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Rinzai Talks

The Rinzai school (Japanese: 臨済宗, romanized: Rinzai-shū, simplified Chinese: 临济宗; traditional Chinese: 臨濟宗; pinyin: Línjì zōng), named after Linji Yixuan (Romaji: Rinzai Gigen, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of Chan Buddhism was first transmitted to Japan by Myōan Eisai (1141–1215). Contemporary Japanese Rinzai is derived entirely from the Ōtōkan lineage transmitted through Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769), who is a major figure in the revival of the Rinzai tradition.
| Title | Speaker | |
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| Japanese culture and engaged BuddhismSerial: TL-00183   ADZG Monday Night,  Rinzai, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vimalakirti, Religion | Mar 09 2009Ancient Dragon Zen Gate | |
| The Chicago Koan - Dongshan's Place Between Hot and ColdSerial: TL-00182   ADZG Monday Night,  Passions, Skandas, Desire, Silence, Rinzai | Feb 09 2009Ancient Dragon Zen Gate | |
| Just This - Dogen's Fukanzazengi: Have Know KidzendoSerial: BZ-01161C   Saturday Lecture Fukanzazengi, Dogen,  Duality, Dragons, Posture, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha... | Sep 27 2008Berkeley Zen Center | |
| September 27th, 2008, Serial No. 01564 Non-duality, Duality, Dragons, Posture, Buddha Nature, confusion, Instruction, Lay,... | Sep 27 2008 | |
| Dogen: Enlightenment and DelusionSerial: BZ-01121   Saturday Lecture  Silent Illumination, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Teacher-and-Student, Non-... | Mar 22 2008Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Find Out the Root of the Problem for YourselfSerial: BZ-01118   Dokan and Gyoji: Let one teacher help you find your solution, Saturday Lecture Continuous Practice,  Continuous Practice, Intuition, Gaining Mind, Doubt, Rinzai,... | Mar 01 2008Berkeley Zen Center | |
| The Shape of Buddhanature: Essence in FormSerial: BZ-01100   Clarifying Illumination of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 2 Practice, Enlightenment, Humility,  Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind,... | Dec 03 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Seigen Gyoshi asks Daikan Eno about:Serial: BZ-01441   Falling Into Classifications, Sesshin Day 2 Seigen Gyoshi, Daikan Eno, Discrimination,  Gaining Mind, Four Noble Truths, Teacher-... | Jun 21 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Six Factors of ZazenSerial: BZ-01431   One-Day Sitting Zazen,  Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Emotions, Samadhi, Posture,... | Apr 15 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen: Beating the cart or beating the horseSerial: BZ-01423   Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen,  Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,... | Mar 03 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special"Serial: BZ-01421   Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3 Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi,  Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous Practice,... | Feb 19 2007Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right"Serial: BZ-01401   Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi,  Teacher-and-Student, Pure Existence, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch... | Nov 27 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Aspects of PracticeSerial: BZ-01392   Fall 2006, Saturday Lecture  Practice Position, Daily Life, Offering, Interview, Big Mind, Practice Period, Vow,... | Oct 14 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Women’s Practice: Falling into the *** HoleSerial: BZ-01388   Women's Sitting  Intimacy, Dharma Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Lineage, Transmission, Lotus Sutra... | Sep 24 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Blue Cliff Record: Case #10Serial: BZ-01384   "You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2 BCR-10,  Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily... | Sep 03 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Presence as the Ultimate Koan Koan, Soto Zen, Rinzai | Aug 20 2006 | |
| April 1st, 2006, Serial No. 00097 Faith, Continuous Practice, Tenzo, Rinzai, Lay Practice | Apr 01 2006 | |
| March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00054 Silent Illumination, Rinzai, Five Ranks | Mar  2006 | |
| FukanzazengiSerial: BZ-01217   Part I, Sesshin Day 2 Fukanzazengi,  Silent Illumination, Lineage, Discrimination, Daily Life, Sanctuary,... | Feb 19 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| “Poems are not Poems”: The Poetry of RyokanSerial: BZ-01213   Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2  Priest, Silence, Discrimination, Practice Period, Beginners, Rinzai, Soto Zen,... | Feb 04 2006 1Berkeley Zen Center | |
