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1979

1. Diamond Sutra: Introduction
2. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 1
3. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 2
4. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 3
5. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 4
6. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 5
7. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 6
8. Fukanzazengi: Dogen’s Universal Recommendation for Zazen – Talk 7
9. Diamond Sutra: Provisional Being
10. Diamond Sutra: Emptiness
11. Diamond Sutra: Giving and Non-Covetousness
12. Diamond Sutra: Dharma / Not Dharma / Dharma
13. Blue Cliff Record, Case 1: The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths – Talk 1
14. Blue Cliff Record, Case 1: The Highest Meaning of the Holy Truths – Talk 2

1980

1. Blue Cliff Record, Case 2: The Ultimate Path Is Without Difficulty – Talk 1
2. Blue Cliff Record, Case 2: The Ultimate Path Is Without Difficulty – Talk 2
3. Save All Sentient Beings
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 3: Master Ma Is Unwell – Talk 1
5. Blue Cliff Record, Case 3: Master Ma Is Unwell – Talk 2

6. Blue Cliff Record, Case 4: Te Shan Carrying His Bundle – Talk 1

7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 4 – Talk 2

8. Karma: Twelve Chains of Causation
9. Karma: Where Karma Originates

10. Karma: Unmanifested

11. Karma: Taking Care of Karma
12. Karma: Attribution in Present Life
13. Karma as Energy/ Emptiness
14. Karma: Conclusion
15. Diamond Sutra: Chapter 32: Emptiness and Mind
16. Blue Cliff Record, Case 5 – Talk 1
17. Blue Cliff Record, Case 5 – Talk 2
18. Diamond Sutra: Final Lecture
19. No Title or Description Available – 07/30/1980
20. Blue Cliff Record, Case 7 – Talk 1
21. Blue Cliff Record, Case 7 – Talk 2

1981

1. Blue Cliff Record, Case 8 – Talk 1
2. Blue Cliff Record, Case 8 – Talk 2
3. Blue Cliff Record, Case 9
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 10
5. Blue Cliff Record, Case 11
6. Blue Cliff Record, Case 12 – Part 1
7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 12 – Part 2
8. Blue Cliff Record, Case 13
9. Blue Cliff Record, Case 14

10. Blue Cliff Record, Case 15

11. Blue Cliff Record, Case 18: National Teacher Chung’s Seamless Monument

12. Blue Cliff Record, Case 20 – Talk 1
13. Blue Cliff Record, Case 20 – Talk 2
14. Blue Cliff Record, Case 22
15. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 1
16. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 2
17. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 3
18. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 4
19. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 5
20. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 6
21. Shobogenzo Gyobutsu Igi: Majestic Activity – Talk 7
22. Blue Cliff Record, Case 23 – Talk 1
23. Blue Cliff Record, Case 23 – Talk 3

24. Blue Cliff Record, Case 24

25. Blue Cliff Record, Case 25: The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds Up His Staff – Talk 1

26. Blue Cliff Record, Case 25: The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds Up His Staff – Talk 2

27. Blue Cliff Record, Case 27 – Talk 1
28. Blue Cliff Record, Case 27 – Talk 2

1982

1. Blue Cliff Record, Case 28
2. Blue Cliff Record, Case 29 – Talk 1
3. Blue Cliff Record, Case 29 – Talk 2
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 30
5. Blue Cliff Record, Case 33

6. Blue Cliff Record, Case 33

7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 34: Yang Shan Asks “Where Have You Come From?”
8. Blue Cliff Record, Case 35: The Dialogue of Manjusri and Wu Cho

