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Pros and Cons of Religion

Serial: BZ-00096

Saturday Lecture

Religion, Religion, Evil, Dream World, Diversity, Karma, Discrimination, Bodhisattva...
Dec 01 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

"Evil" and "Good"

Serial: BZ-00095B

Saturday Lecture

Evil, Evil, Buddha Nature, War, Priest, Enemies, Happiness, Passions, Religion, Peace...
Nov 24 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Non-duality, Concentration, Separation, Samadhi, Duality, Subject-and-Object,...
Nov 13 2001

Dogen and Plum Blossoms

Serial: BZ-00094A

Saturday Lecture

Dogen, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Dragons, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Ancestors,...
Nov 03 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #35

Serial: BZ-00093B

Saturday Lecture

MM-35, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Separation, Rinzai, Karma, Lay, Samsara,...
Oct 27 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

The Events of September 11, 2001

Serial: BZ-00091

What To Do, Saturday Lecture

Current Events, Greed, Patience, Aspects of Practice, Karma, Practice Period,...
Sep 22 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Yogacara 100 Dharmas:

Serial: BZ-00089B

Dharmas of Form, Sesshin Day 3

Yogachara, Discrimination, Skandas, Heart Sutra, Ego, Building, Intuition, Duality,...
Sep 03 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Yogacara Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00088B

Four Unfixed Dharmas, Sesshin Day 1

Yogachara, Birth-and-Death, Precious Mirror, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Study Period,...
Sep 01 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Zazengi

Serial: BZ-00086A

Ego and Consciousness, Saturday Lecture

Zazengi, Consciousness, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Discrimination, Ego, Concentration,...
Aug 18 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

One Hundred Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00087A

Saturday Lecture

Anger, Ego, Greed, Patience, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Mandala, Skandas, confusion,...
Aug 11 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Eight Major Afflictions

Serial: BZ-00084B

Saturday Lecture

Monkey Mind, Hindrances, confusion, Renunciation, Greed, Evil, Nirvana, Duality,...
Jul 28 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Ten Beneficial Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00084A

Saturday Lecture

Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth...
Jul 21 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Invite Difficulty In

Serial: BZ-00106B

Sesshin Day 5

Dogen, Japan, Manjushri, Intuition, Harmonizing, Daily Life, Building, Non-duality,...
Jun 24 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Totally Grounded

Serial: BZ-00106A

Sesshin Day 4

First Principle, Samadhi, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Anger, Karma, Demons...
Jun 23 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Doubts and Practice

Serial: BZ-00105

Sesshin Day 3

Doubt, Practice, Doubt, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Separation, Demons, Peace,...
Jun 22 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Tenzo's Awakening from Eihei Shingi

Serial: BZ-00104B

Sesshin Day 2

Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Ego, Five Ranks, Tassajara...
Jun 21 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Treating Everything as a Subject from Eihei Shingi

Serial: BZ-00104A

Sesshin Day 1

Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Bell, Subject-and-Object, Duality, First Principle, Non-duality...
Jun 20 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Emptiness

Serial: BZ-00102A

Saturday Lecture

Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Interdependence, Ego, Chanting, Duality, Composure,...
May 26 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Breath

Serial: BZ-00101A

Saturday Lecture

Breath, Maylie Scott, Daily Life, Liberation, Harmonizing, Practice Period, Don'...
May 19 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Releasing Ourselves in Life and Death

Serial: BZ-00100B

Saturday Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Posture, Emotions, Karma, Attachment, Zoom, Continuous Practice,...
Apr 28 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Three Natures

Serial: BZ-00099B

Saturday Lecture

Pure Existence, Daily Life, Big Mind, Two Truths, Discrimination, Ego, confusion,...
Mar 24 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #36

Serial: BZ-00099A

Meeting a Person of the Way, One-Day Sitting

BCR-36, Silence, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Enemies, Bell, Intimacy, Demons,...
Mar 18 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Discrimination, Non-discrimination, and Essence of Mind

Serial: BZ-00098A

Saturday Lecture

Discrimination, Discrimination, Dream World, Attachment, Posture, Platform Sutra,...
Mar 17 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Hui Neng’s Idealessness/Non-objectification, Non-attachment

Attachment, Karma, Non-attachment, Karmic Consequences, Buddha Nature, Enemies,...
Mar 03 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Essence of Mind & the Five Hinderances

