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Title	Speaker	Date
Building and Maintenance History of the Berkeley Zen Center Serial: BZ-02125 Sangha, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Berkeley Zen Center, Sangha	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan Class Serial: BZ-02119 Teaching class 2 of 2 Offering, Posture, Passions, Transmission, training, Priest, Hate, Doubt, Peace,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan's Big Bird Serial: BZ-02120 Part 1 of 2, teaching class Discrimination, Building, Passions, Culture, Dragons, Enemies, Happiness,...	Shohaku Okumura	Aug 14 2010 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case 12 Serial: BZ-02117 Zuigan Calls "Master", Saturday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, MM-12, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Ego, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 24 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Case 43 - Tozan's No Heat No Cold Serial: BZ-02114 Absolute and Relative or Essence and Function, Saturday Lecture Five Ranks, Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Precepts, Five Ranks, training, Birth-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Hyakujo and the Great Sublime Peak Serial: BZ-02110 Extraordinariness of the Ordinary, Sesshin Day 4 Intuition, Posture, Silent Illumination, Doubt, Culture, Instruction, Religion, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
End of Genjokoan - Duality and Non-duality Serial: BZ-02109 One dharma, one action, Sesshin Day 3 Discrimination, Intuition, Doubt, Non-duality, Passions, Religion, Demons, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan - Finding Your Way and Your Place Serial: BZ-02108 Mortality and Immortality, Sesshin Day 2 Continuous Practice, Daily Life, Intuition, Happiness, confusion, Conversation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
The Bird and the Fish - Genjokoan Serial: BZ-02107 Sesshin Day 1 Subject-and-Object, Repentance, Separation, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination and Bodhisattva Precepts Serial: BZ-02106 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Evil, Gratitude, Lineage, Conversation, Priest, Bodhidharma, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 19 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Serial: BZ-02098 One-Day Sitting Forgiveness, Practice Period, Composure, Continuous Practice, true dharma, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
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,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Stillness and Activity Enemies, Silence, Don't Know Mind, Intimacy, Chanting, Passions, Transmission,...	Daijaku Judith Kinst	Apr 10 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Master Ma Is Unwell Serial: BZ-02092 Composure, Moment by moment life, Nothing Special, What is achievement? Saturday Lecture Zenki, BCR-3, Composure, Discrimination, Gaining Mind, Non-discrimination, confusion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
What the Holy Ones Did Not Preach Serial: BZ-02078 Essence of Mind, One-Day Sitting BCR-28, First Principle, Intuition, Don't Know Mind, Passions, Buddha Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 24 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
The Gift that Doesn't Stop Giving Serial: BZ-02077 Greed, Virtue and Practice, Saturday Lecture Monks, Addiction, Current Events, Dragons, Building, War	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Women's Practice Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Commemorating Buddha's Enlightenment Serial: BZ-02074 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7 Abhidharma, Genjokoan, Vasubandhu, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Anger, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Breath in Zazen Serial: BZ-02073 Universal Activity, Rohatsu Day 6 confusion, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Daily Life, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
We Always Practice Under Restriction Serial: BZ-02072 Ability and Disability, Rohatsu Day 5 Zazen, confusion, Funeral, Posture, Instruction, Karma, Forgiveness, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Beyond Dharma and Dharmas Serial: BZ-02071 Poem on Rohatsu, Rohatsu Day 4 Abhidharma, Five Skandhas, Big Mind, Discrimination, Karma, Concentration, Don't...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Everything is Presenting Itself Serial: BZ-02070 Consciousness, Rohatsu Day 3 Intimacy, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
The Seven Factors of Realization Serial: BZ-02069 Mindfulness, Rohatsu Day 2 Tozan, Guishan, Yunyen, Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Bell, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Serial: BZ-02068 Seven Factors of Awakening, Rohatsu Day 1 Practice Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Effort, Dogen, Concentration, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
