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Dogen’s Writings: Commentary on “Enlightenment Unfolds” Serial: BZ-00926 Class 1 of 4 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 03 2000 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00202B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Anger, Duality, Branching Streams, Composure, Happiness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 29 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00202A Zen Words, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Branching Streams, Blue Cliff Record, Don't Know...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Religion and Culture in This Century and the Next. Serial: BZ-00201B Saturday Lecture New Year, Religion, Culture, American, Offering, Cultivation, Interview, Evil, Vow,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00201A Into the New Millennium, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Branching Streams, New Year, Big Mind, Religion, Two...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Shuso’s Encouragement Talk Serial: BZ-00200B Rohatsu Day 5 Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Patience, Buddha Mind, Ego, Transmission, Bell, Practice...	Richard Haefele	Dec 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00200A Zendo Behavior, Rohatsu Day 4 Sandokai, Zendo, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Big Mind, Oneness, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00198B Rohatsu Day 1 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Big Mind, Soto Zen, Observe, Discrimination, Branching...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case 1: Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Big Mind, Book of Serenity, Heart Sutra, Bell, New Year,...	Richard Haefele	Nov 27 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00927 Class 8 of 8 Five Ranks, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Samadhi, Mahayana, Duality, Vow, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 1999 8 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00928 Class 7 of 8 Five Ranks, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Precious Mirror, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 11 1999 7 Berkeley Zen Center
Marathon Practice of Intention Serial: BZ-00199B Saturday Lecture Practice, Intention, Renunciation, Subject-and-Object, Big Mind, Zazen Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 06 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Fall Practice Period -- Secret Practice Serial: BZ-00199A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Monastic Practice, Study Period, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi, 5 of 8 Serial: BZ-00930 Class 5 of 8 Precious Mirror, Karma, Big Mind, confusion, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Harmonizing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 28 1999 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen is Feeling Life American, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Absolute-and-Relative, Transmission, Priest,...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 23 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00197A The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginners’ Sesshin: Review of Guidelines, Sitting for World Day of Peace, and Lecture Posture, Peace, Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Harmonizing, Nirvana, War,...	Ross Blum	Oct 10 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s Bendowa “Zen Mind, Urban Mind”: Everything is the Way Monastic Practice, Half-Smile, Passions, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Dharma...	Paul Haller	Oct 09 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Don’t Think Good, Don’t Think Evil Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Samsara, Hindrances, American, Lay, Evil,...	Raul Denkei Moncayo	Sep 18 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #50 Serial: BZ-00195A Um-mon's “Particle after Particle Samadhi”, Saturday Lecture Ummon, Samadhi, BCR-50, Attachment, Samadhi, Emotions, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing, Theravada/Zen Suffering Serial: BZ-00194B Sesshin Day 3 Breath, Theravada, Samadhi, Mundane Life, Attachment, Daily Life, Four Foundations,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing (Thich Nhat Hanh) Serial: BZ-00194A Sesshin Day 2 Breath, Thich Nhat Hanh, Four Foundations, Peace, Concentration, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Dependent Origination Dependent Origination, Attachment, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Four Noble...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 04 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00673 Sesshin Day 1 Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Lay Practice, Renunciation, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Practice Continuous Practice, Buddha Nature, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Gratitude, Dragons...	Rebecca Mayeno	Aug 28 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Failure/Success Serial: BZ-00192B Saturday Lecture Ego, Koan, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma, Big Mind	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 21 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice Lay, Lay Practice, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Aspects of Practice, Beginners, confusion,...	Ron Nestor	Aug 14 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan (Pt. 8/8) Serial: BZ-00674B “The place is lost; from here the Way unfolds”, Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 07 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00921 Class 5 of 5 Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Samsara, Liberation,...	Ross Blum	Aug 05 1999 5 Berkeley Zen Center
I Vow to Save All Sentient Beings Serial: BZ-00191A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Karma, Repentance, confusion, true...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 31 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00922 Class 4 of 5 Four Noble Truths, Ego, causation, Heart Sutra, First Principle, true dharma, Right...	Ross Blum	Jul 29 1999 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Courage and Encouragement Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Karma, Ego, Intimacy, Passions, Evil, Bell...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00923 Class 3 of 5 Heart Sutra, Oneness, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Interview, Bodhisattva...	Ross Blum	Jul 22 1999 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00158B Saturday Lecture Part 7 of 8 Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 1999 7 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00924 Class 2 of 5 Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Mahayana, Manjushri, Sanctuary, Separation,...	Ross Blum	Jul 15 1999 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00158A Saturday Lecture Part 6 of 8 Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Non-discrimination, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 1999 6 Berkeley Zen Center
The Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00925 Class 1 of 5 Heart Sutra, Six Realms, Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Mindfulness...	Ross Blum	Jul 08 1999 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes) Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Family Practice, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00166A Part 5 of 8, sesshin Day 5 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, resistance, Mahayana, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1999 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 5/8) Serial: BZ-00752A Sesshin Day 5 #duplicate-please-hide Genjokoan, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, resistance, Mahayana, Peace, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8) Serial: BZ-00753B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 1999 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 3/8) Serial: BZ-00753A Sesshin Day 3 Genjokoan, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Thoroughness, Impermanence, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1999 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8) Serial: BZ-00078B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Precious Mirror, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 1/8) Serial: BZ-00078A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Impermanence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen and Pschotherapy Birth-and-Death, Sanctuary, Lay Ordination, Ego, Hate, Family Practice, Book of...	Robert Rosenbaum	May 22 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Thoughts on Modern Western Buddhist Practice Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Position, Bodhisattva...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 15 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhist Perspective On The Littleton Tragedy Serial: BZ-00075 Saturday Lecture Current Events, War, Evil, Greed, Passions, Culture, Emotions	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo -- The Sutra Explicated Serial: BZ-00074B One-Day Sitting Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Continuous Practice, Bell, Absolute-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Diversity, Wisdom & Kindness Culture, Hindrances, Berkeley Zen Center, American, Doubt, training, Mindfulness,...	Ralph Steele	May 01 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00862 The final class in a series on the Lotus Sutra taught by Ryuei Michael McCormick, a teacher in the Nichiren tradition, and sponsored by Maylie Scott. Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Mahayana, Peace, Vow, Happiness, Priest, Lay, Buddha Nature,...	Ryuei Michael McCormick	Apr 29 1999 5 of 5 Berkeley Zen Center

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