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Hokyo Zammai Class

Five Ranks, Ego, Transmission, Discrimination, Religion, Samsara, Echo, Beginners,...
Jul 01 2010
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2010.05.11-serial.00231

Serial: EB-00231

Impossible to keep everybody happy with style of teaching; story of coming to Tassajara in 1966; fundraising for the monastery; not hiding negative parts of personality; the...

realization, Practice Period, Delusion, Zendo, Samsara
May 11 2010

Berkeley Zendo and Money

Serial: BZ-02094

Mandalas, Saturday Lecture

Sojun's early practice, Sangha, Supporting Practice

 

Samsara, Sangha, Samsara, Building, Enemies, Nirvana, Practice Position, Culture,...
Apr 17 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Training for the Selfless Heart 

Hate, Enthusiasm, Impermanence, Attachment, Samsara
Apr 08 2010
The Yoga Room

Expressing the Dream within a Dream

Serial: TL-00205

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Dream World, Samsara, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhisattva Precepts
Jan 25 2010
ADZG Temple

Hozan Alan Senauke The World Is What You Make It

Two Truths, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Precious Mirror,...
Sep 19 2009

The Ultimate Transcends Difference and Unity

Samdhinirmochana Mahayana Sutra Chapter 3, part 2
Samdhinirmochana Sutra (Part VIII),
Chapter Three, Morning
No Abode 7/23//09 AM

Samsara, Desire, Anger, Separation
Jul 18 2009
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Bodhisattva Vows

Vows, Liberation, Evil, Precepts, Passions, Buddha Nature, Samsara, Oneness, Bell,...
Mar 14 2009

Zen Mind Beginngers Mind: Transiency; Serial No. 01165

Nirvana, Composure, Impermanence, Nirvana Sutra, Samsara, Priest, Teacher-and-Student...
Oct 18 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

2008.10.03-serial.00197

difficulty, Precepts, Passions, Samadhi, Samsara, Intention, Daily Life, Subject-and-...
Oct 03 2008

Current Heightened Awareness of Fear 

Hate, Samsara, Greed, Bodhisattva Way, Attachment
Sep 20 2008
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

Zazen Instruction for Zazen Teachers

Serial: BZ-01088

How to Give Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction, Lecture

Posture, Beginners, Hindrances, Observe, Concentration, Judgement, Instruction,...
Aug 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Mary Oliver: Making yourself into a Light

Serial: TL-00177

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Dharmakaya, Daily Life, Samsara, Doubt, Silence
Aug 04 2008
Cenacle Chicago

2008.01.23-serial.00113A

Four Noble Truths, Don't Know Mind, Samsara, Buddha Ancestors, difficulty, Fox,...
Jan 23 2008

2008.01.22-serial.00112G

Duality, Non-duality, Samsara, Oneness, Non-discrimination, difficulty, Teacher-and-...
Jan 22 2008

2008.01.19-serial.00112B

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

November 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01096

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

August 25th, 2007, Serial No. 00991

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

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

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

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

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

2007.01.16-serial.00116G

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

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

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

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

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01232

Saturday Lecture

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

2005.11.06-serial.00194

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

2005.11.05-serial.00191

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

2005.11.03-serial.00187

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

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

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

2005.05.06-serial.00180

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

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

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

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

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

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01291D

Rohatsu Day 1

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

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03554

Dining Room Class 3

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

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

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-01248

Sesshin Day 1

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

October 4th, 2003, Serial No. 01360

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

October 2nd, 2003, Serial No. 00289

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 14th, 2002, Serial No. 00468

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

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