Consciousness Talks
Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debate by philosophers, theologians, and all of science. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness. In some explanations, it is synonymous with the mind, and at other times, an aspect of mind. In the past, it was one's "inner life", the world of introspection, of private thought, imagination and volition. Today, it often includes any kind of cognition, experience, feeling or perception. It may be awareness, awareness of awareness, or self-awareness either continuously changing or not. The disparate range of research, notions and speculations raises a curiosity about whether the right questions are being asked.
Examples of the range of descriptions, definitions or explanations are: ordered distinction between self and environment, simple wakefulness, one's sense of selfhood or soul explored by "looking within"; being a metaphorical "stream" of contents, or being a mental state, mental event, or mental process of the brain.
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March 6th, 1979, Serial No. 00114 Fox, Funeral, realization, Separation, causation, Building, Birth-and-Death,... |
Mar 06 1979 |
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March 6th, 1979, Serial No. 00129 Fox, Funeral, realization, Separation, Consciousness, Birth-and-Death, Rinzai,... |
Mar 06 1979 |
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March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00113 Attachment, Silence, Passions, Breath, Suffering, Consciousness |
Mar 05 1979 |
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March 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00110 Eight Awarenesses, Suffering, Consciousness, Anger, Describe, Humility, Compassion,... |
Mar 02 1979 |
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March 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00111 Concentration, Consciousness, Evil |
Mar 02 1979 |
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March 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00124 Concentration, Evil, Consciousness |
Mar 02 1979 |
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February 27th, 1979, Serial No. 00118 Consciousness, realization, Funeral, Karma, Pain, Bell |
Feb 27 1979 |
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February 26th, 1979, Serial No. 00105 Compassion, Eight Awarenesses, Posture, Consciousness, Balance, Evil, Mahayana,... |
Feb 26 1979 |
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February 26th, 1979, Serial No. 00120 Eight Awarenesses, Compassion, Balance, Posture, Consciousness, Nirvana, Evil,... |
Feb 26 1979 |
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August 31st, 1977, Serial No. 00100 Consciousness, Nirvana, Fox, Continuous, Oneness, Describe |
Aug 31 1977 |
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August 28th, 1977, Serial No. 00096 Compassion, Hate, Politics, Community, Attachment, Suffering, Consciousness, Pain,... |
Aug 28 1977 |
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August 1977 talk, Serial No. 00095 Happiness, realization, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Consciousness, Beginners,... |
Aug 1977 |
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August 27th, 1975, Serial No. 00103 Bell, Subject-and-Object, Concentration, Interdependence, Buddha Nature, Suffering,... |
Aug 27 1975 |
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December 2nd, 1972, Serial No. 00353 Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Consciousness, Posture, realization, lecture, American... |
Dec 02 1972 |
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November 28th, 1972, Serial No. 00351 Consciousness, Attachment, lecture |
Nov 28 1972 |
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November 14th, 1972, Serial No. 00348 Silence, Consciousness, Attachment, Separation, Suffering, Conversation, Emotions,... |
Nov 14 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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November 7th, 1972, Serial No. 00357 Consciousness, Suffering, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, Silence,... |
Nov 07 1972 |
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October 17th, 1972, Serial No. 00342 Ego, Consciousness, training, lecture, Lotus Sutra, confusion, Manjushri, Beginners,... |
Oct 17 1972 |
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April 1972 talk, Serial No. 00240 Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Greed, Liberation, Community, Religion, realization, lecture... |
Apr 1972 |
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April 1972 talk, Serial No. 00268 Interdependence, difficulty, Teacher-and-Student, Dragons, Consciousness, Ego, Evil,... |
Apr 1972 |
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March 1972 talk, Serial No. 00177 Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Emotions, Consciousness, Nirvana, Community, Attachment... |
Mar 1972 |
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1972, Serial No. 00238 Consciousness, Greed, Discrimination, Building, Nirvana, Describe, Community, Buddha... |
