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Zen Meditation on the Great Flower Adornment Scripture, Class 3

In this series of meetings, we will study and see how Zen is the key unlocking the innumerable meanings of this oceanic scripture. We will also explore how the sutra opens and illuminates our simple...

YRB-2023-Fall, Letting Go, Enlightenment, Lotus Sutra, Faith, Darkness-and-Light...
Oct 17 2023
3 of 8
The Yoga Room

Introducing Flower Adornment Book Two

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Koun Ejô, Bodhisattva Way, Gratitude,...
Jul 15 2023
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation on Our Original Nature, Class 8

In this series of gatherings we will explore and perhaps realize our original nature, and how to apply such a discovery to all of our daily activities. 

YRB-2023-Spring, Original Nature, Sangha, Zazen, Gratitude, Darkness-and-Light...
May 09 2023
8 of 8
The Yoga Room

Master Ummon's Everybody has Their Own Light

Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Duality, Demons, Concentration...
Aug 03 2019

Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition

Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness,...
Apr 13 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

What Do We Call the World, and the Vast, Living Underworld

Serial: TL-00571

ADZG Monday Night,
Sesshin Talk

Duality, Darkness-and-Light, Intention, Bodhisattva Precepts
Dec 10 2018
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Winter Solstice Poetry and Dr. King's Interconnectedness

Serial: TL-00501

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Darkness-and-Light, Letting Go, Balance, New Year, Priest
Dec 24 2017
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Let Go, Accept Your Function, and Mutually Respond

Serial: TL-00462

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Darkness-and-Light, Practice Period, Mandala
May 07 2017
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Yunmen's Medicine and Sickness Heal Each Other

Serial: BZ-02469

Class Blue Cliff Record 67

 

BCR-67, Cultivation, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-...
Mar 28 2016

Performance of the Undivided Mind

Serial: TL-00386

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Evil, Darkness-and-Light, Chanting, Buddha Mind, Desire
Sep 20 2015
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

What Is Acceptance

Forgiveness, Two Truths, Dependent Origination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Darkness-and-...
Aug 08 2015

Everyone Has a Light

Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Oneness, Practice Period, Passions, Four Noble Truths,...
Nov 15 2014

Dogen's Uji: Being Time

Big Mind, Doubt, Discrimination, Darkness-and-Light, Demons, Continuous Practice,...
Feb 23 2014

Samadhi

Serial: BZ-02304

Shikantaza, Saturday Lecture

Samadhi, Suzuki Roshi, Vairochana Buddha, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Darkness-and-Light,...
Apr 20 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture One

Serial: BZ-02291

Part 1 of 4

Composure, Discrimination, Branching Streams, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness...
Feb 16 2013
1

A Candle in the Dark

Practice Position, Darkness-and-Light, Five Ranks, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Commitment...
Nov 24 2012

Memory, Forgetfulness, and Big Mind

Serial: TL-00234

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Big Mind, Darkness-and-Light, Harmonizing, Oneness
Jun 05 2011
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Reality Revealed in the Workplace

Serial: BZ-02104

Shuso talk

Birth-and-Death, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Silence, Liberation,...
Jun 12 2010

More Light

Ordinary Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness-and-Light, Transmission, Practice Period...
May 23 2009

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem in Section on Prayana

Serial: BZ-01452

Rohatsu, Day 7, side A

Darkness-and-Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Commentary on Poem in Section on Prajna

Serial: BZ-02010

Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7

Hui Neng, Darkness-and-Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Preparing for the New Year: Zazen, Vows, Resolutions (Kid Zendo)

Serial: BZ-01106

Saturday Lecture

New Year, Happiness, Vow, Don't Know Mind, Heart Sutra, Darkness-and-Light,...
Dec 15 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Silent Illumination and the Upright Cauldron

Serial: TL-00171

ADZG Three Day Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Hongzhi, Darkness-and-Light, Silent Illumination
Jun 16 2007
Cenacle Chicago

Nothing Outside of Practice

Serial: BZ-01420

"Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2

Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness-and-Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting,...
Feb 18 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #10

Serial: BZ-01384

"You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2

BCR-10, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily...
Sep 03 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00050, Side B

Silent Illumination, Letting Go, Hongzhi, Jukai, Darkness-and-Light
Mar 2006

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light"

Serial: BZ-01205

Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5

Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...
Dec 02 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Pai Chang

Serial: BZ-01197

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Way, Darkness-and-Light, Evil, Mahayana, Practice Period, Duality,...
Nov 05 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Sitting Under The Rose-Apple Tree

Serial: SF-01016

Sunday Lecture

Balance, Darkness-and-Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 03 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Master Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00153B

Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha...
Jul 13 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00486

Class 4 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness-and-Light, Six...
Nov 30 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-...
May 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Surangama Sutra Class

Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Ceremony, Birth-and-Death, Ordination,...
May 02 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161A

Light and Darkness, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness-and-...
Apr 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00207B

Some personal comments, Sesshin Day 3

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Branching Streams, Darkness-and-...
Mar 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00202B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Anger, Duality, Branching Streams, Composure, Happiness...
Jan 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546

Serial: BZ-01546

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Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination,...
Nov 04 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 6 of 8

Serial: BZ-00929

Fall practice period

Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-...
Nov 04 1999
6 of 8
Berkeley Zen Center

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...
Sep 23 1999

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541

Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...
Sep 23 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, Class 1 of 8

Serial: BZ-01008A

Fall practice period 1999

class 1 of 8

 

Hokyo Zanmai, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Sep 23 1999
1

Master Hongzi's Practice Instruction

Serial: BZ-00073A

One-Day Sitting

Hongzhi, Practice, Attachment, Darkness-and-Light, Silent Illumination, Light-and-...
Apr 18 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Five Ranks And The Bricks

Serial: BZ-00071B

Saturday Lecture

Tozan, Five Ranks, Five Ranks, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Evil,...
Apr 03 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Commitment, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature,...
Aug 30 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Knowing, Not Knowing, Nonknowing

Culture, Ego, American, Building, Religion, Darkness-and-Light, Bodhidharma, Duality...
Jan 24 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Life of Buddha

Serial: BZ-00846

Class 5 of 6

Evil, Four Noble Truths, Sangha, Lay, Darkness-and-Light, Non-violence, Religion,...
Apr 10 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai

Serial: SF-03106

Sunday Lecture

Manjushri, Samadhi, Oneness, confusion, Darkness-and-Light, Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy...
Dec 01 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Sandokai Class

Oneness, Darkness-and-Light, Practice Period, Separation, Karma, Emptiness, Politics...
Nov 13 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Sandokai Class

Discrimination, Oneness, Darkness-and-Light, Letting Go, Branching Streams,...
Nov 05 1996
Green Gulch Farm

September 1995 talk, Serial No. 00076

Intention, Continuous Practice, Baso, Darkness-and-Light, Nirvana
Sep 1995

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