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Title	Speaker	Date
Essence and Action of Prajna Serial: BZ-01235 Saturday Lecture Precepts, Hui Neng, Poetry, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Duality, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Worldly Life and Pure Practice Serial: BZ-01237 Kid Zendo: Circles, Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Daily Life, Echo, Interview, Greed,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-01239 Tradition of Sewing Buddha's Robe, Saturday Lecture Lay Ordination, Sewing, Joshin-san, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-01166 Patience and Enthusiastic Effort, Sesshin Day 1 Paramitas, Effort, Patience, Virya, Enthusiasm, Practice Position, Composure,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas: Meditation Serial: BZ-01169A Sesshin Day 3 Samadhi, Composure, Renunciation, Right Effort, Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Spirit of Shuso Ceremony Serial: BZ-01170 Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Hossen, Teacher-and-Student, Intuition, training, Dharma Transmission, Emotions...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Suffering: How We Create It Serial: BZ-01171 The Meaning of Forgiveness and How We Free Ourselves, Saturday Lecture Suffering, Forgiveness, Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Hate, Judgement, War, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Komyo-zo Zammai" by Koun Ejô Serial: BZ-01174 Storehouse of Radiant Light Samadhi, One-Day Sitting Koun Ejô, Concentration, Samadhi, Hate, Discrimination, Echo, Gaining Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
State of the World Address: Causes and Excuses Serial: BZ-01175 Power: Manipulation Through Maintaining Chaos, Saturday Lecture Politics, Religion, War, Peace, Evil, Emotions, Anger, Attachment, Forgiveness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 22 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01181 Tanka's "Have You Had Your Dinner Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 Tanka, BCR-76, Light-and-Darkness, Offering, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #10 Serial: BZ-01384 "You Empty-Headed Fool", Sesshin Day 2 BCR-10, Darkness and Light, Buddha Nature, Duality, Rinzai, Birth-and-Death, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Eventual Transition of Abbacy Serial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01392 Fall 2006, Saturday Lecture Aspects of Practice, Practice Position, Daily Life, Offering, Aspects of Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Halloween and Seijiki Serial: BZ-01393 Saturday Lecture Seijiki, American, Offering, Religion, Evil, Demons, Six Realms, Culture, War,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 21 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts - Minor Precepts as Attitude Serial: BZ-01398 Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Gratitude for Adversity Serial: BZ-01400B The Nun and the Stars, Saturday Lecture Gratitude, Composure, Non-duality, Hate, Enemies, Continuous, War, Anger	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right" Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Pure Existence, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on talk by Suzuki-rôshi on Concentration Serial: BZ-01403 Rohatsu Day 3 Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Concentration, Posture, Big Mind, resistance, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Big Mind Serial: BZ-01405B Dharmakaya/Sambhogakaya/Nirmanakaya, Rohatsu Day 5 Trikaya, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Buddha Nature...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Find Out For Yourself" Serial: BZ-01406 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 6 Buddha, Suzuki Roshi, Intuition, Daily Life, Instruction, Bell, Don't Know Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Forms Serial: BZ-01407 Serving, Mokugyo, Chanting, Rohatsu Day 7 Meal Serving, Chanting, Mokugyo, Instruction, Doanryo, New Year, Bowing, Chanting,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Commmentary on "Respect for Things" (from Not Always So) Serial: BZ-01408B Faith is Synonymous for Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture Faith, Enlightenment, Big Mind, Culture, Bodhisattva Way, Building, Soto Zen, Bowing...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice in the New Year Serial: BZ-01411 This Is It!, Saturday Lecture Practice, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Ordinary Mind, Hate,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 13 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Kidzendo: Oneness of Opposites Serial: BZ-01415 "The Teaching is Just for You", Saturday Lecture Non-duality, Dragons, Ego, Aspects of Practice, Lotus Sutra, Big Mind, Two Truths,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 27 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death Serial: BZ-01416 Saturday Lecture	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Eight Aspects of Practice Serial: BZ-01418 Commentary by Deshimaru from "Ring of the Way", Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Dogen, Deshimaru, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Karmic Consequences, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 10 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Parinirvana Serial: BZ-01419 Sesshin Day 1 Parinirvana, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Greed, Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Doubt,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Nothing Outside of Practice Serial: BZ-01420 "Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2 Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness and Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting, resistance...