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Priest Talks

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the "priesthood", a term which also may apply to such persons collectively. A priest may have the duty to hear confessions periodically, give marriage counseling, provide prenuptial counseling, give spiritual direction, teach catechism, or visit those confined indoors, such as the sick in hospitals and nursing homes.
| Title | Speaker | |
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| Wholeheartedness Three Treasures, Lay, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Community | Oct 20 2007No Abode Hermitage | |
| Finding Your Inmost DesireSerial: BZ-00999   Saturday Lecture  Vow, Demons, Instruction, Silence, Precepts, Priest, Karma | Sep 22 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| How to PracticeSerial: BZ-00989   Being Creative in Practice, Saturday Lecture Practice, Creativity,  Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Big Mind,... | Aug 11 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| BCR: Case #74: "Kingyu Osho-Rice Pot" (Dear Bodhisattvas)Serial: BZ-00988   BCR: Case #93: "Taiko's 'You For Devil'", Saturday Lecture BCR-74,  Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Fox, Monastic Practice, Dogen, Tassajara Zen Mountain... | Aug 04 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Introduction to ZenSerial: BZ-01276   Saturday Lecture  Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,... | Jul 17 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Blue Cliff Record: Case #76Serial: BZ-01440   Tanka's "Have You Eaten Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 Tanka, BCR-76,  Birth-and-Death, Light-and-Darkness, Lay Practice, Karma, Teacher-and-... | Jun 20 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Faith in Buddhism: True Buddhism Has No GsteSerial: BZ-01056A   Class 4 of 5  Discrimination, Doubt, Buddha Mind, Ego, Nirvana Sutra, Priest, Eight Aspects, Pure... | Jun 07 2007 4Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Fundraising History of Berkeley Zen Center DevelopmentSerial: BZ-01438   Saturday Lecture Fundraising,  Building, Fundraising, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enthusiasm... | Jun 02 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| This Is ItSerial: BZ-01436A   Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Koan,  Karma, Doubt, confusion, Big Mind, Instruction, Religion, Priest,... | May 19 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Faith's Mystery in Sacramental Life Priest, Intimacy, Happiness | May 06 2007Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| Sandokai, Branching Streams Flow in the Dark: Dark and Light, The Function of Dark is LightSerial: BZ-01434   Saturday Lecture Branching Streams,  Light-and-Darkness, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Oneness, Duality, Priest... | May 05 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Our Approach to Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-01260   Saturday Lecture  Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,... | Apr 17 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Contemplation in Action, Leaving the Zendo: What do You do? Everything is to Build CompassionSerial: BZ-01425   Saturday Lecture  Demons, Happiness, Daily Life, Anger, Priest, Greed, Passions, Evil, Conversation,... | Mar 17 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Practice in the New Year: This is It!Serial: BZ-01411   Saturday Lecture Practice, New Year,  confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate,... | Jan 13 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Reflections on Autumn 2006: Trip to Japan by Grace and ParticipantsSerial: BZ-01410   Saturday Lecture  Culture, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Offering, Doubt, Priest... | Jan 06 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| December 9th, 2006, Serial No. 00103 Letting Go, Priest, Non-attachment, Lay Ordination | Dec 09 2006 | |
| Sexuality and IntoxicationSerial: BZ-01396   Saturday Lecture  Precepts, Chanting, Bodhisattva Precepts, Karma, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest... | Nov 04 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Sojun and Doug Greiner’s Trip to BhutanSerial: BZ-01390   Monday Morning  Demons, Culture, Interview, Chanting, Happiness, Religion, Priest, Lay | Oct 02 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** HoleSerial: BZ-01388   Women's Sitting  Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra... | Sep 24 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Communion Across BoundariesSerial: MS-00147   Given to Benedictine Juniorates  Priest, Funeral, Ordination | Jun 24 2006Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| Eucharistic Encounters: Beyond Spatial PresenceSerial: MS-00144   Given to Benedictine Juniorates  Priest, Peace, Religion | Jun 22 2006Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| Lay OrdinationSerial: BZ-01239   Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san,  Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,... | Jun 10 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Rooted Unity: Zen's Sacred ConnectionSerial: RB-03110   Seminar_Heartfelt_Desire  Priest, Work, Japan | Jun  2006Rastenberg | |
