Concentration Talks
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Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious traditions, the cultivation of Samādhi through various meditation methods is essential for the attainment of spiritual liberation (known variously as nirvana, moksha).
In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In Jain meditation, samadhi is considered one of the last stages of the practice just prior to liberation.
In the oldest Buddhist sutras, on which several contemporary western Theravada teachers rely, it refers to the development of an investigative and luminous mind that is equanimous and mindful. In the yogic traditions and the Buddhist commentarial tradition, on which the Burmese Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest tradition rely, it is interpreted as a meditative absorption or trance attained by the practice of dhyāna.
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December 1st, 1987, Serial No. 01005, Side A Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Liberation, Conversation, confusion, Non-duality, Duality,... |
Dec 01 1987 SFZC |
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Rule of St. BenedictSerial: NC-01063 Rule of St. Benedict lecture series. Chapters 8, 20 and 48. OSB Cam, Balance, lecture, Instruction, Concentration, Enemies |
Dec 1987 4 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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November 30th, 1987, Serial No. 00384 Consciousness, Delusion, Religion, Oneness, Subject-and-Object, Compassion, American... |
Nov 30 1987 |
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Setting The Tone For Practice PeriodPractice Period, Monastic Practice, Conversation, Discrimination, Harmonizing,... |
Oct 16 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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Chanting Chanting, Intuition, Continuous Practice, Concentration, Religion, American |
Jul 17 1987 Green Gulch Farm |
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June 13th, 1987, Serial No. 01006 realization, Lotus Sutra, Discrimination, Bodhisattva Way, Delusion, Conversation,... |
Jun 13 1987 SFZC |
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Making Our Lives Part of PracticeSerial: BZ-00886B Saturday Lecture Practice, Concentration, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Chanting, Continuous Practice,... |
Mar 14 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice Leads Us and We Lead PracticeSerial: BZ-00886A Saturday Lecture Practice, Chanting, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Concentration, Hate, Bowing, Evil, Nirvana... |
Mar 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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No TitleSerial: BZ-00335 Lecture, Sesshin Day 7 Concentration, Equanimity, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Harmonizing, Subject-and-... |
Mar 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm |
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March 4th, 1987, Serial No. 00334Serial: BZ-00334 Sesshin Day 5 Concentration, Doubt, Posture, Equanimity, Mindfulness, Silent Illumination, Nirvana... |
Mar 04 1987 |
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Sesshin Lecture Equanimity, Harmonizing, Fox, New Year, Concentration, Beginners, Cultivation,... |
Mar 03 1987 SFZC |
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March 2nd, 1987, Serial No. 00333, Side ASerial: BZ-00333A Sesshin Day 3 Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Building, Anger, Harmonizing, Commitment,... |
Mar 02 1987 |
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No Title Daily Life, Concentration, Don't Know Mind, training, Continuous Practice,... |
Feb 09 1987 |
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Fundamentals of ZazenSerial: BZ-00885A Saturday Lecture Zazen, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Dream World, Commitment, Enemies,... |
Feb 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice and Activity: Bowing and Work Bowing, Passions, Karma, Right Effort, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Demons,... |
Jan 31 1987 |
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Heart Sutra CommentarySerial: SF-02698 Commercially produced cassette: Parallax Press, PO Box 7355 Berkeley CA 94707 Peace, Evil, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Concentration, Bowing, Enemies, Happiness,... |
1987 Unknown |
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1987, Serial No. 00920OSB Cam, Intention, training, Conversation, Concentration, Enemies |
1987 3-4 of 14 |
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Ignorance Itself is the Immutable Knowledge of the BuddhasSerial: BZ-00894A Lecture Attachment, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Liberation, Lineage,... |
Nov 15 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ConcentrationSerial: BZ-00882B Sesshin Day 1 Concentration, Composure, Samadhi, Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Pure Existence,... |
Aug 30 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Make Your Life More Meaningless Posture, War, Daily Life, Lay, Politics, Commitment, Silence, Concentration,... |
Mar 11 1986 |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00873B Eight Aspects of an Enlightened Person, Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Samadhi, Daily... |
Feb 16 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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1986, Serial No. 00474Serial: NC-00474 Saint John OSB Cam, Balance, Mandala, resistance, Concentration, Forgiveness |
