Talks Lectures, Classes, and Dharma Talks

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

Talks given in the current  year are on this page. To listen those from previous years, select the year from the table below.  Or, choose from a list of speakers:

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Practices, by Sojun Roshi

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 27th 2023 by Susan Marvin ...
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Practice Period Class Two: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Mind Waves & Mind Weeds)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, May 25th 2023 by Gerry Oliva ...
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Yun-Men, Case 86. Everyone Has a Light. Shuso Talk #1

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 20th 2023 by Sue Oehser ...
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Practice Period Class One: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (Control)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, May 18th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind “Impermanence”

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 13th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Imagination, Interdependence, and Liberation

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 6th 2023 by Ben Connelly ...
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Responding to the Whole Situation

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 29th 2023 by Judy Fleischman ...
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Holding it All: Relative and Ultimate Simultaneously

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 22nd 2023 by Mary Duryee ...
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Heart Sutra East to West

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 15th 2023 by Hannah Meara ...
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Buddha’s Birthday

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 8th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Chair Sitting

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 1st 2023 by Mary Mocine ...
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Eating Your Feelings

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 25th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Class 3 of 3 on Dogen’s Eight Awakenings

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, March 23rd 2023 by Susan Marvin ...
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Loneliness

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 18th 2023 by Marie Hopper ...
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Class 2 of 3 on Dogen’s Eight Awakenings

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, March 16th 2023 by Susan Marvin ...
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Inclusivity Posture Chair Sitting

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 11th 2023 by Ross Blum ...
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Class 1 of 3 on Dogen’s Eight Awakenings

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, March 9th 2023 by Susan Marvin ...
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Karma

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 4th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Emptiness

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 25th 2023 by Gary Artim ...
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Buddha’s Parinirvana

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 18th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Working With Habit Energy

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 11th 2023 by Laurie Senauke ...
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Introduction to Zen Class 5 (Suzuki Roshi)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, February 9th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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The Bodhisattva Ceremony & the Precepts

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 4th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Introduction to Zen Class 4 (Dōgen)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, February 2nd 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Introduction to Zen Class 3 (Tungshan)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 28th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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The Fruits of Practice

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 28th 2023 by Ellen Webb ...
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Sojun’s “Establishing a Practice”

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 21st 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Introduction to Zen Class (Huineng)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, January 19th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Responding to Conditions (Case 16, Mumonkan)

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 14th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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Sojun Reflection

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 7th 2023 by Hozan Alan Senauke ...
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