Book of Serenity Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
One-day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-01018 Lotus Sutra (Heart Sutra), seals our mind with Buddha's mind, basics of the middle way are covered (in the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings), power of joy and compassion, devotion... Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana, Four Noble...	Fu Schroeder	May 11 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch
February 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00062, Side B uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Dragons,...		Feb 09 2002
August 25th, 2001, Serial No. 00088, Side A Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations, Book of Serenity, Transmission, Dharma...		Aug 25 2001
June 4th, 2001, Serial No. 04344 Book of Serenity, Non-attachment, Samsara, Hongzhi, Attachment		Jun 04 2001
May 22nd, 2001, Serial No. 04347 Buddha's Birthday, Bodhidharma, Fox, Book of Serenity, Sandokai		May 22 2001
Fukanzazengi Class Serial: SF-03652 Monday Class Instruction, Book of Serenity, realization, Mahayana, Posture, Balance, Karma, Faith...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 06 2000 Green Gulch
January Practice Period Class Karmic Consciousness, Heart Sutra, realization, Birth-and-Death, Platform Sutra,...	Daigan Lueck	Jan 11 2000 Green Gulch
November 27th, 1999, Serial No. 00198, Side A Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Big Mind, Book of Serenity, Heart Sutra, Bell, New Year,...		Nov 27 1999
October 10th, 1999, Serial No. 00196, Side B Posture, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Harmonizing, Nirvana, War,...		Oct 10 1999
Wednesday Lecture Study Period, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Enemies,...	Fu Schroeder	Aug 04 1999 Green Gulch
May 22nd, 1999, Serial No. 00076, Side B Birth-and-Death, Sanctuary, Lay Ordination, Ego, Hate, Family Practice, Book of...		May 22 1999
1998.12.16-serial.00058 Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Rohatsu Manjushri, Attachment, Faith, Observe, Separation, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Doubt...	Teah Strozer	Dec 02 1998 City Center
Sunday Lecture Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch
July 11th, 1998, Serial No. 00353, Side A Sanctuary, Chanting, Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Daily Life, Practice Period,...		Jul 11 1998
May 2nd, 1998, Serial No. 00348, Side A Evil, Manjushri, Vow, Lotus Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Practice Period...		May 02 1998
Turning Toward The Dark Serial: SF-03641 Sesshin Lecture: The activity is below the ground - the re-enactment of Buddha's enlightenment story Birth-and-Death, Posture, resistance, Dragons, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch
Blue Cliff Record Class Serial: SF-03092 Case 10 Silence, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Funeral, Book of Serenity,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 21 1997 Green Gulch
What Is The Ember You Carry With You? Serial: SF-00086 One Day Sit Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Non-duality, Fox, Bodhidharma, First Principle,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 27 1997
Dharma As Medicine Serial: SF-03621 Sunday Lecture, children's talk: good medicine (cabin) anything remarkable, beautiful, unique, like a gift from nature that anyone was able to see or feel; in quiet you are... Book of Serenity, Impermanence, Three Treasures, realization, true dharma, Samadhi,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jun 01 1997 Green Gulch
Nansen Cuts the Cat Serial: BZ-00363B Saturday Lecture Nansen, Book of Serenity, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Duality, Precepts...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Just This (Is It): Tozan’s Enlightenment Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Culture, Intuition, resistance, Practice Period...	Peter Overton	Sep 21 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Saturday Lecture Passions, Religion, Light-and-Darkness, Suzuki Roshi, Politics, Platform Sutra, Zazen...	Lou Hartman	Aug 17 1996 City Center
Hongzhi's Practice Instructions Serial: BZ-00810B Emptying Out, Transfer Merit, Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Practice, Merit, Silent Illumination, Instruction, Book of Serenity, Samadhi...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Causes and Conditions Serial: SF-03660 One-day sitting Emptiness, Posture, Book of Serenity, Subject-and-Object, realization, Buddha Nature...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 14 1995 Green Gulch
Bodhidharma Serial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch
Five Attributes of a Teacher Serial: SF-03218 One-day sitting Book of Serenity, Teacher-and-Student, Humility, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 15 1995 Green Gulch
May 22nd, 1995, Serial No. 00141 Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Book of Serenity		May 22 1995
Letting Go of Preconceptions Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...	Myoan Grace Schireson	May 20 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
May 8th, 1995, Serial No. 00120 Letting Go, Kinhin, Book of Serenity		May 08 1995
Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Work Practice Serial: BZ-00761 Class 6 of 10 Intuition, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 1995 6 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Parinirvana and Our Own Death Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana Sutra, Darkness and Light, Light...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Feb 11 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
October 17th, 1994, Serial No. 00086 Intention, Thich Nhat Hanh, resistance, Book of Serenity, Mindfulness		Oct 17 1994
Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-00234 Class 1 of 5 Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, First Principle, Observe, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Poem Serial: BZ-00962B No Gap; Don't Objectify, Saturday Lecture Tozan, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, Book of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Refining Your Life Serial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Sanctuary, Emotions, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #1: Bodhidharma’s Later Years Serial: BZ-00667A Lecture Bodhidharma, Eka, Buddha Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Practice Period,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 29 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #27: Leaves Fall, Body Exposed to the Golden Wind Serial: BZ-00635B Lecture Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition,...	Michael Wenger	Aug 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan, Case #1: Joshu’s Mu and the Importance and Significance of the Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00633A Lecture Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Three Treasures, Book of Serenity,...	Lee DeBarros	Jul 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Book of Serenity, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Patience,...	Yvonne Rand	Jun 07 1992 Green Gulch
Early Zen: Ungan to Tozan Serial: BZ-00604 Class 5 of 6 Heart Sutra, Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Five Ranks, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 02 1992 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Early Zen: Bodhidharma to the Fifth Ancestor Serial: BZ-00602 Class 3 of 6 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 19 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Sandokai; All Equal Serial: BZ-00751B Lecture Instruction, Darkness and Light, Book of Serenity, Right Speech, Precepts,...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Oct 12 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
October 6th, 1990, Serial No. 01479 Silent Illumination, true dharma, Soto Zen, Daily Life, Samadhi, Book of Serenity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 06 1990 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
1990.09.09-serial.00081 Daily Life, Book of Serenity, Thich Nhat Hanh, Funeral	Edward Brown	Sep 09 1990
1990, Serial No. 00131, Side A Ordinary Mind, Abhidharma, Faith, Book of Serenity		1990
The Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-00239 Class 1 of 5 Duality, Intimacy, Ego, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-Object, Non-duality, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	[field_wisdom_date] 1 Berkeley Zen Center
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00049 Evil, training, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Desire	Edward Brown	[field_wisdom_date]

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