Breath Talks
Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the rhythmical process of moving air into and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.
All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which extracts energy from the reaction of oxygen with molecules derived from food and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Breathing, or external respiration, brings air into the lungs where gas exchange takes place in the alveoli through diffusion. The body's circulatory system transports these gases to and from the cells, where cellular respiration takes place.
The breathing of all vertebrates with lungs consists of repetitive cycles of inhalation and exhalation through a highly branched system of tubes or airways which lead from the nose to the alveoli. The number of respiratory cycles per minute is the breathing or respiratory rate, and is one of the four primary vital signs of life. Under normal conditions the breathing depth and rate is automatically, and unconsciously, controlled by several homeostatic mechanisms which keep the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the arterial blood constant. Keeping the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood unchanged under a wide variety of physiological circumstances, contributes significantly to tight control of the pH of the extracellular fluids (ECF). Over-breathing (hyperventilation) and under-breathing (hypoventilation), which decrease and increase the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide respectively, cause a rise in the pH of ECF in the first case, and a lowering of the pH in the second. Both cause distressing symptoms.
Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by evaporation through panting.
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June 17th, 1971, Serial No. 00251 Lotus Sutra, Happiness, difficulty, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Breath, Lay, realization... |
Jun 17 1971 |
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June 26th, 1971, Serial No. 00253 Impermanence, Attachment, Intention, Ego, stubbornness, Passions, Breath, Happiness,... |
Jun 26 1971 |
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One with EverythingSerial: SR-00208 Zazen Talk Breath, reality, Faith, Truth |
Jul 20 1971 Tassajara |
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Something Which You Cannot Understand sitting, reality, Buddha Nature, Truth, Happiness, Breath, lecture |
Jul 21 1971 Tassajara |
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Virtue of Mountain and RiverDogen, Shobogenzo, First Principle, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Faith, Breath, sitting, Pain,... |
Jul 24 1971 Tassajara |
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Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of DustBlue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,... |
Jul 26 1971 Tassajara |
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To Attain The Perfection Of Human PracticeCeremony, First Principle, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Building, Breath, Evil, Doubt,... |
Jul 30 1971 Tassajara |
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OLD - 1971.08.03-serial.00185Serial: SR-00185 Second part of talk from this date. Describe, Dragons, Breath, Freedom, Death |
Aug 03 1971 |
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On Bodhidharma's Day Nirvana, Dragons, Breath, Ceremony, Enemies, Building, Faith |
Aug 04 1971 Tassajara |
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OLD - 1971.08.04-serial.00120Serial: SR-00120 Second part of talk from this date. Breath, Faith, Discrimination, Culture, Monks, American, reality, Death, Truth... |
Aug 04 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.05-serial.00169Serial: SR-00169 Second part of talk from this date. Duplicate of 00097 Breath, Balance, War, American, Faith, Truth |
Aug 05 1971 |
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Good Confidence In Your PracticeBodhidharma, First Principle, Bell, Wisdom, Breath, Building, American, Faith... |
Aug 05 1971 Tassajara |
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Zen Is Actually, In Short, Maybe, Communication Breath, Interview, Bell, Community, Describe, Wisdom, American, Truth |
Aug 07 1971 Tassajara |
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Questions and AnswersQuestion-and-Answer, Yakusan, Truth, Community, Breath, Anger, Freedom, Faith... |
Aug 08 1971 Tassajara |
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August 14th, 1971, Serial No. 00046 Breath, Buddha Mind, Delusion, Addiction, Concentration, Building |
Aug 14 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.07-serial.00176Serial: SR-00176 First words match 71-08-17 Breath, Death, Faith |
Aug 17 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00085Serial: SR-00085 This is a continuation of 71-08-17, 00177 Death, Greed, Breath, Monks |
Aug 17 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00098Serial: SR-00098 Duplicate of 00177 Big Mind, Breath, Buddha Nature, American |
Aug 17 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00099Serial: SR-00099 The last part of 71-08-17, edited together with 00177 and 00085. Breath, confusion |
Aug 17 1971 |
