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Discipline in Practice Serial: BZ-00871B One-Day Sitting Monastic Practice, Forms, Daily Life, Lay, Precepts, Commitment, Continuous Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha Serial: BZ-00871A Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Priest, Lay, Sangha, Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen: Unity of Self and Dharma Dragons, Transmission, Consciousness, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Lineage, Oneness...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 08 1985
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part I Serial: BZ-00868B Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4 Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Background of Oryoki Practice Serial: BZ-00864B Beginners' Sitting Oryoki, Offering, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Lay, Gratitude, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Bowing...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Five Hindrances Serial: BZ-00411B Saturday Lecture Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period (J. Ango) Serial: BZ-00410A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Ango, Study Period, Priest-and-Lay, Practice Period, Lay, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Zaike Tokudo: The Meaning of Ordination Serial: BZ-00414 Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Lineage, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
June 1st, 1985, Serial No. 00429, Side B Lineage, Priest, Precepts, Ordination, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Priest-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 01 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Pre-Mountain Seat Ceremony Serial: BZ-00426A Questions and Comments, Saturday Lecture Mountain Seat Ceremony, Priest, Ordination, Precepts, Lay, Offering, Priest-and-Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindful Path to Infinite Truths Concentration, Compassion, Lay, Soto Zen, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jan 14 1985
Trip to Japan Serial: BZ-00393B Saturday Lecture Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Building, Sanctuary, Lay, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, Laity Serial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meaning of Gathas Serial: BZ-00395A Saturday Lecture Gathas, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Precepts, Priest, Vow, Mindfulness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Difficulties in Daily Life Practice Serial: BZ-00390B Saturday Lecture Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Wanting to Sit/Should Sit Serial: BZ-00434A Sesshin Day 1 Zazen, Daily Life, Posture, Concentration, Separation, Lay	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Making the Commitment to Practice Serial: BZ-00404B Saturday Lecture Practice, Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay, Fox...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dream World Serial: BZ-00430 Realm of Desire versus Reality, 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 Fox, Karma, Daily Life, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Heart Sutra, Priest, Funeral,...	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. Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Posture, Suzuki Roshi, Dharma...	Joko Beck Sensei	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 Ordination, Transmission, Lay, Precepts, Passions, Family Practice, Buddha Nature,...	Pema Chödrön	Oct 04 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
1982.09.04-serial.00111 Compassion, Impermanence, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Lay...		Sep 04 1982
Work Serial: BZ-00035 Saturday Lecture Building, Lay Practice, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Separation, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 14 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center Serial: BZ-00032 Meeting Lay, Sangha, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Fundraising,...	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 Lay, Ordinary Mind, Passions, Emptiness, Commitment, Balance, Conversation, Addiction...	Allen Ginsberg	Sep 28 1981
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Heart Sutra, Sangha, Liberation, Enemies, Vow, Lay	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 2
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Separation, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lay, Heart Sutra,...	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 1
Shikantaza: Living Beyond Enlightenment Realization, Consciousness, Breath, Oneness, Lineage, Don't Know Mind,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 12 1979
Hakuin Bodhidharma, Demons, Greed, Concentration, Passions, Bell, Lay, Hate	Kazuaki Tanahashi	Mar 23 1978 Tassajara
Awakening Truth in Zen Practice Transmission, Bodhidharma, Evil, Silence, Realization, Lay, Ego, Anger,...	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 Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Sanctuary, Separation, Lay, Realization, Hate...	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. Duality, Mahayana, Lay, Cultivation, Concentration, Attachment, Vow, Freedom, Doubt...	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	Feb 26 1973
Perception's Journey: Returning to Mountains Don't Know Mind, Silence, Lay, Delusion, Anger, Emotions, Hate	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 1972

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