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A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an internal "clapper" or "uvula", an external hammer, or—in small bells—by a small loose sphere enclosed within the body of the bell (jingle bell).
Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its resonant properties, but can also be made from other hard materials. This depends on the function. Some small bells such as ornamental bells or cowbells can be made from cast or pressed metal, glass or ceramic, but large bells such as a church, clock and tower bells are normally cast from bell metal.
Bells intended to be heard over a wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable, to a musical ensemble such as an English ring of bells, a carillon or a Russian zvon which are tuned to a common scale and installed in a bell tower. Many public or institutional buildings house bells, most commonly as clock bells to sound the hours and quarters.
Historically, bells have been associated with religious rites, and are still used to call communities together for religious services. Later, bells were made to commemorate important events or people and have been associated with the concepts of peace and freedom. The study of bells is called campanology.
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The Great MatterSerial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,... |
Mar 11 2006 City Center |
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Practice PeriodSerial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, resistance,... |
Feb 19 2006 |
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Alive or Dead?Serial: SF-01147 Sunday Lecture: Koan: "Alive or Dead" (Daowu's condolence call); mind fleas; confession; too busy; leap or die when at an impasse; story of Buddha and king - what else can I do... Teacher-and-Student, Anger, Don't Know Mind, Birth-and-Death, Practice Period,... |
Jan 29 2006 Green Gulch |
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Zendo Lecture Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Global Warming, Buddha Ancestors, Mahayana,... |
Oct 02 2005 Tassajara |
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Dining Room Lecture Posture, Zendo, Mindfulness, training, Big Mind, Bell, Bowing, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,... |
Aug 31 2005 Tassajara |
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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03554 Dining Room Class 3 Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Renunciation, Samsara, Balance,... |
Oct 20 2004 Tassajara |
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Sitting Under The Rose-Apple TreeSerial: SF-01016 Sunday Lecture Balance, Darkness and Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Oct 03 2004 Green Gulch |
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Dining Room Lecture Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,... |
Aug 18 2004 Tassajara |
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The Power of TenSerial: SF-00985 The silence of 'don't know'; outer space Vimalakirti Sutra; radiant vision of alternate universes. Motivation for literary inventiveness - world is not only what we think;... Vimalakirti, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Mill Valley, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra... |
Dec 14 2003 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Vow, causation, Faith, Six Realms, Passions, Bell, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-... |
Dec 06 2003 Green Gulch |
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Transforming Hate Into Global CompassionSerial: SF-00051 Sunday talk. Hate, Current Events, Mill Valley, Peace, Bell, Interdependence, Sanctuary, Chanting... |
Sep 16 2001 |
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Sunday Lecture Hate, Current Events, Mill Valley, Peace, Bell, Interdependence, Sanctuary,... |
Sep 16 2001 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Freedom, training, Bell, Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, confusion... |
Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion,... |
Feb 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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Surangama Sutra Class Birth-and-Death, Bell, Light-and-Darkness, Nirvana, Ego, Skandas, confusion, Letting... |
Sep 25 2000 Unknown |
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Sunday Lecture Interview, Mill Valley, Birth-and-Death, Koan, Bell, Vow, Faith, Liberation, Delusion... |
May 21 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Perfect Wisdom, Practice Period, training, Bell, Intimacy, Emptiness, Birth-and-Death... |
Apr 12 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Death-and-Dying, Silence, New Year, Priest, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Apr 05 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03654 Monday Class Zazen, Instruction, Soto Zen, Posture, realization, Dragons, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 27 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Anger, Impermanence, Zendo, Demons, Right Speech, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow... |
Mar 01 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki... |
Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Greed, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Bodhidharma, Liberation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Sep 18 1999 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Suzuki Roshi, training, Letting Go, Nirvana Sutra, Vow, Ceremony, Monastic Practice,... |
Feb 27 1999 Green Gulch |
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Rohatsu Teacher-and-Student, Rumi, Bell, Intimacy, Gratitude, Instruction, Zendo, Emotions,... |
Dec 01 1998 City Center |
