Renunciation Talks

Renunciation (or renouncing) is the act of rejecting something, particularly something that the renunciant has previously enjoyed or endorsed.

In religion, renunciation often indicates an abandonment of pursuit of material comforts, in the interests of achieving Enlightenment, Liberation, or Kevala Jnana, for example as practiced in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism respectively. In Hinduism, the renounced order of life is sannyāsa; in Buddhism, the Pali word for "renunciation" is nekkhamma, conveying more specifically "giving up the world and leading a holy life" or "freedom from lust, craving and desires". (See also sangha, bhikkhu, bhikkhuni, and śramaṇa.) In Christianity, some denominations have a tradition of renunciation of the Devil.

Renunciation of citizenship is the formal process by which a person voluntarily relinquishes the status of citizen of a specific country. A person can also renounce property, as when a person submits a disclaimer of interest in property that has been left to them in a will.

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No Abode Dharma Talk - March 9th, 2024

resistance, War, Renunciation
Mar 09 2024
PM
No Abode Hermitage

The Pivoting of Finite and Infinite

Suffering, resistance, War, Renunciation
Mar 09 2024
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Taking Refuge and the Precepts

Serial: TL-00800

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Precepts, Lay Ordination, Ceremony, Lineage, Renunciation
Jun 18 2023
Hybrid

Courage, Part 2

Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Attachment, Renunciation, Sangha, Continuous Practice, Hate...
Oct 31 2020

Public Dokusan 10

Composure, Mindfulness, Renunciation, Patience, Ego, Gaining Mind, Greed, Buddha Mind...
Oct 09 2020

Three Marks Of Existence

Three Dharma Seals, Impermanence, No-Self, Suffering, Nirvana, marks of existence, ...
Aug 08 2020
Online

Untitled Talk

Greed, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate, Anger, Renunciation, Demons, Gratitude,...
Nov 09 2019

Man Up A Tree, Talk 3

Serial: BZ-02686

Sesshin Day 3

 

Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Gratitude, Big Mind, Ego, Renunciation, Bodhidharma, Intuition...
Jun 21 2019

Man Up a Tree, Talk 2

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Renunciation, Ego, Big Mind, Separation,...
Jun 08 2019

Man up a Tree

Renunciation, Ego, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Priest,...
May 18 2019

Everything is Broken

Bodhisattva Vow, War, Happiness, Vow, Buddha Nature, Renunciation, Rinzai, Commitment...
Jun 23 2018

Vimalakirti: Inconceivable Wisdom and Illness as Healing

Serial: TL-00521

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Lay, Renunciation, Liberation
May 27 2018
ADZG Temple

Faith In Practice

Karma, Buddha Ancestors, Confession-and-Repentance, Doubt, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Evil...
Mar 24 2018

Wider Views of Self and Relatedness

Serial: TL-00488

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renunciation
Oct 09 2017
ADZG Temple

Precepts Class 5

Serial: BZ-02550

PP Class

Precepts, Ego, Culture, Anger, Renunciation, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Emotions, Lay...
Jun 01 2017

Precepts Class 4

Serial: BZ-02548

PP Class

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Conversation, Anger, Greed, Emotions, Evil,...
May 25 2017

Practices for Practice Period

Practice Period, Addiction, Humility, Renunciation, Daily Life, Precepts, Mindfulness...
Apr 29 2017

Sesshin day 2: The Ox eating the ruler's grasses, going against the grain

Serial: TL-00440

Sesshin Day 2 (Rohatsu),
Dharma Talk

Aspects of Practice, Fox, Bodhisattva Way, Intention, Renunciation
Dec 01 2016
ADZG Temple

Remembering And Forgetting What Is Most Important

Renunciation, Compassion,
Mar 05 2016
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Cultivating Samadhi

Renunciation, Compassion, Jewel Mirror Samadhi,
Jan 02 2016
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Part 6: Not Abiding In Renunciation

Renunciation, Suzuki Roshi, Liberation, Jewel Mirror Samadhi,
Aug 08 2015
AM
No Abode Hermitage

What Is Our Self

Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Buddha Nature,...
May 09 2015

The Joy of Defying Gravity

Nirvana, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Impermanence, Dharma Transmission, training...
Feb 21 2015

