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Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/Synthesis Serial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 Madyamaka, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four Wisdoms Serial: BZ-00965B Three Bodies of Buddha pt. I, Sesshin Day 1 Trikaya, Platform Sutra, Wisdom, Big Mind, Ego, Hindrances, Platform Sutra, Samadhi...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Practice: Intention; Getting to Zendo and Seeing Reality Serial: BZ-00965A Lecture Family Practice, Posture, Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Sangha, Anger,...	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Mar 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00227 Class 3 of 3 Precepts, Practice Period, Priest, Culture, Dream World, Lay, Ordination, Interview,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 02 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Helplessness: Profoundness of Dharma, Honoring Missed Opportunities Serial: BZ-00979B Lecture Don't Know Mind, Priest, Silence, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Culture, Forgiveness,...	Fran Tribe	Feb 26 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00226 Class 2 of 3 Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Practice Period, Instruction, Lineage, Buddha...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 23 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra: Parable of the Hidden Jewel Serial: BZ-00979A One day sitting Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Greed, Hate, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Posture,...	Maylie Scott	Feb 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00225 Class 1of 3 Religion, Four Noble Truths, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, War...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 16 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #10 Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture MM-10, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Building, Culture, Greed, Practice Period, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00224 Class 4 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Lineage, Nirvana, Composure, Six Realms,...	Maylie Scott	Feb 02 1994 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case 15: Seeing Truth; Ordination and Dharma Transmission—Ordinariness Serial: BZ-00981B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Conversation, Culture, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Mill...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jan 29 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00221 Class 3 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Avalokitesvara, Nirvana, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Bowing,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 27 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Mindwaves, Unconsciousness: Taking the Posture Not One, Not Two Serial: BZ-00981A One day sitting Anger, Big Mind, Daily Life, Diversity, Don't Know Mind, Hindrances, Karma,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jan 22 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00222 Clas 2 of 4 Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Instruction, Doubt,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 20 1994 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Full Awareness of Our Ordinary Lives Serial: BZ-00983B Lecture Precepts, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Conversation,...	Peter Overton	Jan 15 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00223 Class 1 of 4 Chanting, Doubt, Dragons, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Manjushri, Offering,...	Maylie Scott	Jan 13 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Peace, Compassion, Response Serial: BZ-00982 Lecture Karmic Consciousness, Peace, Attachment, Rinzai, Culture, Religion, Enemies,...	Robert Aitken Roshi	Jan 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Kinds of Pain: Physical, Emotional, Existential Serial: BZ-00983A Beginners' Sitting Beginners, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Silence, Separation, Culture, Religion,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mountain Practice, City Practice; Renunciation Serial: BZ-00959B Leaving for Tassajara, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Renunciation, Cultivation, Family Practice, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Awareness of Thought, Especially Just Prior to the Drama: Cause and Effect, Satipattana Sutta Serial: BZ-00959A Lecture Emotions, Mindfulness, Skandhas, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Dependent...	Ron Nestor	Dec 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Refining Your Life Serial: BZ-01497A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Bell, Book of Serenity, Buddha Nature, Building, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Your Place in Practice Serial: BZ-00660B Women's Sitting Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting	Kosei Laurie Senauke	Nov 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00220 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Daily Life, Evil, Happiness, Hindrances, Interview, Liberation, Nirvana, Religion,...	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 18 1993 4 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Gateways to Liberation: Dogen’s “Plum Blossoms” and Oryoki Serial: BZ-00660A Lecture Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Oneness, Discrimination, confusion...	