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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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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00738 Lecture Samadhi, Big Mind, Silence, Bell, Happiness, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death,... |
May 05 1994 San Francisco Zen Center |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00320 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, War, Money, Bell, Commitment, Politics |
Apr 27 1994 34 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00322 Monastic History Class, Congregations OSB Cam, Vow, Enlightenment, Money, Bell |
Apr 20 1994 33 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Buddha's BirthdaySerial: SF-03249 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Offering,... |
Apr 10 1994 Green Gulch Farm |
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This Moment's ActivitySerial: BZ-00108A Sesshin Day 1 Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego,... |
Mar 24 1994 Tassajara |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00351 Monastic History Class, Cistercian Order OSB Cam, Politics, Bell, Buddha, Renewal, Separation |
Mar 23 1994 29 of 35 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Right Effort; Polish the TileSerial: BZ-00964B Lecture Right Effort, Ego, New Year, Four Noble Truths, Bodhidharma, Cultivation,... |
Mar 19 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00350 Monastic History Class, Organizing the Benedictine Order OSB Cam, Money, Politics, Bell, Renewal, Vow |
Mar 17 1994 28 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 Farm |
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Monastic HistorySerial: NC-00347 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, Money, Observe, Mandala, Bell |
Mar 09 1994 25 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-00342 Monastic History Class, Spanish Monasticism OSB Cam, Fasting, Lineage, War, Japan, Bell |
Feb 17 1994 20 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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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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Three Kinds of Pain: Physical, Emotional, ExistentialSerial: BZ-00983A Beginners' Sitting Beginners, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Separation, Culture, Religion,... |
Jan 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Refining Your LifeSerial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Discrimination,... |
Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Do Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture, Tassajara... |
Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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, Non-discrimination, Rinzai, Dragons, Bowing, Bell, American |
Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Cooking: Finding Everyday Enlightenment Bell, Lineage, Silence, Buddha Mind |
Aug 01 1993 |
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Shusho Hossen CeremonySerial: BZ-00671 Ceremony Bodhidharma, Practice Period, Bell, Giving-and-Taking, Renunciation, Ordinary Mind,... |
Jun 15 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Self Esteem, No Self: Personality and EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00663A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Bodhisattva Way, confusion, Bell, Conversation, Vow, Culture... |
Apr 17 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Awakening Through Zen's Living Connection Precepts, Thich Nhat Hanh, Heart Sutra, Bell, Buddha Nature |
Mar 10 1993 |
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Practicing with Flexible Mind within Forms: The Practice of Recovering Zazen MindSerial: BZ-00649A Lecture Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, Diversity, Sangha, Transmission,... |
Feb 27 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Nurturing the Jewel Essence WithinSerial: BZ-00644B Lecture Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-00642B One Day Sitting Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate,... |
Nov 08 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Balance: Relax Your MindSerial: BZ-00639B Lecture Culture, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Gratitude, Bodhidharma, Evil, Concentration, Bell,... |
Oct 10 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sutta Nippatta: Early Teaching of Nonattachment to View, Self; Attentiveness to Actual and IdealSerial: BZ-00634B Lecture Mindfulness, Demons, Nirvana Sutra, Commitment, Liberation, Bell, Nirvana, Posture,... |
Aug 08 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Keeping Your Eyes Open and Staying in the WorldSerial: BZ-00686B Saturday Lecture Emotions, Posture, Separation, Beginners, Sangha, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Mar 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Heart Sutra, EmptinessSerial: BZ-00278 Class 5 of 5 Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva... |
Feb 20 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Precepts and Self/No SelfSerial: BZ-00280 Class 3 of 5 Right Speech, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right... |
Jan 30 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Personal HistorySerial: BZ-00282 Class 1 of 5 Four Noble Truths, Lay, Renunciation, Religion, Lineage, Fasting, Dependent... |
Jan 16 1992 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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All We Have to Do is Wash Our BowlSerial: BZ-00682A Saturday Lecture Bell, Interview, Instruction, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies, Nirvana,... |
Jan 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing Wholeness Through Zen PracticeSerial: RB-00779 Seminar_The_Mystery_of_Unity Practice, Bell, Time |
1992 Berlin |
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Deep Ecology and InterconnectednessSerial: BZ-00705A Lecture Conversation, Intimacy, Interdependence, Culture, American, Ego, Mahayana, Bell,... |
Nov 23 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Words, Harmonious Connections Precepts, Abhidharma, Conversation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bell |
Nov 08 1991 |
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Exacting Practice Silence, Continuous Practice, Bell, War, Peace, Priest, Addiction, Composure,... |
Oct 19 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, BCR-43, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Samsara, Nirvana, Enemies,... |
Jul 14 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen and ExcitementSerial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest... |
Jul 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tara Rinpoche's Memorial Heart Sutra, Bell, Lineage, Vow, Happiness, Impermanence, Mandala, Conversation... |
Jun 30 1991 Green Gulch Farm |
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Finding Home Through Inner Stillness Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
Jun 06 1991 |
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Finding Home in Emptiness Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
May 29 1991 |
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Gatekeeping Illusions: Discovering True Self Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions |
May 29 1991 |
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Paying Attention to Your LifeSerial: BZ-00701B Lecture Ordination, Bowing, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Uchiyama, Priest, Chanting,... |
May 04 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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Heart Sutra: Thoughts on EmptinessSerial: BZ-00264 Class 4 of 4 Heart Sutra, Chanting, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Bell... |
Feb 28 1991 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shuso Way-Seeking Mind TalkSerial: SF-01077 #shuso-talk Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zazen, Conversation, Practice... |
Feb 20 1991 Unknown |
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Still Looking for HomeSerial: BZ-00695B Saturday Lecture Religion, Bell, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Fox, Politics, Interview, Bowing,... |
Nov 17 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Empty Dance of RealitySerial: RB-00692A Seminar Time, Bell, Zazen |
Nov 10 1990 Heidelberg |
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Interconnected Realities: Bridging East and WestSerial: RB-02252 Seminar Time, Bell, Zazen |
Nov 10 1990 |
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Words Beyond Names in ZenSerial: RB-00698B Seminar_The_Heart_and_Mind_Training Buddha, Bell |
May 19 1990 Berlin |
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Zen's Embrace: Language and PresenceSerial: RB-02840 Seminar_Perception_Karma_Consciousness Buddha, Bell |
May 1990 Heidelberg |