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Preparing/Not Preparing for Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00124B

Saturday Lecture

Sesshin, Ego, Demons, Emotions, Posture, Equanimity, Buddha Nature, Obstacles,...
Dec 02 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Rules for Being Human--Opening of Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00122A

One-Day Sitting

Obstacles, Karma, Enthusiasm, Vows, Don't Know Mind, confusion, Hate, Offering,...
Oct 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916

Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vows,...
Oct 07 2000

July 20th, 2000, Serial No. 00852

Silent Illumination, Lineage, Interview, soto, Attachment, Chanting, Obstacles,...
Jul 20 2000

June 4th, 2000, Serial No. 04029

Mill Valley, Enemies, Manjushri, Cultivation, Obstacles, resistance, Ceremony,...
Jun 04 2000
Green Gulch

Women Ancestors

Lineage, Ordination, soto, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Funeral, Obstacles, Gratitude,...
May 13 2000
2

Sunday Lecture

Ceremony, Gratitude, Cultivation, Impermanence, Daily Life, Bowing, Obstacles,...
Oct 31 1999
Green Gulch

September 18th, 1999, Serial No. 00195, Side B

Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...
Sep 18 1999

June 26th, 1999, Serial No. 00165, Side B

Buddha Nature, Separation, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness, soto
Jun 26 1999

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8)

Serial: BZ-00753B

Sesshin Day 4

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, soto, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness,...
Jun 26 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Master Hongzi's Practice Instruction

Serial: BZ-00073A

One-Day Sitting

Hongzhi, Practice, Attachment, Darkness and Light, Silent Illumination, Light-and-...
Apr 18 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

December 2nd, 1998, Serial No. 00184, Side A

Vows, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Obstacles, Karma, Transmission, Bell, Repentance,...
Dec 02 1998

November 12th, 1998, Serial No. 00838

Happiness, Intimacy, Equanimity, Instruction, New Year, Obstacles, Don't Know...
Nov 12 1998

How To Respond To A Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00441A

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Aspects of...
Oct 17 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

September 12th, 1998, Serial No. 00437, Side A

Vows, Obstacles, Offering, Anger, New Year, Transmission, Bodhisattva Vow, Dharma...
Sep 12 1998

Cultivating Good Habits Foundation of Sitting

Serial: BZ-00356A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Posture, Discrimination, Hindrances, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature,...
Aug 15 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

1998.05.28-serial.00132

Obstacles, Enemies, Posture, Bowing, Letting Go
May 28 1998

February 7th, 1998, Serial No. 00342, Side A

Offering, Bodhisattva Vow, Obstacles, Big Mind, Daily Life, Tassajara, Conversation,...
Feb 07 1998

Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 4

Serial: SF-03055

Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette

Politics, Conversation, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony, Equanimity, Echo, Obstacles, Ego,...
1998
Unknown

Mountains And Rivers Without End

Serial: SF-03583

Mountains And Rivers Workshop, Mark Gonnerman, Stanford Humanities Center, Kresge Auditorium

Heart Sutra, New Year, Funeral, Emptiness, Gratitude, Fox, Bowing, Dragons, Obstacles...
Oct 09 1997
Stanford University

Dharma Talk - Thursday

Serial: SF-04822

Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living

Emotions, Freedom, Mindfulness, Bowing, Daily Life, Conversation, Bell, Obstacles,...
Sep 01 1997
Unknown

Sesshin Lecture

Harmonizing, Obstacles, Zazen, Bodhidharma, Ego, Posture, Bell, Zendo, realization...
Aug 11 1997
Green Gulch

The Most Important Thing: Just This As It Is

Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,...
Apr 26 1997

February 2nd, 1997, Serial No. 03623

Serial: SF-03623

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Mindfulness, Precepts, Funeral, Obstacles, Vows, Priest, Freedom...
Feb 02 1997
Green Gulch

Bound For Glory: Transfiguration Spirituality

Serial: NC-00073

Part of "Bound For Glory: Transfiguration Spirituality"

Archival Photo

OSB Cam, Demons, Obstacles, Pain, Letting Go
1997
3 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Blue Cliff Record: Case #17

Serial: BZ-00807A

Rohatsu Day 6

BCR-17, Obstacles, First Principle, Lay, Echo, Evil, Peace, Bodhidharma, Continuous,...
Dec 07 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

