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Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings.

The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena. Religious practice may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, or public service.

There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the vast majority of remaining religions account for only 8% of the population combined. The religiously unaffiliated demographic includes those who do not identify with any particular religion, atheists, and agnostics, although many in the demographic still have various religious beliefs. Many world religions are also organized religions, most definitively including the Abrahamic religions Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, while others are arguably less so, in particular folk religions, indigenous religions, and some Eastern religions. A portion of the world's population are members of new religious movements. Scholars have indicated that global religiosity may be increasing due to religious countries having generally higher birth rates.

The study of religion comprises a wide variety of academic disciplines, including theology, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, and social scientific studies. Theories of religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including the ontological foundations of religious being and belief.

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Ungraspable Mind, Deep Time, and the Precepts: Painting the Ungraspable

Serial: TL-00233

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Bodhisattva Precepts, Oneness, Religion, Letting Go, Impermanence
May 16 2011
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Redefining Sacrifice in Divine Mercy

Priest, Religion, Forgiveness
May 01 2011
Mount Saviour Monastery

Transforming Christianity in a Modern World

Religion, Priest, Non-violence
May 01 2011
Mount Saviour Monastery

How Life Is Like Playing In A Bluegrass Band

Practice Period, Ego, Silence, Conversation, Culture, Religion
Apr 30 2011

Genjo Koan

Lotus Sutra, Transmission, Fundraising, Anger, Enemies, Happiness, Separation,...
Feb 12 2011

Death and Dying: How Is It With You

Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Mahayana, Bodhisattva...
Feb 05 2011

Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two

Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,...
Jan 15 2011

Ananda Takes Down the Banner

Serial: TL-00227

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Bodhidharma, Buddha Ancestors, Religion, Dharma Transmission
Dec 27 2010
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Komyo - Master Hongzhi

Serial: BZ-02147

Light, Rohatsu Day 5

Koun Ejô, Sandokai, Transmission of Light, Komyozo Zammai, Discrimination, Silent...
Dec 09 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Resuming Big Mind Part Two

Serial: BZ-02144

Trikaya, Rohatsu Day 2

Trikaya, Sambhogakaya, Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Pure Existence, Buddha...
Dec 06 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Intersection of Zen and Clowning

Serial: EB-00230

Being a child in an orphanage; learning to meditate; sitting with negative tendencies; five fears outlined by Buddha;

Kinhin, Demons, Religion, Bell
Aug 25 2010
Tassajara

Ryokan's Big Bird

Serial: BZ-02120

Part 1 of 2, teaching class

Discrimination, Building, Passions, Culture, Dragons, Enemies, Happiness,...
Aug 14 2010
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case 12

Serial: BZ-02117

Zuigan Calls "Master", Saturday Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, MM-12, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Ego, Concentration,...
Jul 24 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Hokyo Zammai Class

Five Ranks, Ego, Transmission, Discrimination, Religion, Samsara, Beginners, Lineage...
Jul 01 2010
5

Hyakujo and the Great Sublime Peak

Serial: BZ-02110

Extraordinariness of the Ordinary, Sesshin Day 4

Intuition, Posture, Silent Illumination, Doubt, Culture, Instruction, Religion, Heart...
Jun 26 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

End of Genjokoan - Duality and Non-duality

Serial: BZ-02109

One dharma, one action, Sesshin Day 3

Discrimination, Intuition, Doubt, Non-duality, Passions, Religion, Demons, Patience,...
Jun 25 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Sojun Weitsman Roshi Genjokoan Class 5

Discrimination, Separation, Beginners, Daily Life, Conversation, Non-discrimination,...
Jun 17 2010

Hokyo Zammai Class

Discrimination, Diversity, Current Events, Intuition, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-...
Mar 25 2010
3

Buddhism in India and America

Lay, Religion, Lay Practice, Continuous Practice, Intimacy, Precepts, Cultivation,...
Mar 20 2010

Buddhism in India in the 21st Century

Karma, causation, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Precepts, Religion,...
Feb 27 2010

Vashubandu Class

Serial: BZ-02082

Class 1 of 4

Anger, Doubt, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Religion, Subject-and-Object, Nirvana, Daily Life...
Feb 14 2010
1

January 17th, 2010, Serial No. 03707

Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Religion
Jan 17 2010

Zazen

Serial: BZ-02068

Seven Factors of Awakening, Rohatsu Day 1

Practice Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Effort, Dogen, Concentration, Equanimity,...
Dec 06 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Ryokan Dealing with Each thing Changing

