bell,...
Jan 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of Craving

Serial: SF-03231

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Silence, Letting Go, Bell, Happiness, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva...
Nov 19 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Why We Sit in the Morning

Serial: BZ-00819A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Daily Life, Religion, Priest, Separation, American, Bell
Oct 28 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo #1

Serial: BZ-00824A

Sesshin Day 1

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Bell, Religion, Sangha, Anger, Nirvana Sutra,...
Sep 02 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

The Four Vows

Vow, Happiness, Conversation, Interdependence, Commitment, Bell, Mindfulness,...
Aug 26 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Yurt Lecture

Serial: BZ-00747

Lecture

Continuous Practice, Bell, Big Mind, Diversity, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Anger, Heart...
Aug 21 1995

Studying Yourself through Zazen and Oryoki

Serial: SF-03672

One-day sitting

Posture, Forgiveness, Zazen, Bell, Letting Go, Emotions, Rinzai, Offering, Bowing...
Jun 17 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshi

Serial: BZ-00977A

Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, Soto Zen, New Year,...
May 27 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Letting Go of Preconceptions

Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...
May 20 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Shantideva Class

Serial: SF-03200

Practice of Morality/Ethics

Mindfulness, Doubt, Enemies, Emotions, Discrimination, Anger, Don't Know Mind,...
Apr 25 1995
Unknown

Practicing With The Precepts

Serial: SF-00143

Tokubetsu Sesshin

 

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Three Treasures, Transmission, Vow, Silence, Bell,...
Mar 28 1995

Importance of Shikantaza

Serial: SF-03104

Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin

Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, Realization, Soto...
Mar 19 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00764

Class 9 of 10

Anger, Emotions, Happiness, Ego, Karma, Greed, Duality, Enemies, Bell
Mar 16 1995
9
Tassajara

Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Metta Sutta

Serial: BZ-00763

Class 8 of 10

Peace, Equanimity, Forgiveness, Eight Aspects, Continuous Practice, Manjushri,...
Mar 14 1995
8
Tassajara

Zen Mind: From Objects to Essence

Serial: RB-00922

Seminar_Dropping_Body_and_Mind

Practice, Bell, Stillness
Feb 1995
Sinsheim

Finding Space in Your Life: Tassajara Reveries

Serial: BZ-00946B

Lecture

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Study Period, Dependent Origination,...
Jan 28 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi

Serial: BZ-00756

Class 1 of 10

Priest, Soto Zen, Bell, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Precepts, Tassajara Zen...
Jan 16 1995
1
Tassajara

Bendowa III: Falling into Emptiness, Story of Michael

Serial: BZ-00952A

Rohatsu Day 3

Blue Cliff Record, Samadhi, Bell, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Gratitude, Silence, Mahayana...
Dec 06 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #44

Serial: BZ-00954A

Becoming One with the Drum, Saturday Lecture

Oneness, BCR-44, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Concentration, Buddha Mind,...
Nov 19 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Contemplative Prayer: Practice of the Presence of God

Serial: NC-00930

Contemplative Prayer class. Practice of the Presence of God.

Bell, Commitment, Fox, Mindfulness, Mandala
Nov 02 1994
7 of 7
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Sunday Lecture

Ceremony, Practice Period, Four Noble Truths, Funeral, Fox, Bell, Six Realms, Demons...
Oct 30 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Blue Cliff Record: Case #69 Cont.

Serial: BZ-00935A

And Nyogen Senzaki's Commentary, Sesshin Day 3

BCR-69, Building, Lineage, Bell, Soto Zen, Bowing, confusion, Doubt, Rinzai,...
Sep 05 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Touching the Moment of No Time in Our Busy Lives: Constancy, Merging, Vacations

Serial: BZ-00939A

Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Vow, Karma, Obstacles, Sangha,...
Jul 23 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

On Delusion

Serial: BZ-00942A

Lecture

Vow, Silence, Chanting, Passions, confusion, Bell, Mindfulness, Separation, Religion...
Jun 18 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

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