Religion Talks
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. 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 practices 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 remaining 9,000+ faiths 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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July 14th, 1970, Serial No. 00197 Observe, Sangha, causation, Bowing, Obstacles, Hindrances, Describe, Ceremony,... |
Jul 14 1970 |
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July 14th, 1970, Serial No. 00198 Obstacles, Buddha Nature, Hate, Hindrances, causation, Enemies, Observe, confusion,... |
Jul 14 1970 |
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July 25th, 1970, Serial No. 00171 Describe, Religion, Ordination, Chanting, Balance, Beginners, Lay, Community,... |
Jul 25 1970 |
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Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same ThingSerial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,... |
Aug 01 1970 City Center |
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Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb AndersonSerial: SR-00069-A Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript. Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,... |
Aug 09 1970 City Center |
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August 18th, 1970, Serial No. 00304 Discrimination, Religion, Patience, Describe, Enthusiasm, Chanting, difficulty,... |
Aug 18 1970 |
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September 15th, 1970, Serial No. 00309 lecture, Posture, Hate, Bowing, Mahayana, Ceremony, Religion, realization, Pain... |
Sep 15 1970 |
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September 27th, 1970, Serial No. 00174 Birth-and-Death, Vows, Silence, Fasting, Anger, Lay, Community, Delusion, Religion,... |
Sep 27 1970 |
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December 1970 talk, Serial No. 00216 Transmission, Meditation, Tassajara, Hindrances, Samadhi, Concentration, Religion,... |
Dec 1970 |
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December 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00217 Concentration, Teacher-and-Student, Pain, confusion, Vows, Evil, Monastic Practice,... |
Dec 05 1970 |
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December 11th, 1970, Serial No. 00214 confusion, Vows, Sanctuary, Consciousness, Mahayana, causation, Beginners, Silence,... |
Dec 11 1970 |
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1971, Serial No. 00314 Discrimination, Pain, Beginners, Buddha Nature, Religion, Interdependence, Lineage,... |
1971 |
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1971.02.20-serial.00115Serial: SR-00115 Initial speaker in Japanese - Tatsugami? Translated by Katagiri? Three speakers listed for this date. War, New Year, Wisdom, Zoom, Obstacles, Zazen, Religion, Community, Evil, zen... |
Feb 20 1971 Tassajara |
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March 23rd, 1971, Serial No. 00315 Discrimination, Liberation, Religion, Building |
Mar 23 1971 |
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March 27th, 1971, Serial No. 00317 Religion |
Mar 27 1971 |
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April 5th, 1971, Serial No. 00325 Happiness, Consciousness, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature, Delusion, stubbornness... |
Apr 05 1971 |
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Sewing SesshinSerial: SR-00122 Sunday, June 20, 1971 Sesshin, Okesa, Dogen, Attachment, New Year, Freedom, Bodhidharma, Lay, Concentration... |
Jun 20 1971 City Center |
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June 20th, 1971, Serial No. 00252 Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Religion, Demons, Offering, Interview, lecture, American... |
Jun 20 1971 |
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July 2nd, 1971, Serial No. 00256 Constancy, Ego, Evil, Posture, Nirvana, Religion, Hate, Building |
Jul 02 1971 |
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July 6th, 1971, Serial No. 00257 Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Culture, Ceremony, American, Mahayana,... |
Jul 06 1971 |
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Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept PreceptsPrecepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, training, Religion, Observe, Priest,... |
Jul 17 1971 City Center |
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OLD - Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept PreceptsPrecepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Religion, Truth, Buddha Nature, training, Hate, Observe... |
Jul 17 1971 City Center |
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July 24th, 1971, Serial No. 00262 Consciousness, Passions, Religion, Bell, lecture, Ego, Discrimination, confusion,... |
Jul 24 1971 |
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Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of DustBlue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,... |
