Monastic Practice Talks
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions as well as in other faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. In other religions, monasticism is criticized and not practiced, as in Islam and Zoroastrianism, or plays a marginal role, as in modern Judaism.
Many monastics live in abbeys, convents, monasteries, or priories to separate themselves from the secular world, unless they are in mendicant or missionary orders.
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August 28th, 1988, Serial No. 01504 Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Obstacles, Transmission, Daily Life, Light-... |
Aug 28 1988 |
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April 25th, 1988, Serial No. 01893 Bodhidharma, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Doubt, Religion, Mahayana, Interview,... |
Apr 25 1988 Unknown |
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October 16th, 1987, Serial No. 01503, Side A Practice Period, Conversation, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Harmonizing,... |
Oct 16 1987 |
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Life of the Five BrothersSerial: NC-00655 Seminar on Life of the Five Brothers OSB Cam, Camaldolese History, Vows, Fasting, Monastic Practice, Politics, training... |
Oct 1987 2 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00906 Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi... |
Jun 13 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Refining Your LifeSerial: BZ-00883B How to Practice in a Position, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Monastic Practice, Buddha Mind, Practice Position, Happiness,... |
Nov 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Priest's Practice and Coming Ordinations at BZCSerial: BZ-00874A Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice,... |
Mar 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Discipline in PracticeSerial: BZ-00871B One-Day Sitting Monastic Practice, Forms, Daily Life, Lay, Precepts, Commitment, Continuous,... |
Jan 18 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha, Dharma, SanghaSerial: BZ-00871A Saturday Lecture Triple Treasure, Priest, Lay, Sangha, Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Nature,... |
Jan 04 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 1986 talk, Serial No. 01467, Side B Priest, Ordination, Lay, Lay Ordination, Precepts, Commitment, training, Monastic... |
1986 |
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1986, Serial No. 00478Serial: NC-00478 Saint John OSB Cam, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Buddhism |
1986 |
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December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00166 Monastic Practice, Describe, Compassion, Meditation, Commitment, Dragons,... |
Dec 08 1985 |
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Zen Practice With Children and FamiliesSerial: BZ-00424B Saturday Lecture Family Practice, Religion, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Priest,... |
Jul 14 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Pre-Mountain Seat CeremonySerial: BZ-00426A Questions and Comments, Saturday Lecture Mountain Seat Ceremony, Priest, Ordination, Precepts, Lay, Offering, Priest-and-Lay,... |
May 11 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Creating Practice Using the Forms at HandSerial: BZ-00425A Layman Pang, Saturday Lecture Lay Practice, Layman Pang, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic... |
Mar 09 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Doing Zazen All Day Long Without Crossing Your LegsSerial: BZ-00423B Saturday Lecture Buddha Mind, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Posture, Anger,... |
Mar 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Third Paramita: Kshanti (Composure)Serial: BZ-00391A Saturday Lecture Kshanti, Composure, Happiness, Monastic Practice, Demons, training, Patience,... |
Nov 1984 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)Serial: BZ-00391B Saturday Lecture Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and... |
Nov 1984 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Difficulties in Daily Life PracticeSerial: BZ-00390B Saturday Lecture Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,... |
Jul 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Camaldolese HistorySerial: NC-00520 Camaldolese History Class. Conference #11 (Mar 29, 1984) & Conference #12 (Apr 4, 1984) OSB Cam, Money, Fasting, Ordination, Monastic Practice, Sanctuary |
Mar 29 1984 6 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Practicing Enlightenment Without Desiring EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00422B Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Emotions, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Lay... |
Feb 11 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Decision to Focus on Practice and Role of the TeacherSerial: BZ-00420A Saturday Lecture Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Monastic Practice, Non-discrimination, stubbornness,... |
Jan 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Dharma of Mindfulness: Tassajara GathasSerial: BZ-00903A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Tassajara, Gathas, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,... |
Nov 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Study PeriodSerial: BZ-00417A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Study Period, Monastic Practice, training, New Year, Daily Life,... |
