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In psychology, confusion is the quality or emotional state of being bewildered or unclear. The term "acute mental confusion" is often used interchangeably with delirium in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and the Medical Subject Headings publications to describe the pathology. These refer to the loss of orientation, or the ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location and personal identity. Mental confusion is sometimes accompanied by disordered consciousness (the loss of linear thinking) and memory loss (the inability to correctly recall previous events or learn new material).

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The Ultimate transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 1

Samdhinormonchana Sutra (Part VII),
Chapter Three, Afternoon Dharma Talk
Saturday June 14, 2009, P.M.
No Abode

Emptiness, Dharmakaya, Heart Sutra, confusion
Jun 13 2009
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Perfect Effort, Blind Faith

Serial: BZ-02039

Shuso talk

Right Effort, Practice Period, Conversation, Ordinary Mind, Offering, Instruction,...
Jun 06 2009

Class 4 Practice Instructions

Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, Silent Illumination, Emotions, Duality,...
Jun 04 2009

Class 3 And There Was Light

Obstacles, Anger, Happiness, Instruction, Gratitude, Passions, Continuous Practice,...
May 28 2009

Zazen Fukanzazengi

Instruction, Posture, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Dharma Transmission, Composure,...
Mar 01 2009

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor, Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-01450

Rohatsu Day 4

Samadhi, Big Mind, Mahayana, Posture, Ego, Anger, Passions, confusion, American,...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Shifting from Approval to Love

Emotions, Tenzo, Addiction, Lay, confusion
Nov 23 2008

Ordinary Mind is the Way: Mumonkan Case 19

Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Nansen, Joshu, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition,...
Nov 22 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordinary Mind is the Way

Serial: BZ-02003

Mumonkan No. 19, Saturday Lecture

MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition, Gaining Mind, confusion,...
Nov 22 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha Sitting as Us; Us Sitting as Buddha 

Funeral, Emptiness, Mindfulness, Precepts, confusion
Oct 18 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Just This - Dogen's Fukanzazengi: Have Know Kidzendo

Serial: BZ-01161C

Saturday Lecture

Fukanzazengi, Dogen, Duality, Dragons, Posture, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha...
Sep 27 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

September 27th, 2008, Serial No. 01564

Non-duality, Duality, Dragons, Posture, Buddha Nature, confusion, Instruction, Lay,...
Sep 27 2008

Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality 

Mindfulness, confusion, Attachment, Breath
Sep 06 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Zazen Instruction for Zazen Teachers: How to Give Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-01088

Lecture

Posture, Beginners, Hindrances, Observe, Concentration, Instruction, Samsara, Bowing...
Aug 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

What Does money Mean to us, Bring up in us?

Serial: BZ-01147

Saturday lecture

confusion, Separation, Intimacy, Greed, Doubt, Building
Jul 12 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen in Practice Period:

Serial: BZ-01129

Posture, Breath, Mind, One-Day Sitting

Posture, Discrimination, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Duality,...
May 04 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Aging

Serial: BZ-01119

Saturday Lecture

Impermanence, Book of Serenity, Culture, Conversation, Gratitude, Lineage, confusion...
Mar 08 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha’s Paranirvana

Serial: BZ-01114

Sesshin Day 1

Happiness, Evil, Doubt, Liberation, Lay, Nirvana, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...
Feb 16 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

The Shape of Buddhanature: Essence in Form

Serial: BZ-01100

Clarifying Illumination of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 2

Practice, Enlightenment, Humility, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind,...
Dec 03 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

November 17th, 2007, Serial No. 03496

Hate, confusion, Commitment
Nov 17 2007

How Do We Support Our Intention, Moment by Moment?

Serial: BZ-00985

One Day Sitting

Four Noble Truths, Liberation, War, Impermanence, confusion, Nirvana
Jul 14 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

This Is It

Serial: BZ-01436A

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Koan, Karma, Doubt, confusion, Big Mind, Instruction, Religion, Priest,...
May 19 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

The Secrets of the Body

Serial: SF-00993

Sesshin Lecture: great effort, no result; ritual, bowing; Diamond Sutra; boundaries

Right Effort, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Bowing, Bodhisattva Way, Vow, Liberation,...
Apr 04 2007
Green Gulch Farm

Ryokan’s Poetry

Serial: BZ-01413

Teaching Retreat, part 2 of 2

Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Lotus Sutra, Peace, Dragons, Discrimination,...
Jan 20 2007
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice in the New Year: This is It!

