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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, Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,...	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, Pure Existence, Karma, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Alive or Dead? Serial: SF-01147 Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what... Teacher-and-Student, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Anger, Don't Know Mind,...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 29 2006 Green Gulch Farm
Sutra on Breathing Serial: BZ-01210D One-Day Sitting Breath, Happiness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness,...	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, Instruction,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 19 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
“True Concentration” from Not Always So Serial: BZ-01038A Class 3 of 4 Concentration, Avalokitesvara, Birth-and-Death, Culture, War, Enemies, Intuition,...	Greg Denny	Nov 10 2005 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death Serial: SF-00970 Sunday Lecture - Children's Lecture: children's story - Amos and Boris; response to Hurrican Katrina; Story of king, knowing death is coming; vowing to live for the... Kids' Talk, Birth-and-Death, First Principle, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Lotus...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 04 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Dining Room Lecture Tassajara, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 03 2005 Tassajara
Fall to the Ground, Get Up By the Ground Serial: BZ-00577 Lecture Continuous Practice, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 2005 Tassajara
On Embracing “Total Dynamic Working” Serial: BZ-01337B One day sitting lecture Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Peace, Practice Period, Offering, Buddha Nature, Zoom...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 17 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-00575 Lecture Precepts, Obstacles, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2005 Tassajara
Reflections on My Life Serial: BZ-01335 76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	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, Freedom, Dogen, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Letting Go,...	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, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2005 5 Berkeley Zen Center
June 16th, 2005, Serial No. 01551 Offering, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Nirvana,...		Jun 16 2005
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01033A Class 3 of 5 Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Impermanence,...	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 26 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Delusion and Ignorance Serial: BZ-01323 Saturday Lecture Delusion, Ignorance, Happiness, Greed, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Wheel of Birth and Death Serial: SF-00969 Sunday Lecture: Children's stories: earth moving around the sun is one year; "stone soup"; thinking and not thinking; Tibetan wheel of birth and death - six realms, twelve-fold... Peace, Dependent Origination, Six Realms, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Liberation,...	Fu Schroeder	Apr 10 2005 Green Gulch Farm
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 Pure Existence, Practice Position, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, 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, Evil, Nirvana, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 2005 10 Tassajara
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00769 Class 9 of 12 Ego, Discrimination, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Karma, Eight Aspects, Gaining Mind...	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, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,...	Raul Denkei 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
Removing Signs Class 7 Part 2 Q&A Serial: RA-00279 1-18-05 Class 7 part 2 Q&A GGF Tenshin Rishi Anderson Jan. P.P. Q&A It is possible to know and percieve a mental object without a... Birth-and-Death, Duality, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Interdependence, Enthusiasm, Silence, Doubt...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 18 2005 Class 7 Part 2 Green Gulch Farm
Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel Serial: RA-00255 Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi Green Gulch Farm Sunday Talk, January 9, 2005 3 Turnings of the Dharma Wheel -Children... Japan, Study Period, Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Dependent...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 09 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Tranquility Serial: RA-00393 1/7/06 Roshi Jan. Int. Class 1 How is everything going?/How to paint a bird Shamatha and Vipashyanain Sand. Sutra Ch.8 Shmantaza is perfect umon of both... Silence, Passions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Composure, Commitment, Breath, Fasting, Practice...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 07 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Expounding Mind and Expounding Nature Serial: RA-00395 Expounding MInd and Expounding Nature Mazo's "Mind is Buddha" and Exponding Nature Dongshan's "Expounding Mind and Expounding Nature... Four Noble Truths, Cultivation, Book of Serenity, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Perfect Wisdom,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 11 2004 Day 6 Green Gulch Farm
The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened Person Serial: BZ-01298 No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Precepts, Right Speech, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01296 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01293 Duality, Nonduality, Rohatsu Day 3 Heart Sutra, Duality, Non-duality, Duality, Intuition, Non-duality, Oneness, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01292B Form and Emptiness; Interdependence, Rohatsu Day 2 Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Interdependence, Teacher-and-Student, Demons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 30 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01291D Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Dependent Origination, Impermanence, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Remembrances of Suzuki-rôshi Serial: BZ-01289A Addressing One's Buddhanature, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Composure, Buddha Mind, Lineage, Birth-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of practice: Huineng, 6th Ancestor Serial: BZ-01027A Class 1 of 4 Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Dharma...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 28 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Motivations For Practice Serial: SF-00928 Sunday Lecture: 1- rare to be born as human; 2 - impermanence of life; 3 - the effect of actions; 4 - suffering of cyclical existence. What is the practice? Letting go of fear... Liberation, Impermanence, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Balance, Enthusiasm...	Kokyo Henkel	Oct 17 2004 Green Gulch Farm
October 16th, 2004, Serial No. 01284 Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma, Subject-and-Object,...		Oct 16 2004
Heaven and Hell and Nirvana Serial: BZ-01566 Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Six Realms, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Impermanence, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in Daily Life Serial: BZ-01280C Integrating the Spiritual and the Mundane, Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Renewal, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 25 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Bravo’s Death Serial: BZ-01245 Sesshin Lecture Big Mind, Practice Period, Monkey Mind, Renewal, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
September 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01575 Big Mind, Practice Period, Monkey Mind, Renewal, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen...		Sep 06 2004
Eight Awakenings Serial: SF-03589 Zendo Lecture Mindfulness, Greed, Attachment, Daily Life, Right Speech, Posture, Precepts, Don...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 16 2004 Tassajara
Shikantaza Practice (from "Not Always So") Serial: BZ-01275B Exhaling, Letting Go, Impermanence, One-Day Sitting Shikantaza, Impermanence, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Continuous Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 11 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Gakudo Yojunshi, Point #8 Serial: BZ-01268 Moving and Stillness, Sesshin Day 2 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Stillness, Dream World, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center

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