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special" Serial: BZ-01421 Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3 Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous, Gaining Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Acupuncture Point of Zazen Serial: BZ-01423 Beating the cart or beating the horse, Saturday Lecture Zazenshin, Dogen, Lineage, Separation, Dharma Transmission, Dogen, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Letter and Spirit of Rules and Regulation Serial: BZ-01427 Dogen's Eihei Shingi, Saturday Lecture Paramitas, Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Passions, Hate, Religion, Buddha Nature, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Attachment and Non-attachment Serial: BZ-01428 Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Nansen's "What is the Way?", Saturday Lecture Attachment, Non-attachment, Nansen, Mumonkan, BCR-2, Attachment, Diversity, Ordinary...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddha's Birthday Serial: BZ-01429 (and songs sung by the children), Saturday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Joshu on Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: BZ-01430 "I alone am the holy one throughout heaven and earth", Saturday Lecture Joshu, Attachment, Hsin Hsin Ming, BCR-2, Discrimination, Attachment, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 14 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Factors of Zazen Serial: BZ-01431 One-Day Sitting Zazen, Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Emotions, Samadhi, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01435 Lay Practice Period--Practice your self, not study the self, One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Practice Period, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Patience, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
This Is It Serial: BZ-01436A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Koan, Karma, Doubt, confusion, Big Mind, Instruction, Religion, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Fundraising History of Berkeley Zen Center Development Serial: BZ-01438 Saturday Lecture Berkeley Zen Center, Fundraising, Building, Fundraising, Priest, Tassajara, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #76 Serial: BZ-01440 Tanka's "Have You Eaten Yet?", Sesshin Day 1 Tanka, BCR-76, Birth-and-Death, Light-and-Darkness, Lay Practice, Karma, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Seigen Gyoshi asks Daikan Eno about: Serial: BZ-01441 Falling Into Classifications, Sesshin Day 2 Seigen Gyoshi, Daikan Eno, Discrimination, Gaining Mind, Four Noble Truths, Teacher-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
What Is It That Comes? Serial: BZ-01443 Nangaku Ejo asks Daikan Eno, Sesshin Day 4 Nangaku Ejo, Daikan Eno, Koan, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
No Gaining Mind Serial: BZ-01444 Sesshin Day 5 Pure Existence, Ego, Dream World, Gaining Mind, Discrimination, Big Mind, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Responding with Openness to Love and Hate Serial: BZ-01445 And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 30 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
The Five Powers of Practice and How They Interact Serial: BZ-00986 Kid Zendo: Zen: inside and outside the circle's center, Saturday Lecture Practice, Concentration, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Intuition, Mahayana, Instruction,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
BCR: Case #74: "Kingyu Osho-Rice Pot" (Dear Bodhisattvas) Serial: BZ-00988 BCR: Case #93: "Taiko's 'You For Devil'", Saturday Lecture BCR-74, Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Fox, Observe, Monastic Practice, Dogen, Tassajara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 04 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Practice Serial: BZ-00989 Being Creative in Practice, Saturday Lecture Practice, Creativity, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 11 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
BCR: Case #75: "Ukyû's Unfair Blows" Serial: BZ-00990 Kid Zendo, Saturday Lecture Ukyu, BCR-75, Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
"Cooking Your Life" (Uchiyama and Dogen) Serial: BZ-00992 Meeting the Source, Teaching Retreat Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Practice Position, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2007 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
"Cooking Your Life" Serial: BZ-00993A Commentary, Teaching Retreat Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Period, Monkey Mind, Intuition, Buddha Nature, Ego, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 01 2007 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00994B Teaching Retreat Tenzo Kyokun, Ego, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Anger, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2007 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center

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