| Resilience and Identity Through WarSerial: MS-00293   Talk & Questions  War, Building, Priest | May 31 2006Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. IISerial: BZ-01222B   Kid Zendo: Figures on the Altar, Saturday Lecture  Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission, Daily Life, Practice... | Mar 18 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| What Are We Doing Here?Serial: BZ-01220   History of Berkeley Zen Center Pt. I, Saturday Lecture Dogen, Lay Practice,  Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four... | Mar 04 2006 1Berkeley Zen Center | |
| March 4th, 2006, Serial No. 01454 Lay Practice, Priest, Lay, Heart Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Mill Valley, Four Noble... | Mar 04 2006 | |
| “Poems are not Poems”: The Poetry of RyokanSerial: BZ-01213   Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2  Priest, Silence, Discrimination, Practice Period, Beginners, Rinzai, Soto Zen,... | Feb 04 2006 1Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Pathway to Spiritual Community Harmony Peace, Priest, Forgiveness | Jan 18 2006Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| Living the Balance: Benedictine Spirituality Building, War, Priest | Jan 18 2006Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| Intimate Encounters with the Divine Intimacy, Priest, Religion | Jan 16 2006Mount Saviour Monastery | |
| Crisis: A Spiritual Turning PointSpiritual life exists in crisis, which can be used as a turning point. To the extent that we recognize that where we sit right now is a turning point, we are able to understand the possibility of...  Conversation, Faith, Transmission, Priest, War | Jan 08 2006 Part 1Green Gulch Farm | |
| Renunciation Embraced, Liberation Unfolds Renunciation, Commitment, Priest, Lay | Nov 27 2005 | |
| Changing Our Karma Karma, Offering, Conversation, Vow, Politics, Happiness, Hate, Duality, Culture,... | Oct 29 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| October 29th, 2005, Serial No. 01196 Karma, Offering, Conversation, Vow, Politics, Happiness, Duality, Culture, Priest... | Oct 29 2005 | |
| “Supported from Within” from Not Always SoSerial: BZ-01036A   Class 1 of 4  Priest, Non-duality, Observe, Karma, War, Concentration, Oneness, Posture | Oct 28 2005 1Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Finding Presence in Duality Priest, japanese, Religion | Oct 13 2005 | |
| An Ordination HistorySerial: BZ-01192   Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest,  Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,... | Oct 08 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Book of Serenity Case #7: On Thinking “Inside the Box”Serial: BZ-01187   Saturday Lecture  Bowing, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Fox, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... | Sep 10 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Zen Commitments: Balancing Renunciation and FreedomSerial: RA-00521   08-20-05 #00270 Roshi Tenshin Sesshin 6 Commitment and Renunciation - Receiving Precepts 1st Pure Precept - Restraint, Contraint, Boundaries "...  Renunciation, Commitment, Priest, Lay | Aug 20 2005 | |
| Commitment and Renunciation - Receiving PreceptsSerial: RA-00270   08-20-05 #00270 Roshi Tenshin Sesshin 6 Commitment and Renunciation - Receiving Precepts 1st Pure Precept - Restraint, Contraint, Boundaries "... Renunciation, Commitment, Priest, Bodhisattva Precepts, Confession-and-Repentance, Priest-and-Lay,... | Aug 20 2005 | |
| The Path to Transmission and Beyond (Kid Zendo): The Same Rituals But Different IntentionsSerial: BZ-01342   Saturday Lecture  Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,... | Aug 20 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Reflections on My LifeSerial: BZ-01335   76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman,  Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain... | Jul 08 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| GenjokoanSerial: BZ-01332   Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan,  Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,... | Jun 25 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| GenjokoanSerial: BZ-01035A   Class 5 of 5  Daily Life, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen... | Jun 16 2005 5Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Lay OrdinationSerial: BZ-01327   Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Rakusu, Lay Ordination,  Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Lay, Confession... | Jun 11 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Priest and Lay PracticeSerial: BZ-01325   Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay,  Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission... | May 28 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Dharma TransmissionSerial: BZ-01321   Saturday Lecture  Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice... | May 07 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Dharma TransmissionSerial: BZ-01550   Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission,  Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,... | May 07 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Perceptions of Understanding: The Five Skandas Silence, Bodhidharma, Lay, Practice Period, Bowing, Oneness, Priest, Lay Practice,... | Apr 23 2005Berkeley Zen Center |