Kathleen Gustin	Nov 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00215 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Precepts, Humility, Sangha, Gratitude, New Year, Happiness, Religion, Beginners, Evil...	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 11 1993 3 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Nagarajuna and Dogen on Buddhanature Serial: BZ-00659B Happiness, Reward, and Love, One-Day Sitting Buddha Nature, Happiness, Love, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00216 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Culture, Daily Life, Impermanence, Precepts, Religion, Sangha, Separation	Reverend Piyasilo	Nov 04 1993 2 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Segaki/Halloween Serial: BZ-00659A Saturday Lecture Sejiki, Offering, Karma, Demons, Vow, Culture, Funeral, Sangha, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Maha Mangala Sutta Serial: BZ-00217 From the October 1993 newsletter: This year's study program moves from basic Buddhist images, to early Sutras, Mahayana, and Zen. The second class in this series... Beginners, Chanting, Doubt, Evil, Lay, Liberation, Religion, Transmission, Vinaya...	Reverend Piyasilo	Oct 28 1993 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #51 Serial: BZ-00658B Seppo Star, Ganto Co-star; 2 monks, Supporting Actors, Saturday Lecture Seppo, Ganto, BCR-51, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Bodhidharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it Feel Serial: BZ-00658A Lecture Concentration, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Mindfulness, Ordination, Priest,...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi: Cultivating the Empty Field Serial: BZ-00656B The Backward Step, The Upright Cauldron, Saturday Lecture Hongzhi, Anger, Instruction, Offering, Samadhi, Silent Illumination, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Innumerable People’s Labors who Helped the Spread of Buddhism Throughout History Serial: BZ-00656A Lecture Bodhidharma, Culture, Diversity, Ordination, Politics, Priest, Religion, Soto Zen,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 02 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Problems and Practice with Ritual Serial: BZ-00657B Lecture Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Culture, Diversity, Humility, Practice Period, Precepts...	Fran Tribe	Sep 25 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00657A Joshu's "The Way Is Not Difficult", Saturday Lecture Joshu, BCR-2, confusion, Attachment, Hate, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Emotions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 18 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Conference of Buddhist Teachers: Ryozan Enkan’s Dragons (Keizan’s Denkoroku) Serial: BZ-00629B Lecture Blue Cliff Record, Demons, Dragons, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Mahayana,...	Maylie Scott	Sep 11 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Do Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Five Ranks, Hate, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Obaku's Address to the Monks Serial: BZ-00628B There Are No Zen Teachers in This Realm, Sesshin Day 2 Obaku, Koan, Bell, Bowing, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Rinzai	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
1993 Parliament of World Religions Serial: BZ-00628A Seeking Common Ground, Sesshin Day 1 Religion, Current Events, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Hate, Manjushri, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind and Heart of Practice in Daily Life Serial: BZ-00627B Lecture Anger, Enemies, Evil, Hate, Lineage, Oneness, Posture, Precepts, Religion	Kathleen Gustin	Aug 28 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mind and Body in Zen and Yoga Practice Serial: BZ-00627A Lecture Anger, Beginners, Concentration, Dragons, Duality, Instruction, Lay, Posture, Sangha...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Aug 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Practice in Malaysia: Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Serial: BZ-00655B Lecture Building, Cultivation, Daily Life, Emotions, Lay, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice,...	Reverend Piyasilo	Aug 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
You’re OK as You Are: Dogen’s Tenno Kyokun Serial: BZ-00655A Lecture Subject-and-Object, Separation, Instruction, Greed, Soto Zen, Hate, Dragons, Silence...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 07 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity Case #24: Commentary on Student’s Response to a Teacher Serial: BZ-00654B Lecture Bowing, Building, Emotions, Instruction, Obstacles, Posture, Teacher-and-Student,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 31 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Fukan Zazen-gi: Dust and Cataracts are the Flowers of Emptiness Serial: BZ-00654A Lecture Anger, Instruction, Emotions, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration,...	Gil Fronsdal	Jul 24 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
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
Chaos Theory, Hierarchy Theory and Buddhism Mill Valley, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Conversation, Building, War	Sokaku Kathie Fischer	Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Chaos Theory, Hierarchy Theory Serial: BZ-01515B Lecture Mill Valley, Observe, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Conversation, Hate, Religion,...	Sokaku Kathie Fischer	Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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