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Zen Meditation on the Great Flower Adornment Scripture, Class 3

In this series of meetings, we will study and see how Zen is the key unlocking the innumerable meanings of this oceanic scripture. We will also explore how the sutra opens and illuminates our simple...

#YRB-2023-Fall, Letting Go, Enlightenment, Lotus Sutra, Faith, Darkness and Light...
Oct 17 2023
3 of 8
The Yoga Room

Introducing Flower Adornment Book Two

A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Koun Ejô, Bodhisattva Way, Gratitude,...
Jul 15 2023
PM
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation on Our Original Nature, Class 8

In this series of gatherings we will explore and perhaps realize our original nature, and how to apply such a discovery to all of our daily activities. 

#YRB-2023-Spring1, Original Nature, Sangha, Zazen, Gratitude, Darkness and Light...
May 09 2023
8 of 8
The Yoga Room

Master Ummon's Everybody has Their Own Light

Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Duality, Demons, Concentration...
Aug 03 2019

Just This Is: the Avatamsaka Sutra in the Zen Tradition

Perfect Wisdom, Discrimination, Buddha Mind, Practice Period, Karmic Consciousness,...
Apr 13 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

What Do We Call the World, and the Vast, Living Underworld

Serial: TL-00571

ADZG Monday Night,
Sesshin Talk

Duality, Darkness and Light, Intention, Bodhisattva Precepts
Dec 10 2018
ADZG Temple

Winter Solstice Poetry and Dr. King's Interconnectedness

Serial: TL-00501

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Darkness and Light, Letting Go, Balance, New Year, Priest
Dec 24 2017
ADZG Temple

Let Go, Accept Your Function, and Mutually Respond

Serial: TL-00462

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Darkness and Light, Practice Period, Mandala
May 07 2017
ADZG Temple

Yunmen's Medicine and Sickness Heal Each Other

Serial: BZ-02469

Class Blue Cliff Record 67

 

BCR-67, Cultivation, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-...
Mar 28 2016

Performance of the Undivided Mind

Serial: TL-00386

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Evil, Darkness and Light, Chanting, Buddha Mind, Desire
Sep 20 2015
ADZG Temple

What Is Acceptance

Forgiveness, Two Truths, Dependent Origination, Anger, Heart Sutra, Darkness and...
Aug 08 2015

Everyone Has a Light

Blue Cliff Record, Duality, Oneness, Practice Period, Berkeley Zen Center, Passions,...
Nov 15 2014

Dogen's Uji: Being Time

Big Mind, Doubt, Discrimination, Darkness and Light, Demons, Continuous Practice,...
Feb 23 2014

Samadhi

Serial: BZ-02304

Shikantaza, Saturday Lecture

Samadhi, Suzuki Roshi, Vairochana Buddha, Precious Mirror, Darkness and Light, Silent...
Apr 20 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai Lecture One

Serial: BZ-02291

Part 1 of 4

Composure, Discrimination, Branching Streams, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness...
Feb 16 2013
1

A Candle in the Dark

Practice Position, Darkness and Light, Five Ranks, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Commitment...
Nov 24 2012

Memory, Forgetfulness, and Big Mind

Serial: TL-00234

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Big Mind, Darkness and Light, Harmonizing, Oneness
Jun 05 2011
ADZG Temple

Reality Revealed in the Workplace

Serial: BZ-02104

Shuso talk

Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Silence, Liberation,...
Jun 12 2010

More Light

Ordinary Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and Light, Bodhisattva Vow, Transmission...
May 23 2009

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem in Section on Prayana

Serial: BZ-01452

Rohatsu, Day 7, side A

Darkness and Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Commentary on Poem in Section on Prajna

Serial: BZ-02010

Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7

Hui Neng, Darkness and Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

December 15th, 2007, Serial No. 01106

New Year, Happiness, Berkeley Zen Center, Vow, Don't Know Mind, Heart Sutra,...
Dec 15 2007

