Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks

The Berkeley Zen Center is a Soto Zen Buddhist practice community in Berkeley, California, USA. BZC was founded originally by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1967 and led since that year by Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi. This podcast includes talks given by various teachers at BZC's weekly Saturday public lecture as well as at sesshin and Dharma classes held at the temple throughout the year. Visit us on the web at www.berkeleyzencenter.org.

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Aspects Class 3 of 4 on The Sandokai

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, October 30th 2025 by Gerry Oliva.

10-31
01:21:41

Double-consciousness, racial melancholy, and meditation

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 18th 2025 by Dana Takagi.

10-18
59:33

Aspects Class 1 of 4 on the Sandokai

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, October 17th 2025 by Gerry Oliva.

10-18
40:42

Sandokai: One Mind; difference and equality

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 11th 2025 by Mary Duryee.

10-11
49:28

Great Robe of Liberation

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, October 4th 2025 by Zenshin Greg Fain.

10-04
46:33

What is Time? Time is Love

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, September 27th 2025 by Susan Moon.

09-27
52:42

Buddha Ancestors, Past, Present and Future

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, September 20th 2025 by Linda Galijan.

09-20
01:06:45

WHAT’S ZEN GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Fascism, grieving, and keeping our eyes on the prize.

09-13
01:01:31

Sahā World

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, September 6th 2025 by Zenshin Greg Fain.

09-06
56:53

Work as a Practice of Care and Connection

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 30th 2025 by Linda Galijan.

08-30
55:23

Not Knowing

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 23rd 2025 by Peter Overton.

08-23
53:43

Engaging Today’s Chaos With A Beginner’s Mind

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 16th 2025 by Zenju Earthyln Manuel.

08-16
55:05

Remembering Hozan, and What Dogen would do now

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 9th 2025 by Taigen Dan Leighton.

08-09
56:22

the meditative factors of enlightenment

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, August 2nd 2025 by Ryushin Andrea Thach.

08-02
47:18

Remembering Ron Nestor

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 26th 2025 by Ellen Webb.

07-26
56:57

Dōkan – The Circle of the Way

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 19th 2025 by Zenshin Greg Fain.

07-19
52:52

Becoming Yourself

Talk given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler honoring Sojun Roshi’s role as coeditor of the new Suzuki Roshi book, Becoming Yourself. Jiryu worked closely with Sojun Roshi and others to bring this project to completion. For information about other events around the launch of this book, check out www.becomingyourselfbook.com/events.

07-18
01:03:57

Difficult Conversations as Practice

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 12th 2025 by Linda Galijan.

07-12
54:22

Some practice with the Satipatthana Sutra

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, July 5th 2025 by Sue Oehser.

07-05
55:13

Taking Refuge

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, August 8th 2025 by Mary Duryee.

06-28
57:15
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