You are currently logged-out. You can log-in or create an account to see more talks, save favorites, and more. more info

Instruction Talks

Showing 617 talks
 

- Reset Search

Title Speaker

Diving Into the Spirit

Serial: BZ-01300C

Saturday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, New Year, Obstacles, Instruction, Lineage, Precepts, Posture...
Jan 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Shobogenso: “Zazenshin” and Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-01286B

One Day Sitting

Dragons, Posture, Practice Period, Instruction, Karma, Commitment, Samadhi, Silence...
Oct 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Eating Brown Rice, Eating Your Life

Serial: BZ-01243C

(from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 1

Teacher-and-Student, Giving-and-Taking, Renewal, Heart Sutra, Offering, Intuition,...
Sep 04 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Parental Mind

Serial: BZ-01278

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Happiness, Lotus Sutra, Composure, Subject-and-Object, Practice...
Jul 31 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Non-Thinking and the Twelve-Fold Chain of Causation

Serial: SF-00968

Sunday Lecture

Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Posture, Peace, Letting Go, Separation,...
Jul 18 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Shikantaza Practice (from "Not Always So")

Serial: BZ-01275B

Exhaling, Letting Go, Impermanence, One-Day Sitting

Shikantaza, Impermanence, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Continuous Practice...
Jul 11 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki-rôshi 100th Birth Memorial

Serial: BZ-01265

Gutei's One Finger, Monkey Mind, Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Monkey Mind, Shikantaza, Monkey Mind, Gaining Mind, Obstacles, Practice...
May 29 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu

Serial: BZ-01024A

Class 3 of 5

Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Bodhidharma, Chanting, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion,...
May 27 2004
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Record of Tung-shan

Serial: BZ-01264

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Practice Position, Heart Sutra,...
May 22 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

George W. Bush and a Dogen Fascicle

Serial: BZ-01263B

Saturday Lecture

Dogen, Current Events, Politics, Anger, Birth-and-Death, War, Greed, Buddha Ancestors...
May 15 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Wholehearted Living: Zen in Practice

Bell, Dragons, Instruction, Tenzo, Sangha
May 10 2004

Heartfelt Zen: Meditation and Maternal Bonds

Buddha's Birthday, Religion, War, Letting Go, Instruction
May 09 2004

Zen Cooking: Creativity Meets Responsibility

Intimacy, Tenzo, Instruction, Soto Zen, Priest
May 03 2004

Intuitive Cooking, Zen Living

Intimacy, Tenzo, Priest, Instruction, Bowing
May 03 2004

Zen of Culinary Intuition

Intimacy, Tenzo, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting
May 03 2004

Spring-Diamond Sutra

Serial: BZ-01256C

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Sanctuary, Liberation, Enemies, Culture, Instruction...
Mar 20 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Joshu's "Go Wash Your Bowls"

Serial: BZ-01255

One-Day Sitting

Joshu, Continuous Practice, Posture, Daily Life, Samadhi, Instruction, Karmic...
Mar 14 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

As Large as Life: Zen Koans for Everyday Practice; Mumonkan Case #12 Ruiyan Calls “Master”

Serial: BZ-01020B

Class 3 of 4

Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Mindfulness, Cultivation...
Mar 08 2004
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community

Serial: BZ-00581

Class 4 of 5

Instruction, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Offering, Lay, Posture, Right Effort,...
Feb 29 2004
4
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community

Serial: BZ-00580

Class 3 of 5

Buddha Ancestors, Dragons, Building, Evil, Offering, Commitment, Non-duality,...
Feb 29 2004
3
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #15: Giving and Receiving

Serial: BZ-01252

Saturday Lecture

Blue Cliff Record, Dharma Transmission, Conversation, Karmic Consciousness, Culture,...
Feb 28 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Transcending Illusions: Perceiving True Nature

Evil, Meditation, Instruction
Feb 2004

Resonance in Mutual Enlightenment

Enlightenment, Stillness, Instruction
Jan 23 2004

January Class

Mindfulness, Posture, Instruction, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations of...
Jan 13 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Emptiness Unveiled: Path to Liberation

Instruction, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma
Jan 08 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Oryoki Instruction

Serial: BZ-01371

Rohatsu Day 2

Oryoki, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Tassajara, Priest
Dec 02 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

What About the Moment When Going Beyond Duality?