1986 |
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1986, Serial No. 00480Serial: NC-00480 Saint John OSB Cam, Intuition, Concentration, Renunciation, Patience, realization |
1986 |
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Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole MindSerial: BZ-00870A Saturday Lecture Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana... |
Dec 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00166 Monastic Practice, Compassion, Meditation, Commitment, Dragons, Concentration,... |
Dec 08 1985 |
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December 7th, 1985, Serial No. 00364 Emotions, Intention, Posture, Consciousness, Oneness, Ego, Subject-and-Object,... |
Dec 07 1985 |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part IIISerial: BZ-00869B Rohatsu Day 6 Enlightenment, Concentration, Equanimity, Composure, Attachment, Concentration,... |
Dec 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part IISerial: BZ-00869A Second Factor: Investigation, Deep Analysis, Rohatsu Day 5 Enlightenment, Concentration, Posture, stubbornness, Building, Harmonizing,... |
Dec 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part ISerial: BZ-00868B Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4 Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,... |
Dec 04 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Sit SesshinSerial: BZ-00866B Lecture Concentration, Evil, Berkeley Zen Center, Silence, Passions, Four Noble Truths,... |
Nov 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vajrayogini Parts 6, 7, 8 Serial 00094 Concentration, Breath, Two Truths, Balance, Sanctuary, Duality, Hate, Bell |
Oct 26 1985 Parts 6, 7, 8 ff. |
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Investigation and the Five Controlling FacultiesSerial: BZ-00865A Saturday Lecture Concentration, Mindfulness, Doubt, Zazen Mind, Daily Life, resistance, Karma,... |
Oct 19 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Considering the Hindrances and Seeing the DharmasSerial: BZ-00884A Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Hindrances, Study Period, Sixth... |
Sep 21 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Eight Janas and the Origins of ZenSerial: BZ-00429A One-Day Sitting Consciousness, Happiness, Concentration, Pure Existence, Hindrances, zen meditation,... |
Jul 20 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zazen and ShikantazaSerial: BZ-00415B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Shikantaza, zen meditation, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building,... |
Jun 15 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Patience and the ParamitasSerial: BZ-00424A Sesshin Day 2 Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality, Precepts,... |
Mar 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sitting Sesshin as a BeginnerSerial: BZ-00425B Sesshin Day 1 Sesshin, Zazen, Peace, Intuition, Hate, Posture, Anger, Silence, Concentration, Bell... |
Mar 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introductory Sesshin: Zazen QuestionsSerial: BZ-00409B Carrying the Stick, Beginners' Sitting Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Kyosaku, Birth-and-Death, Anger, Harmonizing, Silence... |
Feb 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Serial 00014 Four Noble Truths, Freedom, Concentration, Lay, Six Realms, Precepts, Mahayana,... |
Feb 04 1985 |
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Mindfulness Practice in SesshinSerial: BZ-01523A Vipassana and Samadhi, Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Vipassana, Samadhi, Concentration, Mindfulness, Attachment,... |
Jan 19 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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January 14th, 1985, Serial No. 00168 Concentration, Compassion, Lay, Soto Zen, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind,... |
Jan 14 1985 |
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Interviews with Dezhung Rinpoche, Serial 00010 Subject-and-Object, Culture, Peace, Concentration |
Jan 01 1985 DR69 |
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What's the Use of Sesshin?Serial: BZ-00407A Difficulty and Ease, Rohatsu Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Peace, Daily Life, Doubt, training, Equanimity,... |
Dec 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mind in ZazenSerial: BZ-00405A Rohatsu Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Zazen, Building, Sixth Patriarch, Concentration, Enemies... |
Dec 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara LifeSerial: BZ-00404A Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Nov 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)Serial: BZ-00391B Saturday Lecture Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and... |
Nov 1984 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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MakyoSerial: BZ-00393A Saturday Lecture Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,... |
Sep 15 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, LaitySerial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, training,... |
Aug 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00080 Hate, Renunciation, Culture, Posture, Concentration |
Jul 19 1984 |
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Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00081 Posture, Breath, Concentration, Letting Go, Renunciation, Mahayana, Mindfulness, Non-... |
Jul 17 1984 |