You Have Just Enough Problems Serial: BZ-02066 from 'Not Always So', Saturday Lecture Intuition, Pure Existence, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai III Serial: BZ-02056 100 Circles, Sesshin Day 2, class 3 of 4 Issan, Zazen, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Continuous Practice, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 2009 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai IV Serial: BZ-02057 Hobo = Dharma Bum, Sesshin Day 2, class 4 of 4 Hakuin, Sekito Kisen, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Nirvana Sutra, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 07 2009 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai I Serial: BZ-02054 Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Sesshin Day 1, class 1 of 4 Five Ranks, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 2009 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Hokyo Zammai II Serial: BZ-02055 Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Sesshin Day 1, class 2 of 4 Five Ranks, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Precious Mirror, Book of Serenity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 2009 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu's 'Wash your Bowl' Serial: BZ-02049 Open, unassuming mind, One-Day Sitting, standing up from zazen Zazen, Don't Know Mind, Renunciation, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen is the true reference point Serial: BZ-02047 Put your behind on the cushion, Saturday Lecture Drama of life, Thoughts = dream world Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Instruction, resistance, Precepts, Interview, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
The Swastika as Mandala Serial: BZ-02046 Sesshin Day 5 Politics, Evil, Happiness, Mandala, Interview, resistance, Transmission, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Transformation of Consciousness into the Eight-fold Wisdom Serial: BZ-02045 Be careful of estatic states', Sesshin Day 4 Homeless Kodo, Silent Illumination, Offering, Gratitude, Silent Illumination, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Brown Rice is Just Right Serial: BZ-02043 Cultivating the Empty Field, Sesshin Day 2 Suzuki Roshi, Ordinary Mind, Silent Illumination, Birth-and-Death, Religion, American...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi's Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss Serial: BZ-02042 Silent Illumination, Sesshin Day 1 Jijuyu Zanmai, Pain, Silent Illumination, Constancy, Silent Illumination, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts for Zaike Tokudo Serial: BZ-02041 Giving and Receiving, Saturday Lecture Zaike Tokudo, Jukai, Lay Practice, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Instruction Serial: BZ-02031 Bansan BCR-, Zazen, Posture, Building, Emotions, Beginners, resistance, Religion	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Who is That One? Serial: BZ-02028 Shakyamuni and Maitreya are servants of That One, One-Day Sitting Non-duality, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, MM-45, Big Mind, Practice Period...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 09 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Case #7 - Wash Your Bowl Serial: BZ-02027 Saturday Lecture BCR-7, Family Practice, Transmission, Bell, Daily Life, Building, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 02 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen to Become a Buddha Serial: BZ-02022 Sitting for 10 Kalpas and Not Attaining Buddha, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, MM-9, Karma, Bodhisattva Way, Lotus Sutra, Peace, Bodhidharma, Big Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Paramitas Serial: BZ-02021 Dealing with Suffering, Sesshin Attachment, Patience, Non-attachment, Precepts, Big Mind, Renunciation, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Shikantaza - Basic Zen Practice Serial: BZ-02017 Saturday Lecture Shikantaza, Continuous Practice, Pure Existence, Composure, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
This Little Light of Mine Offering, Lineage, Continuous Practice, Funeral, Gratitude, Transmission,...	Ross Blum	Feb 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Tao Wu's Condolence Call Blue Cliff Record, Birth-and-Death, Offering, Duality, Buddha Nature, Funeral,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 15 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Paranirvana: Serial No. 01091 Serial: BZ-01091 Sesshin Buddha's Birthday, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Observe, Passions, Instruction...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 14 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Waking Up From the Dream of Economic Security Serial: BZ-01090B Saturday Lecture Enemies, Happiness, Dream World, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 07 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Bicycle Wheel Dharma, Serial No. 01089 Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Ego, Obstacles, Composure, Soto Zen, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Bicycle Wheel Dharma Serial: BZ-02014 Saturday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Ordinary Mind, Ego, Obstacles, Composure, Daily Life, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan's Poems: Butterfly Dreams. Great Fool pages 187 & 191 Serial: BZ-01087 Teaching Retreat Offering, American, Peace, Priest, Impermanence, Silence, Discrimination, Culture,...	Rev. Shohaku Okumura	Jan 24 2009 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan's Poems - Butterfly Dreams Serial: BZ-02013 Part 1 of 2, teaching retreat Discrimination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Enemies, resistance, Transmission, Evil...	Shohaku Okumura	Jan 24 2009 1 Berkeley Zen Center

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