Sojun Mel Weitsman Talks

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Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

Serial: BZ-00871A

Saturday Lecture

Triple Treasure, Priest, Lay, Sangha, Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Buddha Nature,...
Jan 04 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Thoughts on Christmas and New Year: Gaining Mind

Serial: BZ-00870B

Saturday Lecture

Gaining Mind, Gaining Mind, New Year, Ego, Buddha Nature, Karma, Vows, Chanting,...
Dec 21 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Concentration and Wisdom: One-Sided Mind and Whole Mind

Serial: BZ-00870A

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Wisdom, Samadhi, Attachment, Concentration, Precepts, Anger, Mahayana...
Dec 14 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part III

Serial: BZ-00869B

Rohatsu Day 6

Enlightenment, Concentration, Equanimity, Composure, Attachment, Concentration,...
Dec 06 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part II

Serial: BZ-00869A

Second Factor: Investigation, Deep Analysis, Rohatsu Day 5

Enlightenment, Concentration, Posture, stubbornness, Building, Harmonizing,...
Dec 05 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part I

Serial: BZ-00868B

Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4

Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,...
Dec 04 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

One Month Practice Period at Tassajara

Serial: BZ-00868A

Rohatsu Day 2

Tassajara, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara, Mindfulness, Nirvana Sutra,...
Dec 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

After the Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00865B

Four Vows and Four Noble Truths, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Fifth Precept, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vows, Fifth Precept...
Oct 26 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Investigation and the Five Controlling Faculties

Serial: BZ-00865A

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Mindfulness, Doubt, Zazen Mind, Daily Life, resistance, Karma,...
Oct 19 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Background of Oryoki Practice

Serial: BZ-00864B

Beginners' Sitting

Oryoki, Offering, Cultivation, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen, Lay, Gratitude, Rinzai,...
Oct 12 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Teacher and Student Relationship

Serial: BZ-00864A

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Transmission,...
Oct 05 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Hearing Sounds with Our Whole Body and Mind

Serial: BZ-00884B

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Zendo, Daily Life, Judgement, Vinaya, Greed, Continuous, Nirvana,...
Sep 28 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Considering the Hindrances and Seeing the Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00884A

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Hindrances, Study Period, Sixth...
Sep 21 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00411B

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,...
Sep 06 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Free Sitting vs. Forty Minute Periods: Dogen's Way

Serial: BZ-00411A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Dogen, Daily Life, Lay Practice, training, Bell, Practice Period, Beginners,...
Sep 01 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Karma and The Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00410B

Saturday Lecture

Karma, Hindrances, Karma, Study Period, Hindrances, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...
Aug 31 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Study Period (J. Ango)

Serial: BZ-00410A

Saturday Lecture

Study Period, Ango, Study Period, Priest-and-Lay, Practice Period, training, Lay,...
Aug 17 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Sutra Study: The Meaning of Zazen and Kinhin

Serial: BZ-00413B

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Kinhin, Lotus Sutra, Posture, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Mindfulness, Bell,...
Aug 10 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

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

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

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

Way-Seeking Mind

Serial: BZ-00412A

Saturday Lecture

Way-Seeking Mind, Priest, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Vows, Samsara, Nirvana,...
Jun 22 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

Fukanzazengi; Questions and Answers

Serial: BZ-00415A

Saturday Lecture

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00423A

Saturday Lecture

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

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

Chanting Practice

Serial: BZ-01523B

Saturday Lecture

Chanting, Chanting, Offering, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Bell, American, War,...
Jan 26 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

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

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

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

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

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

Bowing Practice

Serial: BZ-00406B

Rohatsu

Bowing, Bowing, training, Non-duality, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Demons, Enemies,...
Dec 06 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

Breathing in Zazen

Serial: BZ-00405B

Rohatsu

Zazen, Breath, Zazen Mind, confusion, Discrimination, Big Mind, Birth-and-Death,...
Dec 04 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

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

The Precepts Before the Precepts

Serial: BZ-00392B

Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Precepts, Obstacles, Bodhisattva Precepts, Discrimination, Buddha Nature,...
Nov 10 1984
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

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

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