9. Blue Cliff Record, Case 36: Ch’ang Sha Wandering in the Mountains – Talk 1

10. Blue Cliff Record, Case 36 – Talk 2
11. Blue Cliff Record, Case 37
12. Blue Cliff Record, Case 38 – Talk 1

1983

1. Blue Cliff Record, Case 38 – Talk 2
2. Blue Cliff Record, Case 39 – Talk 1
3. Blue Cliff Record, Case 39 – Talk 2
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 40 – Talk 1
5. Book of Equanimity: Case 52
6. Blue Cliff Record, Case 40 – Talk 2
7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 41 – Talk 1
8. Blue Cliff Record, Case 41 – Talk 2
9. Blue Cliff Record, Case 42 – Talk 1
10. Blue Cliff Record, Case 42 – Talk 2
11. Blue Cliff Record, Case 43 – Talk 1
12. Blue Cliff Record, Case 43 – Talk 2
13. Blue Cliff Record, Case 44 – Talk 1
14. Blue Cliff Record, Case 44 – Talk 2
15. Blue Cliff Record, Case 45 – Talk 1
16. Blue Cliff Record, Case 45 – Talk 2
17. Blue Cliff Record, Case 46 – Talk 1
18. Blue Cliff Record, Case 46 – Talk 2
19. Arts and Buddhism – Part 1
20. Arts and Buddhism – Part 2
21. Westerners’ Reluctance Toward Bowing – Part 1
22. Westerners’ Reluctance Toward Bowing – Part 2
23. Blue Cliff Record, Case 49 – Talk 1
24. Blue Cliff Record, Case 49 – Talk 2

1984

1. Blue Cliff Record, Case 50
2. Blue Cliff Record, Case 51 – Talk 1
3. Blue Cliff Record, Case 51 – Talk 2
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 52 – Talk 2
5. Blue Cliff Record, Case 53
6. Blue Cliff Record, Case 54
7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 55 – Talk 1
8. Precepts for Lay Ordination – Part 1
9. Precepts for Lay Ordination – Part 2

10. The Awakening of Faith 3/16/84

11. Mindfulness – Talk 1

12. Mindfulness – Talk 2
13. Mindfulness – Talk 3
14. Mindfulness – Talk 4
15. Mindfulness – Talk 5
16. The Awakening of Faith 4/6/84
17. Blue Cliff Record, Case 55 – Talk 3
18. The Awakening of Faith 4/20/84
19. Blue Cliff Record, Case 57 – Talk 1
20. The Awakening of Faith 4/20/84
21. Blue Cliff Record, Case 57 – Talk 2
22. The Awakening of Faith 5/4/84
23. The Awakening of Faith 5/11/84
24. The Awakening of Faith 5/14/84: Two Kinds of Nowness
25. The Awakening the Faith 5/16/84: Time
26. The Awakening the Faith 5/18/84: Alayavijnana & Tathagatagarbha
27. The Awakening of Faith 5/22/84: Tathagatagarbha
28. The Awakening of Faith 5/24/84: Tathagatagarbha & Alayavijinana
29. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 1
30. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 2
31. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 3
32. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 4
33. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 5
34. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 7
35. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 8
36. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 10
37. Shobogenzo Juundo Shiki: Rules for the Monks Annex – Talk 11
38. Blue Cliff Record, Case 58 – Talk 1
39. Blue Cliff Record, Case 58 – Talk 2
40. Blue Cliff Record, Case 59
41. Blue Cliff Record, Case 60
42. A Basis for Practice
43. Blue Cliff Record, Case 61 – Talk 1
44. The Awakening of Faith 10/19/84
45. Book of Equanimity: Dongshan’s “Always Close” – Talk 1
46. Book of Equanimity: Dongshan’s “Always Close” – Talk 2
47. Blue Cliff Record, Case 61 – Talk 2
48. The Awakening of Faith 10/26/84
49. The Four Sustenances – Talk 1
50. The Four Sustenances – Talk 2
51. Blue Cliff Record, Case 62 – Talk 1
52. Buddha’s Impermancence
53. Blue Cliff Record, Case 62 – Talk 2
54. Blue Cliff Record, Case 63
55. Suffering: Three Stages
56. Always There Is a Scream: Track 1 of 2
57. Always There Is a Scream: Track 2 of 2
58. Blue Cliff Record, Case 64: Case 64

1985

1. Buddha Nature: Something Universal
2. True Heart is not Infactuation
3. The Simple Practice
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 67