Mar 1972 |
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February 1972 talk, Serial No. 00186 Suffering, Ego, Liberation, Continuous, Consciousness |
Feb 1972 |
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November 27th, 1971, Serial No. 00282 Consciousness, Describe, Separation, Buddha Nature, Monastic Practice, Bell,... |
Nov 27 1971 |
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November 25th, 1971, Serial No. 00281 realization, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Describe, Nirvana |
Nov 25 1971 |
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October 1971 talk, Serial No. 00063 Birth-and-Death, Consciousness, difficulty, American, Building |
Oct 1971 |
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October 1971 talk, Serial No. 00310 Birth-and-Death, Consciousness, difficulty, Building, Culture, Religion, American... |
Oct 1971 |
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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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August 13th, 1971, Serial No. 00052 Consciousness, Zendo, Building, Discrimination |
Aug 13 1971 |
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August 10th, 1971, Serial No. 00050 Bell, Posture, Hate, lecture, Addiction, Attachment, Consciousness |
Aug 10 1971 |
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August 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00264 Consciousness, confusion, lecture, Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Discrimination, Evil... |
Aug 03 1971 |
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July 31st, 1971, Serial No. 00263 Consciousness, Evil, Ego, Interdependence, Constancy, Continuous, Instruction,... |
Jul 31 1971 |
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July 24th, 1971, Serial No. 00262 Consciousness, Passions, Religion, Bell, lecture, Ego, Discrimination, confusion,... |
Jul 24 1971 |
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July 20th, 1971, Serial No. 00261 Consciousness, Attachment, Concentration, Composure, confusion, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra... |
Jul 20 1971 |
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July 15th, 1971, Serial No. 00260 American, Karma, Instruction, Consciousness, Culture, Lay, Emotions, Discrimination... |
Jul 15 1971 |
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July 13th, 1971, Serial No. 00265 Consciousness, Attachment, Evil, confusion, American, Passions, Beginners, Ceremony,... |
Jul 13 1971 |
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July 10th, 1971, Serial No. 00259 Consciousness, Offering, Intention, Beginners, difficulty |
Jul 10 1971 |
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June 24th, 1971, Serial No. 00255 Consciousness, Ceremony, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Conversation,... |
Jun 24 1971 |
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May 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00294 Breath, Oneness, training, Right Effort, Echo, Emotions, Discrimination,... |
May 03 1971 |
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April 27th, 1971, Serial No. 00331 Breath, Compassion, Observe, Posture, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Precepts, Silence... |
Apr 27 1971 |
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April 5th, 1971, Serial No. 00325 Happiness, Consciousness, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature, Delusion, stubbornness... |
Apr 05 1971 |
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April 4th, 1971, Serial No. 00324 Breath, difficulty, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, training, Obstacles, Posture,... |
Apr 04 1971 |
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March 30th, 1971, Serial No. 00319 Dragons, Ego, Evil, realization, Consciousness |
Mar 30 1971 |
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December 11th, 1970, Serial No. 00214 confusion, Vows, Sanctuary, Consciousness, Mahayana, causation, Beginners, Silence,... |
Dec 11 1970 |
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July 6th, 1970, Serial No. 00307 Obstacles, Hindrances, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Ego, Delusion, Religion,... |
Jul 06 1970 |
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Buddha Is Always HereSerial: SR-00051 Sandokai Lecture III [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Truth, Compassion,... |
Jun 01 1970 Tassajara |
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March 16th, 1970, Serial No. 00205 Hate, lecture, Consciousness |
Mar 16 1970 |
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The Background of Shikantaza Pain, Observe, Consciousness, Posture, sitting |
Feb 22 1970 City Center |
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Epilogue: Zen MindSerial: SR-00263 American practice different from Japanese practice. Enlightenment experience is beyond good and bad, beyond our usual way of thinking. Big mind is always with you, never... Big Mind, Enlightenment, Passions, Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Consciousness,... |
Nov 16 1969 |