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In religious organizations, the laity () — individually a layperson, layman or laywoman — 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 secular usage, by extension, a layperson is a person who is not qualified in a given profession or is not an expert in a particular field. 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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Title	Speaker	Date
Priest and Lay Practice Serial: BZ-01325 Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Perceptions of Understanding: The Five Skandas Silence, Bodhidharma, Lay, Practice Period, Bowing, Oneness, Priest, Lay Practice,...	Ross Blum	Apr 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01318B One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment Serial: BZ-01316C Saturday Lecture Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 Tassajara
March 15th, 2005, Serial No. 01572 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Ordination...		Mar 15 2005
Tozan’s Five Ranks Serial: BZ-01307 Saturday Lecture Anger, Dharma Transmission, Five Ranks, Karma, Lay Practice, Lineage, Peace, Soto Zen...	Ross Blum	Feb 12 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Dogen Serial: BZ-01029A Class 3 of 4 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Chanting, Lay, Lay Practice, Mahayana, Rinzai...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 11 2004 3 Berkeley Zen Center
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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 25 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01266 Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Three Refuges, Precepts, Priest, Big Mind, Ordination, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community Serial: BZ-00578 Class 1 of 5 Composure, Cultivation, Don't Know Mind, Dragons, Lay, Lay Practice, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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 Instruction, Lay, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, New Year, Offering, Posture, Right...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 2004 4 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Eihei Shingi: The Kanin Serial: BZ-01373 Rohatsu Day 4 Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara, New Year, Lay Practice, Offering,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan: Everyday Practice Serial: BZ-00171B Lecture Conversation, Daily Life, Ego, Instruction, Lay, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Practice...	Mary Mocine	Nov 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Practice as a Lay Person Serial: BZ-00152B Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Big Mind, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Daily Life, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 29 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
BZC Precepts Serial: BZ-00148B Lecture Bodhisattva Precepts, Instruction, Intimacy, Lay Practice, Lineage, Practice Period,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 01 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00082A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhist Teachers’ Conference Commitment, Culture, Diversity, Lay Practice, Liberation, Monastic Practice,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 01 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00673 Sesshin Day 1 Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Lay Practice, Renunciation, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice Beginners, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Concentration, confusion, Culture, Lay, Lay Practice...	Ron Nestor	Aug 14 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
How To Respond To A Practice Period Serial: BZ-00441A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Commitment, Lay, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 17 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Commitment, Lay, Lay Practice, Lineage, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
May 6th, 1997, Serial No. 00077 Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Mahayana, Lay Practice, Samsara		May 06 1997
Backdrop of Our Life; Emptiness Dharma Transmission, Emotions, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Happiness, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Recollections of Early Zen Ceremony, Priest, Religion, Funeral, Lay Practice, Six Realms, Vinaya, Faith, Demons...	Gary Snyder	Feb 08 1997 2 of 3 Green Gulch Farm
Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12 Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1997 Unknown
Monkey Mind & Controlling the Passions Serial: BZ-00783B Saturday Lecture Monkey Mind, Intention, Monkey Mind, Demons, Greed, Lay Practice, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1996 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Refuge in the Triple Treasure Three Treasures, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Ceremony, Lay,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: BZ-00247 Class 4 of 5 Liberation, Anger, Passions, Manjushri, Attachment, Impermanence, Lay Practice,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 21 1996 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Vimalakirti's Enlightened Worldly Wisdom Mahayana, Buddhism, Lay Practice	Edward Espe Brown	Aug 28 1995
Cultural Differences/Family Practice Soto Zen, Culture, First Principle, Lay Practice, Demons, Gratitude, Lay, Lineage,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Master Hongzhi/Three Bodies Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Peace, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Subject-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Taints of Zen Serial: BZ-00973A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Demons, Commitment, Ordination, Lay Practice, Daily Life, Karma,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 1994 10 Tassajara
How to Do Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Five Ranks, Hate, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination and Priest Ordination Serial: BZ-00661A Sesshin Day 1 Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Nature, Commitment, Doubt, Karma, Lay, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00697A Going Beyond Buddha, Rohatsu Day 4 Buddha, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, cognitive...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Abbot's Zuisse Ceremony in Japan Serial: BZ-00385 Saturday Lecture Zuisse, Commitment, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, Lay Practice, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Dharma Transmission, Lay, Lay Practice, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Ordination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 1988 Tassajara
Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00877A Sesshin Day 2 Five Ranks, Lay, Lay Practice, Samadhi, Soto Zen, Vow	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest's Practice and Coming Ordinations at BZC Serial: BZ-00874A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Commitment, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Lay Practice, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center

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