Serial: BZ-01370B

Rohatsu Day 1

Duality, Instruction, Priest, Continuous Practice, Silence, Daily Life, Duality,...
Dec 01 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01016B

Class 3 of 4

Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons, Dharma Transmission,...
Nov 13 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Ceasing Grasping Through Conceptual Insight

Instruction, Emptiness, Time
Nov 13 2003

The Dragon Speaks

Serial: BZ-01366

Lecture

Dragons, Interdependence, Rinzai, Samadhi, Bell, Duality, Vow, Posture, Instruction...
Nov 08 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01015A

Class 2 of 4

Lay, Posture, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Observe, Transmission, Culture,...
Nov 06 2003
2
Berkeley Zen Center

The Three Treasures and Six Sign-up Sheets

Serial: BZ-01364

One Day Sitting 

Sangha, Big Mind, Practice Period, Commitment, Addiction, Instruction, Emotions,...
Oct 26 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness

Serial: BZ-01362

Saturday Lecture

Posture, Bell, Tassajara, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity, Emotions, Manjushri...
Oct 18 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00290

Class 1 of 4

Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Hindrances, Daily Life, Separation, Instruction, Buddha Nature...
Sep 25 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Meditation: Unraveling Reality's Illusions

Letting Go, Instruction, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma
Aug 13 2003

Embracing Zen: Wisdom Beyond Seeking

Wisdom, Meditation, Instruction
Aug 03 2003

Renunciation

Serial: BZ-01350

One-Day Sitting

Renunciation, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Silent Illumination, Posture, Concentration...
Jul 20 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Inward Arrows: Zen Self-Transformation

Serial: RB-01518A

Prectice_Month_Talks

Instruction, Practice, Dogen
Jul 14 2003
Johanneshof

Zendo Lecture

Oneness, Religion, Realization, Observe, Practice Period, Instruction, Repentance,...
Jul 02 2003
Tassajara

Imperturbable Zen: Merging Mind and Body

Serial: RB-01486

Practice-Week_The_Joy_of_Imperturbable_Mind

Instruction, Practice, Practice Period
Jun 02 2003
Johanneshof

Tranquility Meets Insight: Zen Harmony

Meditation, Instruction, Compassion
Jun 2003

Unknown Title

Serial: BZ-00135B

Monday morning talk

Heart Sutra, Religion, Politics, Tassajara, Practice Period, Conversation,...
May 12 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Teacher Student Relationship

Serial: BZ-01524B

Precepts (from Suzuki-rôshi Book), One-Day Sitting

Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...
Apr 19 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00540

Class 4 of 7

Attachment, Absolute-and-Relative, Teacher-and-Student, Dragons, Instruction...
Mar 29 2003
4
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-00556

Class 1 of 7

Silent Illumination, Karma, Big Mind, Concentration, Instruction, Demons, Composure,...
Mar 29 2003
1
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Discover Selflessness: Zen Insights

War, Instruction, Peace, Concentration, Posture
Mar 08 2003

Balancing Thought and Tranquility

Breath, Instruction, Wisdom
Jan 09 2003

Stillness Meets Insight in Zen

Breath, Practice, Instruction
Jan 04 2003

Everyday Life Is Like a Movie

Serial: BZ-00173B

The Movie and the Empty Screen, Rohatsu Day 2

Practice, Daily Life, Anger, Instruction, Posture, Emotions, Big Mind, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 03 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan: Everyday Practice

Serial: BZ-00171B

Lecture

Daily Life, Lay, Lay Practice, Conversation, Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Ego, Practice...
Nov 16 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Pages