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Title	Speaker	Date
All We Have to Do is Wash Our Bowl Serial: BZ-00682A Saturday Lecture Bell, Interview, Instruction, training, Big Mind, Conversation, Duality, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-00682B Instruction Zazen, Instruction, Priest, Bowing, Posture, Passions, Concentration, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 09 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Who Do We Bow To? Serial: BZ-00683B Saturday Lecture Bowing, Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bowing, Lineage, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Is Buddhism a Religion? Yes, No Serial: BZ-00684A Saturday Lecture Religion, Buddhism, Religion, Subject-and-Object, Pure Existence, Discrimination, zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Zazen Serial: BZ-00684B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Priest, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Intimacy, Instruction, Liberation, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00685B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Precepts, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
One Treasure Serial: BZ-00958A One-Day Sitting Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, causation, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination Serial: BZ-00958B One-Day Sitting Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Ordination, Anger, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Giving and Taking, Empty Ground Manifests; No Future Serial: BZ-00677A Inaction of Action, Action in Inaction, Sesshin Day 1 Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Daily Life, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Ordination(s) Serial: BZ-00677B Reminiscences of the Old Days, Sesshin Day 2 Ordination, Priest, Precepts, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Bodhisattva Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Shen Shu and Daikan Eno: Enlightenment Poems Serial: BZ-00678B Relative and Ultimate Reality; Sudden and Gradual Enlight., Saturday Lecture Daikan Eno, Enlightenment, Sixth Patriarch, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
The Death Penalty (discussion) Serial: BZ-00679B Saturday Lecture Current Events, Precepts, cognitive process, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Diversity, Priest...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Harmonizing Body, Breath, and Mind Serial: BZ-00680A One-Day Sitting Posture, Harmonizing, Concentration, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 26 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-00680B First Friday Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Concentration, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
After the King Verdict Serial: BZ-00712A Saturday Lecture Current Events, Karma, Culture, Peace, War, training, Offering, American, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Buddha? Serial: BZ-00713A Sesshin Day 1 Buddha, Big Mind, Practice Period, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
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
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00711A Ordinary Mind Is the Way, Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Doubt, confusion, Religion, Hate, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #45: Who Is that Other? Serial: BZ-00711B Buddha and Maitreya Are Servants to Another, Saturday Lecture Buddha, Maitreya, MM-45, Ego, Anger, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Shosan Ceremony Serial: BZ-00708A Ceremony Shosan, Forgiveness, Right Effort, Silence, Practice Period, Gratitude, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00709A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Emotions, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00709B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Duality, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan: Seeing Forms with the Whole Body and Mind Serial: BZ-00727B No Gap, Flexibility, Pain, Sesshin Day 4 Separation, Thoroughness, Discrimination, Ego	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Criticism in the Realm of Absolute and Relative Serial: BZ-00631A Sesshin Day 5 Absolute-and-Relative, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Discrimination, Emotions, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Communion and Communication Serial: BZ-00631B Saturday Lecture First Principle, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Bodhisattva Precepts, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 11 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Is Buddha Happy? Harmony, Universal Logic Serial: BZ-00632A Communion and Communication cont., Saturday Lecture Happiness, Composure, American, Buddha Mind, Demons, Ego, Politics, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Family, Friends, and Practice Serial: BZ-00636A Sesshin Day 1 Family Practice, Mundane Life, Family Practice, Daily Life, American, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo Serial: BZ-00636B Everyday Activity: Drinking Tea and Eating Rice, Sesshin Day 2 Shobogenzo, Daily Life, Buddha Ancestors, Non-duality, Doubt, War, Peace	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Kajo Fascicle in Shogobenzo Continued Serial: BZ-00637A Sesshin Day 3 Dogen, Shobogenzo, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission, Doubt, Building, Enthusiasm...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #44 Serial: BZ-00638A Hoshan's Knowing How to Beat the Drum, Saturday Lecture BCR-44, Daily Life, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 19 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi (Zen Master) Serial: BZ-00642A Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Silent Illumination, Lay, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 31 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00645A Rohatsu Day 7 resistance, Doubt, stubbornness, Duality, Fundraising, Harmonizing, Obstacles,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing with Problems and Demons Serial: BZ-01519 Monkey, It's a Wonderful Life, Saturday Lecture Practice, Demons, New Year, Anger, Monkey Mind, Offering, Repentance, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #5 Serial: BZ-00647B Saturday Lecture BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Meant by Saving All Beings? Serial: BZ-00648A Hui Neng, The Platform Sutra, One-Day Sitting Hui Neng, Bodhisattva Vow, Platform Sutra, Vows, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
The First Noble Truth, The Three Kinds of Suffering Serial: BZ-00648B The Suffering of Impermanence, Saturday Lecture Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Impermanence, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana; The Eight Admonitions Serial: BZ-00286A One-Day Sitting Parinirvana, Admonitions, Eight Awarenesses, Lay, Concentration, Right Effort, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Modes or Categories of Master Rinzai Serial: BZ-00649B Saturday Lecture Rinzai, Mindfulness, Discrimination, Daily Life, Constancy, Aspects of Practice, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination and Priest Ordination Serial: BZ-00661A Sesshin Day 1 Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Lay Practice, Karma, Commitment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest Practice and Lay Practice Serial: BZ-00661B Sesshin Day 2 Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Ego, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Non-Attachment as Distinct from Detachment Serial: BZ-00662B One-Day Sitting Non-attachment, Attachment, Peace, Commitment, Passions, Pure Existence, Echo,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 10 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice Period: Renewing One's Commitment to Practice Serial: BZ-00664B One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Daily Life, Commitment, Big Mind, Practice Period, Zoom, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light: The 38th Ancestor Seigen Gyoshi Serial: BZ-00666B Not Getting Caught in Stages, Saturday Lecture Seigen Gyoshi, Liberation, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Current Events, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Sozan's Poem: Dragons Sing in the Dry Wood Serial: BZ-00667B Saturday Lecture Sozan, Precepts, Dragons, Continuous, Bodhisattva Precepts, Bodhisattva Way, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Fukanaazengi: Zazen Instructions Serial: BZ-00653A Sesshin Day 1 Fukanzazengi, Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Anger, Tassajara, Instruction, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Zazengi II Serial: BZ-00652A Sesshin Day 3 Fukanzazengi, Concentration, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Samadhi, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00652B What is the Way?, Sesshin Day 4 MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Hindrances, Doubt, Aspects of Practice, Humility, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 12 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice and Boredom Serial: BZ-00670A Sesshin Day 5 Zazen, Stillness, Daily Life, Pure Existence, Doubt, Posture, soto, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Zuigan's Wake Up Call Serial: BZ-00668A Saturday Lecture Zuigan, War, Greed, Daily Life, Oneness, Hate, Offering, Doubt, Anger, Karma, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
The Spiritual Life is Not Separate from the Mundane Serial: BZ-00668B Saturday Lecture Emptiness, Happiness, Mundane Life, Greed, Teacher-and-Student, Religion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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