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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. 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, Judaism, and the Baháʼí Faith, 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 about religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including the ontological foundations of religious being and belief.

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Wednesday Lecture

Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,...
Jul 30 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Zadankai

Serial: BZ-00114

Lecture

Ordinary Mind, Conversation, Buddha Nature, Silent Illumination, Religion, Soto Zen,...
Jun 16 1997
San Francisco Zen Center

Zadankai

Serial: BZ-00779

Discussion

Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Conversation, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature, Religion,...
Jun 16 1997
San Francisco Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00536

Class 5 of 6

Anger, Nirvana, Addiction, Precepts, Religion, Evil, Teacher-and-Student, American,...
Jun 05 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Mothers' Day

Serial: SF-03101

Sunday Lecture: being born from a mother guarantees two ingredients, a bit of love and suffering, both necessary for enlightenment. The essential point of zen is questioning;...

Manjushri, Commitment, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Letting Go, Religion, Buddha's...
May 11 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Life of Buddha

Serial: BZ-00846

Class 5 of 6

Evil, Four Noble Truths, Sangha, Lay, Darkness-and-Light, Non-violence, Religion,...
Apr 10 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

March 29th, 1997, Serial No. 01556

Religion, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Evil, War
Mar 29 1997

March 29th, 1997, Serial No. 01555

Religion, Birth-and-Death, New Year, Heart Sutra, Evil, War
Mar 29 1997

Faith/Belief, Death

Serial: BZ-00361A

Saturday Lecture

Faith, Death, Religion, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Evil, Hate, War
Mar 29 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Life of Buddha

Serial: BZ-00850

Class 1 of 6

Religion, Buddha's Birthday, Renunciation, Vow, Lotus Sutra, Concentration,...
Mar 13 1997
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Recollections of Early Zen

Priest, Demons, Vinaya, Funeral, Religion, Ceremony, Lay Practice, Six Realms, Faith...
Feb 08 1997
2 of 3
Green Gulch Farm

Way seeking Mind Talks

Politics, Religion, War, Fasting, Practice Period, Building, Peace, Emotions,...
Feb 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Stories and their Significance

Attachment, American, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Concentration, Separation,...
Jan 25 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Class

Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi...
Nov 25 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Sandokai Class

Serial: SF-03177

Like forward and backwards steps - phenomenon exist like box and cover joining, principle accords like arrows points meeting

Oneness, Suzuki Roshi, Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 19 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Practice and Daily Life

Gratitude, Commitment, Silence, Passions, Mindfulness, Precepts, Religion, War, Peace...
Nov 17 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Class

Discrimination, Oneness, Darkness-and-Light, Letting Go, Branching Streams,...
Nov 05 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Practicing With Afflictive Emotions

Serial: SF-02722

Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai

Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Oct 09 1996
Unknown

Autobiographical: Beatnik Generation

Serial: BZ-00790A

Saturday Lecture

Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Doubt, Priest-and-Lay, New Year, Religion, Precepts,...
Oct 05 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Saturday Lecture

Time, Religion, Suzuki Roshi
Aug 17 1996
City Center

Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00799B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Tozan’s Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Oneness, Discrimination, Bell, Nirvana, Separation,...
Jun 08 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00251

Class 3 of 9

Buddha Nature, Repentance, Nirvana Sutra, Evil, Duality, Karma, Confession-and-...
May 30 1996
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03193

Chapters 15, 16, 25, 26, 2t

Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Religion, Manjushri, Faith, Ceremony...
May 28 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00249

Class 1 of 9

Platform Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Evil, Demons, Discrimination, Ordination, Karma,...
May 09 1996
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Way Seeking Mind

Serial: BZ-00804A

Shuso Talk

Practice Period, War, Impermanence, Happiness, Bell, Conversation, Offering, Posture...
May 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Images

Heart Sutra, Offering, Family Practice, Priest, Chanting, Daily Life, Religion,...
Mar 02 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Divine Love Beyond Moral Paradigms

Forgiveness, Money, Religion
Feb 01 1996
Mount Saviour Monastery

Charity Beyond Prejudice in Monastic Life

American, Religion, Commitment
Jan 31 1996
Mount Saviour Monastery

Rite of Passage - Ceremony and Ritual

Serial: BZ-00813A

Saturday Lecture

Ceremony, Family Practice, Karma, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Repentance, Bell,...
Jan 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Future Aspects to Focus On/Transition

Religion, New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-Student, Practice...
Jan 04 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00816A

Rohatsu Day 4

Thoroughness, Buddha Nature, Ego, Posture, Religion, Repentance, Enemies, Passions,...
Dec 06 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Women in Buddhism Class

Nirvana, Religion, New Year, Conversation, Lay, causation, Freedom, Intimacy, Demons...
Nov 27 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism Class

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Instruction, Lay, Religion, Balance...
Nov 13 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism Class

Emptiness, Balance, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay, Heart Sutra, Religion, Mahayana, Birth-...
Nov 06 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism Class

Religion, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi...
Oct 30 1995
Unknown

Why We Sit in the Morning

Serial: BZ-00819A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Daily Life, Religion, Priest, Separation, American, Bell
Oct 28 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Embracing Oneness Through Zen Presence

Hsin Hsin Ming, Composure, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Daily Life, Hate, Zazen,...
Oct 25 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism

Serial: SF-00153

Class

Religion, Discrimination, Priest, Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Ego, Fundraising, Balance...
Oct 23 1995
1 of 6
Green Gulch Farm

Balancing Extremes in Zen Thought

Serial: RA-00752

Class

Conversation, Politics, causation, Observe, Religion
Oct 23 1995
Tassajara

Images and the Feminine

Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts...
Oct 21 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

confusion, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Religion, Happiness, Duality, Non-...
Oct 14 1995

Zen Path to Self-Discovery

Serial: RB-00952

Seminar_Become_Who_You_Are

Buddhism, Practice, Religion
Oct 1995
Kassel

Enlightenment to Faith in Practice

Serial: BZ-00821A

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Faith, Practice, Buddha Nature, Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Vow, Ego,...
Sep 30 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Fear and Love in Sacred Harmony

Humility, Religion, Peace
Sep 18 1995
Mount Saviour Monastery

Ascending Humility: The Ladder of Spirit

Humility, Passions, Religion
Sep 17 1995
Mount Saviour Monastery

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo #1

Serial: BZ-00824A

Sesshin Day 1

Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Bell, Religion, Sangha, Anger, Nirvana Sutra,...
Sep 02 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Cultivating Soft Mind Through Zen

Big Mind, Thich Nhat Hanh, Enemies, Culture, Religion
Jul 29 1995

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00745B

Lecture

Nirvana, Samsara, Duality, Precepts, Dependent Origination, Bodhisattva Precepts, Non...
Jul 12 1995
2 of 4
Tassajara

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00746A

Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Dependent Origination, Don't Know Mind,...
Jul 12 1995
3 of 4
Tassajara

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