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Title	Speaker	Date
The Eight Attributes of an Enlightened Being Serial: BZ-01209 Reading from Dogen, Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Eight Awarenesses, Big Mind, Greed, Samadhi, Anger, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lecture on Four Vows Serial: BZ-01208 Kid Zendo, Saturday Lecture Vow, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Manjushri, Religion, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 17 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Pointing at the Ground Serial: BZ-01207 Indra's Planting a Blade of Grass, Saturday Lecture SER-4, Sanctuary, Book of Serenity, Lotus Sutra, Sangha, Buddha's Birthday,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhanature Is Light Serial: BZ-01206 Komyozo Zammai; Dogen and Keizan, Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha Nature, Dogen, Keizan, Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light" Serial: BZ-01205 Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5 Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith and Doubt Types Serial: BZ-01203B Rohatsu Day 3 Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Resuming Big Mind Serial: BZ-01202 Sesshin Practice, Rohatsu Day 2 Sesshin, Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Pure Existence, Posture, Buddha Mind, Mindfulness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
From "Not Always So": Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There Serial: BZ-01201B "Enlightenment Is Right Where You Are", Rohatsu Day 1 Practice, Enlightenment, Faith, Buddha Nature, Composure, Non-duality, Suzuki Roshi, perfection,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Rules for Monastic Practice Serial: BZ-01200C Chiji Shingi: The Head Gardener, Saturday Lecture Shingi, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
From "Not Always So" Serial: BZ-01198 "Find Out For Yourself", Saturday Lecture Instruction, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Ego, Intuition, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 12 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Changing Our Karma Karma, Offering, Conversation, Vow, Politics, Happiness, Hate, Duality, Culture,...	Laurie Senauke	Oct 29 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #3 Serial: BZ-01194B Gutei's One Finger, Saturday Lecture Gutei, MM-3, Renewal, Sanctuary, Rinzai, Bodhidharma, Hindrances, confusion, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 22 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-01193 Joshu's "Don't Know", Saturday Lecture Joshu, BCR-2, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-attachment, Hate, Duality, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
An Ordination History Serial: BZ-01192 Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Saving Sentient Beings of Your Own Mind Serial: BZ-01191 Review of Sojun's List of Mental Formations, Saturday Lecture Gaining Mind, Anger, Buddha Nature, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Forgiveness, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 01 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Hui Neng, Sixth Ancestor Serial: BZ-01189 Gatha of the Platform Sutra, Saturday Lecture Hui Neng, Platform Sutra, Composure, training, Platform Sutra, Attachment, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 24 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Breathing Out Serial: BZ-01186 Sesshin Day 2 Breath, Pure Existence, Renunciation, Buddha Nature, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Big...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Intuition Serial: BZ-01185 Sesshin Day 1 Intuition, Body-and-Mind, Intuition, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Stand Up from the Ground Serial: BZ-01567 Saturday Lecture Form-and-Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Intuition, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Way, Soto...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
On Embracing “Total Dynamic Working” Serial: BZ-01337B One day sitting lecture Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Peace, Practice Period, Offering, Buddha Nature, Zoom...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jul 17 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
The Steps of the Buddha Way: Kids Zendo Serial: BZ-01336 Lecture Concentration, Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Hindrances, Right...	Lee DeBarros	Jul 16 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Reflections on My Life Serial: BZ-01335 76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01333 Tips for Questioners and Shuso, Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Ceremony, Intuition, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Commitment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01332 Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen Tips Serial: BZ-01330 Dealing with Pain and Sitting in a Chair, Sesshin Day 2 Zazen, Pain, Posture, Discrimination, resistance, Don't Know Mind, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin: Tips on Serving, Eating, Kinhin, Zazen Serial: BZ-01329 Sesshin Day 1 Sesshin, Oryoki, Kinhin, Zazen, Instruction, Bell, Posture, Passions, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01035A Class 5 of 5 Daily Life, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2005 5 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01327 Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Rakusu, Lay Ordination, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Lay, Confession...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 11 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01034A Class 4 of 5 Duality, Daily Life, Intuition, Two Truths, Buddha Nature, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 09 2005 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Priest and Lay Practice Serial: BZ-01325 Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Lay, Ordination, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 28 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01032A Class 2 of 5 Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 26 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Delusion and Ignorance Serial: BZ-01323 Saturday Lecture Delusion, Ignorance, Happiness, resistance, Greed, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 14 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Samadhi: Imperturbable Mind Serial: BZ-01322B Lecture, one day sitting Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation, Composure, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Samadhi Serial: BZ-01561 Imperturbable Mind, One-Day Sitting Samadhi, Imperturbability, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01321 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Priest, Renunciation, Ego, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission Serial: BZ-01550 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Humility, Ego, Renunciation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01318B One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Practicing Nonattainment Serial: BZ-01316C Saturday Lecture Transmission, Lay Practice, Priest, Politics, Lay, Hindrances, Heart Sutra,...	Raul Moncayo	Mar 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Wallace Stevens and Emptiness Lotus Sutra, Separation, Five Ranks, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, uchiyama,...	Mary Mocine	Mar 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Talk Berkeley Zen Center, Practice Period, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Vow, Precepts...	Pat Phalen	Mar 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Make Your Vow and Root it Deeply Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Greed, Mahayana, Daily Life, Religion, American, Priest, Rinzai...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Feb 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattve; Conclusion Serial: BZ-01310 Sesshin Day 3 Confession-and-Repentance, Karma, Vow, Non-violence, Priest, Repentance, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 21 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattva; Loving Speech and Beneficial Action Offering, Silence, Lay Ordination, Practice Period, Harmonizing, Soto Zen, Peace,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Uchiyama-Roshi: His Teachings on Zazen and Life Serial: BZ-01304E Teaching Retreat 1 of 2 Funeral, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Impermanence, Vow, Posture, Instruction, American,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 05 2005 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on The Wayseeker: “Opening the Hand of Thought” Serial: BZ-01305 Teaching Retreat 2 of 2 Daily Life, Vow, Repentance, Gaining Mind, Fundraising, Offering, Karma, Nirvana,...	Shohaku Okumura	Feb 05 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Ryokan and the Virtues of a Simple Life Serial: BZ-01301C Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Soto Zen, Transmission, Gratitude, Practice...	Ross Blum	Jan 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Be the Boss of Everything Serial: BZ-01299 When Everything Is Contained in Practice, Saturday Lecture Buddha Mind, Ordinary Mind, Big Mind, Anger, confusion, Posture, Ego, Bodhisattva Way...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 18 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eighth Characteristic of an Enlightened Person Serial: BZ-01298 No Babbling (Idle Talk), Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Precepts, Right Speech, Dream World, Subject-and-Object, Silence, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being Reborn Serial: BZ-01297 Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renewal,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-01296 Conclusion, Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Big Mind, Hindrances, Complete Perfect Enlightenment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center

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