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Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo Kyokun; Stages of Buddhism, History at Start

Serial: BZ-00451

Class 3 of 5

Bodhisattva Way, Branching Streams, Building, Lay, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Practice...
May 30 2002
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00139A

One-Day Sitting

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature...
Feb 16 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Kokyo: the Eternal Mirror

Serial: BZ-00470

Class 4 of 4

Passions, Attachment, Gratitude, Intuition, Concentration, Instruction, Religion,...
Feb 14 2002
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Suzuki Roshi

Serial: BZ-00063A

Rohatsu Day 5

Duality, Ego, Lay, Non-duality, Oneness, Posture, Practice Period, Precepts, Sangha...
Dec 06 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #35

Serial: BZ-00093B

Saturday Lecture

MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay, Samsara,...
Oct 27 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Zazengi

Serial: BZ-00086A

Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture

Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Discrimination, Ego, Concentration,...
Aug 18 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Ehe Koroku: Language and Perception in Zen

Bodhidharma, Dream World, Lay, Buddha's Birthday
May 01 2001

Zen: From Knowledge to Experience

Bell, Building, Culture, Lay
Apr 30 2001

Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman

Serial: BZ-00067

Interview 3 of 3

Priest, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission, Lay,...
Jan 08 2001
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman

Serial: BZ-00068

Interview 2 of 3

confusion, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Ordination, Precepts, Priest, Priest-and-Lay,...
Jan 05 2001
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi's Second Method

Serial: BZ-00127A

Rohatsu Day 5

Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, confusion, Dragons, Emotions, Equanimity, Instruction,...
Dec 08 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Oryoki

Serial: BZ-00126A

Rohatsu Day 3

Oryoki, Priest, Continuous Practice, Lay, Chanting, confusion, Hate, Building...
Dec 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Women Ancestors Class

Precepts, Three Treasures, Lay, Sangha, Mahayana, Sanctuary, Addiction, Hate,...
Aug 22 2000
Unknown

Women Ancestors Class

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Ceremony, Silence, Freedom, Practice Period,...
Aug 15 2000
Unknown

Women Ancestors Class

Nirvana, Peace, Four Noble Truths, Ordination, Funeral, Demons, Lay, Happiness,...
Aug 08 2000
Unknown

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

Meal Serving, Chanting and Liturgy Details

Serial: BZ-00057A

One-Day Sitting

Meal Serving, Chanting, Instruction, Bell, Building, Chanting, Funeral, Heart Sutra,...
Jul 16 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Woman Ancestors Class

Serial: BZ-00854

Class 1 of 4

Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Lay, Intimacy, Practice...
Jul 06 2000
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Sixteen Foot Golden Body of Budddha

Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay,...
Jun 24 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazengi

Serial: BZ-00055A

Sesshin Day 1

Zazengi, Concentration, Posture, Samadhi, Emotions, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors,...
Jun 14 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Noble Truths Class

Serial: BZ-00915

Class 1 of 5

Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Liberation, Separation, Impermanence, Peace, Right...
Apr 13 2000
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Chanting, Tassajara, Uchiyama,...
Apr 10 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00207B

Some personal comments, Sesshin Day 3

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Branching Streams, Darkness-and-...
Mar 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Joshu Asks: “Use or Be Used”

Serial: BZ-00206B

Sesshin Day One

Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vow,...
Mar 24 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Don’t Think Good, Don’t Think Evil

Buddha Nature, Evil, Hindrances, Lay, Nirvana, Obstacles, Ordinary Mind, Priest,...
Sep 18 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice

Beginners, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Concentration, confusion, Culture, Lay, Lay Practice...
Aug 14 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Wednesday Lecture

Study Period, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Enemies,...
Aug 04 1999
Green Gulch Farm

Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes)

Serial: BZ-00166B

Saturday Lecture

Priest-and-Lay, Bell, Enthusiasm, Family Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice, Priest,...
Jul 03 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00862

The final class in a series on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. 

Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Mahayana, Peace, Vow, Happiness, Priest, Lay, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 29 1999
5 of 5
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record #26

Serial: BZ-00069A

Hyakujo's "Wonderful Thing", Saturday Lecture

Hyakujo, BCR-26, Big Mind, Daily Life, Ego, Lay, Monastic Practice, Ordinary Mind,...
Mar 20 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Nirvana Sutra, Vow,...
Feb 27 1999
Green Gulch Farm

Standing Up In One’s Own Reality

Big Mind, Lay, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Priest, Priest-and-Lay...
Jan 30 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Feminist Lens on Our Practice

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Culture, Lay, Liberation, Mahayana, Monastic Practice...
Nov 28 1998
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,...
Oct 17 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

One Continuous Life

Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lay Ordination, Priest,...
Oct 10 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Dynamics in Human Connection

Precepts, Balance, Lay
Aug 11 1998

Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate

Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vow, Doubt, Karma
Jul 25 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,...
Jul 12 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Becoming a Priest

Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War
Mar 28 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen & Sojun on Oryoki

Serial: BZ-00344B

One-Day Sitting

Oryoki, Dogen, Hate, Instruction, Lay, Observe, Priest, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara...
Mar 22 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest Practice

Serial: BZ-00341B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Priest, Commitment, Lay, Lay Practice, Lineage, Monastic Practice,...
Jan 31 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Delusion, Nirvana, Posture, Zazen, Letting Go, Attachment, Lay, Diversity
Oct 25 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Precepts Class

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Ceremony, Vow, Ordination, Lay, Mahayana,...
Oct 20 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Blue Cliff Record: Case #48

Serial: BZ-00323A

Fish In Net, Saturday Lecture

BCR-48, Commitment, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Lay, Ego, Rinzai, Interview, Observe...
Oct 04 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Bankei And Horse Sense

Serial: BZ-00321B

Saturday Lecture

Bankei, Bell, Religion, Separation, Absolute-and-Relative, War, Conversation, Duality...
Sep 13 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Majjhima Nikaya

Mindfulness, Hindrances, Evil, Liberation, Soto Zen, Lay, Doubt, Faith, Daily Life,...
Jul 10 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00538

Class 3 of 6

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic...
May 22 1997
3
Berkeley Zen Center

May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,...
May 22 1997

Practicing With the Precepts

Serial: BZ-00363A

One-Day Sitting

Precepts, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Birth-and-Death, Vinaya, Observe, Practice...
May 04 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Think Neither Good Nor Bad

Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Nirvana, Peace, Anger, Sangha, Lay, Offering
Apr 30 1997
Unknown

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