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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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Serial: BZ-00738

Lecture

Samadhi, Big Mind, Silence, Bell, Happiness, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death,...
May 05 1994
San Francisco Zen Center

Monastic History

Serial: NC-00320

Monastic History Class

OSB Cam, War, Money, Bell, Commitment, Politics
Apr 27 1994
34 of 34
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Monastic History

Serial: NC-00322

Monastic History Class, Congregations

OSB Cam, Vow, Enlightenment, Money, Bell
Apr 20 1994
33 of 34
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Buddha's Birthday

Serial: SF-03249

Sunday Lecture

Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Offering,...
Apr 10 1994
Green Gulch Farm

This Moment's Activity

Serial: BZ-00108A

Sesshin Day 1

Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego,...
Mar 24 1994
Tassajara

Monastic History

Serial: NC-00351

Monastic History Class, Cistercian Order

OSB Cam, Politics, Bell, Buddha, Renewal, Separation
Mar 23 1994
29 of 35
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Right Effort; Polish the Tile

Serial: BZ-00964B

Lecture 

Right Effort, Ego, New Year, Four Noble Truths, Bodhidharma, Cultivation,...
Mar 19 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Monastic History

Serial: 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

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-03675

Includes Q&A and discussion

Big Mind, Emptiness, Bell, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Instruction, Zazen,...
Mar 13 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Monastic History

Serial: NC-00347

Monastic History Class

OSB Cam, Money, Observe, Mandala, Bell
Mar 09 1994
25 of 34
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Monastic History

Serial: 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

Monastic History

Serial: NC-00342

Monastic History Class, Spanish Monasticism

OSB Cam, Fasting, Lineage, War, Japan, Bell
Feb 17 1994
20 of 34
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Monastic History

Serial: NC-00341

Monastic History Class, Monastic Rules

OSB Cam, Bell, Demons, Renewal
Feb 16 1994
19 of 34
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Three Kinds of Pain: Physical, Emotional, Existential

Serial: BZ-00983A

Beginners' Sitting

Beginners, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Separation, Culture, Religion,...
Jan 09 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Refining Your Life

Serial: BZ-01497A

Rohatsu Day 3

Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Discrimination,...
Dec 01 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

How to Do Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-00629A

Sesshin Day 3

Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture, Tassajara...
Sep 06 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Obaku's Address to the Monks

Serial: 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

Zen Cooking: Finding Everyday Enlightenment

Bell, Lineage, Silence, Buddha Mind
Aug 01 1993

Shusho Hossen Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00671

Ceremony

Bodhidharma, Practice Period, Bell, Giving-and-Taking, Renunciation, Ordinary Mind,...
Jun 15 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Self Esteem, No Self: Personality and Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00663A

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Bodhisattva Way, confusion, Bell, Conversation, Vow, Culture...
Apr 17 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Awakening Through Zen's Living Connection

Precepts, Thich Nhat Hanh, Heart Sutra, Bell, Buddha Nature
Mar 10 1993

Practicing with Flexible Mind within Forms: The Practice of Recovering Zazen Mind

Serial: BZ-00649A

Lecture

Family Practice, Don't Know Mind, Fasting, Diversity, Sangha, Transmission,...
Feb 27 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Nurturing the Jewel Essence Within

Serial: BZ-00644B

Lecture

Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 28 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00642B

One Day Sitting

Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vow, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate,...
Nov 08 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Balance: Relax Your Mind

Serial: BZ-00639B

Lecture

Culture, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Gratitude, Bodhidharma, Evil, Concentration, Bell,...
Oct 10 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Sutta Nippatta: Early Teaching of Nonattachment to View, Self; Attentiveness to Actual and Ideal

Serial: BZ-00634B

Lecture

Mindfulness, Demons, Nirvana Sutra, Commitment, Liberation, Bell, Nirvana, Posture,...
Aug 08 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Keeping Your Eyes Open and Staying in the World

Serial: BZ-00686B

Saturday Lecture

Emotions, Posture, Separation, Beginners, Sangha, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...
Mar 07 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism: Heart Sutra, Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00278

Class 5 of 5

Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Bell, Practice Period, Chanting, Bodhisattva...
Feb 20 1992
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism: Precepts and Self/No Self

Serial: BZ-00280

Class 3 of 5

Right Speech, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right...
Jan 30 1992
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism: Personal History

Serial: BZ-00282

Class 1 of 5

Four Noble Truths, Lay, Renunciation, Religion, Lineage, Fasting, Dependent...
Jan 16 1992
1
Berkeley Zen Center

All We Have to Do is Wash Our Bowl

Serial: BZ-00682A

Saturday Lecture

Bell, Interview, Instruction, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Jan 04 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing Wholeness Through Zen Practice

Serial: RB-00779

Seminar_The_Mystery_of_Unity

Practice, Bell, Time
1992
Berlin

Deep Ecology and Interconnectedness

Serial: BZ-00705A

Lecture

Conversation, Intimacy, Interdependence, Culture, American, Ego, Mahayana, Bell,...
Nov 23 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Words, Harmonious Connections

Precepts, Abhidharma, Conversation, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bell
Nov 08 1991

Exacting Practice

Silence, Continuous Practice, Bell, War, Peace, Priest, Addiction, Composure,...
Oct 19 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #43

Serial: 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

Zen and Excitement

Serial: BZ-00968B

Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest...
Jul 06 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Tara Rinpoche's Memorial

Heart Sutra, Bell, Lineage, Vow, Happiness, Impermanence, Mandala, Conversation...
Jun 30 1991
Green Gulch Farm

Finding Home Through Inner Stillness

Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions
Jun 06 1991

Finding Home in Emptiness

Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions
May 29 1991

Gatekeeping Illusions: Discovering True Self

Bell, Observe, Heart Sutra, Sutra, Emotions
May 29 1991

Paying Attention to Your Life

Serial: BZ-00701B

Lecture

Ordination, Bowing, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lineage, Uchiyama, Priest, Chanting,...
May 04 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Guidelines

Serial: 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

Heart Sutra: Thoughts on Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00264

Class 4 of 4

Heart Sutra, Chanting, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Subject-and-Object, Evil, Bell...
Feb 28 1991
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Shuso Way-Seeking Mind Talk

Serial: SF-01077

#shuso-talk

Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zazen, Conversation, Practice...
Feb 20 1991
Unknown

Still Looking for Home

Serial: BZ-00695B

Saturday Lecture

Religion, Bell, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Fox, Politics, Interview, Bowing,...
Nov 17 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

The Empty Dance of Reality

Serial: RB-00692A

Seminar

Time, Bell, Zazen
Nov 10 1990
Heidelberg

Interconnected Realities: Bridging East and West

Serial: RB-02252

Seminar

Time, Bell, Zazen
Nov 10 1990

Words Beyond Names in Zen

Serial: RB-00698B

Seminar_The_Heart_and_Mind_Training

Buddha, Bell
May 19 1990
Berlin

Zen's Embrace: Language and Presence

Serial: RB-02840

Seminar_Perception_Karma_Consciousness

Buddha, Bell
May 1990
Heidelberg

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