Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks
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The Buddha’s Final Reflections on Life and Practice
47 mins; February 21, 2026
Alan Senauke: Gaitanaki
2 mins; February 07, 2026
Appropriate Response (Class 4 of 4)
54 mins; February 05, 2026
practicing with illness and the eight qualities of a great person
55 mins; January 31, 2026
Appropriate Response (Class 3 of 4)
58 mins; January 29, 2026
Buddha Sutras Are All the Worlds in the 10 Directions
54 mins; January 24, 2026
Appropriate Response (Class 2 o f4)
44 mins; January 22, 2026
I’m Nobody, Who Are You?
64 hours 41 mins; January 17, 2026
Appropriate Response (Class 1 of 4)
67 hours 2 mins; January 15, 2026
Satipatthana Sutta #4
45 mins; December 07, 2025
Buddha’s Enlightenment
44 mins; December 06, 2025
Rohatsu Sesshin Day 5: How to practice with what comes up
45 mins; December 05, 2025
Satipatthana Sutta #3
37 mins; December 04, 2025
I Love ZAZEN
55 mins; December 02, 2025
Satipatthana Sutta #1
47 mins; December 01, 2025
Thus Have I heard Sojun Roshi
49 mins; November 15, 2025
Reflections on the Sandokai
66 hours 35 mins; November 08, 2025
Aspects Class 4 of 4 on The Sandokai
90 hours 0 mins; November 06, 2025
Aspects Class 3 of 4 on The Sandokai
81 hours 41 mins; October 30, 2025
Sangha Practice: Giver, Receiver and Gift
51 mins; October 22, 2025
Feeding the Hungry Ghosts
17 mins; October 22, 2025
Double-consciousness, racial melancholy, and meditation
59 mins; October 18, 2025
Aspects Class 1 of 4 on the Sandokai
40 mins; October 17, 2025
Sandokai: One Mind; difference and equality
49 mins; October 11, 2025
Great Robe of Liberation
46 mins; October 04, 2025
What is Time? Time is Love
52 mins; September 27, 2025
Buddha Ancestors, Past, Present and Future
66 hours 45 mins; September 20, 2025
WHAT’S ZEN GOT TO DO WITH IT?
61 hours 31 mins; September 13, 2025
Sahā World
56 mins; September 06, 2025
Work as a Practice of Care and Connection
55 mins; August 30, 2025
Not Knowing
53 mins; August 23, 2025
Engaging Today’s Chaos With A Beginner’s Mind
55 mins; August 16, 2025
Remembering Hozan, and What Dogen would do now
56 mins; August 09, 2025
the meditative factors of enlightenment
47 mins; August 02, 2025
Remembering Ron Nestor
56 mins; July 26, 2025
Dōkan – The Circle of the Way
52 mins; July 19, 2025
Becoming Yourself
63 hours 57 mins; July 17, 2025
Difficult Conversations as Practice
54 mins; July 12, 2025
Some practice with the Satipatthana Sutra
55 mins; July 05, 2025
Taking Refuge
57 mins; June 28, 2025
Awakening Together
42 mins; June 15, 2025
Sixteen Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath BCR 78 #2
47 mins; June 14, 2025
Zen Is Eternal Life
47 mins; June 13, 2025
The Three Pure Precepts
50 mins; June 12, 2025
Zazen As an Act of Devotion
50 mins; June 11, 2025
Dogen’s “Power of the Robe”
53 mins; June 07, 2025
Lotus Sutra Class 5 of 5
61 hours 50 mins; June 05, 2025
Practicing the Prajnaparamita Mantra
53 mins; May 31, 2025
The Lotus Sutra Class Four of Five
58 mins; May 29, 2025
A Fool for the Dharma
55 mins; May 24, 2025
The Lotus Sutra Class Three of Five
71 hours 33 mins; May 22, 2025
16 Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath (Case 78 BCR)
51 mins; May 17, 2025
The Lotus Sutra Class Two of Five
78 hours 16 mins; May 15, 2025
The Buddha who is Always Present and Always Teaching
71 hours 51 mins; May 10, 2025
The Lotus Sutra Class One of Five
74 hours 24 mins; May 08, 2025
The Three Refuges in Hard Times
51 mins; April 26, 2025
Impermanence
54 mins; April 12, 2025
Why we celebrate Buddha’s birthday
23 mins; April 05, 2025
Talk on the Genjo Koan
52 mins; March 29, 2025
How We Grow in Practice
49 mins; March 22, 2025
Zen and the Pursuit of Happiness
51 mins; March 08, 2025
Penetrating Anger as a Dharma Get in Turbulent Times
52 mins; March 01, 2025
Impressions of Hozan
50 mins; February 22, 2025
The Bodhisattva’s Four Methods of Guidance
47 mins; February 15, 2025
Call Me By My True Names Class 3 of 3
72 hours 38 mins; February 11, 2025
Family Sangha Practice
55 mins; February 08, 2025
Taking Refuge – Mutual Affinity with the Three Treasures
54 mins; February 01, 2025
Call Me By My True Names Class 2 of 3
71 hours 47 mins; January 27, 2025
Uncertainty and Change as a Field of Practice
53 mins; January 25, 2025
Feel It to Heal It
47 mins; January 18, 2025
Call Me By My True Names Class 1 of 3
78 hours 57 mins; January 13, 2025
Dipping a Toe into Nagarjuna’s “Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way”
53 mins; January 11, 2025
Foolish Sentient Beings
40 mins; December 07, 2024
Falling in Fragility, Waking Up to Mutuality
52 mins; December 06, 2024
Vows of Old Ancestor Eihei Dogen
44 mins; December 05, 2024
Falling
46 mins; December 04, 2024
Think Not Thinking
47 mins; December 03, 2024
The Buddha’s Instructions for Sitting Meditation
28 mins; December 02, 2024
Zen Therapy, Talk Therapy
50 mins; November 30, 2024
Abbot’s Update
32 mins; November 23, 2024
Choosing Love and Freedom
32 mins; November 17, 2024
See As Is
58 mins; November 16, 2024
Metta and Right Effort
58 mins; November 09, 2024
Aspects Class 4 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
82 hours 43 mins; November 07, 2024
Ordinary Bodhisattva at the Election
53 mins; November 02, 2024
Aspects Class 3 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
86 hours 41 mins; October 31, 2024
Aspects Class 2 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
32 mins; October 25, 2024
Equanimity, Stories and Dharma
53 mins; October 19, 2024
Aspects Class 1 of 4 Ordinary Bodhisattvas
81 hours 24 mins; October 17, 2024
Cultivating Metta, Remembering Maylie
52 mins; October 12, 2024
Mindfully Facing Fear: Practicing with Aging, Illness and Death
51 mins; September 28, 2024
Your Continuous Practice
52 mins; September 21, 2024
Free Fall into Buddha’s Hand
54 mins; September 14, 2024
Practicing With Not Knowing
56 mins; September 07, 2024
Be Yourself
56 mins; August 24, 2024
Synchronicity, Serendipity and Suchness
57 mins; August 19, 2024
Bodhisattva Communication in Mutual Liberation
53 mins; August 17, 2024
The Edge of Things
47 mins; August 03, 2024
The First Brahmavihara
54 mins; July 20, 2024
World Beyond Conditions
56 mins; July 13, 2024