Oct 08 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 5th, 1983, Serial No. 00701Serial: NC-00701 Monastic Spirituality Set 12 of 12 Monastic Practice, Renewal, Demons, Concentration, lecture |
Aug 05 1983 |
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Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 5Serial: BZ-00044A Need to Find True Teacher, Saturday Lecture Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dragons, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Nov 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #80Serial: BZ-00033 Does a Baby Have the 6th Consciousness?, Saturday Lecture Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Buddha... |
Jul 31 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #35Serial: BZ-00034A Manjushri's "3's" and "3's"; Nondiscrimination, Saturday Lecture BCR-35
Non-discrimination, Koan, Manjushri, Dragons, Conversation, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic... |
Jul 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Japanese Zen Practice in AmericaMeditation, Alan Watts, Buddha Nature, Obstacles, Posture, American, Priest,... |
May 07 1982 |
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Composure: The Third ParamitaSerial: BZ-00009B Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Kshanti, Composure, Happiness, training, Monastic Practice, Demons,... |
May 01 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Effort: The Fourth Paramita (Virya)Serial: BZ-00009A Blue Cliff Record: Case #5(?) "Beating the Drum", Saturday Lecture
Paramitas, Virya, Koan, Buddha Mind, Patience, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic... |
Apr 24 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title Unknown Attachment, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Lay, Monastic Practice, Hindrances,... |
Apr 18 1982 |
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Study Period Practice/The Six Paramitas Lay Practice Study Period, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, training, Mahayana, Patience... |
Mar 27 1982 |
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January 13th, 1982, Serial No. 00686Serial: NC-00686 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Monastic Practice, Ego, Daily Life, Intention, Fasting |
Jan 13 1982 |
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The Three TreasuresSerial: BZ-00023 Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Daily Life... |
Nov 14 1981 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Aspects of Practice, Lineage, Separation, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lay,... |
Aug 14 1981 1 |
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Dining Room class Silence, Current Events, Religion, Monastic Practice, Faith, Sanctuary, Fox, Patience... |
Jun 14 1981 1 Tassajara |
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Right Effort and Right ThoughtSerial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Right Effort,... |
Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 15th, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Right Effort, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Daily Life, American,... |
Nov 15 1980 |
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Attachment to Form: Positive and Negative Precepts, Attachment, Tassajara, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Practice Period,... |
Oct 25 1974 SFZC |
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Monastic LifeSerial: SF-00007A Early Christian mystics; Benedictine regulations, the rule of obedience; manifestation of God in the world. realization, Monastic Practice, Silence, Ego, Aspects of Practice, Separation,... |
Feb 07 1974 Tassajara |
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September 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00150 Patience, Paramitas, Monastic Practice, Greed |
Sep 21 1973 |
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September 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00214 Patience, Paramitas, Monastic Practice, Greed, Practice Period |
Sep 21 1973 |
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April 5th, 1973, Serial No. 00113 Pain, Monastic Practice, Freedom, Bodhisattva Vow, Don't Know Mind |
Apr 05 1973 |
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April 5th, 1973, Serial No. 00291 Pain, Monastic Practice, Freedom, Bodhisattva Vow, Sesshin |
Apr 05 1973 |
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The Monastic TraditionSerial: SF-00131 How to deal with peak experiences in our lives. Monastic Practice, Silence, Gratitude, Evil, Cultivation, Conversation, Lay,... |
Feb 26 1973 |
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The Monastic TraditionSerial: SF-00132 Monastic experience across religious traditions. Silence, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Echo, Religion, Bell,... |
Feb 26 1973 2 |
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March 17th, 1972, Serial No. 00179 New Year, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Triple Treasure, Delusion, Posture,... |
Mar 17 1972 |
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November 27th, 1971, Serial No. 00282 Consciousness, Describe, Separation, Buddha Nature, Monastic Practice, Bell,... |
Nov 27 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.07.30-serial.00188Serial: SR-00188 Second part of talk from this date. Monastic Practice, Monks, Death, Truth |
Jul 30 1971 |