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The Dream World: Realm of Desire versus Reality Serial: BZ-00430 One-Day Sitting Desire, Daily Life, Dream World, Lay Practice, Lay, Dragons, Interview, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Enlightenment Without Desiring Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00422B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Emotions, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 11 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Title unknown Serial: BZ-00416B Sesshin lecture Bodhidharma, Daily Life, Fox, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Karma, Lay, Priest, Priest-and-...	Arnie Kotler	Oct 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Study Period Serial: BZ-00417A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Study Period, Monastic Practice, New Year, Daily Life, Commitment, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Life Serial: SF-00102 Talk given at Berkeley per introduction. Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Posture, Priest, Anger, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student...	Joko Beck	Aug 07 1983
The Nature of the Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Mahayana, Realization, Lay, Sangha, Bodhidharma,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 03 1983 1
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00397B Saturday Lecture MM-46, Continuous Practice, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Lay, Chanting, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 09 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Ways of an Enlightened Person I Serial: BZ-00398 Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Lay, Demons, Right Effort, Equanimity, Mahayana, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Brahmaviharas Serial: BZ-00397A Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Enemies, Peace, Mahayana, Hate, Emotions, Anger, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Women in Buddhism, Ordination Serial: BZ-00042 Lecture Buddha Nature, Family Practice, Lay, Lineage, Ordination, Passions, Precepts,...	Pema Chödrön	Oct 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
1982.09.04-serial.00111 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Compassion, Culture, Daily Life, Impermanence,...		Sep 04 1982
Work Serial: BZ-00035 Saturday Lecture Building, Lay Practice, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Separation, Tassajara, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 14 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center Serial: BZ-00032 Meeting Buddha Mind, Fundraising, Interview, Lay, Lay Practice, Sangha, Soto Zen, Teacher-and...	Deborah Hopkinson	Jul 08 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindfulness and Care: Adapting to Conditions Serial: BZ-01516A Sesshin Mindfulness, Lay Practice, Composure, Lay, Bell, Daily Life, Non-discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Eternal Depths of Bodhisattva Practice Silence, Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Instruction, Posture, Lay, Ceremony, Evil	Katagiri Roshi	May 03 1982
Practicing Wholeheartedly with Change Serial: BZ-00010B Saturday lecture. Attachment, Lay Practice, Bendowa, Impermanence, Practice, Lay, Zazen	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 18 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Paramitas and Four Ideas of Giving Serial: BZ-00012B One day sitting Lotus Sutra, Study Period, Patience, Hate, Religion, Lay	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 10 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment Paths: Bridging Complexity and Unity Lotus Sutra, Evil, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Sangha, Culture, Lay, difficulty...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 09 1982
Hyakujo and the Fox: Form and Emptiness, Karma Serial: BZ-00016B Sesshin Day 2 Hyakujo, Karma, Form-and-Emptiness, Karma, Fox, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Ideal vs. Actual Practice Serial: BZ-00022B Rohatsu Day 6 Commitment, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Hindrances, Bell, Instruction...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1981 Part 2 of 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Poetry, Love, and Spiritual Rebellion Emptiness, Conversation, Addiction, Commitment, Balance, Chanting, Ordinary Mind, Lay...	Allen Ginsberg	Sep 28 1981
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Vow, Sangha, Lay, Lineage, Enemies	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 2
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Realization, Heart Sutra, Monastic Practice, Sangha, Lay, Separation,...	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 1
Shikantaza: Living Beyond Enlightenment Breath, Consciousness, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Lineage, Oneness, Pain, Realization...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 12 1979
