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Chanting Talks

A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the Late Middle Ages, some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).

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Zen Buzz Words

Chanting, Intimacy, Teacher-and-Student
Feb 20 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Harmony: Meditation, Music, Mantra

Mantra, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Chanting, Zazen, Soto Zen, Bell, Bowing...
May 03 1987
Green Gulch Farm

Unexpected Enlightenment in Zen Journeys

Buddha Nature, Culture, Chanting, Nirvana, Lineage
Mar 17 1987

Making Our Lives Part of Practice

Serial: BZ-00886B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Concentration, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Chanting, Continuous Practice,...
Mar 14 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice Leads Us and We Lead Practice

Serial: BZ-00886A

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Bowing, Chanting, Concentration, Ego, Evil, Hate, Nirvana, Offering, Vow...
Mar 07 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

February 28th, 1987, Serial No. 00718

Serial: BZ-00718

Sesshin

Posture, Beginners, Building, Instruction, Humility, Bowing, Chanting, Separation...
Feb 28 1987

What is Zen Spirit?

Beginners, Bowing, Chanting, Culture, Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Intuition...
May 10 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity: Forms of Zen

Serial: BZ-00875A

Saturday Lecture

No-Self, Bell, Bowing, Chanting, Ego, Heart Sutra, Renunciation, Right Effort, Silent...
Apr 19 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest Practice/Lay Practice: Zen Community as a Mandala

Serial: BZ-00872A

Saturday Lecture

Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Birth-and-Death, Chanting, Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Priest-...
Feb 08 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Thoughts on Christmas and New Year: Gaining Mind

Serial: BZ-00870B

Saturday Lecture

Gaining Mind, Gaining Mind, New Year, Ego, Buddha Nature, Karma, Vow, Chanting,...
Dec 21 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Beyond Knowing: Zen's Experiential Wisdom

Consciousness, Ego, Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object,...
Dec 06 1985

Illuminating Beyond Dualistic Knowing

Consciousness, Ego, Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Delusion, Samadhi...
Dec 06 1985

Patience and the Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00424A

Sesshin Day 2

Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality, Precepts,...
Mar 17 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-01523B

Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Offering, War...
Jan 26 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

What Shall We Do in the New Year? (discussion) Psychology/Women's Practice

Serial: BZ-00408B

Saturday Lecture

New Year, Psychology, Women's Practice, Mindfulness, New Year, Beginners,...
Dec 22 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)

Serial: BZ-00391B

Lecture

Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and...
Nov 01 1984
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00389B

Lecture

Chanting, Instruction, Mahayana, Priest, Religion, Rinzai, Transmission, War...
Jul 20 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Difficulties in Daily Life Practice

Serial: BZ-00390B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,...
Jul 07 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Finding Joy in Lowered Standards

Vow, Chanting, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daily Life, Heart Sutra
Jun 15 1984

On the Death of Soen Nakagawa Roshi

Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Buddha's Birthday, Diversity, New Year,...
Apr 21 1984

How to Talk about Practice: Story of the Birds Nest Monk

Serial: BZ-00433B

Lecture

Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara, Building...
Apr 01 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Development of American Buddhism: Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC

Serial: BZ-00422A

Saturday Lecture

Buddhism, Philip Kapleau, Culture, Building, Daily Life, Tassajara, Diversity,...
Feb 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Talk to Community

Serial: NC-00449

This is a repeat of NC 00594

OSB Cam, Balance, Buddhism, Chanting, Discrimination
Sep 12 1983
3 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Talk to Community

OSB Cam, Balance, Buddhism, Chanting, Discrimination
Sep 12 1983
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Mumonkan: Case #46

Serial: BZ-00397B

Saturday Lecture

MM-46, Continuous Practice, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Lay, Chanting, Lay...
Jul 09 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Meal Chants

Serial: BZ-00002A

Saturday Lecture

Instruction, Chanting, Practice, Delusion, Work
May 07 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Shakuhachi Blowing

Serial: BZ-00047

Music

Bell, Rinzai, Dragons, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Happiness, Evil, War, Peace...
Nov 28 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukudo Lesson

Serial: BZ-00012A

Instruction

Instruction, Doanryo, Chanting, Intuition, Interview, Happiness, Bell, Vow
Apr 01 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Christian Doctrine of New Creation and Contemporary Science

Serial: NC-00591

Fr Bede is a guest speaker at a conference. Begins with chanting.

