Sojun Mel Weitsman Talks

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Development of American Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00422A

Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC, Saturday Lecture

Buddhism, American, Philip Kapleau, Culture, American, Building, Daily Life,...
Feb 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Enlightenment Without Desiring Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00422B

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Emotions, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Lay...
Feb 11 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

The Dream World

Serial: BZ-00430

Realm of Desire versus Reality, One-Day Sitting

Desire, Daily Life, Dream World, Lay Practice, Lay, Dragons, Interview, Enemies,...
Feb 13 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00432A

Saturday Lecture

Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Building, Daily Life,...
Mar 10 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Tao Wu and Lung Tan: Teaching Through Example

Serial: BZ-00431A

No Special Enlightenment, Saturday Lecture

Daowu, Enlightenment, Religion, Instruction, Bell, Vows, Culture
Mar 24 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #41: Bodhidharma and Eka

Serial: BZ-00432B

Peace of Mind and Having a Sincere Practice, One-Day Sitting

Bodhidharma, MM-41, Bodhidharma, Peace, Bodhisattva Vow, Echo, Composure, Eka,...
Apr 14 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Making the Commitment to Practice

Serial: BZ-00404B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, stubbornness, resistance, Tassajara, Lay...
Apr 21 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Wanting to Sit/Should Sit

Serial: BZ-00434A

Sesshin Day 1

Zazen, Daily Life, Posture, Concentration, Separation, Lay
May 19 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Conflict Between Intention versus Desire

Serial: BZ-00434B

"What to do with our Oni (devil)", Sesshin Day 2

 

 

Intention, Desire, resistance, training, Daily Life, Tassajara, Demons, Silence, Evil...
May 20 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Ego and Personality

Serial: BZ-00390A

Saturday Lecture

Ego, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Offering, Bowing, Samadhi, Discrimination, Evil, Anger,...
Jun 30 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Difficulties in Daily Life Practice

Serial: BZ-00390B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Daily Life, Daily Life, Family Practice, Monastic Practice, Patience,...
Jul 07 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

The Meaning of Gathas

Serial: BZ-00395A

Saturday Lecture

Gathas, Bodhisattva Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Precepts, Priest, Vows,...
Jul 27 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, Laity

Serial: BZ-00395B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, training,...
Aug 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddhist Perspective on Love and Relationships

Serial: BZ-00394A

Sesshin Day 3

Love, Passions, Desires, Emotions, Liberation, New Year, Hate, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

The Fifth Precept: Do Not Deal in Intoxicants

Serial: BZ-00394B

Saturday Lecture

Fifth Precept, Precepts, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Attachment, American, Buddha Nature...
Sep 08 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Makyo

Serial: BZ-00393A

Saturday Lecture

Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...
Sep 15 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Trip to Japan

Serial: BZ-00393B

Saturday Lecture

Japan, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, Building, training, Sanctuary, Lay...
Oct 27 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Third Paramita: Kshanti (Composure)

Serial: BZ-00391A

Saturday Lecture

Kshanti, Composure, Happiness, Monastic Practice, Demons, training, Patience,...
Nov 1984
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)

Serial: BZ-00391B

Saturday Lecture

Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and...
Nov 1984
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority

Serial: BZ-00392A

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...
Nov 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

The Precepts Before the Precepts

Serial: BZ-00392B

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Precepts, Obstacles, Bodhisattva Precepts, Discrimination, Buddha Nature,...
Nov 10 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara Life

Serial: BZ-00404A

Saturday Lecture

Tassajara, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara, Samadhi, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra,...
Nov 24 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Mind in Zazen

Serial: BZ-00405A

Rohatsu

Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind, Zazen, Building, Sixth Patriarch, Concentration, Enemies...
Dec 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing in Zazen

Serial: BZ-00405B

Rohatsu

Zazen, Breath, Zazen Mind, confusion, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,...
Dec 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin and Daily Life; Questions and Discussion

Serial: BZ-00406A

Rohatsu

Sesshin, Daily Life, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind,...
Dec 05 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Bowing Practice

Serial: BZ-00406B

Rohatsu

Bowing, Bowing, training, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Demons, Enemies,...
Dec 06 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

What's the Use of Sesshin?