Hakuin Concentration, Bodhidharma, Greed, Hate, Bell, Lay, Passions, Demons	Kazuaki Tanahashi	Mar 23 1978 Tassajara
Awakening Truth in Zen Practice Anger, Bodhidharma, Discrimination, Ego, Evil, Lay, Realization, Silence,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 22 1977
Beyond Lineage: All Are Buddhas Discrimination, Lay, Community, Realization	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 1977
Keizan Zenji: Catalyst of Soto Zen Soto Zen, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Realization, Lay, difficulty	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 11 1975
Interwoven Existence: Life as Zen Journey Hate, Heart Sutra, Lay, Realization, Sanctuary, Separation, Subject-and-Object...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 03 1975
Seminar on Prajna Serial: SF-00019 Prajna is beyond words and inexpressible; Joshu, Daishi and the broom; achieving the knowledge of not-knowledge. Concentration, Freedom, Vow, Duality, Mahayana, Attachment, Lay, Doubt, Cultivation...	Chang Chung-Yuan	May 24 1975
Beyond Belief: Unveiling Hidden Truths Serial: SF-00124 Differences between exoteric and esoteric religious traditions. Religion, Evil, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Nirvana, Separation,...	Huston Smith	Jul 18 1973 1
The Monastic Tradition Serial: SF-00131 How to deal with peak experiences in our lives. Monastic Practice, Silence, Gratitude, Evil, Cultivation, Conversation, Lay,...	Brother David Steindl-Rast	Feb 26 1973
Perception's Journey: Returning to Mountains Don't Know Mind, Silence, Lay, Delusion, Anger, Emotions, Hate	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 1972
Beyond Thoughts: Zen's Path to Liberation Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Commitment, difficulty, Hate, Lay, Liberation, Pain,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 06 1971
Embodied Compassion Through Zen Precepts Precepts, Observe, Three Treasures, Evil, Dragons, Continuous Practice, Lay	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 28 1971
San-Pachi-Nenju Ceremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 22 1971 Tassajara
Seeds of Consciousness: Karma's Framework Consciousness, Culture, Discrimination, Emotions, Instruction, Karma, Lay	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 15 1971
Sewing Sesshin Serial: SR-00122 Sunday, June 20, 1971 Sesshin Lecture No. ____ San Francisco Sesshin, Okesa, Dogen, Attachment, New Year, Freedom, Bodhidharma, Lay, Concentration...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 20 1971 City Center
Unveiling Buddha Nature in Daily Life Lotus Sutra, Happiness, difficulty, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Breath, Lay, Realization...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 17 1971
Embracing Life's Circle Through Zen Attachment, Ceremony, Lay, Liberation, Meditation	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 01 1971
Eyes of Insight: Beyond Perception Attachment, Building, Discrimination, Happiness, Hindrances, Lay, Offering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jun 1971
Living the Experience of Wisdom Attachment, Breath, Building, Ceremony, Compassion, Instruction, Lay, Perfect Wisdom...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 25 1971
Living the Bodhisattva Path Daily Bell, Compassion, Delusion, difficulty, Evil, Hate, Lay, Vow	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 12 1970
Roots of Zen: Unraveling Delusions Birth-and-Death, Vow, Silence, Fasting, Anger, Lay, Community, Delusion, Religion,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 27 1970
Kashaya: Trust and Existence Unveiled Fasting, Chanting, Vow, Precepts, difficulty, Hate, Separation, Culture, Lay,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 22 1970
Zen Harmony: Beyond Rituals Bowing, Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Chanting, Culture, Emotions, Lay, Oneness, Posture...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 13 1970
Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same Thing Serial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1970 City Center
Crafting Tradition: Personalizing Buddhist Practice Balance, Beginners, Chanting, Community, Lay, Ordination, Pain, Realization, Religion...	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 25 1970
We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too Much Serial: SR-00222 Sandokai Lecture XII: “It Is Not Always So” Saturday, July 4, 1970 Tassajara [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Koto... Branching Streams, Sandokai, confusion, Lay, Peace, Tassajara, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 04 1970 Tassajara
Shosan Ceremony Serial: SR-00213 Tassajara September, 1969 [Beginning of ceremony not recorded.] Sesshin, Shosan, Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Breath, Death, Intuition, Lay, Bell,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara

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