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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
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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
January 23rd, 2006, Serial No. 03287 Renunciation, Yoga, Commitment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 23 2006
Sesshin Lecture Mindfulness, Letting Go, Practice Period, Hindrances, Liberation, Balance,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Nov 12 2005 Tassajara
An Ordination History Serial: BZ-01192 Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Hui Neng, Sixth Ancestor Serial: BZ-01189 Gatha of the Platform Sutra, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Composure, training, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 24 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing Out Serial: BZ-01186 Sesshin Day 2 Breath, Pure Existence, Renunciation, Buddha Nature, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Big...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Intuition Serial: BZ-01185 Sesshin Day 1 Intuition, Body-and-Mind, Intuition, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Buddha teaches liberation; methods of liberation; birth and death is itself nirvana. Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Freedom, Letting Go, Samsara,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 26 2005
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00916 Sunday Lecture: Buddha only teaches what leads to liberation; methods of liberation: 1 - Hinayana - renunciation; 2 - Mahayana- purification; 3 - Vajrayana - transformation; 4... Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Letting Go, Freedom, Samsara,...	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 26 2005 Green Gulch
May 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01560 Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi, Duality, Separation, Buddha Nature, Doubt,...		May 26 2005
Samadhi: Imperturbable Mind Serial: BZ-01322B Lecture, one day sitting Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation, Composure, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Samadhi Serial: BZ-01561 Imperturbable Mind, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Imperturbability, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01321 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01550 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03554 Dining Room Class 3 Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara, Balance,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 20 2004 Tassajara
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01266 Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Three Refuges, Precepts, Priest, Big Mind, Ordination, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01025B Class 4 of 5 Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Posture, Hate, Passions, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Awesome Presence of Active Buddhas: A Dogen Fascicle Serial: BZ-01261 Saturday Lecture Greed, Continuous Practice, Culture, Bell, Daily Life, Anger, Renunciation,...	Taigen Leighton	Apr 24 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Things to be Mindful of in the New Year Serial: BZ-01377 Is a Six-pack and Pornography Practice?, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Addiction, Big Mind, Doubt, Family...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
September 2003 talk, Serial No. 03133 Nirvana, Renunciation, Attachment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 2003
Renunciation Serial: BZ-01350 One-Day Sitting Renunciation, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Silent Illumination, Posture, Concentration...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi Serial: BZ-00541 Class 3 of 7 Birth-and-Death, Discrimination, Non-duality, Attachment, Renunciation, Anger, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 29 2003 3 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Basic Buddhism: The Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00466 Class 1 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Religion, Fasting, Renunciation, Demons, Interview, Chanting,...	David Weinberg and Ann Kennedy	Feb 20 2003 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Principles for Preventing Decline Serial: SF-00935 Dhammapada, 9/11, we are not well, cause of great peace, Huey Johnson, the soldiers will have their way, dogs of war, Dalai Lama, pinpoint causes, 'Guns, Germs, and Steel',... Nirvana Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Religion, Interdependence, Renunciation,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 15 2002 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Three...	Fu Schroeder	Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch
Way-seeking Mind Serial: SF-04024 Tanto job, informal very ZC (?) Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Doubt, Daily Life, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Teah Strozer	Jun 12 2002 City Center
Ordination: What it Means Serial: BZ-00145B Lecture Monastic Practice, Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Vinaya, Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Mill...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Humility, Buddha Ancestors, New Year, Liberation,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 30 2001 Green Gulch
December 5th, 2001, Serial No. 00112, Side B Buddha Mind, Renunciation, Sekito Kisen, Karmic Consciousness, Building		Dec 05 2001
Eightfold Path: First Two Aspects Serial: BZ-00097B Rohatsu Day 2 Right Speech, Renunciation, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Building, Impermanence,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Dec 03 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Yogacara Dharmas Serial: BZ-00088B Four Unfixed Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1 Yogachara, Birth-and-Death, Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
One Hundred Dharmas Serial: BZ-00087A Saturday Lecture Anger, Ego, Greed, Patience, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Mandala, Skandas, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 11 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Major Afflictions Serial: BZ-00084B Saturday Lecture Monkey Mind, Hindrances, confusion, Renunciation, Greed, Evil, Nirvana, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 28 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Beneficial Dharmas Serial: BZ-00084A Saturday Lecture Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths and Prison Food Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Concentration, Mindfulness,...	Ross Blum	Jun 02 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
June 2001 talk, Serial No. 03020 Renunciation, Letting Go, Posture	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2001
June 2001 talk, Serial No. 03021 Renunciation, Nirvana, Intimacy	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2001
June 2001 talk, Serial No. 03022 Renunciation, Ceremony, japanese	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2001
June 2001 talk, Serial No. 03023 Renunciation, Attachment, Interdependence	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2001
June 2001 talk, Serial No. 03024 Renunciation, Continuous Practice, Patience	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 2001
March 30th, 2001, Serial No. 03017 Renunciation, Silence, Ego	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 30 2001
February 21st, 2001, Serial No. 03004 true dharma, Renunciation, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 21 2001
February 8th, 2001, Serial No. 02995 Renunciation, Emptiness, Karma	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 08 2001
Sunday Lecture Study Period, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Liberation, Instruction, Renunciation...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 28 2001 Green Gulch
Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman Serial: BZ-00067 Interview 3 of 3 Priest, training, Four Noble Truths, Fundraising, Renunciation, Dharma Transmission,...	Shannon Hickey and Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jan 03 2001
The Diamond Sutra: Commentary Serial: BZ-00920 Class 3 of 5 Karma, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Bodhisattva Vow, Skandas, Liberation, Vow...	Red Pine Bill Porter	Sep 30 2000 3 Berkeley Zen Center

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