First Principle Talks

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Title	Speaker	Date
Dongshan Class 1 First Principle, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Oneness, Heart Sutra, Continuous...	Ross Blum	Aug 25 2020
Zazen and Resilience Serial: TL-00665 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Patience, First Principle, Intuition, Don't Know Mind, Zazen Mind	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 24 2020 Zoom
Wherever you are Enlightenment is Here Big Mind, First Principle, Commitment, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Ego,...	Gerry Oliva	Oct 14 2017
Beyond Calmness of Mind First Principle, Harmonizing, Aspects of Practice, Birth-and-Death, Building,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 07 2017
The Heart of Training, The Training of the Heart training, Precepts, Practice Period, First Principle, Priest-and-Lay, Priest,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 20 2017
Sangha Big Mind, Non-violence, Birth-and-Death, Evil, New Year, Daily Life, Blue Cliff...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Jan 28 2017
The Bodhisattva Chaplaincy Lotus Sutra, training, Evil, First Principle, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Lay,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Aug 27 2016
Every Day Is a Good Day Big Mind, First Principle, Continuous Practice, Evil, Buddha Mind, Composure, Aspects...	Gerri Oliva	Nov 08 2014
Pick Up a Speck of Dust Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Peace, Constancy,...	Laurie Senauke	Oct 18 2014
Climate Rally in D.C. Serial: TL-00285 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk First Principle, Global Warming, Money, Building, Concentration	Taigen Dan Leighton	Feb 18 2013 ADZG Temple
Money is Pure Serial: BZ-02231 Money and Labor Talk by Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin Day 2 Dogen, Cooking, Dana Paramita, Fox, Culture, Evil, Building, First Principle, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 19 2012 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazenshin Class Dragons, Buddha Ancestors, Teacher-and-Student, First Principle, Non-duality, Lineage...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 19 2011 2
Direct Experience of Reality Serial: BZ-02146 Suzuki Roshi, Rohatsu Day 4 Idealistic and Realistic Zen First Principle, Bell, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death, Repentance, Sangha,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
What the Holy Ones Did Not Preach Serial: BZ-02078 Essence of Mind, One-Day Sitting BCR-28, First Principle, Intuition, Don't Know Mind, Passions, Buddha Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 24 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #3: Introduction to Kôan Study Serial: BZ-01128 Baso's Sun-face Buddha, Moon-face Buddha, Saturday Lecture Buddha, Baso, BCR-3, First Principle, Duality, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 03 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith in Buddhism: Introduction Serial: BZ-01053A Class, 1 of 5 Subject-and-Object, Doubt, Religion, Mahayana, First Principle, Concentration, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Preparation for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01229 Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Birth and Death Serial: SF-00970 Sunday Lecture - Children's Lecture: children's story - Amos and Boris; response to Hurrican Katrina; Story of king, knowing death is coming; vowing to live for the benefit of... Birth-and-Death, Vow, Four Noble Truths, First Principle, Lotus Sutra, Mill Valley,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 04 2005 Green Gulch
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03557 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Vow, Zendo, Manjushri, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Suzuki...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 03 2004 Tassajara
Buddhism, Christianity, War and Peace Serial: SF-00939 Sunday Lecture: Two types of training: compassion and wisdom (wisdom: the entire universe is the true human body); US history; Christianity (is evil 'outside' or not); Mara... First Principle, Hate, Evil, Faith, Soto Zen, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	May 16 2004 Green Gulch
Wednesday Lecture Serial: SF-01023 Linda Ruth with her sick mother. The mountain lion. The bobcat. The rat. New film, "The Passion of Christ". Self-restraint. Mindfulness of the body. Angulimala. Hate, Current Events, First Principle, Passions, Precepts, Doubt, training,...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 17 2004 Green Gulch
Blue Cliff Record: Case #5 Serial: BZ-01382 Saturday Lecture BCR-5, First Principle, Beginners, Non-duality, Buddha Nature, Manjushri, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
November 15th, 2003, Serial No. 01367, Side B First Principle, Separation, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Bowing, Birth-...		Nov 15 2003
April 17th, 2003, Serial No. 00297 Teacher-and-Student, Transmission, Mundane Life, First Principle, Lineage, Sixth...		Apr 17 2003
