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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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Title	Speaker	Date
May 16th, 1998, Serial No. 00349, Side B Fifth Precept, Impermanence, Precepts, resistance, Right Effort, Renunciation,...		May 16 1998
Sunday Lecture Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Karma, Practice Period, Bell, resistance,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 01 1998 Green Gulch
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Priest, Ordination, Renunciation, Lay, Lay Practice, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Majjhima Nikaya Evil, training, Liberation, Greed, Renunciation, confusion, Hate, Enemies, Delusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 08 1997 Green Gulch
March 27th, 1997, Serial No. 00848 Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Monkey Mind, Renunciation, Liberation, Karma,...		Mar 27 1997
March 20th, 1997, Serial No. 00849 Four Noble Truths, Renunciation, Vows, Lay, Lay Ordination, Concentration,...		Mar 20 1997
March 13th, 1997, Serial No. 00850 Religion, Buddha's Birthday, Renunciation, Vows, Lotus Sutra, Describe,...		Mar 13 1997
February 13th, 1997, Serial No. 00084 Vimalakirti, Manjushri, Liberation, Renunciation, Happiness		Feb 13 1997
Teresa, The Interior Castle & Our Contemplative Prayer (Part 2) / John of the Cross, The Interior Mountain & Our Contemplative Prayer (Part 1) Serial: NC-00031 Part of "St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross and Our Vocation to Contemplative Prayer" 3. Teresa, The Interior Castle & Our Contemplative Prayer (Part 2... OSB Cam, Intimacy, Describe, Commitment, Renunciation, Bell	Robert Hale	1997 3 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Dana & The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00788B Saturday Lecture Dana, Renunciation, Gratitude, Patience, Ego, Offering, Precepts, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 09 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eight Stages of Monastic Life Serial: SF-03132 Sunday Lecture - monastic way of wholeness, a sacred way, a sacred place, a clear pace that lives at the bottom of our hearts and is reflected back to us in a religious life.... Monastic Practice, Lineage, Commitment, Letting Go, Practice Period, Renunciation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 29 1996 Green Gulch
Zen and No-Benefit Serial: BZ-00116 Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Bodhidharma, Attachment, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Family...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 16 1996 Unknown Location
June 12th, 1996, Serial No. 02712 Precepts, Ceremony, Dragons, Vows, Lineage, Repentance, Confession-and-Repentance,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 12 1996 Unknown
June 5th, 1996, Serial No. 00130 Serial: NC-00130 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s OSB Cam, Renunciation, Ego, Enlightenment, realization, zen	Bruno Barnhart	Jun 05 1996
Greek Hesychasts and English Mystics / Our Christification Serial: NC-00006 Session 3 & 4 of "Continual Prayer in Eastern and Western Christianity" Talk 3: The Jesus Prayer in the Middle Ages: Greek Hesychasts and English Mystics... OSB Cam, Duality, Continuous, Sanctuary, Renunciation, Concentration	Joseph Wong	1996 2 of 2 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Dogen's Four Methods of Guidance Serial: BZ-00814A Saturday Lecture Four Methods of Guidance, New Year, Offering, Greed, Precepts, Renunciation, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Shantideva Class Anger, Enemies, Letting Go, Renunciation, Happiness, Concentration, Patience, Aspects...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	May 02 1995 Unknown
Blue Cliff Record: Case #27 Serial: BZ-00954B Indulgences, Saturday Lecture BCR-27, Vows, Bodhidharma, Fox, Renunciation, Precepts, Peace, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 26 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Renunciation Serial: BZ-00956A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Anger, Renunciation, Nirvana, Ego, Daily Life, Greed, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00937B Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Enthusiasm, Precepts, Non-duality, Zazen Mind, Mindfulness, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplative Prayer Serial: NC-01098 Contemplative Prayer Class OSB Cam, Emptiness, Renunciation, Obstacles, Fasting	Bruno Barnhart	Aug 02 1994 9 of 11 New Camaldoli Hermitage
July 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00941, Side A Renunciation, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Tassajara, Passions, Culture,...		Jul 02 1994
