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Title	Speaker	Date
2007.01.14-serial.00116C Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Diversity, Observe, Repentance...		Jan 14 2007
2007.01.19-serial.00117E Dependent Origination, Instruction, Interdependence, Silence, Observe, Patience,...		Jan 19 2007
One-Day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-00942 Deshan and the old woman; the distortions of sexism, racism, others; the bodhisattva grandmother; devotion to zazen; bringing attention and support to the natural states/bodily... Dragons, Offering, Delusion, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Vows, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Feb 17 2007 Green Gulch
Buddha's Birthday Serial: BZ-01429 (and songs sung by the children), Saturday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
The Light of Buddha's Wisdom - Precepts of Compassion Buddha sheds the light of wisdom on the true nature of suffering, liberation, and the human mind, on the teachings of compassion, moral causation, and the whole phenomenal universe. This retreat... Precepts, Right Speech, Observe, Triple Treasure, Evil	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 05 2007 Part 3 Mount Madonna Center
Gracious Attention to Stories Observe, Posture, Right Speech, Anger, War	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 27 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Prajna Paramita The "Perfection of Wisdom" is the bodhisattva's understanding of emptiness, which is available to those who are settled in the conventional world. Emptiness, Discrimination, Breath, Observe, practicing generosity	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 14 2007 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
September 23rd, 2007, Serial No. 01000 Conversation, Don't Know Mind, Concentration, Daily Life, Attachment, Zoom,...		Sep 23 2007
2008.01.20-serial.00112C Dependent Origination, Zendo, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Happiness, Demons, Observe,...		Jan 20 2008
2008.01.24-serial.00113D Dharma Transmission, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Family Practice, Greed, Offering, Vows,...		Jan 24 2008
February 16th, 2008, Serial No. 01114 Happiness, Evil, Doubt, Liberation, Lay, Nirvana, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...		Feb 16 2008
March 24th, 2008, Serial No. 01122 Oneness, Observe, Lineage, Describe, Mindfulness, Hate, Demons, Bowing, Non-duality,...		Mar 24 2008
Embodying the Lotus Sutra Lotus Sutra, Bell, Discrimination, Observe, Evil	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 03 2008 The Yoga Room
Zazen Instruction for Zazen Teachers Serial: BZ-01088 How to Give Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction, Lecture Posture, Beginners, Hindrances, Observe, Concentration, Judgement, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
The Practice That Fills and Is Filled by the Entire Universe and the Bodhisattva Precept of Not Killing Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Observe, Sangha	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 22 2008 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01079 Serial: BZ-01079 Rohatsu Day 3, side B training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01449 Serial: BZ-01449 Rohatsu Day 3, Side A Platform Sutra, training, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2008
Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng Serial: BZ-02006 Rohatsu Day 3 Hui Neng, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, training, Instruction, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Paranirvana: Serial No. 01091 Serial: BZ-01091 Sesshin Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Observe, Passions, Instruction...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 14 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu's 'Wash your Bowl' Serial: BZ-02049 Open, unassuming mind, One-Day Sitting, standing up from zazen Zazen, Don't Know Mind, Renunciation, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Positive and Negative Feeling Serial: TL-00196 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Observe, Skandas, Desire, Posture, Zazen Mind	Taigen Dan Leighton	Sep 27 2009 ADZG Temple
2009.10.22-serial.00228AB Serial: EB-00228AB Being fully aware of our perceptions, of good and bad things; being authentic versus looking good; meditation as a safe place to meet what is arising. Equanimity, Observe, Describe, Emotions	Edward Brown	Oct 22 2009
Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality Emptiness, Observe, Karmic Consciousness, Rinzai, Gratitude	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 15 2011 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
2012.08.02-serial.00146 Offering, Observe, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Buddha Nature, Impermanence,...		Aug 02 2012
Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only Bodhisattva Precepts Guided by the Teaching of Mind Only Tenshin Reb Anderson No Abode 10/6/2012 PM Precepts, Karmic Consciousness, Observe, Confession and Repentance, Addiction...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 06 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
Sandokai-Branching-Streams-Lecture-Six-Part-Two Serial: BZ-02294 Sandokai, Sesshin Day 2 Suzuki Roshi, Sekito Kisen, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Emotions, Funeral, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 17 2013 Part 4 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dharma of Suchness and the Grieving Sages Serial: TL-00290 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Interview, Bodhisattva Way, Posture, Mandala, Observe	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 01 2013 ADZG Temple
