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Zazen Forms and Impermanence

Emotions, Bowing, Attachment, Daily Life, Describe
Jul 31 2021

Guidance or Control

Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier

Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Describe, Transmission, Zendo, American, Patience...
Feb 03 2018
PM
No Abode Hermitage

ClayTalkMay2018

Blue Cliff Record, Building, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Lineage, Sangha, Gratitude,...
2018

2015.08.20-serial.00155

Duality, Subject-and-Object, Non-duality, Lineage, soto, Describe, Rinzai, Silence,...
Aug 20 2015

The Work of Going Beyond Buddha

Realization in the body
Going Beyond Buddha
Sept 2013 PM No Abode

Observe, Koan, Mill Valley, Zazen, Describe
Sep 21 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

2012.08.01-serial.00144

Bodhidharma, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Ego,...
Aug 01 2012

2012.07.30-serial.00141

Four Noble Truths, Anger, Vows, Subject-and-Object, Samsara, Dependent Origination,...
Jul 30 2012

Who Am I?

Serial: BZ-02195

Abhidharma, Saturday Lecture

Who Are You? "Don't know" mind.

 

Skandas, Bodhidharma, Big Mind, Karma, Bodhidharma, Discrimination, Buddha Mind,...
Jul 30 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

2010.08.12-serial.00134

Breath, Bell, Interview, Repentance, Religion, Attachment, Describe, Precepts...
Aug 12 2010

2010.08.11-serial.00133

Passions, Buddha Nature, Fundraising, Breath, Interview, Emotions, Instruction,...
Aug 11 2010

2010.08.10-serial.00130

Posture, Liberation, Dragons, Impermanence, Enemies, Bodhidharma, Emotions, Describe...
Aug 10 2010

2010.08.08-serial.00127

Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Enemies, Funeral, Silence, Ego, confusion, Describe,...
Aug 08 2010

2010.07.10-serial.00227

Serial: EB-00227

Zen practice is doing what is expected whether you want to or not; learning to be in touch with our wounds.

Freedom, Intimacy, Doubt, Rumi, Describe
Jul 10 2010

On Enlightenment and Delusion 

Silence, Posture, Karmic Consciousness, Mindfulness, Describe
Nov 19 2009
The Yoga Room

2009.10.22-serial.00228AB

Serial: EB-00228AB

Being fully aware of our perceptions, of good and bad things; being authentic versus looking good; meditation as a safe place to meet what is arising.

Equanimity, Observe, Describe, Emotions
Oct 22 2009

2009.09.04-serial.00228T

Serial: EB-00228T

Use of the word love; controlling reality so as not to feel disappointment.

causation, Sangha, Doubt, Liberation, Describe
Sep 04 2009

Class 1 Everybody Has Their Own Light

Religion, Instruction, Describe, Culture, Politics, Continuous, Doubt, training...
May 14 2009

Causation and Non-Self 

causation, Transmission, Describe
Apr 23 2009
The Yoga Room

Perspective on Current Events

Serial: BZ-01164

2008 Market Crash, Etc., Saturday Lecture

Money, War, Enemies, Greed, Eight Aspects, Monastic Practice, Describe, Religion,...
Oct 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

2008.10.06-serial.00200

Breath, Posture, Heart Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Meditation, Vinaya, confusion,...
Oct 06 2008

2008.10.04-serial.00198

Culture, Hindrances, Fox, Chanting, Enemies, Religion, Lay, zen, Describe, difficulty...
Oct 04 2008

2008.09.28-serial.00221D

Describe, Death, Emotions, Intention
Sep 28 2008

Fath of Delusion

Serial: BZ-01154A

Teaching Retreat

Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Karma, Four Noble Truths,...
Aug 30 2008
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

June 30th, 2008, Serial No. 01145

Oneness, Commitment, Describe, Culture, War
Jun 30 2008

April 12th, 2008, Serial No. 01125

Karma, Happiness, Describe
Apr 12 2008

March 24th, 2008, Serial No. 01122

Oneness, Observe, Lineage, Describe, Mindfulness, Hate, Demons, Bowing, Non-duality,...
Mar 24 2008

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, true dharma, Triple Treasure, Describe
Mar 20 2008
The Yoga Room

February 23rd, 2008, Serial No. 01117

Interdependence, Passions, uchiyama, Describe
Feb 23 2008

Developing Confidence in Buddha Nature

Serial: SF-00074

Sunday talk.
Koan with the wild ducks; story of the king who questioned the Buddha; report on global warming.

Global Warming, Buddha Mind, Hindrances, Delusion, Practice Period, Dragons, Lineage...
Mar 18 2007
Green Gulch Farm

February 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01417

Practice Period, Vows, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Describe, Evil, Tassajara,...
Feb 05 2007

January 20th, 2007, Serial No. 01412

Discrimination, Echo, Describe, Non-discrimination, Instruction, Peace, training...
Jan 20 2007

2007.01.16-serial.00116F

Oneness, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student, Culture, Patience, Describe, Happiness,...
Jan 16 2007

2007.01.14-serial.00116B

Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Attachment, Describe, Samadhi, Bodhidharma, Sangha,...
Jan 14 2007

Blue Cliff Record: Case #76

Serial: BZ-01181

Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1

Tanka, BCR-76, Light-and-Darkness, Offering, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Evil,...
Sep 02 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Spirit of Shuso Ceremony

Serial: BZ-01170

Sesshin Day 5

Shuso Hossen, Teacher-and-Student, Intuition, training, Dharma Transmission, Emotions...
Jun 18 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

June 3rd, 2006, Serial No. 01238

Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...
Jun 03 2006

Worldly Life and Pure Practice

Serial: BZ-01237

Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Daily Life, Echo, Interview, Greed,...
May 27 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

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