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Title	Speaker	Date
Three Characteristics of Phenomena Serial: SF-01079 One-day sitting lecture: "no eyes, no ears..." Diamond Sutra, Platform Sutra Time, Consciousness, Practice	Daigan Lueck	May 19 2007 Green Gulch
Being Uncomfortable Serial: 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;... Pain, Time, Suffering	Daigan Lueck	Mar 25 2007 Green Gulch
The Teachings of Chao Chou Serial: SF-00927 Sunday Lecture: the stories of Chao Chou; Hsin Hsin Ming - koan("I alone am the World-Honored One"); mu - cutting through yes and no; not holding to preferences Time, Discrimination, difficulty	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 11 2007 Green Gulch
Generosity Serial: 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... Time, Work, Effort	Yvonne Rand	Dec 17 2006 Green Gulch
Hand Me Midnight Serial: SF-01102 Sunday Lecture: Daigan's trip to Bali; ritual; poems from Daigan's new book, "Hand Me Midnight" Time, Name, Practice	Daigan Lueck	Nov 19 2006 Green Gulch
No Self Serial: 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, Time, Buddha	Kokyo Henkel	Sep 17 2006 Green Gulch
Buddhas And Sentient Beings Are Not Two Serial: SF-01026 One-day sitting lecture: positive encouragement; nirvana; five hindrances; preliminary practices; three worlds; jhanas - benefits and ptifalls; Four Noble Truths; Mahayana... Hindrances, Nirvana, Concentration, Samadhi, Four Noble Truths, Liberation, Freedom,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 16 2006 Green Gulch
You Are Perfect Just As You Are Serial: SF-01065 Sunday Lecture: Good father/not a good father; improv - looking foolish and still feeling good; being fully yourself - responsible and flexible; simplicity of practice;... Practice, Time, Suzuki Roshi	Marc Lesser	Jun 18 2006 Green Gulch
Have Some Tea Serial: SF-00965 Sunday Lecture: "Have you been here before? Have some tea"; judgment and conduct; Four Noble Truths; Eightfold Path; ethics and etiquette Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Three Treasures, Right Speech, Liberation, Renewal,...	Fu Schroeder	May 07 2006 Green Gulch
Gazing at Flowers on the Roof of Hell Serial: SF-00914 Sunday Lecture: learning zazen with Soen Roshi in Jerusalem - interfaith practice; Easter - rebirth; Issa "Walking together on the roof of hell, looking at flowers";... Practice, Time, Sangha	Wendy Johnson	Apr 16 2006 Green Gulch
Yes! Serial: SF-01100 Sesshin Lecture: just sitting with no technique or theme; monk: what about when not carrying anything? Zhaozhou: put it down; Shakyamuni holding up the flower; zazen in... Practice, Time, Zazen	Daigan Lueck	Apr 02 2006 Green Gulch
Treasury of Light Serial: SF-00926 Sesshin Lecture: light can't be seen - only reflections off objects; Koun Ejo's Treasury of Light Samadhi; myth of Phaeton and Helios - driving the sun chariot; Yunmen: What is... Buddha, Name, Practice	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 31 2006 Green Gulch
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,...	Fu Schroeder	Jan 29 2006 Green Gulch
No Self Serial: 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 Practice, Separation, Posture,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 17 2005 Green Gulch
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
Rootedness, Relatedness, Responsibility Serial: SF-01013 Wednesday Lecture: zen practice and ecology Practice, Meditation, Work	Wendy Johnson	Jul 27 2005 Green Gulch
Beans, Gratitude, Generosity Serial: SF-01014 Sunday Lecture - Children's Lecture Generosity, Meditation, Time	Wendy Johnson	Jul 03 2005 Green Gulch
Natural Liberation Serial: SF-00916 Sunday Lecture: Buddha only teaches what leads to liberation; methods of liberation: 1 - Hinayana - renunciation; 2 - Mahayana- purification; 3 - Vajrayana - transformation; 4... Practice, Buddha, Liberation	Kokyo Henkel	Jun 26 2005 Green Gulch
Wheel of Birth and Death Serial: SF-00969 Sunday Lecture: Children's stories: earth moving around the sun is one year; "stone soup"; thinking and not thinking; Tibetan wheel of birth and death - six realms, twelve-fold... Peace, Dependent Origination, Six Realms, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Liberation,...	Fu Schroeder	Apr 10 2005 Green Gulch
Small Potatoes Serial: SF-01093 Sunday Lecture: "Just to be alive is enough" (Suzuki Roshi) - dissatisfaction even when we "have everything" - acedia/noonday sickness - spiritual dryness - "small potatoes" -... Time, Poetry, Practice	Daigan Lueck	Feb 27 2005 Green Gulch
Status Serial: SF-01096 Sunday Lecture: status games in conversation, hard-wired, power, humor, reversal of status, Marx Bros, Don Rickles, court fools, Dr Zhivago, improv. changing of roles, status... Time, Name, Practice	Daigan Lueck	Dec 26 2004 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Serial: 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... Vow, Precepts, Hate, Non-violence, Bodhisattva Precepts, Intimacy, Interview,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 19 2004 Green Gulch
