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            Infinite Wisdom: Emptiness in Practice difficulty, Perfect Wisdom, Balance, Don't Know Mind, Meditation, Posture,...            | 
                  
             Dec 02 1969            | 
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            Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To DoSerial: SR-00203   Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4 Sesshin, Dogen,  Building, difficulty, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Zazen, Breath...            | 
                  
             Dec 02 1969 Tassajara           | 
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            Way-Seeking Mind, Part IIISerial: SR-00194   Winter Sesshin, Day 3, Lecture No. 3 Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin,  Big Mind, difficulty, Vow, Monks, Priest            | 
                  
             Dec 01 1969 Tassajara           | 
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            Beyond Words: Living Zen Wisdom Silence, difficulty, Meditation, Buddha Mind, Enemies, Buddha Nature, Discrimination...            | 
                  
             Oct 07 1969            | 
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            Settling in the Dharma Mind Concentration, difficulty, Meditation, Happiness, Discrimination, Conversation,...            | 
                  
             Sep 23 1969            | 
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            Experiencing Zen: Intuition Over Instruction Instruction, Concentration, Samadhi, difficulty, Meditation, Realization            | 
                  
             Sep 03 1969            | 
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            Sesshin, Third Night LectureSerial: SR-00130   Tassajara Sesshin,  Emptiness, Passions, Intuition, Bell, Forms, difficulty            | 
                  
             Sep  1969 Tassajara           | 
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            Sesshin, Sixth Night LectureSerial: SR-00129   Tassajara Sesshin,  Don't Know Mind, Posture, Ceremony, Addiction, Duality, Beginners,...            | 
                  
             Sep  1969 Tassajara           | 
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            Everyday Zen: Path to Enlightenment Monastic Practice, Meditation, Bell, Ego, Emotions, difficulty, Religion            | 
                  
             Aug 26 1969            | 
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            To Actually Practice SelflessnessSerial: SR-00125   August Sesshin Lecture Sesshin,  Pain, Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Monks, Liberation, difficulty,...            | 
                  
             Aug 06 1969 Sokoji           | 
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            Blue Cliff Records-43Serial: SR-00032   Tozan's hot and cold. Blue Cliff Record,  Emptiness, Pain, Monks, difficulty, Forms, Hate, Commitment,...            | 
                  
             Jul 26 1969 Tassajara           | 
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            It Is Rather Difficult For Us To Figure Out Why We Started To Practice ZazenSerial: SR-00023   Tuesday, July 1, 1969  Freedom, Priest, Offering, Religion, Culture, Ceremony, difficulty            | 
                  
             Jul 01 1969 Tassajara           | 
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            Reviving Dogen's Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Realization, Ceremony, difficulty, Mandala, Soto...            | 
                  
             Jun 10 1969            | 
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            Climbing Life's Peaks for Insight Birth-and-Death, New Year, Silence, Suffering, Pain, Causation, Continuous Practice,...            | 
                  
             Apr 14 1969            | 
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            The Only Desire That Is Complete Is Buddha's Desire Buddha Nature, Freedom, difficulty, Wisdom, War, Culture, Posture, Precepts, Priest...            | 
                  
             Apr 08 1969            | 
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            Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind Composure, difficulty, Freedom            | 
                  
             Mar 30 1969            | 
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            Find Out for YourselfSerial: SR-00011   Find out what "buddha-nature" and "enlightenment" mean. Study without purpose. How his teacher in Japan treated him; trying to discover the right thing to do. Sesshin, Zazen, Eiheiji,  Suffering, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Beginners, Posture,...            | 
                  
             Mar 15 1969 Sokoji           | 
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            Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao” Truth, Birth-and-Death, Wisdom, Pain, Death, difficulty, Composure, Sutra            | 
                  
             Mar 10 1969            | 
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            Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced BuddhaSerial: SR-00009   Sunday, March 9, 1969 Koan story of sun-faced buddha, moon-faced buddha. Practicing while well or while sick. Accepting what we don't like.... Baso, Koan, Blue Cliff Record,  Attachment, Composure, Discrimination, difficulty,...            | 
                  
             Mar 09 1969 Sokoji           | 
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            Transcending Cycles Through Zen Mindfulness Causation, Suffering, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Buddha Nature,...            | 
                  
             Feb 18 1969            | 
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            Zen's Path to Everyday Contentment Suffering, Causation, Fasting, Greed, Intention, Anger, difficulty            | 
                  
             Feb  1969            | 
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            Zen Chaos and Cultural Awakening Meditation, difficulty, Don't Know Mind, Chanting, Building, Silence, Buddha...            | 
                  
               1969            | 
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            Transcending Perceptions Through Zazen Practice Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Delusion, Causation, Greed, Nirvana, Anger, Lay,...            | 
                  
               1969            | 
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            Dreaming Beyond Desire: Embracing Zazen Precepts, Greed, Concentration, Delusion, difficulty, Samadhi, Lotus Sutra, Causation...            | 
                  
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            Saturday ConferencesSerial: MS-00577   Chapter Talks  Faith, New Year, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Living the Sacred Harmony difficulty, War, Don't Know Mind            | 
                  
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            Spiritual Growth Through Shared Responsibility difficulty, Community, Suffering            | 
                  
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            Obedience: A Path to Spiritual Union Bell, Faith, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Day of Recollection and Chapter ConferencesSerial: MS-00903   Anthony Milner: Liturgical Music and Vernacular  Time, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Harmony in Monastic Community Life Community, Admonitions, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Love, Discipline, and Monastic Growth Community, Lay, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Obedience: A Path to Transformative Love Desire, Community, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Adapting Benedictine Wisdom Today difficulty, Faith, Doubt            | 
                  
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            Integrating Heritage into Monastic Harmony Community, Time, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Balancing Spirit and Body Harmony difficulty, Desire            | 
                  
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            Sacred Time: Divine Dimensions Unveiled Faith, Daily Life, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Awakening Beyond Duality in ZenSerial: RA-00786   Case 36, Book of Serenity  Dragons, Blue Cliff Record, Karma, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, difficulty...            | 
                  
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            YYYY.01.30-serial.00024 Buddha Nature, Interdependence, Fox, Samsara, Dragons, Instruction, difficulty,...            | 
                  
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            Wisdom of the RidiculousSerial: SF-03035A   #19  Time, difficulty, Buddha            | 
                  
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            Reflecting the Mirror Study, Time, difficulty            | 
                  
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            Kesa: Threads of Spiritual Liberation Liberation, Four Noble Truths, difficulty, Delusion, Emotions, Chanting, Greed,...            | 
                  
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