Jul 26 1971 Tassajara |
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Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of PracticeDogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Pain, Don't Know Mind, Happiness,... |
Aug 21 1971 City Center |
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October 1971 talk, Serial No. 00310 Birth-and-Death, Consciousness, difficulty, Building, Culture, Religion, American... |
Oct 1971 |
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October 3rd, 1971, Serial No. 00061 Precepts, stubbornness, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Pain, Mindfulness, Greed,... |
Oct 03 1971 |
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January 15th, 1972, Serial No. 00433 Freedom, Religion, Community, Study, Money |
Jan 15 1972 |
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February 1972 talk, Serial No. 00185 Birth-and-Death, Subject-and-Object, Liberation, Religion, Happiness, Community,... |
Feb 1972 |
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February 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00193 Attachment, Posture, Anger, Describe, Religion |
Feb 04 1972 |
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Allen Ginsberg and MusiciansSerial: SF-00105 Musical event. Attachment, Instruction, Obstacles, Offering, Vows, Anger, Religion |
Feb 22 1972 1 City Center |
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February 1972 talk, Serial No. 00189 Conversation, Soto Zen, Religion, Constancy, Building, Funeral, Fox, soto, Chanting,... |
Apr 1972 |
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April 1972 talk, Serial No. 00240 Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Greed, Liberation, Community, Religion, realization, lecture... |
Apr 1972 |
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October 1972 talk, Serial No. 00339 Enemies, Religion, American |
Oct 1972 |
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October 8th, 1972, Serial No. 00338 Triple Treasure, realization, Religion, Hate, Anger, confusion |
Oct 08 1972 |
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October 23rd, 1972, Serial No. 00346 Teacher-and-Student, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, realization, confusion,... |
Oct 23 1972 |
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October 31st, 1972, Serial No. 00344 Discrimination, Ego, Religion, Liberation, Hate, Duality, Building, Patience,... |
Oct 31 1972 |
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1973, Serial No. 03044Serial: SF-03044 Commercially produced tape: MEA Box 303 Sausalito CA 94965 P. 1973 Religion, Evil, Impermanence, Attachment, Ego, Priest, realization |
1973 Unknown |
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SF SeminarSerial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies,... |
Feb 22 1973 |
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The Monastic TraditionSerial: SF-00132 Monastic experience across religious traditions. Silence, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Echo, Religion, Bell,... |
Feb 26 1973 2 |
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February 28th, 1973, Serial No. 00093 Money, Offering, Religion, Non-thinking |
Feb 28 1973 |
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SF SeminarSerial: SF-00023 The Three Bodies of Buddha; comparison between Eastern and Western thought; Greek tradition and Puritan tradition. Faith, Mahayana, confusion, Religion, Passions, Doubt |
Mar 09 1973 1 |
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SF SeminarSerial: SF-00024 The problems with celibacy Current Events, Politics, Fasting, Demons, Obstacles, Patience, Attachment, Religion... |
Mar 09 1973 2 |
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April 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00294 Truth, Observe, Balance, Nirvana, Religion |
Apr 21 1973 |
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May 12th, 1973, Serial No. 00995Serial: SF-00995 "First 30 mins of 70 min lecture" Freedom, Concentration, Balance, Mindfulness, Liberation, Attachment, Karma, Doubt,... |
May 12 1973 Tassajara |
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Discussions Freedom, Liberation, Emptiness, Duality, Attachment, Religion |
May 13 1973 Tassajara |
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June 9th, 1973, Serial No. 00130 Big Mind, Dharmakaya, Religion, Sambhogakaya, Mindfulness |
Jun 09 1973 |
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1973.07.18-serial.00124Serial: SF-00124 Differences between exoteric and esoteric religious traditions. Religion, Evil, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Nirvana, Separation,... |
Jul 18 1973 1 |
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1973.07.18-serial.00125Serial: SF-00125 The third great religious awakening in America. Emptiness, Religion, Manjushri, Interview, Conversation, Karma |
Jul 18 1973 2 |
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August 27th, 1973, Serial No. 00143 Echo, Big Mind, Religion, Love, Bowing |
Aug 27 1973 |