5. Blue Cliff Record, Case 68 – Talk 1

6. Introduction to Buddhism

7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 68 – Talk 2
8. Blue Cliff Record, Case 69 – Talk 1
9. Buddha Dharma: Big Sky Does not Bother with the Function of a Small Cloud
10. From Blue Cliff Record, Case 69, Note 2: Symmetry and Unsymmetry
11. Blue Cliff Record, Case 69 – Talk 2
12. Blue Cliff Record, Case 70 – Talk 1
13. Zazen and Creating Space
14. Truth, Phenomenology, Noumenology
15. Creating Space Between
16. Letting Go of Labels
17. Blue Cliff Record, Case 71
18. The Awakening of Faith 10/18/85
19. Blue Cliff Record, Case 72
20. The Awakening of Faith 10/25/85
21. Blue Cliff Record, Case 73
22. The Awakening of Faith 11/01/85
23. Blue Cliff Record, Case 74
24. Blue Cliff Record, Case 75
25. The Awakening of Faith 11/15/85
26. Two Points to Consider: The Great Matter of Birth and Death Saving all Being
27. Sharing Our Lives: The Practice of Attendance (Using the Selfish Self)
28. Blue Cliff Record, Case 76

1986

1. Lay Ordination Lecture 1 of 7: Significance of Ordination

2. Lay Ordination Lecture 2 of 7: Three Aspects of Repentance

3. The Awakening of Faith 3/7/86
4. Lay Ordination Lecture 3 of 7: Triple Treasure, Lecture 1
5. The Awakening of Faith 3/14/86
6. Lay Ordination Lecture 4 of 7: Triple Treasure, Lecture 2
7. Principles of Practice: Purpose of Practice
8. Principles of Practice: Bodhicitta
9. Principles of Practice: High Resolve
10. Principles of Practice: Faith
11. Prinicples of Practice: Direct Transmission
12. The Awakening of Faith 3/28/86
13. The Awakening of Faith 4/11/86
14. Lay Ordination Lecture 5 of 7: Recieving the Precepts
15. Buddha’s Birthday
16. The Awakening of Faith 4/18/84
17. Book of Equanimity: Case 5 – Talk 1
18. Book of Equanimity: Case 5 – Talk 2
19. Lay Ordination Lecture 6 of 7: Three Pure Collective Precepts
20. The Awakening of Faith 5/2/86
21. Lay Ordination Lecture 7 of 7: Ten Grave Prohibitory Precepts
22. The Goldenness of the Earth, the Sweet Milk of the Long River
23. Turning the Three Poisons into Wheels
24. Meal Chants – Talk 1
25. Meal Chants – Talk 2
26. Meal Chants – Talk 3
27. Blue Cliff Record, Case 78 – Talk 1
28. Blue Cliff Record, Case 78 – Talk 2
29. Gatha of Opening the Sutra
30. Gatha of Closing the Sutra
31. Settling in the Vast Openness of the Sky
32. Taking Refuge in the Buddha
33. Verse of Offering Incense
34. Bowing
35. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 5
36. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 6
37. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 7
38. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 8
39. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 9
40. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 1
41. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 2
42. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 3
43. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 4
44. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 5
45. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 6
46. Shobogenzo Tsuki: The Moon – Talk 7
47. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 10
48. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 11
49. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 12
50. Shobogenzo Hossho: Dharma Nature – Talk 13
51. Shobogenzo Kokyo: Form and Mirror – Talk 1
52. Shobogenzo Kokyo: Form and Mirror – Talk 2
53. T’ien T’ai Buddhism: Historical Background
54. Zen and Writing: Word and its Spirit
55. T’ien T’ai Buddhism: Outline of 4-Fold Teaching – Talk 1
56. T’ein T’ai Buddhism: Outline of 4-Fold Teaching – Talk 2
57. Blue Cliff Record, Case 79 – Talk 1
58. T’ien T’ai Buddhism: Conclusion
59. Bowing
60. Shobogenzo Gabyo: Painting of a Rice Cake – Talk 1
61. Shobogenzo Gabyo: Painting of a Rice Cake – Talk 3
62. Shobogenzo Gabyo: Painting of a Rice Cake – Talk 4
63. Shobogenzo Gabyo: Painting of a Rice Cake – Talk 5
64. Shobogenzo Gabyo: Painting of a Rice Cake – Talk 6
65. Shobogenzo Gabyo: Painting of a Rice Cake – Talk 7
66. Commentary on Shobogenzo Gabyo (Painted Rice Cake)
67. Obedience