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Why We Must Have RulesFirst Principle, Family Practice, Big Mind, Bell, Breath, lecture, Sutra, Observe... |
Aug 17 1971 Tassajara |
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September 21st, 1971, Serial No. 00057 Evil, Precepts, Concentration, Mahayana, Breath, Happiness, Hate, Suffering,... |
Sep 21 1971 |
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September 23rd, 1971, Serial No. 00275 Birth-and-Death, Posture, Constancy, Hate, Precepts, Breath, Happiness, Meditation,... |
Sep 23 1971 |
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January 30th, 1972, Serial No. 00191 Breath |
Jan 30 1972 |
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May 9th, 1972, Serial No. 00462 Bodhidharma, Breath, Attachment, Mahayana, Koan |
May 09 1972 |
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May 13th, 1972, Serial No. 00464 Breath, Bodhidharma, Truth, causation, Koan |
May 13 1972 |
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May 17th, 1972, Serial No. 00465 War, Lineage, Peace, Vows, Breath |
May 17 1972 |
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June 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00471 Shikantaza, Buddha Nature, Breath, Karma, Compassion |
Jun 04 1972 |
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June 10th, 1972, Serial No. 00475 Perfect Wisdom, Commitment, Pain, Breath, Bell |
Jun 10 1972 |
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October 1972 talk, Serial No. 00337 Concentration, realization, Hate, Breath, lecture, Patience, Oneness, confusion,... |
Oct 1972 |
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October 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00482 Practice Period, Posture, Breath, Chanting, Bowing |
Oct 06 1972 |
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November 12th, 1972, Serial No. 00350 Attachment, Fasting, Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Funeral, Chanting, Posture, Breath,... |
Nov 12 1972 |
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December 1st, 1972, Serial No. 00498, Side A Breath, Death, Love |
Dec 01 1972 |
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December 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00499, Side A Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Breath, Non-discrimination, Karma |
Dec 04 1972 |
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December 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00358 Birth-and-Death, Patience, Obstacles, Conversation, Beginners, Suffering, Breath,... |
Dec 06 1972 |
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January 18th, 1973, Serial No. 00082 Way-Seeking Mind, Practice Period, Breath |
Jan 18 1973 |
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April 1st, 1973, Serial No. 00301 Silence, Balance, soto, Kinhin, Breath |
Apr 01 1973 |
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June 13th, 1973, Serial No. 00133 Separation, Practice Period, Breath, Describe, training |
Jun 13 1973 |
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October 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00221 Sixth Patriarch, Perfect Wisdom, Breath, Aspects of Practice, Patience |
Oct 21 1973 |
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October 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00650 Perfect Wisdom, Breath, Sixth Patriarch, Patience, Commitment |
Oct 21 1973 |
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December 9th, 1973, Serial No. 00241 Breath, Avalokiteshvara, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Way-Seeking Mind |
Dec 09 1973 |
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January 20th, 1974, Serial No. 00246 Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Breath, Posture, Bodhidharma |
Jan 20 1974 |
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January 28th, 1974, Serial No. 00253 Bodhidharma, Mindfulness, Truth, Mahayana, Breath |
Jan 28 1974 |
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February 5th, 1974, Serial No. 00262 Kinhin, Pain, Aspects of Practice, Community, Breath |
Feb 05 1974 |
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April 1st, 1974, Serial No. 00156 Joshu, Breath, Discrimination |
Apr 01 1974 |
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April 1st, 1974, Serial No. 00263 Joshu, Breath, Discrimination |
Apr 01 1974 |
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June 15th, 1974, Serial No. 00157 Posture, Breath, Sangha, Happiness, Pain |
Jun 15 1974 |
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June 15th, 1974, Serial No. 00506 Posture, Breath, Sangha, Happiness, Pain |
Jun 15 1974 |
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March 1975 talk, Serial No. 01130Serial: NC-01130 Retreat Conference by Abbot Edward McCorkle, OCSO, of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia. Prior Bruno Barnhart makes comments. OCSO, Abbot, Compassion, Patience, Anger, Breath |
Mar 1975 1 of 7 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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June 11th, 1975, Serial No. 00005 Concentration, Pain, Breath, Letting Go, Attachment |
Jun 11 1975 |
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August 30th, 1975, Serial No. 00010 Posture, Concentration, Faith, Chanting, Breath |
Aug 30 1975 |