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Title	Speaker	Date
Listening to our Zen Ancestors with no Gaining Mind Serial: BZ-01285 Saturday lecture Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Passions, Transmission, uchiyama...	Ron Nestor	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, Impermanence, Happiness, Aspects of Practice, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go...	Kokyo Henkel	Oct 17 2004 Green Gulch
Zen Flavors: Crafting Harmony in Cuisine American, Bell, Observe	Edward Brown	May 04 2004
Zen Tastes: A Flavor Journey American, MM-12, Bell, Observe	Edward Brown	May 02 2004
Balancing Flavors in Mindful Cooking American, Bell, Observe	Edward Brown	May 02 2004
Zen Flavors: Mindful Culinary Harmony American, Renewal, Bell, Observe	Edward Brown	May 02 2004
Dining Room Lecture Serial: SF-01927 Evening talk realization, Zendo, Beginners, Teacher-and-Student, Dragons, Practice Period, Suzuki...	Edward Brown	May 01 2004 Tassajara
Stillness in the Flow of Time Practice Period, Zazen, Instruction, Zendo, Beginners, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi,...	Rosalie Curtis	Mar 27 2004 City Center
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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 2004 2 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Workshop Conversation, Balance, Heart Sutra, Observe, Posture, training, Patience, Mahayana,...	John Kabat-Zinn	Feb 14 2004 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-04035 Allow posture to align, pathway to liberation. Cultivate capacity to observe, name and describe, notice what we turn away from? Then cultivate interest and curiosity - zen... Cultivation, resistance, Observe, Don't Know Mind, Impermanence, Posture,...	Yvonne Rand	Nov 09 2003 Green Gulch
Fukanzazengi Serial: BZ-01015A Class 2 of 4 Lay, Posture, Dharma Transmission, zen meditation, Lineage, Observe, Transmission,...	Ross Blum	Nov 06 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Spilling the Water: Equanimity and Balance Serial: BZ-01363 Saturday Lecture Aspects of Practice, Karma, Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Vimalakirti, Soto Zen,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Man Alive Violence Prevention Serial: SF-01061 Wendy Johnson and Martha de Barros invited guest speakers from the Man Alive program to talk about violence prevention and specifically the role of meditation in this. ... training, Addiction, Conversation, Peace, Enthusiasm, Dragons, Politics, Observe, Ego...	Wendy Johnson, Martha de Barros	Sep 16 2003 Green Gulch
Reflections on the Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01357B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Emotions, Separation, Religion,...	Ron Nestor	Sep 13 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Lecture Oneness, Religion, realization, Observe, Practice Period, Instruction, Repentance,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jul 02 2003 Tassajara
Yinyan Sweeps the Ground: Wallace and Grommet Serial: BZ-01345B Sesshin Day 3 Peace, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Jun 20 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-01089 Feet, toes - funny introduction. Memorial Day - historical information. War. Relating Memorial Day to our practice. Letting Go, Death-and-Dying, Attachment, Interdependence, Observe, Separation,...	Daigan Lueck	May 25 2003 Green Gulch
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Mindfulness of Body and Feelings Serial: BZ-00294 Class 1 of 5 Mindfulness, Anger, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Demons, Subject-and-Object, Observe...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 2003 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Teacher Student Relationship Serial: BZ-01524B Precepts (from Suzuki-rôshi Book), One-Day Sitting Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Meaning of Words We Chant: Bodhisattva Vows/ Dharma Gates are Boundless Serial: BZ-00132B Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Beginners,...	Peter Overton	Mar 13 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Enneagram and Meditation: Enneagram and Buddhist Psychology Serial: BZ-00463 Class 2 of 4 Ego, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, causation, Intimacy, Samadhi, Chanting, Greed,...	Santikaro Bhikku	Mar 01 2003 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Defense Mechanisms: Enneagram/Buddhism/Psychology Serial: BZ-00182B Lecture Ego, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Intimacy, Samadhi, Chanting, Greed, Observe,...	Santikaro Bhikku	Mar 01 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Enneagram and Meditation: introduction and Theory Serial: BZ-00462 Class 1 of 4 Anger, Ego, Hindrances, Emotions, Observe, Four Noble Truths, Greed, Passions, Don...	Santikaro Bhikku	Feb 28 2003 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Not Always So Class Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Religion,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Nov 18 2002 Tassajara
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-04039 Listening without judgement, compassion, what hinders our ability, fear of not being helpful, generosity, 98% is about me, reflective listening, cultivate spaciousness, arguing... Cultivation, Conversation, training, Observe, Precepts, Avalokiteshvara, Zendo,...	Yvonne Rand	Jun 30 2002 Green Gulch
Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00452 Class 4 of 5 Dragons, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 06 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00446 Class 2 of 4 Precepts, Right Speech, Obstacles, Liberation, Heart Sutra, Observe, Passions, Bell,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 18 2002 2 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00445 Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vow, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 11 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
2002.03.14-serial.00171 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Attachment, Impermanence, Subject-and-...		Mar 14 2002
2002.03.12-serial.00075 Happiness, Culture, Nirvana Sutra, Passions, Impermanence, Instruction, Buddha Nature...		Mar 12 2002
2002.03.11-serial.00074 true dharma, Heart Sutra, Vow, Beginners, Daily Life, Balance, Observe, Repentance,...		Mar 11 2002
Dogen’s Kokyo: The Eternal Mirror Serial: BZ-00473 Class 1 of 4 Separation, Culture, Religion, Diversity, Politics, Oneness, Observe, Passions,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Jan 24 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Forms Serial: BZ-00095A One Day Sitting Precepts, resistance, Repentance, Soto Zen, Observe, Lay Ordination, Birth-and-Death...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Enthusiasm, Religion, Priest, Emptiness, Nirvana, Observe, Ego, Posture, Bell,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 18 2001 Green Gulch
Pathways to Inner Empowerment Passions, Money, Enthusiasm, Observe, Delusion	Edward Brown	Jan 13 2001
Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-00488 Class 2 of 4 Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Ego, Separation, Vow, Demons, Mahayana, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 09 2000 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Recommendations for Fall Practice Period Serial: BZ-00120A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Intimacy, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00159 Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, Silence, Karma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 23 2000 Green Gulch
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00161B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Ignoring and Being Ignored Serial: BZ-00208B Women's sesshin lecture Anger, Culture, Impermanence, Ego, Intimacy, Enemies, Observe, Conversation, Hate,...	Laurie Senauke	Apr 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Observe, Demons,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 29 2000 Green Gulch
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00205B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Observe,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 11 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Dragon Zazen Dragons, Concentration, Posture, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Instruction, Rinzai,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 04 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00204B Fire Heats, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
February 22nd, 2000, Serial No. 02948 Observe, Doubt, Religion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 22 2000
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00198B Rohatsu Day 1 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Observe, Discrimination, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00927 Class 8 of 8 Five Ranks, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Samadhi, Mahayana, Duality, Vow, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 1999 8 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi, 8 of 8 Serial: BZ-01548 #duplicate-please-hide Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Duality, Karma, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 1999 BZC

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