Serial: BZ-00130A

One-Day Sitting

Hindrances, Hindrances, Daily Life, Doubt, Big Mind, Nirvana, Attachment, Buddha...
Feb 19 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Monk/Fox and The Law of Karma

Serial: BZ-00129A

One-Day Sitting

Hyakujo, Monks, Fox, Karma, Fox, causation, Karma, Dependent Origination, Birth-and-...
Jan 20 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman

Serial: BZ-00068

Interview 2 of 3

Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Priest, Precepts, training, Priest-and-Lay,...
Jan 05 2001
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Interview with Sojun Mel Weitsman

Serial: BZ-00128

Interview 1 of 3

Dharma Transmission, Priest, Transmission, training, Religion, Ordination, Building,...
Jan 05 2001
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi's Second Method

Serial: BZ-00127A

Rohatsu Day 5

Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Aspects of Practice, Instruction, Lay, Dragons,...
Dec 08 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #68

Serial: BZ-00126B

Buddha's Silence, Rohatsu Day 4

BCR-68, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Non-duality, Silence, Doubt, Bodhidharma,...
Dec 07 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Oryoki

Serial: BZ-00126A

Rohatsu Day 3

Oryoki, Priest, Continuous Practice, Lay, Chanting, confusion, Hate, Building...
Dec 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00125B

Rohatsu Day 2

Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Dependent Origination, Ordinary Mind, Instruction...
Dec 05 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #36

Serial: BZ-00125A

Um-mon's “Everyone has their Light”, Rohatsu Day 1

Ummon, BCR-36, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Gaining Mind, Don't...
Dec 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Preparing/Not Preparing for Sesshin

Serial: BZ-00124B

Saturday Lecture

Sesshin, Ego, Demons, Emotions, Posture, Equanimity, Buddha Nature, Obstacles,...
Dec 02 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00486

Class 4 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six...
Nov 30 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha

Serial: BZ-00123B

Saturday Lecture

 

Buddha, Koan, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Thoroughness, Priest, Ordinary Mind,...
Nov 18 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00487

Class 3 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Continuous Practice, Duality, Oneness, Karma, Sixth Patriarch,...
Nov 16 2000
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00488

Class 2 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Ego, Separation, Vow, Demons, Mahayana, Observe,...
Nov 09 2000
2
Berkeley Zen Center

How Love Drives the World

Serial: BZ-00122B

Saturday Lecture

Love, Emotions, Hate, Anger, Buddha Nature, War, Ego, Attachment, Peace, Cultivation...
Nov 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Birth and Death: Dogen’s Zenki and Shoji

Serial: BZ-00489

Class 1 of 4

Birth-and-Death, Vow, Attachment, Big Mind, Samsara, Bodhisattva Vow, Four Noble...
Nov 02 2000
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Rules for Being Human--Opening of Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00122A

One-Day Sitting

Obstacles, Karma, Enthusiasm, Vow, Don't Know Mind, confusion, Hate, Offering,...
Oct 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Abhidharma, Six Factors, Two Aspects

Serial: BZ-00121B

Saturday Lecture

Abhidharma, Intuition, Practice Period, Composure, Hate, Building, Anger, Samadhi,...
Oct 28 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Recommendations for Fall Practice Period

Serial: BZ-00120A

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Intimacy, Commitment,...
Sep 30 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Why Do We Practice?

Serial: BZ-00083B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Manjushri,...
Sep 09 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #2

Serial: BZ-00083A

Nondiscriminating Mind within Discrimination, Sesshin Day 3

Discrimination, BCR-2, Discrimination, Dragons, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Hsin...
Sep 04 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Codependent Chain of Origination: Why We Sit

Serial: BZ-00082B

Sesshin Day 2

Dependent Origination, Zazen, Dependent Origination, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Ego...
Sep 03 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary

Serial: BZ-00082A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Lay Practice,...
Sep 02 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

One Buddha, Three Boddhisattvas: Practice is Everything

Serial: BZ-00081B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha, Bodhisattva, Practice, Composure, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Daily...
Aug 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00085B

Unity in Diversity, Diversity in Unity, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Subject-and-Object, Diversity, Bell, Oneness, Precepts,...
Aug 19 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Breath and Posture

Serial: BZ-00085A

One-Day Sitting

Breath, Posture, Posture, Instruction
Aug 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

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