Silent Illumination and the Upright Cauldron

Serial: TL-00171

ADZG Three Day Sesshin,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Hongzhi, Darkness and Light, Silent Illumination
Jun 16 2007
Cenacle Chicago

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...
Feb 18 2007
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...
Sep 03 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

March 2006 talk, Serial No. 00050, Side B

Silent Illumination, Letting Go, Hongzhi, Jukai, Darkness and Light
Mar 2006

Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light"

Serial: BZ-01205

Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5

Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances...
Dec 02 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

November 5th, 2005, Serial No. 01197

Darkness and Light, Evil, Mahayana, Practice Period, Duality, Aspects of Practice,...
Nov 05 2005

Beans, Gratitude, Generosity

Serial: SF-01014

Sunday Lecture - Children's Lecture

Interdependence, confusion, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Darkness and Light,...
Jul 03 2005
Green Gulch

Sitting Under The Rose-Apple Tree

Serial: SF-01016

Sunday Lecture

Balance, Darkness and Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 03 2004
Green Gulch

Master Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00153B

Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice, Birth-and-Death, Darkness and Light, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha...
Jul 13 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486

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

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-...
May 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Surangama Sutra Class

Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Ceremony, Birth-and-Death, Ordination,...
May 02 2000
Green Gulch

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161A

Light and Darkness, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and...
Apr 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00207B

Some personal comments, Sesshin Day 3

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Branching Streams, Darkness and...
Mar 26 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00202B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Anger, Duality, Branching Streams, Composure, Happiness...
Jan 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01546

Serial: BZ-01546

#duplicate-please-hide

Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks, Rinzai, Platform Sutra, Ego, Discrimination,...
Nov 04 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, 6 of 8

Serial: BZ-00929

Fall practice period

Five Ranks, Ego, Rinzai, Discrimination, Big Mind, Darkness and Light, Light-and-...
Nov 04 1999
6 of 8
BZC

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 00861

Precious Mirror, Five Ranks, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...
Sep 23 1999

Precious Mirror Samadhi, Class 1 of 8

Serial: BZ-01008A

Fall practice period 1999

 

Hokyo Zanmai, Precious Mirror, Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha...
Sep 23 1999
Class 1 of 8,

September 23rd, 1999, Serial No. 01541

Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Buddha Nature...
Sep 23 1999

Master Hongzi's Practice Instruction

Serial: BZ-00073A

One-Day Sitting

Hongzhi, Practice, Attachment, Darkness and Light, Silent Illumination, Light-and-...
Apr 18 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Five Ranks And The Bricks

Serial: BZ-00071B

Saturday Lecture

Tozan, Five Ranks, Five Ranks, Precious Mirror, Absolute-and-Relative, Evil, Darkness...
Apr 03 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

To Consider Our Practice Carefully

Serial: SF-00954

Sunday Lecture

Light-and-Darkness, Darkness and Light, Monastic Practice, Letting Go, Practice...
Dec 20 1998
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Commitment, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature,...
Aug 30 1998
Green Gulch

Knowing, Not Knowing, Nonknowing

Culture, Ego, American, Building, Religion, Darkness and Light, Bodhidharma, Duality...
Jan 24 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Mountains And Rivers Without End

Serial: SF-03582

Mountains And Rivers Workshop, Mark Gonnerman, Stanford Humanities Center, Kresge Auditorium

Darkness and Light, Chanting, Evil, Silence, Lay, Emptiness
Oct 09 1997
Stanford University

Life of Buddha

Serial: BZ-00846

Class 5 of 6

Evil, Four Noble Truths, Sangha, Lay, Darkness and Light, Non-violence, Religion,...
Apr 10 1997
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai

Serial: SF-03106

Sunday Lecture

Manjushri, Samadhi, Oneness, confusion, Darkness and Light, Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy...
Dec 01 1996
Green Gulch

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