Ceremony Talks
A ceremony (UK: , US: ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.
The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin caerimoniacode: lat promoted to code: la .
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Living in Accord with Birth and DeathSerial: SF-00991 Sesshin Lecture: confirming Buddha nature; sesshin: gathering of heart/mind; what's the business under the patchwork robe?; story of Patacara Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Lineage, training, Ceremony,... |
Apr 02 2007 Green Gulch |
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Being UncomfortableSerial: SF-01092 Sunday Lecture: What do we do when we become uncomfortable?; comfort - in body, mind, relationships - are focus of our consumerism; suffering = constant need to be fed;... Tassajara, Practice Period, Silence, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Religion, Humility,... |
Mar 25 2007 Green Gulch |
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GenerositySerial: SF-04032 Sunday Lecture: cultivation of generosity for ourselves and others; training for dying by how we live; not wasting time; noticing the passing away; generosity before virtue... Religion, Instruction, Ceremony |
Dec 17 2006 Green Gulch |
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Hand Me MidnightSerial: SF-01102 Sunday Lecture: Daigan's trip to Bali; ritual; poems from Daigan's new book, "Hand Me Midnight" Offering, Ceremony, Funeral, Vows, Instruction, Lay, Karma, Priest |
Nov 19 2006 Green Gulch |
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Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and DyingSerial: SF-00029 Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms. Ceremony, Offering, Vows, Ordination, Death-and-Dying, Six Realms, Sangha, Emptiness... |
Oct 29 2006 |
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No SelfSerial: SF-00915 Sunday Lecture: zen sayings: "Who's dragging this corpse around?; sense of self - root of all suffering; need to understand no-self, not just conceptually; Buddhist tool kit... Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Karma, Ceremony, Happiness, Freedom, Doubt,... |
Sep 17 2006 Green Gulch |
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Why Become Abbot of Zen Center? Bodhisattva Vow, Practice Period, Precepts, Gratitude, Vows, Commitment, Bell, Suzuki... |
Aug 09 2006 Unknown |
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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, resistance, Bell, Duality,... |
Feb 19 2006 |
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January 25th, 2006, Serial No. 04101 Practice Period, Tassajara, Lay Practice, Faith, Commitment, Priest, Zazen, Ceremony... |
Jan 25 2006 Unknown |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-01000 Day 1 Zendo Lecture Sanctuary, Karma, Ceremony, Practice Period, Tassajara, Demons, Zendo, Anger... |
Dec 10 2005 Tassajara |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-04732 #shuso-talk Sanctuary, Bodhidharma, Karma, Ceremony, Practice Period, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Dec 05 2005 Tassajara |
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No SelfSerial: SF-00971 One-day sitting lecture: Bodhisattva Initiation - dharma names; Buddha's second teaching - "No-self Characteristic Sutta"; shamata - posture instructions; Bodhisattva precepts... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Continuous, Separation, Posture, Delusion,... |
Sep 17 2005 Green Gulch |
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June 29th, 2005, Serial No. 04099 Ceremony, Zendo, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Continuous, Commitment |
Jun 29 2005 Unknown |
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Natural LiberationSerial: SF-00035 Sunday talk. Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Freedom, Letting Go, Samsara,... |
Jun 26 2005 |
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Natural LiberationSerial: SF-00916 Sunday Lecture: Buddha only teaches what leads to liberation; methods of liberation: 1 - Hinayana - renunciation; 2 - Mahayana- purification; 3 - Vajrayana - transformation; 4... Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Renunciation, Nirvana, Letting Go, Freedom, Samsara,... |
Jun 26 2005 Green Gulch |
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On Dharma TransmissionSerial: SF-03486 Zendo Lecture - duplicate Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Practice Period, Concentration, Priest,... |
May 02 2005 Tassajara |
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On Dharma TransmissionSerial: SF-03519 Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Practice Period, Concentration, Priest,... |
May 02 2005 Tassajara |
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On Dharma TransmissionSerial: SF-03544 Zendo Lecture - duplicate Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Ceremony, Practice Period, Concentration, Priest,... |
May 02 2005 Tassajara |
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Way-Seeking Mind Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Lay Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Doubt, Humility,... |
Mar 15 2005 Tassajara |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00940 World's largest ball of twine, snobbery, insight, calming our minds, shamata - tranquility practce, Dhammapada, monuments to warfare, GGF farm and kids, hate crime and Tam High... Vows, Precepts, Hate, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Interview,... |
Dec 19 2004 Green Gulch |
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Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03549 Dining Room Class Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Zazen, Practice Period... |
