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Title	Speaker	Date
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00771 Class 7 of 12 Discrimination, Ego, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Evil, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 2005 7 Tassajara
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00592 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Silence,...	Greg Fain	Feb 22 2005 Tassajara
Breathing In and Breathing Out Serial: SF-00934 One-day sitting lecture: Book of Serenity Case 3, Anapanasati Sutta, Six Subtle Dharma Gates Mindfulness, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 18 2004 Green Gulch Farm
As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #14 Nanchuan Kills the Cat Serial: BZ-01021B Class 4 of 4 Blue Cliff Record, Precepts, Commitment, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Manjushri...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 15 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity: Case #4 Serial: BZ-01254 What Is A Practice Place?, Saturday Lecture SER-4, Sanctuary, Big Mind, Posture, Funeral, Book of Serenity, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
December 9th, 2003, Serial No. 03156 Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 09 2003
Spilling the Water: Equanimity and Balance Serial: BZ-01363 Saturday Lecture Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen, Dharma Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
What are we Looking For? Serial: BZ-01356 Saturday Lecture Silence, Book of Serenity, Ordinary Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...	Lee DeBarros	Sep 06 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity, Case #21: Yun-Yen Sweeps the Ground, One Thing at a Time Serial: BZ-00136B Lecture Practice Period, Hate, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Vow, Culture, Mindfulness,...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	May 24 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Zen: Koans Serial: BZ-00296 Class 3 of 4 Book of Serenity, Silent Illumination, Posture, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,...	Ross Blum and Laurie Senauke	Apr 24 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
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 Farm
Zazen: It’s Good For Nothing, Thief in an Empty Room Serial: BZ-00062B Lecture Uchiyama, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen Mind, Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, Dragons,...	Mary Mocine	Feb 09 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Study as Practice Serial: BZ-00088A Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Transmission,...	Lee DeBarros	Aug 25 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
The Essence of Continuous Practice Book of Serenity, Non-attachment, Samsara, Hongzhi, Attachment		Jun 04 2001
Moonlit Paths to Enlightenment 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 Farm
Blue Cliff Record Case 1: Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Big Mind, Book of Serenity, Heart Sutra, Bell, New Year,...	Richard Haefele	Nov 27 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginners’ Sesshin: Review of Guidelines, Sitting for World Day of Peace, and Lecture Posture, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Harmonizing, Nirvana, War,...	Ross Blum	Oct 10 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Study Period, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Enemies,...	Fu Schroeder	Aug 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Zen and Pschotherapy Birth-and-Death, Sanctuary, Lay Ordination, Ego, Hate, Family Practice, Book of...	Robert Rosenbaum	May 22 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...	Lew Richmond	Dec 16 1998 City Center
Sunday Lecture Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Waking up with Mindfulness Sanctuary, Chanting, Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Daily Life, Practice Period,...	Ross Blum	Jul 11 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Archetypes Evil, Manjushri, Vow, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Priest-and-Lay, Book...	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 02 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
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, Dragons, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm
October 29th, 1997, Serial No. 02882 Instruction, Zazen, Book of Serenity	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 29 1997
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 Farm
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, Samadhi, Dragons,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jun 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm
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, Practice Period, Intimacy,...	Peter Overton	Sep 21 1996 Berkeley Zen 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 Farm
Bodhidharma Serial: SF-03627 Sunday Lecture Forgiveness, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Precepts, Blue...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 01 1995 Green Gulch Farm
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 Farm
May 22nd, 1995, Serial No. 00141 Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, 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
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, 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
Awakening Through Koans: A Journey Serial: RB-00851B Seminar_Lay_Practice_and_Koan_Study Koan, Book of Serenity, Work	Richard Baker	Sep 1993 Roseburg
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
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

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