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Warm Hand to Warm Hand

Serial: SR-00049

Sandokai Lecture II
Sunday, May 30, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 2 tozai mitsuni aifusu....

Branching Streams, Sandokai, confusion, difficulty, Discrimination, Hate, New Year,...
May 30 1970
Tassajara

Zen Center and City Practice

Serial: SR-00045

Sunday, May 10, 1970
City Center, San Francisco

Building, Intention, Meditation, War, Observe, Death, difficulty
May 10 1970
City Center

We Try To Control Or Restrict Our Activity

Serial: SR-00044

Tuesday Evening, May 5, 1970
City Center, San Francisco

Attachment, Culture, difficulty, Evil, Freedom, Pain, Posture
May 05 1970
City Center

Embarking on the Zen Vessel

Attachment, Demons, difficulty, Enemies, Happiness, Hate, Meditation, Religion,...
Apr 12 1970

Non-Dualistic Practice

Serial: SR-00260

Sesshin Lecture No. 3:
Wednesday, February 25, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Anger, Big Mind, difficulty, Duality, Emptiness, Karma, Mahayana, Suffering...
Feb 25 1970
City Center

“An Unsurpassed, Penetrating Buddha”

Community, Death, difficulty, Emptiness, Forms, Hate, Interdependence, Observe,...
Feb 08 1970

Brown Rice is Just Right

Serial: SR-00247

Morning Sesshin Lecture
Sunday, February 1, 1970
City Center

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, difficulty, Discrimination, Emptiness, Hate, Pain, Suffering...
Feb 01 1970
City Center

Our Effort In Our Practice

difficulty, Instruction, Observe
Jan 31 1970
City Center

Caring for the Soil

Serial: SR-00199

Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism
Sunday, January 25, 1970
San Francisco

Buddha Nature, difficulty, Emptiness, Gratitude, Greed, Hate, Mahayana
Jan 25 1970
City Center

Respect for Things

Serial: SR-00200

What Is Our Practice?
Sunday, January 4, 1970
San Francisco

Practice as taking care of everything. Not making a noise with the chairs. Practice with new...

Bodhisattva Way, Big Mind, Building, Concentration, difficulty, Sutra, Bowing,...
Jan 04 1970
City Center

Awakening Within: Embrace Your Buddha Nature

Buddha Nature, Chanting, difficulty, Don't Know Mind, Meditation, New Year,...
Dec 28 1969

Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To Do

Serial: SR-00203

Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4
Tuesday, December 2, 1969

Sesshin, Dogen, Anger, Breath, Building, difficulty, Monastic Practice, Transmission...
Dec 02 1969
Tassajara

Infinite Wisdom: Emptiness in Practice

Balance, Building, difficulty, Don't Know Mind, Enemies, Meditation, Perfect...
Dec 02 1969

Way-Seeking Mind, Part III

Serial: SR-00194

Winter Sesshin, Day 3, Lecture No. 3
Monday, December 1, 1969
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Big Mind, difficulty, Monks, Priest, Vow
Dec 01 1969
Tassajara

Beyond Words: Living Zen Wisdom

Silence, difficulty, Meditation, Buddha Mind, Enemies, Buddha Nature, Discrimination...
Oct 07 1969

Settling in the Dharma Mind

Concentration, Conversation, difficulty, Discrimination, Happiness, Meditation,...
Sep 23 1969

Experiencing Zen: Intuition Over Instruction

Concentration, difficulty, Instruction, Meditation, Realization, Samadhi
Sep 03 1969

Sesshin, Third Night Lecture

Serial: SR-00130

Tassajara
September, 1969

Sesshin, Bell, difficulty, Emptiness, Forms, Intuition, Passions
Sep 1969
Tassajara

Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture

Serial: SR-00129

Tassajara
September, 1969

Sesshin, Addiction, Beginners, Ceremony, difficulty, Don't Know Mind, Duality,...
Sep 1969
Tassajara

Everyday Zen: Path to Enlightenment

Bell, difficulty, Ego, Emotions, Meditation, Monastic Practice, Religion
Aug 26 1969

To Actually Practice Selflessness

Serial: SR-00125

August Sesshin Lecture
Wednesday, August 6, 1969
San Francisco

Sesshin, Pain, Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Monks, Liberation, difficulty,...
Aug 06 1969
Sokoji

Blue Cliff Records-43

Serial: SR-00032

Tozan's hot and cold.

