2020

Welcome to the Berkeley Zen Center’s online library of public lectures, classes, and dharma talks.

Talks given in 2020 are on this page. To listen to those from other years, select the year from the table below. You can also see an index of talks by speaker here. Stream or download talks as you prefer. You can also subscribe to our talks as an iTunes podcast or by RSS.

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Mary Duryee: Inconceivable Life

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 26th 2020 by Mary Duryee ...

Hozan Senauke: Birth and Death 2

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Sunday, December 20th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Hozan Senauke: Birth and Death 1

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 19th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Ron Nestor: Attention and Attachment

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 12th 2020 by Ron Nestor ...

Hozan Senauke: Total Dynamic Working

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 5th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Women Ancestors Class 3 – Japanese Nuns

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, November 30th 2020 by BZC News ...

Laurie Senauke: A Yogacara Deconstruction of White Supremacy

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, November 28th 2020 by Laurie Senauke ...

Women Ancestors Class 2 – Ling Zhao

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, November 23rd 2020 by Karen Decotis ...

Gerry Oliva: Practicing Compassion When Things Are Falling Apart

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, November 21st 2020 by Gerry Oliva ...

Women Ancestor Class 1 – Patacara

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, November 16th 2020 by BZC News ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Look Back To Look Forward

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, November 14th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Sojun Roshi: Dead or Alive?

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, November 7th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Cultivating and Embodying Courage: Part Two The Role of Great Determination

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, October 30th 2020 by Gerry Oliva ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Living On A Mountain

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 24th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Karen DeCotis: Undivided

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Sunday, October 18th 2020 by Karen Decotis ...

Mary Duryee: The Whole Earth Is Medicine

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 17th 2020 by Mary Duryee ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Problems and Prospects

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 10th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: We Must Eat …

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 3rd 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Ellen Webb: Letting Go of Letting Go

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, September 26th 2020 by Ellen Webb ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: What Do You Call the World?

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, September 18th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Penelope Thompson: Appropriate Action

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, September 12th 2020 by Penelope Thompson ...

Sojun Roshi: Humpty Dumpty

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, September 5th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Sojun Roshi: Zazen Refresher

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, September 4th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Ross Blum: The Subtle Poetic Teachings of Dongshan Session Two

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Tuesday, September 1st 2020 by Ross Blum ...

Ron Nestor: Ordinary Mind

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, August 31st 2020 by Ron Nestor ...

Gerry Oliva: Cultivating and Embodying Courage: Part One The Role of Great Faith and Great Doubt

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 29th 2020 by Gerry Oliva ...

Ross Blum: The Subtle Poetic Teachings of Dongshan Session One

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Wednesday, August 26th 2020 by Ross Blum ...

Karen Sundheim – Thinking and Non-Thinking

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 22nd 2020 by Karen Sundheim ...

Sojun Mel Weitsman: Three Doors of Liberation

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 15th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Sojun Roshi: Three Marks of Existence

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 8th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: An Appropriate Response

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 1st 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Hannah Meara: Heart Sutra – Background and History

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 25th 2020 by Hannah Meara ...

Hozan Alan Senauke – A Closely Watched Mind – Class 4

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Tuesday, July 21st 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Being Bodhisattvas

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 18th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Hozan Alan Senauke – A Closely Watched Mind – Class 3

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Tuesday, July 14th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Sojun Roshi: Teaching Truth

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 11th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Hozan Alan Senauke – A Closely Watched Mind – Class 2

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Tuesday, July 7th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Hozan Alan Senauke – A Closely Watched Mind – Class 1

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Wednesday, July 1st 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Carol Paul: Don’t Know Mind

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, June 27th 2020 by Carol Paul ...

Sojun Roshi: The Harmony of Diversity

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, June 20th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Hozan Senauke: Everything Is Burning

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, June 6th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Gerry Oliva: Faith

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 30th 2020 by Gerry Oliva ...

Ross Blum: Using What’s At Hand

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 23rd 2020 by Ross Blum ...

Seicho Judy Fleischman: Making Refuge

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 16th 2020 by Judy Fleischman ...

Sojun Mel Weitsman: Continuous Practice

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 9th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Dogen’s Three Minds

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 2nd 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Raul Moncayo: The Three Natures

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 25th 2020 by Raul Moncayo ...

Sojun Roshi: Notes From The Abbot

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 18th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Sojun Roshi: Buddha’s Birthday

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 11th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Living With The Epidemic

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 7th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Sue Moon: Joyful Effort

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Sunday, March 1st 2020 by Susan Moon ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: Skillful Communications

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 29th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Ryushin Andrea Thach: Good Karma

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 22nd 2020 by Ryushin Andrea Thach ...

Gerry Oliva: Historical Context and the Evolution of Buddhist Understanding of Karma

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 15th 2020 by Gerry Oliva ...

Hozan Alan Senauke: The Fire of Zen

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 25th 2020 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...

Laurie Senauke: Does Big Mind Care?

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 18th 2020 by Laurie Senauke ...

Sojun Mel Weitsman: Effortless Effort

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 11th 2020 by Sojun Mel Weitsman ...

Susan Marvin: Intention and Letting Go

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 4th 2020 by Susan Marvin ...