One-day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-01018 Lotus Sutra (Heart Sutra), seals our mind with Buddha's mind, basics of the middle way are covered (in the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings), power of joy and compassion, devotion... Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana, Four Noble...	Fu Schroeder	May 11 2002 Green Gulch
Camaldolese Creativity Serial: NC-01072 Community Retreat Spring 2002 OSB Cam, Renaissance, Ambrose Traversari, Marsilio Ficino, Neoplatonism, Platonic Academy (Florence...	Sr. Donald Corcoran	Apr 2002 3 of 5 (#4 not recorded) New Camaldoli Hermitage
Totally Grounded Serial: BZ-00106A Sesshin Day 4 First Principle, Samadhi, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Anger, Karma, Demons...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 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...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
September 19th, 1999, Serial No. 04333 Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, First Principle...		Sep 19 1999
July 29th, 1999, Serial No. 00922 Four Noble Truths, Ego, causation, Heart Sutra, First Principle, true dharma, Right...		Jul 29 1999
Wednesday Lecture First Principle, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dragons, Suzuki Roshi,...	Wendy Johnson	Jun 30 1999 Green Gulch
Parables: New Testament Serial: NC-00064 Part of "The Kingdom in Parables: New Testament, Cosmology and Contemporary Poetry" 2. Parables: New Testament Archival Photo OSB Cam, First Principle, Mandala, Buddhism, lecture, Diversity	Bruno Barnhart	1998 2 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
What Is The Ember You Carry With You? Serial: SF-00086 One Day Sit Practice Period, Blue Cliff Record, Non-duality, Fox, Bodhidharma, First Principle,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 27 1997
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00807A Rohatsu Day 6 BCR-17, Obstacles, First Principle, Lay, Evil, Peace, Bodhidharma, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
August Sesshin First Principle, Zendo, realization, Impermanence, Offering, Instruction, Emotions,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Aug 12 1996 Green Gulch
July 2nd, 1996, Serial No. 00119 Serial: BZ-00119 Lecture First Principle, Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Observe, Teacher-and-Student,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 02 1996
June 29th, 1996, Serial No. 00799, Side A Separation, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, First Principle, true dharma, Dharma...		Jun 29 1996
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00806A Saturday Lecture BCR-17, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, resistance, Concentration, Separation...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
ial No. 00785 Serial: BZ-00785 Evening lecture 3 found in rohatsu tapes 1996 Big Mind, First Principle, Ego, Evil, Light-and-Darkness, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	1996
July 22nd, 1995, Serial No. 00828, Side A Soto Zen, Culture, First Principle, Lay Practice, Demons, Gratitude, Lay, Lineage,...		Jul 22 1995
April 26th, 1995, Serial No. 01012 Serial: NC-01012 Monastic Spirituality, Set 6 of 12 OSB Cam, Liberation, zen, Ego, First Principle, Interview	Bruno Barnhart	Apr 26 1995
The Idea of a Taoist Sage and Gospel Parallels / Taoist Metaphysical Vision and the Christian Concept of God Serial: NC-00011 Session 1 & 2 of "Trinity and Tao: Christian and Taoist Spirituality" Talk 1: The Idea of a Taoist Sage and Gospel Parallels Talk 2: Taoist... OSB Cam, First Principle, Enlightenment, Darkness and Light, Breath, Emptiness...	Joseph Wong	1995 1 of 2 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Christ, the Poets and the Person Serial: NC-00047 Part of "The Awakening Self: The New Testament and the Poets" retreat. Archival Photo OSB Cam, Poetry, First Principle, realization, Buddhism, Emptiness	Bruno Barnhart	1995 1 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Contemplative Prayer Serial: NC-00927 Contemplative Prayer class Fasting, Discrimination, First Principle, Intuition, Monastic Practice	Robert Hale	Sep 14 1994 2 of 7 New Camaldoli Hermitage
June 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00238 First Principle, Buddha Nature, War, Ordinary Mind, Duality, Practice Period,...		Jun 02 1994
Book of Serenity Serial: BZ-00234 Class 1 of 5 Manjushri, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, First Principle, Observe, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1994 1 Berkeley Zen Center
April 14th, 1994, Serial No. 00231 American, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Interdependence, Happiness, Mahayana,...		Apr 14 1994
April 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00962, Side A Ordinary Mind, First Principle, Blue Cliff Record, Practice Period, Bodhidharma,...		Apr 02 1994
Blue Cliff Record: Case #5 Serial: BZ-00647B Saturday Lecture BCR-5, First Principle, Duality, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Nirvana, Samsara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 23 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Communion and Communication Serial: BZ-00631B Saturday Lecture First Principle, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Bodhisattva Precepts, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 11 1992 Berkeley Zen Center

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