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Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings.

The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena.

Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, or public service.

There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the vast majority of remaining religions account for only 8% of the population combined. The religiously unaffiliated demographic includes those who do not identify with any particular religion, atheists, and agnostics, although many in the demographic still have various religious beliefs.

Many world religions are also organized religions, most definitively including the Abrahamic religions Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, while others are arguably less so, in particular folk religions, indigenous religions, and some Eastern religions. A portion of the world's population are members of new religious movements. Scholars have indicated that global religiosity may be increasing due to religious countries having generally higher birth rates.

The study of religion comprises a wide variety of academic disciplines, including theology, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, and social scientific studies. Theories of religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including the ontological foundations of religious being and belief.

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Title Speaker

Mystical Paths: Zen and Christian Harmonies

Practice, Faith, Religion
Aug 02 2005
Tassajara

Zendo Lecture

Oneness, Religion, realization, Observe, Practice Period, Instruction, Repentance,...
Jul 02 2003
Tassajara

Not Always So Class

Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Religion,...
Nov 18 2002
Tassajara

Seven Principles for Preventing Decline

Serial: SF-00935

Dhammapada, 9/11, we are not well, cause of great peace, Huey Johnson, the soldiers will have their way, dogs of war, Dalai Lama, pinpoint causes, 'Guns, Germs, and Steel',...

Nirvana Sutra, Precepts, Daily Life, Religion, Interdependence, Renunciation,...
Sep 15 2002
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Doubt, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Faith, Letting Go...
Oct 08 2000
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Monastic Practice, Zazen, Religion, Commitment, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Soto Zen...
Aug 20 2000
Green Gulch

The Tenth Precept

Serial: SF-03571

Wednesday Lecture

Three Treasures, Precepts, Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Priest-and-Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts...
Aug 09 2000
Green Gulch

Women Ancestors Class

Ceremony, Religion, Teacher-and-Student, Emotions, Sangha, Commitment, Conversation,...
Jul 25 2000
Unknown

Surangama Sutra Class

Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Religion,...
May 30 2000
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Religion, Priest, Buddha Mind, Vow, Precepts, Zazen, Chanting, Hate, Freedom, Soto...
Nov 22 1998
Green Gulch

Sunday Lecture

Heart Sutra, zen meditation, Mindfulness, Religion, Koan, resistance, Letting Go,...
May 17 1998
Green Gulch

Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 1

Serial: SF-03511

Copyright 1998 by Gary Snyder - Unedited Preview Cassette

Time, Buddhism, Religion
1998
Unknown

Scholarship Conference Paper

Serial: SF-03238

Sunday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Lineage, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, Religion, Study Period, Emptiness,...
Nov 16 1997
Green Gulch

Majjhima Nikaya Class

Serial: SF-03195

Middle-length Discourses

Attachment, Addiction, Mindfulness, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Zazen,...
Oct 14 1997
Green Gulch

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

Save The Redwoods - Mother Theresa and Lady Diana

Serial: SF-00088

Saturday lecture.

Vow, Precepts, Interdependence, Gratitude, Enemies, Religion
Sep 06 1997
City Center

Wednesday Lecture

Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,...
Jul 30 1997
Green Gulch

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, zen meditation...
May 11 1997
Green Gulch

Recollections of Early Zen

Priest, Demons, Vinaya, Funeral, Religion, Ceremony, Lay Practice, Six Realms,...
Feb 08 1997
2 of 3
Green Gulch Farm

Sandokai Class

Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi...
Nov 25 1996
Green Gulch

Sandokai Class

Serial: SF-03177

Like forward and backwards steps - phenomenon exist like box and cover joining, principle accords like arrows points meeting

Oneness, Suzuki Roshi, Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 19 1996
Green Gulch

Sandokai Class

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

Practicing With Afflictive Emotions

Serial: SF-02722

Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai

Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Oct 09 1996
Unknown

Saturday Lecture

Time, Religion, Suzuki Roshi
Aug 17 1996
City Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03193

Chapters 15, 16, 25, 26, 2t

Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Religion, Manjushri, Faith, Ceremony...
May 28 1996
Green Gulch