Drumming and Singing Within the Real Serial: TL-00296 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Lotus Sutra, Five Ranks, Chanting, Observe, Transmission	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 13 2013 ADZG Temple
On Breathing Breath, Posture, Observe, Emotions, Building	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 01 2013 The Yoga Room
On Breathing Posture, Breath, Confession and Repentance, Mindfulness, Observe	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 08 2013 The Yoga Room
Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode Posture, Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Observe, Mindfulness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 10 2013 Morning No Abode Hermitage
Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode Breath, Posture, zen meditation, Heart Sutra, Observe	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 10 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
The Work of Going Beyond Buddha Realization in the body Going Beyond Buddha Sept 2013 PM No Abode Observe, Koan, Mill Valley, Zazen, Describe	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 21 2013 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
The Dharma of Money Serial: BZ-02329 History of BZC Finances, Saturday Lecture Money, Building, Fundraising, Priest, Sangha, Patience, Chanting, Observe, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 2013 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-02338 Rohatsu Zazen, Posture, Pure Existence, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Religion, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2013 Berkeley Zen Center
Case 17 Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-02351 Class SER-17, Intuition, Continuous, Discrimination, Observe, Equanimity, Hate, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 2014 Berkeley Zen Center
Gary Snyder walking the Mountains and Water landscape Serial: TL-00329 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Practice Period, Liberation, Observe, Rinzai, training	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 14 2014 ADZG Temple
Societal Response Practice Serial: TL-00356 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Sesshin, Money, resistance, Observe, Silence	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 14 2014 ADZG Temple
2015.08.22-serial.00159 Family Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Nirvana Sutra, Bodhidharma, Samsara, difficulty...		Aug 22 2015
How to Contemplate Buddha Serial: TL-00459 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Practice Period, Separation, Doubt, Duality, Observe	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 16 2017 ADZG Temple
Bodhidharma Listening to the Cries of the World Avalokiteshvara's eyes of compassion observing all sentient beings; Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu, facing the wall for nine years; the Sixth Ancestor's training; Buddha Ancestors, Consciousness, Compassion, Bodhisattva, Bodhidharma, cognitive...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 03 2018 AM No Abode Hermitage
Book of Serenity Case 1: The Unique Breeze of Reality Serial: TL-00527 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Manjushri, Observe, Aspects of Practice...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jun 11 2018 ADZG Temple
Silent Sitting and Social Action All compounded phenomena are unworthy of confidence. Compassion to these unstable phenomena is our practice. Zen stories are about enacting awakening within social interactions. Attend to your body,... Compassion, Four Foundations, Practice Period, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Observe...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 20 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage
Silent Sitting & Social Action Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of... YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Bodhisattva Vow, Ego, Priest, Breath, Letting Go, difficulty...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 30 2018 3 of 7 The Yoga Room
Silent Sitting & Social Action Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of... YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Bodhidharma, cognitive process, Observe, Fundraising, Lay,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 13 2018 5 of 7 The Yoga Room
March 10th, 2019, Serial No. 00596 Pain, Posture, Intimacy, Observe, Concentration		Mar 10 2019
Buddha Activity The work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with... YRB-2019-Spring, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Soto Zen, soto, Enemies, Observe,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 19 2019 3/7 The Yoga Room
The World-Honored One Ascends the Seat Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Precious Mirror, Observe	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 18 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage
Stories of Enlightenment In our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns... YRB-2019-Fall, Observe, Book of Serenity, Interview, Culture, Suzuki Roshi, Priest,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 07 2019 6/7 The Yoga Room
Stories of Enlightenment In our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns... YRB-2019-Fall, resistance, Observe, Describe, zen meditation, Gratitude	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 14 2019 7 of 7 The Yoga Room

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