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25 Years of Green GulchSerial: SF-03245 Sunday Lecture Gratitude, Bell, Commitment, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Ceremony, Teacher-and-Student... |
Sep 20 1998 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Posture, Mindfulness, Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Instruction,... |
Aug 18 1998 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Practice Period... |
Feb 01 1998 Green Gulch |
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The Jewel Called The SanghaSerial: SF-00063 Sunday talk Jan PP; you are blessed by the people who want to practice with you who are not necessarily the people you would choose to practice with. Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Separation, causation, Instruction, Intimacy, training... |
Jan 11 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Buddhism At Millennium's EdgeSerial: SF-00030 Seminar 1 Dragons, Evil, Rinzai, Ego, Bell, Discrimination, Greed, Silence, Balance,... |
1998 |
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Questions and AnswersSerial: SF-04820 Commercially Produced cassette: Sounds True - - Pain, Love and Happiness with Thich Nhat Hanh - September 1-6 1997 Sponsored by the Community of Mindful Living Happiness, Bell, Freedom, Peace, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Offering,... |
Sep 01 1997 Unknown |
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Zazen confusion, Enemies, Balance, Bell, Attachment, Delusion |
Aug 20 1997 |
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Sesshin Lecture Harmonizing, Obstacles, Zazen, Bodhidharma, Ego, Posture, Bell, Zendo, realization... |
Aug 11 1997 Green Gulch |
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Buddha's BirthdaySerial: SF-03098 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Humility, Chanting, Renewal,... |
Apr 06 1997 Green Gulch |
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No Species Is Only ItselfSerial: SF-03103 Sunday Lecture: Tigers are awesome, unchained wildness; species are disappearing; every species exists as an important factor in the world of many other species; for humans,... Forgiveness, Dream World, Mindfulness, Ego, Four Foundations, Commitment, Beginners,... |
Mar 02 1997 Green Gulch |
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Poetry of EnlightenmentSerial: SF-00071 Class realization, Emptiness, Dragons, Balance, Bell, Priest, Emotions, Freedom, Doubt... |
Feb 04 1997 1 |
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Practice of ZazenSerial: SF-03138 Sunday Lecture Zazen, zen meditation, Ceremony, Bell, Interview, Greed, Letting Go, Posture,... |
May 26 1996 Green Gulch |
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A Sense of Vision Giving a Sense of Purpose in LifeSerial: SF-03228 Sunday lecture Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, Nirvana, Silence, Peace, true dharma,... |
May 05 1996 Green Gulch |
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Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Offering, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana,... |
Apr 07 1996 Green Gulch |
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The Angulimala StorySerial: SF-03226 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk true dharma, Enemies, Karma, Letting Go, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Daily... |
Mar 03 1996 Green Gulch |
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Interview Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Practice Period, Intuition, Instruction, Emotions, Gratitude,... |
Jan 21 1996 Unknown |
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The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of CravingSerial: SF-03231 Sunday Lecture Anger, Silence, Letting Go, Bell, Happiness, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva... |
Nov 19 1995 Green Gulch |
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Studying Yourself through Zazen and OryokiSerial: SF-03672 One-day sitting Posture, Forgiveness, Zazen, Bell, Letting Go, Zendo, Emotions, Rinzai, Offering,... |
Jun 17 1995 Green Gulch |
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Shantideva ClassSerial: SF-03200 Practice of Morality/Ethics Mindfulness, Doubt, Enemies, Emotions, Discrimination, Anger, Don't Know Mind,... |
Apr 25 1995 Unknown |
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Practicing With The PreceptsSerial: SF-00143 Tokubetsu Sesshin
Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, true dharma, Three Treasures, Transmission, Vow,... |
Mar 28 1995 |
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Importance of ShikantazaSerial: SF-03104 Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, realization, Soto... |
Mar 19 1995 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Practice Period, Four Noble Truths, Funeral, Fox, Bell, Six Realms, Demons... |
Oct 30 1994 Green Gulch |
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Buddha's BirthdaySerial: SF-03249 Sunday Lecture Buddha's Birthday, Renewal, Ceremony, Bell, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Offering,... |
Apr 10 1994 Green Gulch |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-03675 Includes Q&A and discussion Big Mind, Emptiness, Bell, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Instruction, Zazen,... |
Mar 13 1994 Green Gulch |
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Tara Rinpoche's Memorial Heart Sutra, Bell, Lineage, Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Happiness, training, Impermanence,... |
Jun 30 1991 Green Gulch Farm |
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Shuso Way-Seeking Mind TalkSerial: SF-01077 #shuso-talk Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, zen meditation, Zazen,... |
Feb 20 1991 Unknown |