Serial: BZ-01411

Saturday Lecture

Practice, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate,...
Jan 13 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Non-Duality, Emptiness, Leaving No Trace

Serial: BZ-01043A

Class 4 of 5

Subject-and-Object, Passions, Skandas, Anger, confusion, Non-duality, Greed, Birth-...
Jun 01 2006
4
Berkeley Zen Center

2006.02.01-serial.00003

Offering, Patience, confusion, Sangha, Precepts, Mindfulness, Beginners, Gratitude,...
Feb 01 2006

Mumonkan: Case #3

Serial: BZ-01194B

Gutei's One Finger, Saturday Lecture

Gutei, MM-3, Renewal, Sanctuary, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Hindrances, confusion, Hate,...
Oct 22 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

May 22nd, 2005, Serial No. 03232

Religion, Offering, confusion
May 22 2005

Intersection of Enlightenment and Delusion (Kid Zendo)

Serial: BZ-01324

Saturday Lecture

Discrimination, Peace, Instruction, American, Anger, Greed, confusion, Religion...
May 21 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

2005.05.08-serial.00184

Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Posture, Observe, Dependent Origination, confusion,...
May 08 2005

On Race

Serial: BZ-00601

Sesshin Day 7

Diversity, Culture, Lay, Discrimination, Hate, Soto Zen, Silence, confusion, Bell,...
Mar 29 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00584

Sesshin day 7

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Zoom, Demons...
Mar 29 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00585

Zendo Lecture

Practice Period, Impermanence, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vow, Bowing...
Mar 21 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Redemptive Surrender: Embodying Christ's Love

Anger, confusion, Repentance
Mar 15 2005
Mt. Saviour Monastery

Expressing Yourself Completely

Serial: BZ-00572

Sesshin Day 5

Silence, Practice Period, Vow, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Bell,...
Feb 24 2005

Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattve; Conclusion

Serial: BZ-01310

Sesshin Day 3

Confession-and-Repentance, Karma, Vow, Non-violence, Priest, Repentance, Gratitude,...
Feb 21 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00774

Class 4 of 12

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion...
Feb 11 2005
4
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Embracing Ordinary: Zen's Path Within

Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Ordinary Mind, confusion, Religion
Jan 30 2005

Everyday Mind as Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Ordinary Mind, confusion, Religion
Jan 30 2005

The Heart Sutra: Gone Beyond

Serial: BZ-01302D

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Demons, Non-duality,...
Jan 22 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00776

Class 2 of 12

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Ego, Oneness, Offering, confusion, Ordinary Mind, Religion,...
Jan 20 2005
2
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

January 20th, 2005, Serial No. 00796

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Oneness, Ego, confusion, Offering, Ordinary Mind, Religion,...
Jan 20 2005

Be the Boss of Everything

Serial: BZ-01299

When Everything Is Contained in Practice, Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Anger, confusion, Posture, Ego, Bodhisattva Way...
Dec 18 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened Person

Serial: BZ-01298

No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Precepts, Right Speech, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Ego...
Dec 11 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01292B

Form and Emptiness; Interdependence, Rohatsu Day 2

Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Interdependence, Teacher-and-Student, Demons,...
Nov 30 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

September 11, 2001 Anniversary; Victims on Both Sides

Serial: BZ-01246

Following in the Steps of the British and Roman Empires, Saturday Lecture

Karma, Karma, American, War, Equanimity, Emotions, Evil, Building, Lineage, confusion...
Sep 11 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Dining Room Lecture

Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,...
Aug 18 2004
Tassajara

Non-Thinking and the Twelve-Fold Chain of Causation

Serial: SF-00968

Sunday Lecture

Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Posture, Peace, Letting Go, Separation,...
Jul 18 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Gakudo Yojin-Shu (last): Practicing Within the Obstructions

Serial: BZ-01270B

Staining, Not Breaking Precepts, Sesshin Day 4

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Hindrances, Precepts, confusion, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,...
Jun 19 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

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