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Just Let Go

Serial: SF-03109

Sunday Lecture: (According to the Buddha), the way to be happy is simple: just let go. Letting go is hard to do. Human mind wants to hold. We could say we are nothing but...

Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Freedom, Faith,...
Mar 08 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Practice Period...
Feb 01 1998
Green Gulch Farm

One-day Sitting Lecture

Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period...
Nov 15 1997
Green Gulch Farm

One-day Sitting Lecture

Zazen, Lay, Letting Go, Diversity, Nirvana, Posture, Attachment, Delusion
Oct 25 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Chao Chou's Four Gates

Serial: SF-03239

Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate"

Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi,...
Oct 19 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03194

Middle-length Discourses

Attachment, Evil, Delusion, Hate, confusion, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Letting...
Oct 07 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03192

Middle-length Discourses

Evil, Letting Go, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Faith, Precepts, Liberation, Karmic...
Sep 23 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03222

Middle-length Discourses

Impermanence, Passions, Karma, Faith, Nirvana, Letting Go, Offering, Attachment,...
Sep 15 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03224

Middle-length Discourses

Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Letting Go, Perfect Wisdom, Teacher-and-Student,...
Sep 09 1997
Green Gulch Farm

The Practice of Morality in Buddhism

Serial: SF-03099

Sunday Lecture

Precepts, Ceremony, Letting Go, Gratitude, Commitment, Right Speech, Lineage,...
Jul 13 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Delusion, Letting Go, Freedom, Realization, Ego, Don't Know Mind, Zazen,...
Jun 22 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Genjo Koan workshop

Serial: SF-03175

Presentation and discussion of the first four lines of Genjo Koan

Delusion, Letting Go, Birth-and-Death, Realization, Attachment, Discrimination, Hate...
Jun 14 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Genjo Koan workshop

Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Letting Go, Dependent Origination, Separation, Funeral,...
Jun 14 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Mothers' Day

Serial: SF-03101

Sunday Lecture: being born from a mother guarantees two ingredients, a bit of love and suffering, both necessary for enlightenment. The essential point of zen is questioning;...

Manjushri, Commitment, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Letting Go, Religion, Buddha's...
May 11 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Path Beyond Destination: Embracing Infinity

Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,...
Mar 15 1997

No Species Is Only Itself

Serial: 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 of Mindfulness,...
Mar 02 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Song of Jewel Mirror Samadhi

Serial: SF-00072

5:00 class

Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,...
Feb 04 1997

Mindfulness Sutra

Serial: SF-00069

January PP Class; introduction of Mindfulness Sutra; quotes from Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman; Walden and Leaves of Grass.

Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Forgiveness,...
Jan 08 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Die Into Who You Are

Serial: SF-02711

Rohatsu Sesshin

Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Realization, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,...
Dec 06 1996
Unknown

Just Die On Exhalation

Serial: SF-02709A

Rohatsu Sesshin "(a keeper)"

Emptiness, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Composure, Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Posture...
Dec 04 1996
Unknown

Lessons From the Movie 'Secrets and Lies'

Serial: SF-03215

One-day sitting

Mindfulness, Commitment, Practice Period, Equanimity, Emotions, Letting Go, Posture,...
Nov 16 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Sandokai Class

Discrimination, Oneness, Darkness-and-Light, Letting Go, Branching Streams,...
Nov 05 1996
Green Gulch Farm

The Eight Stages of Monastic Life

Serial: SF-03132

Sunday Lecture - monastic way of wholeness, a sacred way, a sacred place, a clear pace that lives at the bottom of our hearts and is reflected back to us in a religious life....

Monastic Practice, Lineage, Commitment, Letting Go, Practice Period, Renunciation,...
Sep 29 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Delusion, Teacher-and-Student, Freedom, Letting Go, Attachment...
Sep 24 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Awakening Compassion Through Non-Duality

Serial: SF-00084

Wednesday talk.

Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-...
Sep 11 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Making Distinctions

Serial: SF-03113

Sunday Lecture

Balance, Hsin Hsin Ming, Suzuki Roshi, Lay, Conversation, Emotions, Mindfulness,...
Aug 11 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Practice of Zazen

Serial: SF-03138

Sunday Lecture

Zazen, Ceremony, Bell, Interview, Greed, Letting Go, Posture, Realization,...
May 26 1996
Green Gulch Farm

The Angulimala Story

Serial: SF-03226

Sunday Lecture - Children's talk

Enemies, Karma, Letting Go, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Anger, Daily Life, Bell,...
Mar 03 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Letting Go, Enthusiasm, Addiction, New Year, confusion, Patience,...
Jan 06 1996
Green Gulch Farm

This Very Mind Is Buddha - Understanding Birth And Death

Serial: SF-00042

Sunday talk.

Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Repentance, Letting Go, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances,...
Nov 26 1995

The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of Craving

Serial: SF-03231

Sunday Lecture

Anger, Silence, Letting Go, Bell, Happiness, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva...
Nov 19 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Balance: Engaged Yet Detached

Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Big Mind, Letting Go, Zazen Mind, Zazen, Ego, Enthusiasm,...
Nov 01 1995

Hungry Ghosts - Seijiki Ceremony

Serial: SF-03093

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Ceremony, Letting Go, Peace, Vow, Commitment, Precepts, Don't...
Oct 29 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Five Attributes of a Teacher

Serial: SF-03218

One-day sitting

Book of Serenity, Teacher-and-Student, Humility, Blue Cliff Record, Letting Go,...
Jul 15 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Studying Yourself through Zazen and Oryoki

Serial: SF-03672

One-day sitting

Posture, Forgiveness, Zazen, Bell, Letting Go, Emotions, Rinzai, Offering, Bowing...
Jun 17 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Shantideva Class

Anger, Patience, Enthusiasm, Emotions, Letting Go, Right Speech, Happiness, Zazen,...
May 09 1995
Unknown

Shantideva Class

Anger, Enemies, Letting Go, Renunciation, Happiness, Concentration, Patience,...
May 02 1995
Unknown

One-day Sitting

Silence, Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Letting Go, Ego, Soto Zen, confusion,...
Apr 22 1995
Unknown

Shantideva Class

Serial: SF-03186

Practice of Generosity/Giving

Letting Go, Cultivation, Evil, Offering, Don't Know Mind, Repentance, Patience,...
Apr 18 1995
Unknown

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Dragons, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Transmission, Sangha, Letting Go, Offering,...
Apr 04 1995

Importance of Shikantaza

Serial: SF-03104

Description of Tokubetsu Sesshin

Ceremony, Lotus Sutra, Priest, Letting Go, Buddha's Birthday, Realization, Soto...
Mar 19 1995
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Vow, Discrimination, Commitment, Patience, Chanting, Soto Zen, Delusion, confusion,...
Dec 18 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Commitment, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Greed, Emotions, confusion,...
Nov 27 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Hate, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Happiness, Zazen, Patience, Commitment, Liberation,...
Aug 28 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Ordinary Mind, Faith, Anger, Impermanence, Humility, Greed, Commitment, Letting Go,...
Jan 30 1994
Green Gulch Farm

Buddhism and American Culture

Emptiness, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Samadhi, Emotions, Freedom, Four Noble Truths,...
May 03 1993
City Center

Cultivating Community Through Zazen Practice

Sangha, Gratitude, Zazen, Letting Go, Vow, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Peace...
Oct 19 1991

Wholehearted Presence in Zen Practice

Right Effort, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Letting Go, Realization, Separation, Bowing,...
Jun 23 1990
Unknown

Meditation Talk

Time, Work, Letting Go
Jan 05 1989
San Anselmo

Breathing Compassion into Suffering

Practice Period, confusion, Obstacles, Emotions, Letting Go, Passions, Instruction,...
Aug 03 1988

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