Serial: BZ-00407A

Difficulty and Ease, Rohatsu

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Peace, Daily Life, Doubt, training, Equanimity,...
Dec 07 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Dropping the Buddha Bowl

Serial: BZ-00407B

Combining Sesshin with Outside Work and Family, Rohatsu

Sesshin, Daily Life, Repentance, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...
Dec 08 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Sanshi Mompo: Ongoing Practice of Student and Teacher

Serial: BZ-00408A

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Interview, Lineage, Instruction, Buddha...
Dec 15 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

What Shall We Do in the New Year? (discussion)

Serial: BZ-00408B

Psychology/Women's Practice, Saturday Lecture

New Year, Psychology, Women's Practice, Mindfulness, New Year, Beginners,...
Dec 22 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Serial: BZ-01521

Don't Bow When You Leave the Zendo, Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Attachment, Four Foundations...
Jan 05 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness Practice in Sesshin

Serial: BZ-01523A

Vipassana and Samadhi, Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Vipassana, Samadhi, Concentration, Mindfulness, Attachment,...
Jan 19 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-01523B

Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Chanting, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Bell, American, War,...
Jan 26 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #3

Serial: BZ-00409A

Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha, Saturday Lecture

Buddha, Koan, BCR-3, First Principle, Buddha Nature, Cultivation, Judgement,...
Feb 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Introductory Sesshin: Zazen Questions

Serial: BZ-00409B

Carrying the Stick, Beginners' Sitting

Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Kyosaku, Birth-and-Death, Describe, Anger, Harmonizing...
Feb 09 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00423A

Saturday Lecture

Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha's...
Feb 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Doing Zazen All Day Long Without Crossing Your Legs

Serial: BZ-00423B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Four Foundations, Posture, Anger,...
Mar 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Creating Practice Using the Forms at Hand

Serial: BZ-00425A

Layman Pang, Saturday Lecture

Lay Practice, Layman Pang, Mindfulness, Buddha Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic...
Mar 09 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Sitting Sesshin as a Beginner

Serial: BZ-00425B

Sesshin Day 1

Sesshin, Zazen, Peace, Intuition, Hate, Posture, Anger, Silence, Concentration, Bell...
Mar 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Patience and the Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00424A

Sesshin Day 2

Paramitas, Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality,...
Mar 17 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Pre-Mountain Seat Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00426A

Questions and Comments, Saturday Lecture

Mountain Seat Ceremony, Priest, Ordination, Precepts, Lay, Offering, Priest-and-Lay,...
May 11 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Tenzo Kyokun

Serial: BZ-00426B

Saturday Lecture

Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Six Realms, Demons, Buddha Mind, Karma, Ego, Big...
May 18 1985
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Zaike Tokudo: The Meaning of Ordination

Serial: BZ-00414

Saturday Lecture

Zaike Tokudo, Lineage, Priest, Ordination, Dharma Transmission, Precepts,...
Jun 01 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi; Questions and Answers

Serial: BZ-00415A

Saturday Lecture

Fukanzazengi, Discrimination, Continuous, Enemies, Peace, Subject-and-Object, Big...
Jun 08 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen and Shikantaza

Serial: BZ-00415B

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Shikantaza, zen meditation, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building,...
Jun 15 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Way-Seeking Mind

Serial: BZ-00412A

Saturday Lecture

Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Vows, Samsara, Nirvana,...
Jun 22 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Fukanzazengi: Think Not Thinking

Serial: BZ-00412B

Saturday Lecture

Fukanzazengi, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Nirvana, Duality, Attachment,...
Jul 06 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Practice With Children and Families

Serial: BZ-00424B

Saturday Lecture

Family Practice, Religion, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Priest,...
Jul 14 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

The Eight Janas and the Origins of Zen

Serial: BZ-00429A

One-Day Sitting

Consciousness, Happiness, Concentration, Pure Existence, Hindrances, zen meditation,...
Jul 20 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

The Meaning of the Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00413A

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Sangha, Manjushri,...
Aug 03 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

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