Nov 03 2004 Tassajara |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-03545 First Sesshin, Zendo Lecture Ceremony, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Chanting, Branching Streams, Karma,... |
Oct 29 2004 Tassajara |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01897 #shuso-talk Practice Period, training, Peace, Commitment, New Year, Politics, Birth-and-Death,... |
Oct 13 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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June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 01928 Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Balance, Karma, Hate, Zazen, Vows, Priest, Ceremony,... |
Jun 08 2004 Tassajara |
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May 30th, 2004, Serial No. 01043 Passions, Ceremony, Ego, Intuition, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Skandas, Delusion,... |
May 30 2004 Tassajara |
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April 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01045 Passions, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Addiction, Suzuki Roshi, Ego, Zazen,... |
Apr 18 2004 Tassajara |
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March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara, Intimacy... |
Mar 24 2004 City Center |
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2003.11.19-serial.00156Serial: SF-00156 Wednesday talk. Karma, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Echo, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Ego,... |
Nov 19 2003 |
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OfferingsSerial: SF-00158 Sunday talk. Children's lecture. Offering, Ceremony, Emptiness, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma... |
Nov 02 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sesshin Lecture Precepts, Ceremony, Priest, Practice Period, Lay, Offering, Separation, Faith,... |
Oct 29 2003 Tassajara |
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2010.10.03-serial.00055 Practice Period, training, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment... |
Oct 08 2003 |
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2003.08.10-serial.00079Serial: SF-00079 Zendo Lecture Birth-and-Death, Separation, Letting Go, Intimacy, Liberation, Tassajara, Beginners,... |
Aug 10 2003 |
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Wednesday LectureSerial: SF-00948 Buffalo passing through window koan. Farm and draft horses at GGF Tassajara, Commitment, Monastic Practice, confusion, Practice Period, Conversation,... |
Jul 09 2003 Green Gulch |
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January 24th, 2003, Serial No. 03931 Separation, Daily Life, Four Noble Truths, Priest-and-Lay, Beginners, Ceremony, Peace... |
Jan 24 2003 City Center |
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December 13th, 2002, Serial No. 03924 Separation, Ceremony, Daily Life, Practice Period, Silence, Passions, Commitment,... |
Dec 13 2002 City Center |
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December 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00978 Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Zendo, Ordinary Mind, Bell, Emptiness,... |
Dec 09 2002 City Center |
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Zendo Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Hate, Greed, Freedom, Delusion, Monastic Practice... |
Dec 06 2002 Tassajara |
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Gratitude For This PracticeSerial: SF-04042 Sunday Lecture: Fear - fear is spawning ground for negative emotions. Attention to breath. How to work with difficult mental states. Walking and attention to breath. Busyness... Anger, Emotions, training, Cultivation, Impermanence, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Nov 24 2002 Green Gulch |
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Not Always So Class Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous,... |
Oct 30 2002 Tassajara |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00953 Witch puppet started giving the talk, humorous. Why do we practice? Because we are dissatisfied. Halloween, Seijiki, legend of Seijiki, general dharma talk - impermanence,... Ceremony, Blue Cliff Record, Buddha Mind, Attachment, Hate, Emptiness, Demons, Greed... |
Oct 27 2002 Green Gulch |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Triple... |
Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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Children's LectureSerial: SF-01070 Mayumi's childhood, planting beans, patience, zen in action, original - rising up, the miracle of water, Suzuki Roshi, non-violent intent, 'man alive', stream of violence and... Peace, Vows, Ordination, Commitment, Don't Know Mind, Ceremony, Patience, Priest... |
Jun 02 2002 Green Gulch |
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Transmission of the Light ClassSerial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic... |
May 07 2002 Green Gulch |
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Genzo-e true dharma, Transmission, Nirvana, Karma, Ceremony, Monastic Practice, Fox, Describe... |
Mar 09 2002 1 |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Enemies, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Faith, Bell,... |
Oct 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Family Practice, Zendo, Mill Valley, Monastic Practice, Ceremony,... |
May 09 2001 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Freedom, Intimacy, Impermanence, Mill Valley, Separation, Instruction,... |
May 06 2001 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Attachment, Dragons, Commitment, Letting Go, Zazen, Big Mind, Greed, Suzuki... |
Nov 26 2000 Green Gulch |