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Title	Speaker	Date
Faith to Doubt Serial: BZ-00497A Lecture Doubt, Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Sixth Patriarch, Cultivation, Mahayana, confusion,...	Stephen Batchelor	Feb 24 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Nirvana and Parinirvana Serial: BZ-00498A Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Nirvana, Nirvana, Hate, Greed, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Karma and Free Will Serial: BZ-00384 Lecture Karma, Evil, Attachment, Mahayana, Greed, Passions, causation, Samsara, Commitment...	Maseo Abe	Sep 23 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Baseball and Effort Serial: BZ-00380A Saturday Lecture Dream World, Non-duality, Right Effort, Continuous Practice, Patience, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 29 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Only Buddha and Buddha Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Bowing,...	Dairyu Michael Wenger	Jul 15 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00330 Sunday Talk Practice Period, Hate, Non-duality, Monastic Practice, Ego, Buddha Nature, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1989 Green Gulch Farm
Awakening Through Mindful Meditation Journey Posture, Mindfulness, Mahayana	HH Dudjon Rinpoche	Dec 25 1988 San Francisco Zen Center
Compassion Gratitude, Vinaya, Religion, Patience, Silence, Greed, Mahayana, Nirvana, War...	Joanna Macy	Oct 15 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin Lecture Serial: BZ-00892A Sesshin Day 2 Duality, Darkness-and-Light, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Anger, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
On Bowing and Chanting Serial: BZ-01491 Morning talk. Offering, Diversity, Heart Sutra, Passions, Practice Period, Soto Zen, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1988 Tassajara
Four Truths and Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00309 Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Passions, Mundane Life, Attachment, Karma, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1987
Title unknown Serial: BZ-00905A Saturday Lecture Discrimination, Culture, Doubt, War, Mahayana, confusion, Peace, Emotions, Attachment...	Les Kaye	Jun 27 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths, Four Vows Serial: BZ-00889A Saturday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Attachment, Religion, Non-attachment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Priests and Lay Members Practicing Together Serial: BZ-00885B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Three Treasures, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 14 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest's Practice and Coming Ordinations at BZC Serial: BZ-00874A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole Mind Serial: BZ-00870A Saturday Lecture Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part III Serial: BZ-00869B Rohatsu Day 6 Enlightenment, Concentration, Equanimity, Composure, Attachment, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon Serial: BZ-00867A Lecture Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger,...	Leslie James	Nov 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Serial: BZ-01521 Don't Bow When You Leave the Zendo, Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00389B Lecture Religion, Priest, Instruction, American, War, Rinzai, Chanting, Mahayana,...	Maureen Stewart	Jul 20 1984 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
Church and Monastic Life in the LIght of New Science and the New Technology Serial: NC-00514 Bede Griffiths begins with chanting. OSB Cam, Renewal, Buddhism, Mahayana	Bede Griffiths	Aug 17 1983 5 of 5
The Personal God and the Absolute Godhead OSB Cam, Buddha, Buddhism, Duality, Mahayana	Bede Griffiths	Aug 15 1983 3 of 5
A Contemplative Theology Oriented Towards the Experience of God OSB Cam, Mahayana, Buddhism, Balance, Oneness, Separation	Bede Griffiths	Aug 14 1983 2 of 5
Necessity of Dialogue with the East for the Church and the Monastic Order OSB Cam, Buddhism, Renunciation, Mahayana, Ego	Bede Griffiths	Aug 13 1983 1 of 5
The Nature of the Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Mahayana, Realization, Lay, Sangha, Bodhidharma,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Aug 03 1983 1
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
Unifying Paths: The Lotus Sutra Journey Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Politics, Offering,...	Katagiri Roshi	May 28 1982
Enlightenment Paths: Bridging Complexity and Unity Lotus Sutra, Evil, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Sangha, Culture, Lay, difficulty...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 09 1982
The Meaning of Devotion Serial: BZ-00011A Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Emotions, Mahayana, Religion, Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period Practice/The Six Paramitas Lay Practice Study Period, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Mahayana, Patience, Precepts...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 1982
Eternal Light and Timeless Liberation Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Liberation, Compassion,...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 12 1982
Balancing Self-Judgment and Communal Wisdom Serial: NC-01011 Monastic Spirituality, Set 6 of 12 OSB Cam, Ego, Mahayana, Ordination, Sanctuary	Bruno Barnhart	Mar 03 1982
The Three Treasures Serial: BZ-00023 Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 14 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
Eternal Devotion: A Sacred Response Serial: NC-00697 Monastic Spirituality Set 4 of 12 Commitment, Mahayana, First Principle, Koan, Enlightenment	Bruno Barnhart	Jun 11 1981
Awakening Through Dharma Transmission Eight Awarenesses, Compassion, Balance, Posture, Consciousness, Nirvana, Evil,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 26 1979
Awakening Through Zen Integration Compassion, Eight Awarenesses, Posture, Consciousness, Balance, Evil, Mahayana,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 26 1979
Embracing the Eternal Buddha Nature Compassion, Transmission, Politics, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 30 1977
Awakening Through Sound and Self-lessness Serial: SF-00130 Changes that occur during practice period; sutra story of monk retrieving his mother from hell; composing concrete music; Practice Period, Ceremony, Mahayana, Nirvana, Karma, Manjushri, Addiction, Samsara,...	Phillip Whalen	Dec 10 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
From Self to Universal Enlightenment Serial: SF-00015 Morning; Buddha sitting to save all beings; difference between Bodhisattva stage and Buddha stage. Nirvana, Bodhisattva Way, Mahayana, Passions, Balance, Peace	Nagasaki Sensei	Mar 28 1975
SF Seminar Serial: SF-00023 The Three Bodies of Buddha; comparison between Eastern and Western thought; Greek tradition and Puritan tradition. Faith, Mahayana, confusion, Religion, Passions, Doubt	Dr Edward Conze	Mar 09 1973 1
SF Seminar Serial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies,...	Dr Edward Conze	Feb 22 1973
Embracing Emptiness: Beyond Illusion Consciousness, Suffering, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, Silence,...	Katagiri Roshi	Nov 07 1972
Universal Enlightenment: Wisdom in Action Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Emotions, Consciousness, Nirvana, Community, Attachment...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 1972
Sitting Beyond Thought: Embodying Truth Emotions, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Realization, Soto Zen, Mahayana, Chanting,...	Katagiri Roshi	Feb 25 1972
Reviving Genuine Zen Practices Today Ceremony, Dragons, Mahayana, Building, confusion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Katagiri Roshi	Nov 05 1971
Wholehearted Presence in Everyday Life Concentration, Mahayana, Samadhi, Instruction, Beginners, Posture, Attachment...	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 26 1971
Sangaku: Path to Inner Freedom Evil, Precepts, Concentration, Mahayana, Breath, Happiness, Hate, Suffering,...	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 21 1971

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