1987

1. Dogen Four Points: Track 1 of 2
2. Dogen Four Points: Track 2 of 2
3. Blue Cliff Record, Case 80 – Talk 1
4. Blue Cliff Record, Case 80 – Talk 2
5. Zazen: Dropping off Body and Mind
6. Inconceivable, Universal, Cosmic Life
7. Blue Cliff Record, Case 81 – Talk 1
8. Blue Cliff Record, Case 81 – Talk 2
9. Platform Sutra – Talk 1
10. Shobogenzo Bendowa: Entry to the Buddha Dharma
11. Shobogenzo Bendowa: Dogen’s Questions & Answers – Talk 1
12. Shobogenzo Bendowa: Dogen’s Questions & Answers – Talk 2
13. Shobogenzo Bendowa: Dogen’s Questions & Answers – Talk 3
14. Shobogenzo Bendowa: Dogen’s Questions & Answers – Talk 4
15. Shobogenzo Bendowa: Dogen’s Questions & Answers – Talk 5
16. Platform Sutra – Talk 2
17. Platform Sutra – Talk 3
18. Living in Vow Life after Life
19. Platform Sutra – Talk 4
20. Platform Sutra – Talk 5
21. Platform Sutra – Talk 6
22. Deepening the Experience of Our Lives – Talk 1
23. Deepening the Experience of Our Lives – Talk 2
24. Platform Sutra – Talk 7
25. Prajna Paramita and Emptiness
26. Karma in Buddhism – Part 1

27. Karma in Buddhism – Part 2

28. Shobogenzo Genjokoan – Talk 1, Part 1
29. Shobogenzo Genjokoan – Talk 1, Part 2
30. Shobogenzo Genjokoan – Talk 2
31. Manas: Spontaneous, Perpetual, Homogeneous

32. A, B, and C Worlds

33. Obon Memorial – Part 1
34. Obon Memorial – Part 2
35. Blue Cliff Record, Case 84 – Talk 1
36. Blue Cliff Record, Case 84 – Talk 2
37. Impermanence and the Meaning of Silence
38. Three Aspects of Buddha’s Silence
39. Shobogenzo Sansuikyo: Eastern Mountains Traveling on the Water
40. On a Poem by the Boatman: Fishing with a Straight Hook
41. What is Right Human Effort – Part 1
42. What is Right Human Effort – Part 2
43. Blue Cliff Record, Case 86 – Talk 1
44. Blue Cliff Record, Case 86 – Talk 2
45. Wisdom of Living
46. Chanting Practive: Chanting Practice
47. Disporting with the Buddhas: Transformation through Play

1988

1. Lay Ordination Lecture (2nd Series: 1 of 3): Depending on the Dharma
2. Lay Ordination Lecture (2nd Series, 2 of 3): The Need and Way of Repentance
3. Recording of Chants
4. Lay Ordination Lecture: (2nd Series, 3 of 3): Restraint and Extermination
5. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 1
6. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 2
7. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 3
8. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 4
9. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 5
10. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 6
11. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 7
12. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 8
13. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 9
14. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 10
15. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 11
16. Review and Renew: Buddhism for the 21st Century
17. Shobogenzo Kuge: Flowers in the Sky – Talk 12
18. Blue Cliff Record, Case 87, Lecture 1
19. Blue Cliff Record, Case 87, Lecture 2
20. Shobogenzo Baika: Plum Blossoms – Talk 1
21. Shobogenzo Baika: Plum Blossoms – Talk 2
22. Shobogenzo Baika: Plum Blossoms – Talk 3
23. Shobogenzo Baika: Plum Blossoms – Talk 4
24. Shobogenzo Baika: Plum Blossoms – Talk 5

25. Shobogenzo Baika: Plum Blossoms – Talk 6

26. Devotion: Walking Alone with Open Heart

1989

1. Dealing With Death, Dealing With Life

Appendices

• Glossary

• Dogen Index

• Blue Cliff Record Index

• Books

• Resources

• Technical

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