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Title	Speaker	Date
Priest Practice/Lay Practice Serial: BZ-00872A Zen Community as a Mandala, Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Sangha, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, training, Chanting, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
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
December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00365 Dragons, Transmission, Consciousness, Dharma Transmission, Patience, American,...	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, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Lay, Gratitude, Rinzai,...	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, training, Lay,...	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
First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Serial 00014 Four Noble Truths, Freedom, Concentration, Lay, Six Realms, Precepts, Mahayana,...	Deshung Rinpoche	Feb 04 1985
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, training, Sanctuary, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fifth Grave Precept: Do Not Misuse Drugs Serial: SF-04058 Duplicate Precepts, true dharma, Giving-and-Taking, Buddha Nature, Sangha, Lay, Bodhidharma,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Oct 08 1984 SFZC
Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, Laity Serial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, training,...	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, stubbornness, resistance, Tassajara Zen...	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, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Priest...	Arnie Kotler	Oct 22 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Study Period Serial: BZ-00417A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Study Period, Monastic Practice, training, New Year, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fifth Grave Precept: Do Not Misuse Drugs Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, true dharma, Giving-and-Taking, Sangha, Lay,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 09 1983 Green Gulch
Practice Life Serial: SF-00102 Talk given at Berkeley per introduction. Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Posture, resistance, Suzuki Roshi,...	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
The Nature of the Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Mahayana, Lay, Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Daily Life,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 03 1983 SFZC
Mumonkan: Case #46 Serial: BZ-00397B Saturday Lecture MM-46, training, Four Foundations, Lay, Chanting, Lay Practice, Cultivation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 09 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
On Father Thomas Merton Priest, Fasting, Hate, Bell, New Year, Observe, Silence, Instruction, Lay, Happiness...	Philip Whalen	Jun 28 1983 SFZC
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
Green Tara: Four Mandala Rite Serial 00016 Building, Diversity, Gratitude, Demons, Ceremony, Bell, Lay, Enemies	Jetsun Kushok	Jun 12 1983 Part 6
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
Finding Yourself on Every Moment Serial: BZ-00005A Renewing Our Practice, Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Building, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Poetry Reading Funeral, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Bell, Lay, Fox, Enemies, Evil, Anger, Hate...	Robert Bly	Feb 01 1983 City Center
Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5 Serial: BZ-00044A Need to Find True Teacher, Saturday Lecture Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dragons, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination and the Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00045B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Ordination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest, Precepts, Lay, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Women in Buddhism, Ordination Ordination, Transmission, Lay, Precepts, Passions, Family Practice, Buddha Nature,...	Pema Chödrön	Oct 04 1982
Natural Zen and Buddhist Zen Serial: BZ-00039B Saturday Lecture Priest, Commitment, Lay, American, Posture, Buddha Nature, training, Enthusiasm,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
1982.09.04-serial.00111 Compassion, Impermanence, Daily Life, resistance, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death,...		Sep 04 1982
Japanese Practice/American Practice: Differences Serial: BZ-00039A Saturday Lecture Japan, American, Lay Practice, Family Practice, American, Lay, Lotus Sutra, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
1982.08.17-serial.00103 Mindfulness, Daily Life, Compassion, Gratitude, difficulty, Concentration, Samadhi,...		Aug 17 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
Talk on the "Women in Buddhism" Conference Chanting, Obstacles, Ordination, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Beginners, Observe,...	Fran Tribe	Jul 12 1982
Meeting with Berkeley Zen Center Lay, Sangha, Lay Practice, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student, Fundraising,...	Deborah Hopkinson	Jul 08 1982
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, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 18 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Paramitas and Four Ideas of Giving Lotus Sutra, Study Period, Patience, Hate, Religion, Lay	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 10 1982
Enlightenment Paths: Bridging Complexity and Unity Lotus Sutra, Evil, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Sangha, Culture, Lay, difficulty...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 09 1982

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