OSB Cam, Breath, Buddha, Causation, Chanting, Separation
1982

How to Sit Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00022A

Rohatsu Day 5

Zazen, Effort, Chanting, Emotions, Building, Anger, Conversation, Religion, Doubt...
Dec 1981
Part 1 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

The Three Treasures

Serial: BZ-00023

Saturday Lecture

Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Chanting, Daily Life, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana,...
Nov 14 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

Poetry, Love, and Spiritual Rebellion

Emptiness, Conversation, Addiction, Commitment, Balance, Chanting, Ordinary Mind, Lay...
Sep 28 1981

The Stages of Practice I

Serial: BZ-00024A

One-Day Sitting

Study Period, Heart Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt...
Mar 28 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063

Beginners, Bowing, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Daily Life, Doubt, Heart Sutra, Posture,...
Mar 28 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

Ngon Dro, chanting only, Serial 00052

Monks, Chanting, Peace, Enemies, Passions
Mar 09 1980
Side 3
New York City

Blooming in Mindful Presence

Mindfulness, Samadhi, Obstacles, Chanting, Enemies, Balance, Bell, Nirvana, Emotions...
Mar 07 1979

Five Masters in the Kamakura Period

Lotus Sutra, Faith, Chanting, Evil, Vow, Precepts, Ceremony, Demons, Sangha, Lineage...
Mar 03 1978
Tassajara

Awakening Through Sound and Self-lessness

Serial: SF-00130

Changes that occur during practice period; sutra story of monk retrieving his mother from hell; composing concrete music;

Practice Period, Ceremony, Mahayana, Nirvana, Karma, Manjushri, Addiction, Samsara,...
Dec 10 1975

Attachment to Form: Positive and Negative

Practice, Chanting, Tassajara
Oct 25 1974
City Center

Shikantaza: The Path to Enlightenment

Attachment, Fasting, Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Funeral, Chanting, Posture, Breath,...
Nov 12 1972

Embracing Stillness: Zen's Triple Refuge

Patience, Realization, Pain, Three Treasures, Suffering, Enemies, Hate, Chanting,...
Aug 08 1972

Timeless Essence of Zen Practice

Conversation, Soto Zen, Religion, Constancy, Building, Funeral, Fox, Chanting, Bell...
Apr 1972

Sitting Beyond Thought: Embodying Truth

Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Emotions, Intention, Mahayana, Realization,...
Feb 25 1972

Allen Ginsberg and Musicians

Serial: SF-00107

Musical event

Instruction, Chanting, Karma, Vow, Obstacles, Attachment, Greed, Passions, Offering...
Feb 22 1972
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City Center

Gyoji: The Heartbeat of Zen Practice

Bell, Ceremony, Chanting, Concentration, Discrimination, Liberation, Nirvana, Oneness...
Feb 08 1972

Seeing Through the Buddha's Eye

Attachment, Buddha Mind, Ceremony, Chanting, Discrimination, Gratitude, Observe,...
Dec 1971

Embracing Flow: Zen's Middle Way

Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Chanting, Composure, confusion, Delusion, Diversity, Soto...
Sep 28 1971

From Osaka Roots to Zen Wisdom

Ceremony, Chanting, Compassion, Conversation, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student,...
Apr 11 1971

Kashaya: Trust and Existence Unveiled

Fasting, Chanting, Vow, Precepts, difficulty, Hate, Separation, Culture, Lay,...
Sep 22 1970

Zen Harmony: Beyond Rituals

Bowing, Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Chanting, Culture, Emotions, Lay, Oneness, Posture...
Sep 13 1970

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