Heart Sutra Class

Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Renunciation, Funeral, Four Noble Truths, Intuition, Passions...
Jun 05 2014
4

Heart Sutra Class

Anger, Impermanence, Karma, Composure, Passions, Pure Existence, Birth-and-Death,...
May 29 2014
3

Heart Sutra Class

Birth-and-Death, Anger, Karma, Evil, Nirvana, Emotions, Renunciation, Attachment,...
May 22 2014
2

Dogen's Vow

Serial: BZ-02324

Part 1 of 4

true dharma, Vow, Silence, Repentance, Study Period, Doubt, Karma, New Year,...
Aug 31 2013
1

Five Powers of Zen

Renunciation, Mindfulness, Impermanence, Dependent Origination, New Year,...
Dec 01 2012

Our Minor Precepts

Serial: BZ-02275

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Renunciation, Emotions, Humility, Sangha, Conversation, Beginners, Patience...
Nov 17 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Priest Ordination

Serial: TL-00244

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Priest, Lay Ordination, Ordination, Ceremony, Renunciation
Oct 16 2011
ADZG Temple

Minor Precepts-Shingi

Serial: BZ-02139

Precepts, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Shingi, Precepts, Forgiveness, Humility, Renunciation, Conversation,...
Nov 13 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Sattipathana Sutta

Emotions, Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Passions, Anger, Intimacy, Daily Life,...
Oct 28 2010

Leaving Home and Receiving the Precepts 

Renunciation, Faith, Karmic Consciousness, Lotus Sutra, Attachment
Sep 26 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

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

Six Paramitas

Serial: BZ-02021

Dealing with Suffering, Sesshin

Attachment, Patience, Non-attachment, Precepts, Big Mind, Renunciation, Manjushri,...
Mar 21 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

2008.09.28-serial.00221C

Letting Go, Emotions, Renunciation, Silence, Offering
Sep 28 2008

Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising

Serial: BZ-01155A

Pratitya Samutpada, Teaching Retreat

Anger, Greed, Karma, Renunciation, Ego, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Emotions, Skandas,...
Aug 31 2008
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #63

Serial: BZ-01113

Nansen Kills the Cat, Saturday Lecture

Nansen, BCR-63, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Buddha Nature, Silence, Forgiveness,...
Feb 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

December 7th, 2007, Serial No. 01104, Side B

Renunciation, Monastic Practice, Book of Serenity, Peace, Bell, War, Ego, Greed,...
Dec 07 2007

Openness

Serial: NC-00771

Retreat Conference, Openness

OSB Cam, Openness, Pain, Renunciation, Liberation, Gratitude, Enthusiasm
May 2007
Part 5 (of 5)
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Living in Accord with Birth and Death

Serial: SF-00991

Sesshin Lecture: confirming Buddha nature; sesshin: gathering of heart/mind; what's the business under the patchwork robe?; story of Patacara

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Patacara, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Lineage, training...
Apr 02 2007
Green Gulch

Nothing Outside of Practice

Serial: BZ-01420

"Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2

Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness and Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting, resistance...
Feb 18 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

November 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01050, Side A

Precepts, Right Speech, Repentance, Vow, Renunciation, Liberation, training, Aspects...
Nov 16 2006

Precepts - Minor Precepts as Attitude

Serial: BZ-01398

Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning

Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya,...
Nov 13 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Suffering: How We Create It

Serial: BZ-01171

The Meaning of Forgiveness and How We Free Ourselves, Saturday Lecture

Suffering, Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Hate, War, training,...
Jun 24 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

The Paramitas: Meditation

Serial: BZ-01169A

Sesshin Day 3

Samadhi, Composure, Renunciation, Right Effort, Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Peace,...
Jun 16 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Prajna Paramita - Dana

Serial: BZ-01233

Introduce Practice Period Shuso, One-Day Sitting

Prajna Paramita, Dana, Shuso, Daily Life, Happiness, Practice Period, Precepts,...
May 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Six "Wrong" Ways of Practice

Serial: BZ-01231

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Obstacles, Aspects of Practice, Family Practice, Instruction, Interview,...
Apr 29 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Mindfulness, Letting Go, Practice Period, Hindrances, Liberation, Balance,...
Nov 12 2005
Tassajara

An Ordination History

Serial: BZ-01192

Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...
Oct 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

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