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01098 #shuso-talk Time, Pain, Practice	Zesho Susan O'Connell	Nov 10 2004 Green Gulch
Four Motivations For Practice Serial: SF-00928 Sunday Lecture: 1- rare to be born as human; 2 - impermanence of life; 3 - the effect of actions; 4 - suffering of cyclical existence. What is the practice? Letting go of fear... Liberation, Impermanence, Happiness, Aspects of Practice, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go...	Kokyo Henkel	Oct 17 2004 Green Gulch
Sitting Under The Rose-Apple Tree Serial: SF-01016 Sunday Lecture Balance, Darkness and Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...	Wendy Johnson	Oct 03 2004 Green Gulch
Questioning Serial: SF-04082 Sunday Lecture: zen as a return to Buddha's natural questioning, rather than a religious institution with fancy temples, robes, statues, etc Time, Buddhism, Buddha	Lew Richmond	Sep 26 2004 Green Gulch
Breathing In and Breathing Out Serial: SF-00934 One-day sitting lecture: Book of Serenity Case 3, Anapanasati Sutta, Six Subtle Dharma Gates Mindfulness, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Book of Serenity, Bodhidharma,...	Fu Schroeder	Sep 18 2004 Green Gulch
Living The Good Life Serial: SF-00933 Sunday Lecture Patience, Ordinary Mind, Mill Valley, Big Mind, Attachment, Commitment, Silence,...	Fu Schroeder	Aug 29 2004 Green Gulch
Making Mistakes Serial: SF-04033 Sunday Lecture Meditation, Time, Work	Yvonne Rand	Aug 01 2004 Green Gulch
Sacred Space Serial: SF-01097 Sunday Lecture Time, Buddha, Wisdom	Daigan Lueck	Jul 25 2004 Green Gulch
Non-Thinking and the Twelve-Fold Chain of Causation Serial: SF-00968 Sunday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Posture, Peace, Letting Go, Separation,...	Fu Schroeder	Jul 18 2004 Green Gulch
Flop Dog Serial: SF-01103 One-day sitting lecture: not accomplishing anything. Time, Practice, Zazen	Daigan Lueck	Jul 17 2004 Green Gulch
Which Is The Real Seijo? Serial: SF-00967 One-day sitting lecture: when our "soul is split", what is true? Just sitting in the midst of samsara. Letting Go, Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Buddha...	Fu Schroeder	Jun 19 2004 Green Gulch
Citizenship - Sitting-in-zen Serial: SF-01053 Sunday Lecture: Three R's of eco-practice/stewardship of land and meditation practice: Rootedness, relatedness, responsibility. Moving below to an unseen place Practice, Buddha, Meditation	Wendy Johnson	Jun 13 2004 Green Gulch
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
Sunday Lecture Work, Practice, Buddha	Lew Richmond	May 09 2004 Green Gulch
One-Day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-01022 This human body is the entire world in the ten directions. Can you be stopped? Bodhicitta. Compassion. Thinking. Hatred. Not indulging in habitual thoughts of hatred. Say no. "... Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Precepts, Manjushri, Hate, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 20 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
Sunday Lecture Time, Love, Practice	Daigan Lueck	Feb 29 2004 Green Gulch
Workshop Time, Practice, Meditation	John Kabat-Zinn	Feb 14 2004 Green Gulch
Workshop Time, Practice, Breath	John Kabat-Zinn	Feb 14 2004 Green Gulch
Workshop Meditation, Practice, Time	John Kabat-Zinn	Feb 14 2004 Green Gulch
Housekeeping Serial: SF-01024 Sunday Lecture: Children's Program. The Indian children who used to live here. Indian story about how the world was made. Staying home and accomplishing the way. Gateway into... New Year, Bodhisattva Precepts, Separation, Practice Period, Precepts, Mill Valley,...	Fu Schroeder	Feb 01 2004 Green Gulch
Workshop Work, Love, Time	David Whyte	Jan 31 2004 Green Gulch
Workshop Work, Time, Love	David Whyte	Jan 31 2004 Green Gulch
Workshop Work, Time, Freedom	David Whyte	Jan 31 2004 Green Gulch
January Class Mindfulness, Posture, Instruction, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Four Foundations,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 13 2004 Green Gulch
Just Being Alive Is Enough Serial: SF-01094 The season. Vows. New Year's Resolution Time, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen	Daigan Lueck	Dec 28 2003 Green Gulch
The Power of Ten Serial: 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...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 14 2003 Green Gulch
Sesshin Lecture Vow, causation, Faith, Six Realms, Passions, Bell, New Year, confusion, Birth-and-...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 06 2003 Green Gulch

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