| BellsSerial: BZ-01211   Saturday Lecture Bell,  Bell, Chanting, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva... | Jan 21 2006Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light"Serial: BZ-01205   Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5 Ummon, BCR-86,  Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness-and-Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances... | Dec 02 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Faith and Doubt TypesSerial: BZ-01203B   Rohatsu Day 3 Faith, Doubt,  Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,... | Nov 30 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| “Director Experience of Reality” from Not Always SoSerial: BZ-01195   One Day Sitting  Practice Period, Mahayana, Hindrances, Ego, Intimacy, Rinzai, Evil | Oct 23 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Mumonkan: Case #3Serial: BZ-01194B   Gutei's One Finger, Saturday Lecture Gutei, MM-3,  Renewal, Sanctuary, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Hindrances, confusion, Hate,... | Oct 22 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Our Women AncestorsSerial: BZ-01190   Women's Sitting  Lineage, Chanting, Rinzai, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student,... | Sep 25 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Breathing OutSerial: BZ-01186   Sesshin Day 2 Breath,  Pure Existence, Renunciation, Buddha Nature, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Big... | Sep 04 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| July 23rd, 2005, Serial No. 01338 Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way, Soto Zen,... | Jul 23 2005 | |
| Stand Up from the GroundSerial: BZ-01567   Saturday Lecture Form-and-Emptiness,  Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, Soto... | Jul 23 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| GenjokoanSerial: BZ-01035A   Class 5 of 5  Daily Life, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen... | Jun 16 2005 5Berkeley Zen Center | |
| 2005.05.08-serial.00184 Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Posture, Observe, Dependent Origination, confusion,... | May 08 2005 | |
| March 19th, 2005, Serial No. 00126 Monkey Mind, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors, Rinzai | Mar 19 2005 | |
| March 2005 talk, Serial No. 00058 Monkey Mind, Attachment, Rinzai, Letting Go | Mar  2005 | |
| Make Your Vow and Root it Deeply Vow, Greed, Mahayana, Daily Life, Religion, Priest, Rinzai, Bodhidharma | Feb 26 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened PersonSerial: BZ-01298   No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Precepts,  Right Speech, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Ego... | Dec 11 2004Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Heart SutraSerial: BZ-01291D   Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness,  Dependent Origination, Impermanence, Samadhi,... | Nov 29 2004Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Aspects of Practice: Female Chan AncestorsSerial: BZ-01030A   Class 4 of 4 Practice Period,  Dragons, Transmission, Fox, Buddha Ancestors, Lineage, Interview,... | Nov 18 2004 4Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Aspects of Practice: DogenSerial: BZ-01029A   Class 3 of 4 Bodhisattva Ceremony,  Lay Practice, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Rinzai,... | Nov 11 2004 3Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Aspects of Practice: TozanSerial: BZ-01028A   Class 2 of 4 Lineage,  Five Ranks, Heart Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Rinzai, Blue Cliff Record,... | Nov 04 2004 2Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Gakudo Yojunshu, Point #7Serial: BZ-01267   Turning Dharma and Being Turned by Dharma, Sesshin Day 1 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Dogen,  Lotus Sutra, Dragons, Buddha Mind, Obstacles, Silent... | Jun 16 2004Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Dogen's BendowaSerial: BZ-01253   Saturday Lecture Bendowa,  Repentance, Samadhi, Six Realms, Offering, Oneness, Lineage, Demons, Rinzai... | Mar 06 2004Berkeley Zen Center | |
| FukanzazengiSerial: BZ-01016B   Class 3 of 4  Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons, Dharma Transmission,... | Nov 13 2003 3Berkeley Zen Center | |
| The Dragon SpeaksSerial: BZ-01366   Lecture  Dragons, Interdependence, Rinzai, Samadhi, Bell, Duality, Vow, Posture, Instruction... | Nov 08 2003Berkeley Zen Center | |
| June 14th, 2003, Serial No. 00136 Lay, Rinzai, Avalokitesvara, Blue Cliff Record, Priest | Jun 14 2003 | |
| Introduction to Zen: KoansSerial: BZ-00296   Class 3 of 4  Book of Serenity, Silent Illumination, Posture, Practice Period, Rinzai, Dragons,... | Apr 24 2003 3Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi: Bells, Lightness and FaithSerial: BZ-00542   Class 7 of 7  Bell, Doubt, Daily Life, Attachment, Religion, Anger, Rinzai, Chanting, Mindfulness,... | Apr 01 2003 7Chapel Hill Zen Center | |
| Meaning of Words We Chant: Bodhisattva Vows/ Dharma Gates are BoundlessSerial: BZ-00132B   Lecture  Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Beginners, Rinzai, Observe, Bell... | Mar 13 2003Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Sogen Shaku Scroll and Zen and WarSerial: BZ-00176   Rohatsu Day 6 War,  War, Emotions, Priest, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Religion, Ego, Bodhidharma | Dec 07 2002Berkeley Zen Center | |
| When Everything Falls Apart: “Raising Lazarus”Serial: BZ-00156B   Lecture Don't Know Mind,  Vow, Monkey Mind, Samadhi, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Buddha Nature... | Aug 24 2002Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Practice and EnlightenmentSerial: BZ-00154A   One-Day Sitting Dogen, Practice, Enlightenment, Faith,  Intuition, Posture, Doubt, Branching Streams,... | Jul 14 2002Berkeley Zen Center |