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In religious organizations, the laity () consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother. In both religious and wider secular usage, a layperson (also layman or laywoman) is a person who is not qualified in a given profession or does not have specific knowledge of a certain subject. The phrase "layman's terms" is used to refer to plain language that is understandable to the everyday person, as opposed to specialised terminology understood only by a professional.

Terms such as lay priest, lay clergy and lay nun were once used in certain Buddhist cultures, especially Japanese, to indicate ordained persons who continued to live in the wider community instead of retiring to a monastery. Some Christian churches utilise lay preachers, who preach but are not clergy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the term lay priesthood to emphasise that its local congregational leaders are unpaid.

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April 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01319, Side B

Silence, Bodhidharma, Lay, Practice Period, Bowing, Oneness, Priest, Lay Practice,...
Apr 23 2005

Guidelines for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01318B

One-Day Sitting

Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...
Apr 16 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment

Serial: BZ-01316C

Saturday Lecture

Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...
Mar 26 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Way Seeking Mind Pt. 4

Serial: BZ-00588

Lecture, second half of part 4

Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice...
Mar 15 2005
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

Way-Seeking Mind

Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Doubt, Humility,...
Mar 15 2005
Tassajara

March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01572

Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Ordination...
Mar 15 2005

February 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01307

Five Ranks, Anger, Peace, Soto Zen, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Aspects...
Feb 12 2005

The Direct Experience of Reality

Serial: SF-03669

Sesshin 1 Day 5: practice is right where you are - practice is/of sensitivity.

Lay Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Lay, Monastic Practice, Delusion,...
Jan 29 2005
Tassajara

November 11th, 2004, Serial No. 01029, Side A

Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Aspects of Practice, Transmission, Rinzai,...
Nov 11 2004

Practice in Daily Life

Serial: BZ-01280C

Integrating the Spiritual and the Mundane, Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Birth-and-Death, Renewal, Duality,...
Sep 25 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-01266

Saturday Lecture

Zaike Tokudo, Three Refuges, Precepts, Priest, Big Mind, Ordination, Lay Practice,...
Jun 12 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #12

Serial: BZ-01258

One-Day Sitting

MM-12, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Ego,...
Apr 03 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

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

Serial: BZ-00578

Class 1 of 5

Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Aspects of Practice, Dragons, Don'...
Feb 29 2004
1
Chapel Hill Zen Center

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

Serial: BZ-00581

Class 4 of 5

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

Eihei Shingi: The Kanin

Serial: BZ-01373

Rohatsu Day 4

Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, New Year, Lay...
Dec 04 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

November 16th, 2002, Serial No. 00171, Side B

Daily Life, true dharma, Lay, Lay Practice, Conversation, Lotus Sutra, Instruction,...
Nov 16 2002

How to Practice as a Lay Person

Serial: BZ-00152B

Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic...
Jun 29 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

June 1st, 2002, Serial No. 00148, Side B

Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Berkeley Zen Center, Intimacy,...
Jun 01 2002

Genjokoan Commentary

Serial: BZ-00082A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Lay Practice,...
Sep 02 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Shingi, Head Gardener

Serial: BZ-00060B

Saturday Lecture

Shingi, Lay Practice, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Lay, Daily Life,...
Aug 05 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

July 1st, 2000, Serial No. 00058, Side A

Diversity, Culture, Lay Practice, Vinaya, Ordination, American, Commitment,...
Jul 01 2000

September 2nd, 1999, Serial No. 00673

Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Lay Practice, Renunciation, Emotions,...
Sep 02 1999

August 14th, 1999, Serial No. 00192, Side A

Lay, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Aspects of Practice, Beginners, confusion,...
Aug 14 1999

Sunday Lecture

Constancy, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Daily Life, Doubt, Lay Practice, Buddha Nature,...
Nov 08 1998
Green Gulch

How To Respond To A Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00441A

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Aspects of...
Oct 17 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

March 28th, 1998, Serial No. 00345

Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace, Composure, Bowing,...
Mar 28 1998

Priest Practice

Serial: BZ-00341B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Priest, Priest, Ordination, Renunciation, Lay, Lay Practice, Commitment,...
Jan 31 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

May 6th, 1997, Serial No. 00077

Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Mahayana, Lay Practice, Samsara
May 06 1997

February 15th, 1997, Serial No. 00357, Side A

Happiness, Posture, Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...
Feb 15 1997

Recollections of Early Zen

Priest, Demons, Vinaya, Funeral, Religion, Ceremony, Lay Practice, Six Realms,...
Feb 08 1997
2 of 3
Green Gulch Farm

Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12

Serial: BZ-00117

Lecture

Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Birth-and-Death, Beginners, Monkey...
Jan 22 1997
Unknown Location

Monkey Mind & Controlling the Passions

Serial: BZ-00783B

Saturday Lecture

Monkey Mind, Intention, Monkey Mind, Demons, Greed, Lay Practice, Passions,...
Jan 18 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00253

Class 5 of 9

Heart Sutra, Attachment, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Lay...
Jun 13 1996
5
Berkeley Zen Center

May 22nd, 1996, Serial No. 02700

Three Treasures, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Ceremony, Lay,...
May 22 1996
Unknown

Setting the Tone for Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00805B

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Daily Life,...
May 05 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Vimalakirti Sutra

Serial: BZ-00247

Class 4 of 5

Liberation, Anger, Passions, Manjushri, Attachment, Impermanence, Lay Practice,...
Mar 21 1996
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Cultural Differences/Family Practice

Soto Zen, Culture, First Principle, Lay Practice, Demons, Gratitude, Lay, Lineage,...
Jul 22 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshi

Serial: BZ-00977A

Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, Soto Zen, New Year,...
May 27 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Master Hongzhi/Three Bodies

Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Peace, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Subject-...
May 06 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Six Taints of Zen

Serial: BZ-00973A

Saturday Lecture

Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Demons, Commitment, Ordination, Lay Practice,...
Apr 29 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Commentary

Serial: BZ-00552

Class 10 of 10

Sixth Patriarch, Culture, Mahayana, Religion, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Lay...
Mar 31 1994
10
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

How to Do Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-00629A

Sesshin Day 3

Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, training, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture,...
Sep 06 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest Practice and Lay Practice

Serial: BZ-00661B

Sesshin Day 2

Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Ego, Enemies,...
Mar 14 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination and Priest Ordination

Serial: BZ-00661A

Sesshin Day 1

Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Lay Practice, Karma, Commitment...
Mar 13 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZC

Serial: BZ-00286B

Lecture

Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech...
Feb 20 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Opening Ceremony

Lay Practice, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Ceremony, Offering, Practice Period, Priest...
Nov 22 1992
Green Gulch

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00697A

Going Beyond Buddha, Rohatsu Day 4

Buddha, cognitive process, Light-and-Darkness, resistance, Lay Practice, Absolute-and...
Dec 05 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-00513B

White Bird in the Snow, Sesshin Day 5

Lay Ordination, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Bodhisattva Way, Lay...
Jun 24 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan

Serial: BZ-00385

Saturday Lecture

Zuisse, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Study Period,...
Oct 28 1989
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Lay Practice,...
Oct 13 1988
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

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