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Three Different Kinds Of Mind

Ordinary Mind, Doubt, Beginners, Book of Serenity
Sep 11 2021

Remembering Sojun

Serial: BZ-02811

Part of a series of online gatherings where at each meeting three long time students of Sojun Roshi share their memories of him. 

Dokusan, Dragons, Heart Sutra, Tassajara
Jan 15 2021
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Attention and Attachment

Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Ordinary Mind, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Daily...
Dec 12 2020

Ordinary Mind

Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Ordinary Mind
Aug 31 2020

Paramita of Concentration

Book of Serenity, Concentration, Harmonizing, Impermanence, Intimacy, Ordinary Mind,...
Oct 12 2019

Four Focuses

Anger, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors, Emotions, Gaining Mind, Hindrances, Mindfulness...
Mar 30 2019

Ordinary Mind is the Way

Beginners, Conversation, Duality, Emotions, Funeral, Intuition, Non-duality, Ordinary...
Jul 29 2017

Effort: The Book of Serenity and Not Forcing Things

Book of Serenity, Duality, Equanimity, Gaining Mind, Harmonizing, Lineage, Posture,...
Jul 09 2016

Yunmen

Serial: BZ-02441

Aspects of Practice

 

Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Book of Serenity, Emotions, Gratitude, Heart Sutra,...
Oct 24 2015

Hyakujo and the Fox

Attachment, Beginners, Book of Serenity, Causation, Fox, Karma, Religion, Separation...
Nov 01 2014

The Heart Sutra

Beginners, Chanting, Concentration, Duality, Ego, Heart Sutra, Interdependence,...
Oct 19 2013

The Five Aspects of Effort

Beginners, Culture, Ego, Emotions, Greed, Impermanence, Interview, Silence, Soto Zen...
Mar 09 2013

Thinking and Not Thinking

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Enemies, Evil, Impermanence, Instruction...
Oct 13 2012

Dogen Zenji's Fukanzazengi

Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Non-duality, Duality, Instruction, Religion...
Mar 10 2012

Breathing

Mindfulness, Zazen Mind, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Instruction, Concentration...
Jul 23 2011

Shakyamuni Buddha's Parinirvana

Conversation, Funeral, Instruction, Nirvana, Practice Period, Separation, Soto Zen,...
Feb 13 2010

Present Moment Awareness

Concentration, Cultivation, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Ordinary Mind, Passions,...
May 30 2009

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind,: Right Effort; Serial No. 01069

Serial: BZ-01069

Sesshin

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Right Effort, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Ego,...
Oct 19 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordinary Mind is the Way

Serial: BZ-01149

Saturday lecture

Ordinary Mind, Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Teacher-and-Student, Passions, Daily Life,...
Jul 26 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Giving/Non-Stinginess, 8th Precept

Serial: BZ-01048

Class 2 of 4

Precepts, Offering, Mindfulness, Bodhisattva Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Anger,...
Nov 02 2006
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Effort

Serial: BZ-01177

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Beginners, Chanting, Concentration, Ego, Instruction, Lay, Mindfulness...
Aug 05 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Shobogenzo: Practice and Enlightenment Go Together

Serial: BZ-01221

One Day Sitting

Gaining Mind, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Separation, Non-duality,...
Mar 11 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

“Director Experience of Reality” from Not Always So

Serial: BZ-01195

One Day Sitting

Ego, Evil, Hindrances, Intimacy, Mahayana, Practice Period, Rinzai
Oct 23 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi: A Positive Mental Attitude

Serial: BZ-01314B

Saturday Lecture

Attachment, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Hindrances, Lay, Nirvana Sutra, Soto Zen...
Mar 19 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Listening to our Zen Ancestors with no Gaining Mind

Serial: BZ-01285

Saturday lecture

Daily Life, Evil, Gaining Mind, Non-duality, Observe, Passions, Practice Period,...
Oct 23 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Gates: Breathing

Serial: BZ-01277

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Concentration, Daily Life, Happiness, Impermanence, Mindfulness...
Jul 24 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00287B

Class 4 of 4

Nirvana, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Samsara, Heart Sutra,...
Oct 16 2003
4
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00288

Class 3 of 4

Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Way,...
Oct 09 2003
3
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00289

Class 2 of 4

Dependent Origination, Heart Sutra, Religion, Duality, Building, Nirvana, Emotions,...
Oct 02 2003
2
Berkeley Zen Center

The Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-00290

Class 1 of 4

Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Hindrances, Daily Life, Separation, Instruction, Buddha Nature...
Sep 25 2003
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Reflections on the Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01357B

Saturday Lecture

Commitment, Emotions, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness,...
Sep 13 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Waking Up

Serial: BZ-00169B

Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Culture, Fox, Intimacy, Mindfulness, Posture, Practice...
Oct 26 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

Turning the Light Around Inward

Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Concentration, Culture, Four Noble Truths, Heart...
Jul 22 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Attitude in Daily Activity—Truth and Reality, 3 Cases: Dogen, Shackelton, Fiddlers

Chanting, Conversation, Culture, Daily Life, Ego, Passions, Silence, War
Apr 22 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

How/Why to Sustain a Vital Sitting Practice

Beginners, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Concentration, confusion, Culture, Lay, Lay Practice...
Aug 14 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha

Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Culture, Emotions, Intuition,...
Aug 02 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Stories and their Significance

Anger, Attachment, Concentration, Ego, Emotions, Interview, Non-duality, Religion,...
Jan 25 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi

confusion, Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Religion, Happiness, Duality, Non-...
Oct 14 1995

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00937A

Beginners' sitting

Anger, Bowing, Culture, Doubt, Emotions, Hindrances, Passions, Peace
Aug 14 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Hakuin’s Critique of Soto versus Rinzai

Serial: BZ-00943A

Sesshin Day 4

Silent Illumination, Mindfulness, Concentration, Practice Period, Offering, Four...
Jun 11 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Taking Full Responsibility

Serial: BZ-00945A

Lecture

Practice Period, Mundane Life, Oneness, Building, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life,...
May 28 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Tozan’s Enlightenment Poem

Serial: BZ-00960B

Lecture

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Separation, Intimacy, Don'...
May 14 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan Case #19: Mind is the Way

Serial: BZ-00962A

Lecture

Ordinary Mind, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Bodhidharma,...
Apr 02 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...
Dec 18 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness: the Satipattana Sutra

Serial: BZ-00662A

Lecture

Mindfulness, Observe, Daily Life, Separation, Concentration, Posture, Duality,...
Mar 27 1993
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00269

Class 3 of 6

Concentration, Emotions, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Impermanence, Mindfulness,...
Mar 25 1993
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00262

Class 2 of 6

Four Noble Truths, Culture, Attachment, Impermanence, Dependent Origination, Right...
Mar 18 1993
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Introduction to Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00263

Class 1 of 6

Four Noble Truths, Culture, Nirvana, Religion, Karma, Enthusiasm, Anger, Hindrances,...
Mar 11 1993
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Shakyamuni Buddha

Serial: BZ-00645B

Lecture

Concentration, Nirvana, Culture, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Beginners, Posture,...
Dec 12 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Attention, Thought, Faith, Knowledge

Serial: BZ-00679A

Lecture

Concentration, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Anger, Patience, Enemies,...
Apr 04 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

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