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Conversation Talks
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Continuous PracticeSerial: BZ-02044 Shuso talk Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Intimacy, Happiness, Passions,... |
Jun 19 2009 |
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Perfect Effort, Blind FaithSerial: BZ-02039 Shuso talk Right Effort, Practice Period, Conversation, Ordinary Mind, Offering, Instruction,... |
Jun 06 2009 |
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Class 2 Komyo Divine Light Bell, Building, Conversation, Current Events, Discrimination, Dragons, Silent... |
May 21 2009 |
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Threading the Eye of the NeedleSerial: BZ-02029 Shuso talk Bell, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Funeral, Passions, Patience, Practice Period,... |
May 11 2009 |
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Who is That One?Serial: BZ-02028 Shakyamuni and Maitreya are servants of That One, One-Day Sitting Non-duality, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, MM-45, Big Mind, Practice Period... |
May 09 2009 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Being with the conditions we find ourselves in: Meeting the Tassajara fire: Serial No. 01159Serial: BZ-01159 Saturday talk Tassajara, Enemies, Building, Anger, Impermanence, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,... |
Sep 20 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Buddha Way is Ongoing Crisis Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Letting Go, Conversation, Buddha Mind |
Aug 16 2008 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Conversation, Community, War, Bodhisattva Precepts |
Aug 12 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #53Serial: BZ-01143 Hyakujo's Wild Duck, Sesshin Day 5 Hyakujo, BCR-53, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature, Ordinary Mind, Daily Life,... |
Jun 22 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Judging Habit MindSerial: BZ-01126 Saturday lecture Karma, Right Speech, Soto Zen, Conversation, Culture, Peace, Cultivation, Silence... |
Apr 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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AgingSerial: BZ-01119 Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Book of Serenity, Culture, Conversation, Gratitude, Lineage, confusion... |
Mar 08 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha’s ParanirvanaSerial: BZ-01114 Sesshin Day 1 Happiness, Evil, Doubt, Liberation, Lay, Nirvana, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,... |
Feb 16 2008 Berkeley Zen Center |
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RyokanSerial: BZ-01111 Teaching Retreat part 2 of 2 Offering, Silence, New Year, Hate, Passions, Separation, Conversation, Peace,... |
Jan 26 2008 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Balancing the Spiritual and Material Wheels:Serial: BZ-01001 The Protests in Burma, Saturday Lecture Balance, Politics, Burma, Chanting, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Fundraising,... |
Sep 29 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Multi-TaskingSerial: BZ-01000 Women's Sitting Attachment, Concentration, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Daily Life, Don't... |
Sep 23 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Liberating Your HandsRumi, Health, Zazen, Letting Go, Ceremony, Freedom, Conversation |
Apr 15 2007 |
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Sesshin as a Koan for the BodySerial: SF-00990 Sesshin Lecture: Easter/Buddha's Birthday; enlightenment experiences; dharmakaya; not doing anything; nirmanakaya; this is your life Sesshin, Enlightenment, San Quentin, Zazen, Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death,... |
Apr 08 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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Contemplation in Action, Leaving the Zendo: What do You do? Everything is to Build CompassionSerial: BZ-01425 Saturday Lecture Demons, Happiness, Daily Life, Anger, Priest, Greed, Passions, Evil, Conversation,... |
Mar 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horseSerial: BZ-01423 Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,... |
Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ethics in our SanghaSerial: BZ-01417 Monday Morning Talk Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara, Conversation,... |
Feb 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dealing With Mistakes: Rice and Sand— Working with our “Sandy” PathSerial: BZ-01409 Saturday Lecture Buddha Mind, Building, Conversation, Instruction, Intuition, Karma, Practice Period,... |
Dec 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo FormsSerial: BZ-01407 Serving, Mokugyo, Chanting, Rohatsu Day 7 Meal Serving, Chanting, Mokugyo, Instruction, Doanryo, Bell, Bowing, Building,... |
Dec 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eventual Transition of AbbacySerial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,... |
Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Right SpeechSerial: SF-00037 The eight-fold path and its relationship to the precepts. Ummon, Koan, Right Speech, Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Buddha... |
Sep 16 2006 |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John KingSerial: BZ-01178 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara, Practice Period, Anger, Ego, Patience... |
