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Title	Speaker	Date
Navigating Zen: Concepts to Experience Serial: RB-01426 Practice-Month_Body_Speech_Mind Practice, Time, Lay	Richard Baker	Jul 13 2002 Johanneshof
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
How to Draw Sound From the Bell Serial: BZ-00152A Sesshin Day 5 Bell, Bell, Precepts, Soto Zen, Chanting, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Doubt, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Kinhin and Bowing Serial: BZ-00151A Sesshin Day 3 Kinhin, Bowing, Attachment, Monastic Practice, Priest, Lay, Practice Period, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00149B Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Way, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo Kyokun; Stages of Buddhism, History at Start Serial: BZ-00451 Class 3 of 5 Offering, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra, War, Priest, Lay, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center
May 30th, 2002, Serial No. 01012, Side B Offering, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra, War, Lay, Bodhisattva Way, Building,...		May 30 2002
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00139A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, Obstacles, Precepts, Liberation, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Feb 14 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Suzuki Roshi Serial: BZ-00063A Rohatsu Day 5 Ego, Precepts, Posture, Sangha, Lay, Practice Period, Duality, Non-duality, Oneness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Ehe Koroku: Language and Perception in Zen Dream World, Buddha's Birthday, Bodhidharma, Lay		May 01 2001
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00067 Interview 3 of 3 Priest, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission, Lay,...	Shannon Hickey and Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00068 Interview 2 of 3 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Lay...	Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi's Second Method Serial: BZ-00127A Rohatsu Day 5 Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Instruction, Lay, Dragons, Intuition, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Oryoki Serial: BZ-00126A Rohatsu Day 3 Oryoki, Priest, Continuous Practice, Lay, Chanting, confusion, Hate, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Three Treasures, Lay, Sangha, Mahayana, Sanctuary, Addiction, Hate,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 22 2000 Unknown
Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Ceremony, Silence, Freedom, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 15 2000 Unknown
Women Ancestors Class Nirvana, Peace, Four Noble Truths, Ordination, Funeral, Demons, Lay, Happiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Meal Serving, Chanting and Liturgy Details Serial: BZ-00057A One-Day Sitting Meal Serving, Chanting, Instruction, Chanting, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Bell, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	Mary Mocine and Grace Schireson	Jul 06 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Sixteen Foot Golden Body of Budddha Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay,...	Ross Blum	Jun 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazengi Serial: BZ-00055A Sesshin Day 1 Zazengi, Concentration, Posture, Samadhi, Emotions, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 13 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Eijun Linda Cutts	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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment Through Continuous Practice Serial: RB-01190A Practice-Week_Causation_and_Realization Practice, Zazen, Lay	Richard Baker	Feb 12 2000 Johanneshof
Don’t Think Good, Don’t Think Evil Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Sep 18 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice Lay, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Beginners, confusion, Concentration, Culture...	Ron Nestor	Aug 14 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Study Period, Birth-and-Death, Book of Serenity, Mill Valley, Buddha Mind, Enemies,...	Fu Schroeder	Aug 04 1999 Green Gulch Farm
1999.08.03-serial.00148 Concentration, Chanting, Bell, Posture, Interview, Balance, Emotions, Monks, Passions...	Edward Brown	Aug 03 1999 Tassajara
Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes) Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Family Practice, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	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, Monastic Practice, Ordinary Mind, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 20 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
One-day Sitting Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Nirvana Sutra, Vow, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Bell, Lay...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 27 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Mary Mocine	Jan 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Feminist Lens on Our Practice Lay, Sangha, Culture, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Mahayana, Birth-and-Death,...	Dolly Gatozzi	Nov 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
How To Respond To A Practice Period Serial: BZ-00441A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 17 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
One Continuous Life Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lay Ordination, Priest,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Rediscovering Life Through Zen Practice Serial: RB-01077A Practice-Week_Lay-Practice Posture, Practice, Lay	Richard Baker	Sep 07 1998 Johanneshof
Laying Down Your Arms is the Most Intimate Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vow, Doubt, Karma	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 12 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace, Composure, Bowing,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen & Sojun on Oryoki Serial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Observe, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Priest, Ordination, Renunciation, Lay, Lay Practice, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
One-day Sitting Lecture Zazen, Lay, Letting Go, Diversity, Nirvana, Posture, Attachment, Delusion	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 25 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Ceremony, Vow, Ordination, Lay, Mahayana,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 1997 Green Gulch Farm

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