Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks

Buddhism #177

Lectures, talks, and classes on Zen Buddhism from Shogakuji Temple, Berkeley Zen Center, in Berkeley, California, USA.

Impermanence
Apr 12, 2025 – 54:26
Why we celebrate Buddha’s birthday
Apr 5, 2025 – 23:07
Talk on the Genjo Koan
Mar 29, 2025 – 52:31
How We Grow in Practice
Mar 22, 2025 – 49:27
Zen and the Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 8, 2025 – 51:59
Penetrating Anger as a Dharma Get in Turbulent Times
Mar 1, 2025 – 52:04
Impressions of Hozan
Feb 22, 2025 – 50:15
Call Me By My True Names Class 3 of 3
Feb 12, 2025 – 1:12:38
Family Sangha Practice
Feb 8, 2025 – 55:11
Taking Refuge – Mutual Affinity with the Three Treasures
Feb 1, 2025 – 54:58
Call Me By My True Names Class 2 of 3
Jan 28, 2025 – 1:11:47
Uncertainty and Change as a Field of Practice
Jan 25, 2025 – 53:01
Feel It to Heal It
Jan 18, 2025 – 47:13
Call Me By My True Names Class 1 of 3
Jan 14, 2025 – 1:18:57
Dipping a Toe into Nagarjuna’s “Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way”
Jan 11, 2025 – 53:03
Foolish Sentient Beings
Dec 7, 2024 – 40:32
Falling in Fragility, Waking Up to Mutuality
Dec 6, 2024 – 52:32
Vows of Old Ancestor Eihei Dogen
Dec 5, 2024 – 44:08
Falling
Dec 4, 2024 – 46:23
Think Not Thinking
Dec 3, 2024 – 47:39
The Buddha’s Instructions for Sitting Meditation
Dec 2, 2024 – 28:31
Zen Therapy, Talk Therapy
Nov 30, 2024 – 50:31
Abbot’s Update
Nov 23, 2024 – 32:53
Choosing Love and Freedom
Nov 17, 2024 – 32:33
See As Is
Nov 16, 2024 – 58:07
Metta and Right Effort
Nov 9, 2024 – 58:52
Aspects Class 4 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
Nov 8, 2024 – 1:22:43
Ordinary Bodhisattva at the Election
Nov 2, 2024 – 53:12
Aspects Class 3 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
Nov 1, 2024 – 1:26:41
Aspects Class 2 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
Oct 26, 2024 – 32:48
Equanimity, Stories and Dharma
Oct 19, 2024 – 53:06
Aspects Class 1 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
Oct 17, 2024 – 1:21:24
Cultivating Metta, Remembering Maylie
Oct 12, 2024 – 52:19
Mindfully Facing Fear: Practicing with Aging, Illness and Death
Sep 28, 2024 – 51:41
Your Continuous Practice
Sep 21, 2024 – 52:39
Free Fall into Buddha’s Hand
Sep 14, 2024 – 54:59
Practicing With Not Knowing
Sep 7, 2024 – 56:31
Be Yourself
Aug 24, 2024 – 56:31
Synchronicity, Serendipity and Suchness
Aug 19, 2024 – 57:53
Bodhisattva Communication in Mutual Liberation
Aug 17, 2024 – 53:10
The Edge of Things
Aug 3, 2024 – 47:30
The First Brahmavihara
Jul 20, 2024 – 54:28
World Beyond Conditions
Jul 13, 2024 – 56:13
Trees and Politics
Jul 6, 2024 – 49:56
Objects and Altars
Jun 29, 2024 – 59:27
On Spiritual Friendship
Jun 22, 2024 – 54:21
Happiness, Breath, and Posture
Jun 15, 2024 – 54:16
Letting Go
Jun 14, 2024 – 39:59
Ordinary Mind, Outer Space and Samadhi
Jun 13, 2024 – 46:30
Why Practice?
Jun 8, 2024 – 56:13

Recent Reviews

coriolis86

Valuable talks lost

I can’t hear you. Possible to improve sound quality?
jamescobalt

Unlistenable

Literally. Mic placement makes many episodes next to impossible to hear. Such a shame.