Monastic History Serial: NC-00325 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, Dragons, Letting Go, Renunciation, Demons, stubbornness	Peter-Damian Belisle	Feb 03 1994 16 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Mountain Practice, City Practice; Renunciation Serial: BZ-00959B Leaving for Tassajara, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Renunciation, Cultivation, Soto Zen, Aspects of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplation and Inner Experience Serial: NC-00838 Class on contemplative prayer using Thomas Merton's The Inner Experience. Class IX Contemplative Prayer Set 2 of 2 OSB Cam, Emptiness, Renunciation, Obstacles, Fasting	Bruno Barnhart	1994 9 of 10 New Camaldoli Hermitage
June 15th, 1993, Serial No. 00671 Bodhidharma, Practice Period, Bell, Giving-and-Taking, Renunciation, Ordinary Mind,...		Jun 15 1993
February 18th, 1993, Serial No. 00621 Precepts, Vows, Practice Period, Dharma Transmission, Renunciation, Repentance, Evil...		Feb 18 1993
Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan'a Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00710B Desire and Intention, Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
January 16th, 1992, Serial No. 00282 Four Noble Truths, Lay, Renunciation, Religion, Lineage, Fasting, Dependent...		Jan 16 1992
The Universal Call to Contemplation Serial: NC-00635 THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO CONTEMPLATION. D. Bede Griffiths, OSB Cam. Talk given at the Hermitage ‘92. OSB Cam, Ego, Breath, Demons, Renunciation	Bede Griffiths	1992 New Camaldoli Hermitage
August 3rd, 1991, Serial No. 00971, Side B Renunciation, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Mill Valley, Four Foundations, Anger,...		Aug 03 1991
March 9th, 1991, Serial No. 00690, Side B Daily Life, Renunciation, training, Samsara, Beginners, Happiness, Observe, Doubt,...		Mar 09 1991
February 7th, 1991, Serial No. 00267 Heart Sutra, Chanting, Avalokiteshvara, Monastic Practice, Lineage, Practice Period,...		Feb 07 1991
1989.05.18-serial.00054 Renunciation, Zazen Mind, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony...	Katherine Thanas	May 18 1989 Tassajara
Sunday Lecture Emotions, Anger, Renunciation, Ordination, Daily Life, Half-Smile, Ceremony,...	Yvonne Rand	Oct 09 1988 Green Gulch
December 10th, 1987, Serial No. 00307 Serial: BZ-00307 Sesshin Day 3 Renunciation, Priest, Forgiveness, Intuition, Patience, Interview, Silence, Happiness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1987
Life of the Five Brothers Serial: NC-00656 Seminar on Life of the Five Brothers OSB Cam, Camaldolese History, War, Money, Renunciation, Enemies, Forgiveness...	Thomas Matus	Oct 1987 3 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage
1987, Serial No. 00919 OSB Cam, Emptiness, Renunciation, Continuous, Obstacles, Vows	Aelred Squire	1987 5-6 of 14
The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation Serial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered Activity Serial: BZ-00875A Forms of Zen, Saturday Lecture No-Self, Silent Illumination, Right Effort, Bowing, Heart Sutra, training, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
1986, Serial No. 00480 Serial: NC-00480 Saint John OSB Cam, Intuition, Concentration, Renunciation, Patience, realization	Bruno Barnhart	1986
Gospel of John and the Christian Wisdom Tradition Serial: NC-00557 Retreat on the Gospel of John OSB Cam, Renunciation, confusion, Forgiveness, Politics	Bruno Barnhart	Dec 12 1984 3 of 5 Utah
Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00080 Hate, Renunciation, Culture, Posture, Concentration	Deshung Rinpoche	Jul 19 1984
Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00081 Posture, Breath, Concentration, Letting Go, Renunciation, Mahayana, Mindfulness, Non-...	Deshung Rinpoche	Jul 17 1984
Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00079 Bell, Lineage, Sangha, Delusion, Observe, Commitment, Renunciation, Posture, Building...	Deshung Rinpoche	Jul 10 1984
The Spirit of Mahayana Buddhism, Serial 00032 Four Noble Truths, difficulty, New Year, Monks, Nirvana, Intuition, Conversation,...	Deshung Rinpoche	May 15 1984 4th session New York City
Talk to Community Serial: NC-00448 Repeat of NC 00592 (00448 says 2 of 4) (00592 does not say 2 of 4) OSB Cam, Oneness, Renunciation, Buddha, zen meditation	Bede Griffiths	Sep 03 1983 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Talk to Community OSB Cam, Oneness, Renunciation, Buddha, zen meditation	Bede Griffiths	Sep 03 1983 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Necessity of Dialogue with the East for the Church and the Monastic Order OSB Cam, Buddhism, Renunciation, Mahayana, Ego	Bede Griffiths	Aug 13 1983 1 of 5
July 19th, 1983, Serial No. 00379 Serial: NC-00379 Monastic Spirituality Set 11 of 12 Renunciation, Dragons, Liberation, Letting Go, Renewal	Bruno Barnhart	Jul 19 1983

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