Women in Buddhism Class

Nirvana, Religion, New Year, Conversation, Lay, causation, Freedom, Intimacy, Demons...
Nov 27 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism Class

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Six Realms, Instruction, Lay, Religion, Balance...
Nov 13 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism Class

Emptiness, Balance, Liberation, Nirvana, Lay, Heart Sutra, Religion, Mahayana, Birth-...
Nov 06 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism Class

Religion, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Priest, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi...
Oct 30 1995
Unknown

Embracing Oneness Through Zen Presence

Hsin Hsin Ming, Composure, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Daily Life, Hate, Zazen,...
Oct 25 1995
Unknown

Women in Buddhism

Serial: SF-00153

Class

Religion, Discrimination, Priest, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow, Buddha Nature, Ego,...
Oct 23 1995
1 of 6
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Practice Period, Ceremony, Religion, Suzuki Roshi, Commitment, Evil, Priest, Right...
Jun 04 1995
Green Gulch

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Priest, New Year, Rinzai, Religion, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, training...
Mar 25 1995

Women in Japanese Soto Zen

Serial: SF-00097

Author reading from her book on the subject.

Soto Zen, training, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Ceremony, Religion, Lay, Emptiness...
Nov 25 1992

World Peace Through Compassion and Non-Violence

Non-violence, Peace, Religion, Happiness, Freedom, Politics, Hate, Patience, Greed,...
Apr 09 1991

Dzogchen Teachings

Emptiness, realization, Transmission, Lineage, Mandala, training, Religion,...
Oct 08 1989
4
San Jose

Science and Spirit: A Unified Journey

Serial: SF-00049

Sunday lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Emptiness, Observe, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Vow, Zendo,...
May 07 1989
Green Gulch Farm

Four Levels of Tantra

Serial: SF-01805

Cassette labeled: Robbie Socks Rebirth 9.21.98

Love, Time, Religion
Apr 06 1988
SFZC

Imperfect Paths to Spiritual Simplicity

Gratitude, Religion, Doubt, Balance, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana, Enemies, Attachment, Evil...
Jul 11 1987

Dining Room class

Silence, Current Events, Religion, Monastic Practice, Faith, Sanctuary, Fox, Patience...
Jun 14 1981
1
Tassajara

Elemental Archetypes in Spiritual Liberation

Time, Wisdom, Religion
Mar 02 1980
SFZC

Embracing Complexity for Inner Harmony

Dragons, Freedom, Demons, Religion, Evil, Liberation, Balance, resistance, Enemies,...
Mar 02 1980
SFZC

The Four Truths

Happiness, Four Noble Truths, Religion, New Year, Don't Know Mind, Gratitude,...
Oct 21 1979

Lama Govinda’s Paper

Serial: SF-00010

AIBS

Religion, Emptiness, Sanctuary, Dragons, Birth-and-Death, Lovingkindness, Passions,...
Aug 05 1978

On Kechimyaku, Inka and Robes

Serial: SF-00028

Interviewed by Kazuaki Tanahashi; brief history of studies in Rinzai dojo; nature of being a roshi.

Hate, Dana, Religion, Intuition, Lineage, Evil, Happiness, Freedom, Doubt
Jan 09 1977

Beyond Belief: Unveiling Hidden Truths

Serial: SF-00124

Differences between exoteric and esoteric religious traditions.

Religion, Evil, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Nirvana, Separation,...
Jul 18 1973
1

Pathways to Spiritual Enlightenment

Serial: SF-00125

The third great religious awakening in America.

Emptiness, Religion, Manjushri, Interview, Conversation, Karma
Jul 18 1973
2

SF Seminar

Serial: SF-00023

The Three Bodies of Buddha; comparison between Eastern and Western thought; Greek tradition and Puritan tradition.

Faith, Mahayana, confusion, Religion, Passions, Doubt
Mar 09 1973
1

SF Seminar

Serial: SF-00024

The problems with celibacy

Current Events, Politics, Fasting, Demons, Obstacles, Patience, Attachment, Religion...
Mar 09 1973
2

The Monastic Tradition

Serial: SF-00132

Monastic experience across religious traditions.

Silence, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Religion, Bell, Anger...
Feb 26 1973
2

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