Serial: TL-00198

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Emotions, Religion, Desire, Diversity, Happiness
Nov 15 2009
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Practicing Three Thousand Worlds in a single Thought-moment

Serial: TL-00197

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Lotus Sutra, Patience, Six Realms, Mindfulness, Religion
Nov 09 2009
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side H

American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture, Religion, Four...
Aug 28 2009
University of California at Berkeley

Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side E

Culture, Precepts, American, Religion, Soto Zen, Diversity, Mindfulness, Dharma...
Aug 28 2009
University of California at Berkeley

Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side F

Culture, American, Transmission, Religion, Lineage, Conversation, Priest, Zazen Mind...
Aug 28 2009
University of California at Berkeley

Suzuki Roshi Symposium, Side G

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Lineage, Ordination, Soto Zen, Priest, Culture,...
Aug 28 2009
University of California at Berkeley

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,...
Jul 18 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

The Swastika as Mandala

Serial: BZ-02046

Sesshin Day 5

Politics, Evil, Happiness, Mandala, Interview, Transmission, Hate, Offering, Religion...
Jun 21 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Brown Rice is Just Right

Serial: BZ-02043

Cultivating the Empty Field, Sesshin Day 2

Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Birth-and-Death, Religion, American...
Jun 18 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Class 5 Absorption In The Treasury Of Light

Subject-and-Object, Cultivation, Transmission, Manjushri, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...
Jun 11 2009

Present Moment Awareness

Ordinary Mind, Mindfulness, Enthusiasm, Cultivation, Passions, Practice Period,...
May 30 2009

Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-02031

Bansan

Blue Cliff Record, Zazen, Posture, Building, Emotions, Beginners, Religion
May 15 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Class 1 Everybody Has Their Own Light

Religion, Instruction, Culture, Politics, Continuous Practice, Doubt
May 14 2009

Who is That One?

Serial: BZ-02028

Shakyamuni and Maitreya are servants of That One, One-Day Sitting

Non-duality, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, MM-45, Big Mind, Practice Period...
May 09 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Questions and Answers in Buddhism

Religion, Right Speech, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Mind, Vow, Teacher-and-Student, Heart...
Apr 18 2009

Japanese culture and engaged Buddhism

Serial: TL-00183

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Rinzai, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vimalakirti, Religion
Mar 09 2009
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate

Perspective on Current Events

Serial: BZ-01164

2008 Market Crash, Etc., Saturday Lecture

Money, War, Enemies, Greed, Eight Aspects, Monastic Practice, Religion, Peace, Demons...
Oct 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Beginner's Sitting; Serial No. 01163

Serial: BZ-01163

Beginners' Sesshin

Zazen, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Precepts...
Oct 05 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Religion, Manjushri
Mar 13 2008
The Yoga Room

Gregory of Nyssa: Trinity's Philosophical Architect

Funeral, Religion, Oneness
Mar 08 2008
Mount Saviour Monastery

Divine Minds: Gregory's Theological Legacy

Priest, Passions, Religion
Mar 07 2008
Mount Saviour Monastery

Find Out the Root of the Problem for Yourself

Serial: BZ-01118

Dokan and Gyoji: Let one teacher help you find your solution, Saturday Lecture

Continuous Practice, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Gaining Mind, Doubt, Rinzai,...
Mar 01 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen, Sanshimopo, and Doshin: Foundations of Practice

Serial: BZ-01112

Shikantaza, Guidance, and Way-Seeking Mind, Saturday Lecture

Shikantaza, Zazen, Way-Seeking Mind, Ego, Continuous Practice, Teacher-and-Student,...
Feb 02 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Our Sphere of Practice

Serial: BZ-01103

Nonseparation of Zazen and Worldly Activity, Rohatsu Day 5

Practice, Politics, Zazen, War, SER-12, War, Diversity, Evil, Religion, Building,...
Dec 06 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Rumi's 800th Birthday

Serial: TL-00173

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Rumi, Silence, Practice Period, Letting Go, Religion
Oct 01 2007
Cenacle Chicago

August 2007 talk, Serial No. 03461

Karma, Religion
Aug 2007

Only a Buddha and a Buddha

The Lotus Sutra says that the desire to help beings open to Buddha's wisdom is the condition for Buddha's appearing in this world.

Lotus Sutra, Soto Zen, Desire, Religion
Jul 28 2007
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

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