Serial: BZ-00784A

Rohatsu Day 1

Fukanzazengi, Obstacles, Posture, Manjushri, Don't Know Mind, Rinzai, soto,...
Dec 03 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

1996.09.14-serial.00050

Lotus Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, realization
Sep 14 1996

August 17th, 1996, Serial No. 00795, Side B

Posture, Doubt, Hindrances, uchiyama, Obstacles, Anger, Mahayana, Culture,...
Aug 17 1996

Wednesday Lecture

Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,...
Aug 14 1996
Unknown

July 2nd, 1996, Serial No. 00119

Serial: BZ-00119

Lecture

First Principle, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Observe, Teacher-and-Student,...
Jul 02 1996

Old Age, Sickness and Death

Serial: SF-03633

One-day sitting - Katagiri in Returning To Silence - Three kinds of thirsting desire

Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Funeral, Zazen, Continuous, Obstacles,...
Apr 20 1996
Green Gulch

Rohatsu Sesshin

Serial: SF-03575

Duplicate

Suzuki Roshi, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Funeral, Zazen, Obstacles, Renewal,...
Dec 14 1995
Unknown

Rohatsu Sesshin

Suzuki Roshi, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Funeral, Zazen, Renewal,...
Dec 04 1995
Unknown

Blue Cliff Record: Case #11 Cont.

Serial: BZ-00823B

Saturday Lecture

BCR-11, Teacher-and-Student, Obstacles, Offering, Dragons, Dogen, Emotions, Rinzai,...
Sep 09 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

August 5th, 1995, Serial No. 00827, Side A

zen meditation, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Blue Cliff Record, Mundane Life,...
Aug 05 1995

June 18th, 1995, Serial No. 00978, Side B

Practice Period, Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Emotions, Funeral, Obstacles,...
Jun 18 1995

Shantideva Class

Serial: SF-03203

Practice of Wisdom

Interdependence, Emotions, Attachment, Emptiness, Zazen, Posture, Ego, Describe,...
May 23 1995
Unknown

May 20th, 1995, Serial No. 00975, Side A

Practice Period, Instruction, Birth-and-Death, Samsara, Silent Illumination, Book of...
May 20 1995

Shantideva Class

Serial: SF-03204

Practice of Concentration

Obstacles, Concentration, Faith, Family Practice, Instruction, Absolute-and-Relative...
May 16 1995
Unknown

May 8th, 1995, Serial No. 00976, Side A

Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara, Conversation...
May 08 1995

1995, Serial No. 00134

Serial: NC-00134

Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s

OSB Cam, Vows, Conversation, Dragons, Obstacles, Offering
1995

November 13th, 1994, Serial No. 00955, Side B

Big Mind, Obstacles, Culture, Peace, Evil, Oneness, Hindrances, confusion, Describe,...
Nov 13 1994

Blue Cliff Record: Case #69

Serial: BZ-00936B

Nansen Draws a Circle, Sesshin Day 2

Nansen, BCR-69, Manjushri, Obstacles, New Year, Doubt, Gratitude, resistance, Observe...
Sep 04 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Contemplative Prayer

Serial: NC-01098

Contemplative Prayer Class

OSB Cam, Emptiness, Renunciation, Obstacles, Fasting
Aug 02 1994
9 of 11
New Camaldoli Hermitage

July 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00939, Side A

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Vows, Karma, Obstacles, Sangha...
Jul 23 1994

January 22nd, 1994, Serial No. 00981, Side A

Karma, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Anger,...
Jan 22 1994

Contemplation and Inner Experience

Serial: NC-00838

Class on contemplative prayer using Thomas Merton's The Inner Experience.

Class IX

Contemplative Prayer Set 2 of 2

OSB Cam, Emptiness, Renunciation, Obstacles, Fasting
1994
9 of 10
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Blue Cliff Record: Case #51

Serial: BZ-00658B

Seppo Star, Ganto Co-star; 2 monks, Supporting Actors, Saturday Lecture

Seppo, Ganto, BCR-51, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma...
Oct 23 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Cultivation, Equanimity, Vows, Addiction, Attachment, Happiness, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Aug 01 1993
Green Gulch

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