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Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8)

Serial: BZ-00078B

Sesshin Day 2

Genjokoan, Precious Mirror, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative...
Jun 24 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

July 29th, 1999, Serial No. 00922

Four Noble Truths, Ego, causation, Heart Sutra, First Principle, true dharma, Right...
Jul 29 1999

August 5th, 1999, Serial No. 00921

Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Samsara, Liberation,...
Aug 05 1999

September 18th, 1999, Serial No. 00195, Side B

Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...
Sep 18 1999

November 11th, 1999, Serial No. 01547

Discrimination, Mandala, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Precious Mirror, Nirvana...
Nov 11 1999

Sunday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Hate, Demons, Conversation, Greed, Peace, Equanimity, Samsara,...
Mar 12 2000
Green Gulch

Blue Cliff Record: Case #2

Serial: BZ-00083A

Nondiscriminating Mind within Discrimination, Sesshin Day 3

Discrimination, BCR-2, Discrimination, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Hsin...
Sep 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

November 2nd, 2000, Serial No. 00489

Birth-and-Death, Vows, Attachment, Big Mind, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow, Four Noble...
Nov 02 2000

November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six...
Nov 30 2000

Sunday Lecture

Mill Valley, Buddha Nature, Delusion, true dharma, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-...
Dec 03 2000
Green Gulch

2001.01.03-serial.00066

soto, Five Ranks, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,...
Jan 03 2001

June 4th, 2001, Serial No. 04344

Book of Serenity, Non-attachment, Samsara, Hongzhi, Attachment
Jun 04 2001

2001.10.21-serial.00087

Repentance, Four Noble Truths, Precepts, Beginners, Posture, Impermanence, Funeral,...
Oct 21 2001

Mumonkan: Case #35

Serial: BZ-00093B

Saturday Lecture

MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay, Samsara,...
Oct 27 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

2002.03.13-serial.00069

Posture, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Breath, Bodhidharma, zen, Beginners, Samsara,...
Mar 13 2002

March 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00468

Four Noble Truths, Ego, Heart Sutra, Karmic Consequences, Nirvana, Karma, Attachment...
Mar 14 2002

First Pure Mind Precept: Not Killing

Serial: BZ-00142B

Saturday Lecture

Non-violence, Two Truths, Precepts, Offering, Discrimination, Culture, Birth-and-...
Mar 23 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

May 4th, 2002, Serial No. 00146, Side B

Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow...
May 04 2002

2002.06.19-serial.00154

Serial: SF-00154

Wednesday talk.
Poem; anxiety about things finishing; expressing ourselves, failure, resentment.

Happiness, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period, Conversation,...
Jun 19 2002

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-04083

Anti-war activities. Suzuki Roshi's response to Lew's question "What is war?" Wrinkles on goza mat.

Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Peace, Samadhi, Manjushri, Oneness, Beginners, Samsara,...
Mar 23 2003
Green Gulch

Equanimity and the Eternal Moment

Serial: BZ-01346

Time and Transformation; Two Truths, Sesshin Day 4

Equanimity, Time, Two Truths, Equanimity, Attachment, Concentration, Karma, Intimacy...
Jun 21 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

October 2nd, 2003, Serial No. 00289

Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Religion, Duality, Building, Nirvana, Emotions,...
Oct 02 2003

October 4th, 2003, Serial No. 01360

Subject-and-Object, Zazen Mind, Family Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Karma, Politics,...
Oct 04 2003

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-01248

Sesshin Day 1

Parinirvana, Nirvana, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday,...
Feb 14 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Which Is The Real Seijo?

Serial: SF-00967

One-day sitting lecture: when our "soul is split", what is true? Just sitting in the midst of samsara.

Letting Go, Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Buddha...
Jun 19 2004
Green Gulch

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03554

Dining Room Class 3

Lotus Sutra, Describe, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara,...
Oct 20 2004
Tassajara

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01291D

Rohatsu Day 1

Heart Sutra, Form-and-Emptiness, Dependent Origination, Impermanence, Samadhi,...
Nov 29 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01294

Dependant Origination; Nirvana Within Samsara, Rohatsu Day 4

Dependent Origination, Samsara, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana,...
Dec 02 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Small Potatoes

Serial: SF-01093

Sunday Lecture: "Just to be alive is enough" (Suzuki Roshi) - dissatisfaction even when we "have everything" - acedia/noonday sickness - spiritual dryness - "small potatoes" -...

Triple Treasure, Vows, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara, Discrimination, Patience, Separation,...
Feb 27 2005
Green Gulch

March 5th, 2005, Serial No. 01312, Side C

Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Anger, Interdependence, Ego,...
Mar 05 2005

2005.05.06-serial.00180

Buddha Nature, Dependent Origination, Intention, Subject-and-Object, Interview,...
May 06 2005

May 12th, 2005, Serial No. 01031, Side A

Duality, Discrimination, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Oneness, Attachment, Non-...
May 12 2005

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,...
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,...
Jun 26 2005
Green Gulch

2005.11.03-serial.00187

Precepts, Nirvana Sutra, Vows, Culture, Samsara, Lay, Forgiveness, confusion, Sangha...
Nov 03 2005

2005.11.04-serial.00189

Happiness, Four Noble Truths, Gratitude, Oneness, Intuition, Non-discrimination,...
Nov 04 2005

2005.11.04-serial.00190

true dharma, Daily Life, Vows, Impermanence, Demons, Gratitude, Samsara, Repentance,...
Nov 04 2005

2005.11.05-serial.00191

Buddha Ancestors, Family Practice, difficulty, Continuous, Buddha Mind, Dependent...
Nov 05 2005

2005.11.06-serial.00194

Soto Zen, Enemies, Samsara, Subject-and-Object, Manjushri, Politics, Lineage,...
Nov 06 2005

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01232

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...
May 06 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Have Some Tea

Serial: SF-00965

Sunday Lecture: "Have you been here before? Have some tea"; judgment and conduct; Four Noble Truths; Eightfold Path; ethics and etiquette

Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Triple Treasure, Right Speech, Liberation, Renewal,...
May 07 2006
Green Gulch

June 8th, 2006, Serial No. 01044, Side A

Birth-and-Death, Passions, Karma, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Daily Life...
Jun 08 2006

2007.01.16-serial.00116G

Teacher-and-Student, Vows, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Mind, Family Practice,...
Jan 16 2007

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, Gaining Mind...
Feb 19 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

April 21st, 2007, Serial No. 01432, Side B

Global Warming, Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Intuition, uchiyama,...
Apr 21 2007

Sunday Lecture

Serial: SF-01062

Story of Parvati and ...(?); falling in love - never alone; the entire universe in ten directions is the true human body; Coming of Age Program; samsara/dukkha; parenting a...

Samsara, Karma, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Continuous, Hate, Interdependence, Passions,...
May 20 2007
Green Gulch

Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow

During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and...

Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Vow, Samsara, Nirvana, Attachment, zen meditation,...
Jul 10 2007
The Yoga Room

August 25th, 2007, Serial No. 00991

War, Patience, Practice Period, training, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Samsara,...
Aug 25 2007

November 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01096

Patience, Mindfulness, training, Anger, Right Speech, Emotions, Aspects of Practice,...
Nov 17 2007

2008.01.19-serial.00112B

Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Vows, true dharma, Daily Life, Culture, Subject-and-...
Jan 19 2008

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