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Stimulating Bodhisattva's courage and entering reality 

Emptiness, Observe, Karmic Consciousness, Rinzai, Gratitude
Oct 15 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Lens: Seeing All as Buddha

Karma, Emptiness, Observe
Oct 15 2011
Afternoon

Compassionate Coexistence in Everyday Dilemmas

Precepts, Ceremony, Observe
Oct 2011

Presence Over Performance in Zen

Serial: EB-002282

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, Emotions
Oct 22 2009

Positive and Negative Feeling

Serial: TL-00196

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Observe, Skandhas, Desire, Posture, Zazen Mind
Sep 27 2009
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Unity in Compassionate Interdependence

Compassion, Lovingkindness, Observe
Aug 17 2009

Buddha's Paranirvana: Serial No. 01091

Serial: BZ-01091

Sesshin

Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Observe, Passions, Instruction...
Feb 14 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01079

Serial: BZ-01079

Rohatsu Day 3, side B

Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind, Evil, Hindrances, Instruction,...
Dec 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-01449

Rohatsu Day 3

Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind, Evil, Instruction, Liberation,...
Dec 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02006

Rohatsu Day 3

Hui-neng, Anger, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind, Evil, Hindrances,...
Dec 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
Nov 22 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Zazen Instruction for Zazen Teachers: How to Give Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-01088

Lecture

Posture, Beginners, Hindrances, Observe, Concentration, Instruction, Samsara, Bowing...
Aug 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Bell, Discrimination, Observe, Evil
Apr 03 2008
The Yoga Room

Life of Practice on the Ashram

Serial: BZ-01122

Monday morning talk

Oneness, Observe, Lineage, Mindfulness, Hate, Demons, Bowing, Non-duality, Greed...
Mar 24 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha’s Paranirvana

Serial: BZ-01114

Sesshin Day 1

Happiness, Evil, Doubt, Liberation, Lay, Nirvana, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...
Feb 16 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Multi-Tasking

Serial: BZ-01000

Women's Sitting

Attachment, Concentration, Continuous Practice, Conversation, Daily Life, Don't...
Sep 23 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

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.

Breath, Discrimination, Emptiness, Observe
Jul 14 2007
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Gracious Attention to Stories 

Observe, Posture, Right Speech, Anger, War
May 27 2007
Green Gulch Farm

Awakening Together in Silent Bonds

Enlightenment, Instruction, Observe
May 27 2007

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, Three Treasures, Evil
May 05 2007
Part 3
Mount Madonna Center

The Bodhisattva Grandmother

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...

Deshan, Family Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Delusion, Mindfulness, Balance,...
Feb 17 2007
Green Gulch Farm

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01217

Part I, Sesshin Day 2

Fukanzazengi, Silent Illumination, Lineage, Discrimination, Daily Life, Sanctuary,...
Feb 19 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Sutra on Breathing

Serial: BZ-01210D

One-Day Sitting

Breath, Happiness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness,...
Jan 14 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

“Supported from Within” from Not Always So

Serial: BZ-01036A

Class 1 of 4

Concentration, Karma, Non-duality, Observe, Oneness, Posture, Priest, War
Oct 28 2005
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Communication

Serial: BZ-01341

Saturday Lecture

Silence, Right Speech, Culture, Conversation, Intimacy, Observe, Passions,...
Aug 13 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

2005.05.08-serial.00184

Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Posture, Observe, Dependent Origination, confusion,...
May 08 2005

Precepts

Serial: SF-03499

Sesshin 3 Day 4 Teacher-student relationship

Precepts, Practice, Observe
Mar 26 2005
Tassajara

Precepts, Student-Teacher Relationship

Serial: BZ-00598

Sesshin Day 4

Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Chanting, Ego,...
Mar 26 2005
Tassajara

Way Seeking Mind Pt. 3

Serial: BZ-00589

Lecture

Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Building, Dharma Transmission, Enthusiasm,...
Mar 14 2005

Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00775

Class 3 of 12

Subject-and-Object, Ordinary Mind, Discrimination, Ego, Intuition, Attachment,...
Jan 23 2005
3
Tassajara

Transforming Thought: Tranquility to Insight

Breath, Letting Go, Observe, Addiction
Jan 22 2005

Pathways from Tranquility to Insight

Breath, Letting Go, Observe, New Year
Jan 22 2005
Green Gulch Farm

Tranquility to Insight: Mind's Journey

Breath, Letting Go, Observe, Addiction
Jan 22 2005

Integration of Tranquility and Insight

Breath, Letting Go, Observe, Practice Period, Addiction
Jan 22 2005

Tranquility Meets Insight: A Meditative Journey

Breath, Letting Go, Observe, Addiction
Jan 22 2005

Tranquility and Insight Unveiled

Breath, Letting Go, Observe, Addiction
Jan 22 2005

Listening to our Zen Ancestors with no Gaining Mind

Serial: BZ-01285

Saturday lecture

Daily Life, Evil, Gaining Mind, Non-duality, Observe, Passions, Practice Period,...
Oct 23 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Motivations For Practice

Serial: SF-00928

Sunday Lecture: 1- rare to be born as human; 2 - impermanence of life; 3 - the effect of actions; 4 - suffering of cyclical existence. What is the practice? Letting go of fear...

Liberation, Balance, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Observe, Letting Go, Enthusiasm,...
Oct 17 2004
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Flavors: Crafting Harmony in Cuisine

Bell, Observe
May 04 2004

Zen Tastes: A Flavor Journey

Bell, MM-12, Observe
May 02 2004

Zen Flavors: Mindful Culinary Harmony

Bell, Observe, Renewal
May 02 2004

Balancing Flavors in Mindful Cooking

Bell, Observe
May 02 2004

Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community

Serial: BZ-00579

Class 2 of 5

Observe, Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Offering,...
Feb 29 2004
2
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-01015A

Class 2 of 4

Lay, Attachment, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Instruction, Lineage, Observe, Posture...
Nov 06 2003
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Spilling the Water: Equanimity and Balance

Serial: BZ-01363

Saturday Lecture

Book of Serenity, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Manjushri, Observe, Soto Zen,...
Oct 25 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Reflections on the Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01357B

Saturday Lecture

Commitment, Emotions, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness,...
Sep 13 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Lecture

Oneness, Religion, Realization, Observe, Practice Period, Instruction, Repentance,...
Jul 02 2003
Tassajara

Yinyan Sweeps the Ground: Wallace and Grommet

Serial: BZ-01345B

Sesshin Day 3

Peace, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Tassajara, Religion, Zoom, Bowing,...
Jun 20 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Mindfulness of Body and Feelings

Serial: BZ-00294

Class 1 of 5

Anger, Daily Life, Demons, Dream World, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness...
May 15 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Beyond Labels: Embracing Direct Experience

Darkness-and-Light, Doubt, Observe
Apr 13 2003

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