Aug 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What Does It Mean to Practice Prajna Paramita?Serial: BZ-01167 Sesshin Day 2 Heart Sutra, Religion, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Non-duality,... |
Jun 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shobogenzo: Practice and Enlightenment Go TogetherSerial: BZ-01221 One Day Sitting Gaining Mind, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Separation, Non-duality,... |
Mar 11 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Great MatterSerial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Conversation, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra,... |
Mar 11 2006 City Center |
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When Things Go WrongSerial: BZ-01212 Saturday Lecture Bell, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Five Ranks, Hate, Light-and-Darkness, Non-... |
Jan 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Whispers of Compassionate Conversations Conversation, Four Noble Truths, Letting Go, Silence |
Jan 20 2006 |
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Transcending Stories: Conversations for Compassion Conversation, Four Noble Truths, Letting Go, Silence |
Jan 20 2006 |
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Crisis Conversations Cultivating Enlightenment Conversation, Dragons, Transmission, Religion, Attachment |
Jan 08 2006 Part 1 |
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Crisis: A Spiritual Turning PointSpiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of... Conversation, Faith, Transmission, Priest, War |
Jan 08 2006 Part 1 Green Gulch Farm |
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“Not Always So” from Not Always SoSerial: BZ-01037A Class 2 of 4 Conversation, Vow, Precepts, Zoom, Beginners, Composure, Enemies, Evil, Tassajara,... |
Nov 03 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Changing Our Karma Karma, Offering, Conversation, Vow, Politics, Happiness, Hate, Duality, Culture,... |
Oct 29 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 29th, 2005, Serial No. 01196 Karma, Offering, Conversation, Vow, Politics, Happiness, Duality, Culture, Priest... |
Oct 29 2005 |
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Saving Sentient Beings of Your Own MindSerial: BZ-01191 Review of Sojun's List of Mental Formations, Saturday Lecture Gaining Mind, Anger, Buddha Nature, Building, Conversation, Emotions, Forgiveness,... |
Oct 01 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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IntuitionSerial: BZ-01185 Sesshin Day 1 Intuition, Body-and-Mind, Intuition, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Commitment,... |
Sep 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Trip to Japan: Jizos for PeaceSerial: BZ-01343 Saturday Lecture Peace, War, Vow, Six Realms, Avalokitesvara, Bell, Soto Zen, Chanting, Conversation,... |
Aug 27 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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CommunicationSerial: BZ-01341 Saturday Lecture Silence, Right Speech, Culture, Conversation, Intimacy, Observe, Passions,... |
Aug 13 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Making MistakesSerial: BZ-01339C Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sangha, Conversation, Precepts |
Jul 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-01331 Sesshin Day 3 Bodhidharma, Constancy, Conversation, Hate, Interdependence, War |
Jun 24 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dropping Body and MindSerial: BZ-01326 Saturday Lecture Conversation, Culture, Ego, Intuition, Practice Period, Separation |
Jun 04 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing Zen: Beyond Duality and Attachment Bodhidharma, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Soto Zen |
May 11 2005 |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00584 Sesshin day 7 Tassajara, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Zoom, Demons, Hindrances,... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara |
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Way seeking Mind, Part 4Serial: BZ-01571 Part 4, first half Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Humility, Passions, Transmission, War... |
Mar 15 2005 1 Tassajara |
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Embracing Dissonance in Zen Unfolding Book of Serenity, Soto Zen, difficulty, Conversation, Heart Sutra |
Mar 07 2005 |
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Shamatha and Vipashyana, Alaya, Cognition-Only, Non-ThinkingSerial: RA-00296 All entries with this date are the same talk Conversation, Continuous Practice, Practice Period, Book of Serenity, Breath... |
Jan 24 2005 Green Gulch Farm |
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Shamatha and Vipashyana, Alaya, Cognition-Only, Non-ThinkingSerial: RA-00259 All entries with this date are the same talk Conversation, Zazen, Continuous Practice, Practice Period, Book of Serenity |
Jan 24 2005 Green Gulch Farm |
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Shamatha and Vipashyana, Alaya, Cognition-Only, Non-ThinkingSerial: RA-00268 All entries with this date are the same talk Conversation, Continuous Practice, Book of Serenity, Letting Go |
Jan 24 2005 Green Gulch Farm |