Blue Cliff Record, Commitment, Composure, difficulty, Emptiness, Forms, Hate, Monks,...
Jul 26 1969
Tassajara

It Is Rather Difficult For Us To Figure Out Why We Started To Practice Zazen

Serial: SR-00023

Tuesday, July 1, 1969
Tassajara

Ceremony, Culture, difficulty, Freedom, Offering, Priest, Religion
Jul 01 1969
Tassajara

Reviving Dogen's Dharma Transmission

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Realization, Ceremony, difficulty, Mandala, Soto...
Jun 10 1969

Climbing Life's Peaks for Insight

Birth-and-Death, Causation, Continuous Practice, difficulty, New Year, Pain, Silence...
Apr 14 1969

The Only Desire That Is Complete Is Buddha's Desire

Buddha Nature, Culture, difficulty, Freedom, Posture, Precepts, Priest, War, Wisdom...
Apr 08 1969

Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind

Composure, difficulty, Freedom
Mar 30 1969

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: 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, Beginners, Buddha Nature, difficulty, Freedom, Posture,...
Mar 15 1969
Sokoji

Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao”

Birth-and-Death, Composure, Death, difficulty, Pain, Sutra, Truth, Wisdom
Mar 10 1969

Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha

Serial: SR-00009

Sunday, March 9, 1969
Sokoji, San Francisco

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

Transcending Cycles Through Zen Mindfulness

Causation, Suffering, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Buddha Nature,...
Feb 18 1969

Zen's Path to Everyday Contentment

Anger, Causation, difficulty, Fasting, Greed, Intention, Suffering
Feb 1969

Zen Chaos and Cultural Awakening

Buddha Nature, Building, Chanting, Composure, difficulty, Don't Know Mind,...
1969

Transcending Perceptions Through Zazen Practice

Anger, Birth-and-Death, Causation, Ceremony, Delusion, difficulty, Greed, Lay,...
1969

Wisdom of the Ridiculous

Serial: SF-03035A

#19

Time, difficulty, Buddha
Unknown

Reflecting the Mirror

Study, Time, difficulty
Unknown

Dreaming Beyond Desire: Embracing Zazen

Precepts, Greed, Concentration, Delusion, difficulty, Samadhi, Lotus Sutra, Causation...

Living the Sacred Harmony

difficulty, War, Don't Know Mind

Spiritual Growth Through Shared Responsibility

difficulty, Community, Suffering

Obedience: A Path to Spiritual Union

Bell, Faith, difficulty

Harmony in Monastic Community Life

Community, Admonitions, difficulty

Love, Discipline, and Monastic Growth

Community, Lay, difficulty

Obedience: A Path to Transformative Love

Desire, Community, difficulty

Adapting Benedictine Wisdom Today

difficulty, Faith, Doubt

Integrating Heritage into Monastic Harmony

Community, Time, difficulty

Balancing Spirit and Body Harmony

difficulty, Desire

Sacred Time: Divine Dimensions Unveiled

Faith, Daily Life, difficulty

Saturday Conferences

Serial: MS-00577

Chapter Talks

Faith, New Year, difficulty
Mount Saviour Monastery

YYYY.01.30-serial.00024

Buddha Nature, Culture, difficulty, Dragons, Fox, Instruction, Interdependence,...

Silent Sitting & Social Action

Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of...

YRB-2018-Fall, Breath, Building, difficulty, Ego, Letting Go, Lotus Sutra, Observe,...
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