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Birth-and-Death Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: Dao Wu’s Condolence Call; the Great Matter, a Natural Koan Serial: BZ-01115 Sesshin day 2 Birth-and-Death, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Impermanence, Funeral, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 17 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #63 Serial: BZ-01113 Nansen Kills the Cat, Saturday Lecture Nansen, BCR-63, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Buddha Nature, Forgiveness, Vimalakirti,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Kindness, Difficulty, and Illumination Serial: BZ-01102B Rohatsu Day 4 Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Hindrances, Nirvana, Hate, War	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Dec 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
The Shape of Buddhanature: Essence in Form Serial: BZ-01100 Clarifying Illumination of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 2 Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Cultivation, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Bodies of Buddha Serial: BZ-01098 Saturday Lecture Trikaya, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Manjushri, Continuous Practice, Dragons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00995 Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Birth-and-Death, Chanting, Lay Practice, Continuous Practice, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2007 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and... Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Nirvana, Patience, Samsara	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 10 2007 The Yoga Room
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01440 Tanka's "Have You Eaten Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 BCR-76, Birth-and-Death, Light-and-Darkness, Lay Practice, Karma, Teacher-and-Student...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: What is Buddhist Faith Serial: BZ-01057A Class 5 of 5 Karma, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2007 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing in the Body Serial: BZ-01437D Saturday Lecture Manjushri, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Bowing, Birth...	Robert Rosenbaum	May 26 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Factors of Zazen Serial: BZ-01431 One-Day Sitting Zazen, Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Emotions, Samadhi, Posture, Rinzai...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: BZ-01429 (and songs sung by the children), Saturday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Buddha's Birthday,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Eight Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01418 Commentary by Deshimaru from "Ring of the Way", Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Deshimaru, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the New Year: This is It! Serial: BZ-01411 Saturday Lecture New Year, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Hate, Ordinary Mind, Posture, Priest, Soto Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #10 Serial: BZ-01384 "You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2 BCR-10, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Loving Everyone — The Metta Sutra; Kid Zendo and Also Reflecting on the Death of John King Serial: BZ-01179 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Gratitude, Duality	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 19 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What is a Cookie? Kid Zendo; Confection Serial: BZ-01173 Saturday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Family Practice, Composure, Concentration, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Chain of Dependant Co-arising; Mahayana View of Cessation Serial: BZ-01044A Class 5 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life, Samsara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 08 2006 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Non-Duality, Emptiness, Leaving No Trace Serial: BZ-01043A Class 4 of 5 Subject-and-Object, Skandhas, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Duality, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 2006 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Worldly Life and Pure Practice Serial: BZ-01237 Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Doubt, Interview, Precepts	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: 18 Emptinesses; Continuous Existence Serial: BZ-01042A Class 3 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Emotions, Forgiveness, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 25 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence and Action of Prajna Serial: BZ-01235 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Hui-neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01040A Class 1 of 5 Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Mahayana, Daily Life, Manjushri, Birth-and-Death, Four...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 2006 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Doors of Liberation Serial: BZ-01228 Emptiness, Signlessness, Aimlessness, One-Day Sitting Liberation, Emptiness, Non-discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Great Matter Serial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Conversation, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 11 2006 City Center
Buddha's Paranirvana Serial: BZ-01216B Birth, Death, Nirvana, Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Big Mind, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Encouragement for Upcoming Sesshin Serial: BZ-01215 Thoughts on his early days, Saturday Lecture Sesshin, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Sutra on Breathing Serial: BZ-01210D One-Day Sitting Happiness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Pointing at the Ground Serial: BZ-01207 Indra's Planting a Blade of Grass, Saturday Lecture SER-4, Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Sangha, Buddha's Birthday,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhanature Is Light Serial: BZ-01206 Komyozo Zammai; Dogen and Keizan, Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha Nature, Dogen, Keizan, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
From Not Always So: “Be Kind to Yourself” Serial: BZ-01199 One Day Sitting Platform Sutra, Manjushri, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Intimacy, Birth-and-Death...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 19 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
“True Concentration” from Not Always So Serial: BZ-01038A Class 3 of 4 Avalokitesvara, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Concentration, War	Greg Denny	Nov 10 2005 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Fall to the Ground, Get Up By the Ground Serial: BZ-00577 Lecture Continuous Practice, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 2005 Tassajara
On Embracing “Total Dynamic Working” Serial: BZ-01337B One day sitting lecture Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Zoom, Concentration,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 17 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-00575 Lecture Precepts, Obstacles, Tassajara, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Duality, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2005 Tassajara
Reflections on My Life Serial: BZ-01335 76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Causation, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Buddha teaches liberation; methods of liberation; birth and death is itself nirvana. Birth-and-Death, Dogen, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Samsara, Ceremony,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 25 2005
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01332 Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01035A Class 5 of 5 Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara, Priest, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2005 5 Berkeley Zen Center
June 16th, 2005, Serial No. 01551 Birth-and-Death, Tassajara, Equanimity, Nirvana		Jun 16 2005
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01033A Class 3 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Impermanence, Hui...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 2005 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01032A Class 2 of 5 Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi, Doubt...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 26 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Delusion and Ignorance Serial: BZ-01323 Saturday Lecture Delusion, Ignorance, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Ego, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Nirvana, the Waterfall Serial: BZ-00597 Sesshin Day 2 Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2005
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00767 Class 11 of 12 Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 2005 11 Tassajara
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00768 Class 10 of 12 Subject-and-Object, Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 2005 10 Tassajara
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00769 Class 9 of 12 Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Eight Aspects, Gaining Mind, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 06 2005 9 Tassajara
Heart Sutra: Emptiness Described Through the Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01312C Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Interdependence, Ego, Nirvana,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Mar 05 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza: Calm Mind Serial: BZ-00570 Sesshin Day 1 Shikantaza, Birth-and-Death, Posture, Silent Illumination, Bowing, Big Mind, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2005 Tassajara
Introduction to Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00567 Class 2 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Birth-and-Death,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 31 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center

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