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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 lectur…

Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks

Berkeley, California


    • Jun 7, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    Love is All We Ever Talk About

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2026 50:47


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, June 6th 2026 by Ellen Webb.

    Practicing Genjo Koan: The Koan of Everyday Life (Class 5 of 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 71:23


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, June 4th 2026 by Shinshu Roberts.

    practicing everyday life koan life class shinshu roberts
    Buckets of Loss and the Joy Train

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2026 57:55


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 30th 2026 by Colleen Busch.

    loss train buckets
    Practicing Genjo Koan: The Koan of Everyday Life (Class 4 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2026 55:08


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, May 28th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    practicing everyday life koan life class
    Everything I Encounter is My Life Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2026 54:38


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 23rd 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    encounter
    Practicing Genjo Koan: The Koan of Everyday Life (Class 3 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2026 60:19


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, May 21st 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    practicing everyday life koan life class
    No Water, No Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2026 55:11


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 16th 2026 by Colleen Busch.

    water no moon
    Practicing Genjo Koan: The Koan of Everyday Life (Class 2 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 38:56


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, May 14th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    practicing everyday life koan life class
    Nothing is Hidden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2026 54:15


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, May 9th 2026 by Mary Duryee.

    hidden
    Practicing Genjo Koan: The Koan of Everyday Life (Class 1 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2026 52:08


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, May 7th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    practicing everyday life koan life class
    Genjokoan: Practice and Everyday Life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2026 39:39


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center for the start of Practice Period on Saturday, May 2nd 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    practice everyday life genjokoan
    Inside the Flower Garland Sutra (Book Talk)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 69:14


    A book talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, April 30th 2026 by Ben Connelly.

    flower book talk sutra ben connelly
    What Does it Mean to Be a Zen Priest?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2026 56:52


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 25th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    zen priest
    Mindfulness in a Time of Muck

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 52:44


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 18th 2026 by Rhonda Magee.

    mindfulness muck rhonda magee
    Miraculous Stories of the Buddha’s Birth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2026 16:05


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 11th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    stories birth buddha miraculous
    Waking Up: Awakening to Full Aliveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2026 54:43


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, April 4th 2026 by Lien Shutt.

    awakening waking up aliveness
    The 10,000 Marks of Existence (Women’s Sit)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 72:58


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center for the Women’s Sit on Sunday March 29th 2026 by Kristin Diggs.

    women existence
    Fire, No Kings, and Being OK and Not-OK

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2026 60:00


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 28th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    no kings
    Regulate Your (Unregulatable) Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2026 29:02


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center during a full day sit on Saturday, March 21, 2026 by Hondo Dave Rutschman.

    regulate
    Practicing the Precepts in Dangerous Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2026 59:07


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 14, 2026 by Karen Sundheim.

    practicing precepts dangerous times
    Practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts (Class 2 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2026 71:57


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, March 12th 2026 by Karen Sundheim.

    class practicing precepts bodhisattva
    Reflections on the Mountain Seat

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2026 50:12


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 7th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    reflections mountain seat
    Practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts (Class 1 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 81:52


    A class given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, March 5th 2026 by Karen Sundheim.

    class practicing precepts bodhisattva
    Prelude to the Mountain Seat

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2026 51:10


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 28 2026 by Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi.

    mountain seat
    The Buddha’s Final Reflections on Life and Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2026 47:50


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 21st 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    practice buddha final reflections
    The Heart in the Heart Sutra

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 52:17


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday February 14, 2026 by Mark Copithorne.

    heart sutra
    Caring for Zazen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2026 53:21


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday February 7th, 2026 by Eli Brown-Stevenson.

    caring zazen
    Appropriate Response (Class 4 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2026 54:58


    Class on Appropriate Response: Speech as a Field of Intimate Practice

    class field appropriate response
    practicing with illness and the eight qualities of a great person

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2026 55:55


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 31st 2026 by Carol Paul.

    practicing illness qualities great person
    Appropriate Response (Class 3 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 58:32


    Class on Appropriate Response: Speech as a Field of Intimate Practice

    class field appropriate response
    Buddha Sutras Are All the Worlds in the 10 Directions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2026 54:50


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 24th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    worlds buddha directions sutras
    Appropriate Response (Class 2 o f4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2026 44:07


    Class on Appropriate Response: Speech as a Field of Intimate Practice

    class field appropriate response
    I’m Nobody, Who Are You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2026 64:41


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 17th 2026 by Penelope Thompson.

    Appropriate Response (Class 1 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 67:02


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, January 15th 2026 by Linda Galijan.

    class appropriate response
    Not Wind, Not Flag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2026 53:40


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 10th, 2026 by Gendo Lucy Xiao.

    wind flag
    Satipatthana Sutta #4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2025 45:41


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Sunday, December 7th 2025 by Linda Galijan.

    satipatthana sutta
    Buddha’s Enlightenment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2025 44:42


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 6th 2025 by Linda Galijan.

    enlightenment buddha
    Rohatsu Sesshin Day 5: How to practice with what comes up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 45:52


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, December 5th 2025 by Susan Marvin.

    practice rohatsu sesshin
    Satipatthana Sutta #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 37:48


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, December 4th 2025 by Linda Galijan.

    satipatthana sutta
    I Love ZAZEN

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 55:03


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Wednesday, December 2nd 2026 by Zenshin Greg Fain.

    zazen
    Satipatthana Sutta #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 47:44


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, December 1st 2025 by Linda Galijan.

    satipatthana sutta
    Thus Have I heard Sojun Roshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 49:14


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, November 15th 2025 by Ross Blum.

    heard roshi
    Reflections on the Sandokai

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2025 66:35


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, November 8th 2025 by Gary Artim.

    reflections
    Aspects Class 4 of 4 on The Sandokai

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 90:00


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, November 6th 2025 by Judy Fleischman.

    class aspects
    Aspects Class 3 of 4 on The Sandokai

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2025 81:41


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

    class aspects
    Sangha Practice: Giver, Receiver and Gift

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 51:33


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 by Linda Galijan.

    practice giver receiver sangha
    Feeding the Hungry Ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2025 17:10


    A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 by Linda Galijan.

    feeding hungry ghosts
    Double-consciousness, racial melancholy, and meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 59:33


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

    meditation racial melancholy double consciousness
    Aspects Class 1 of 4 on the Sandokai

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 40:42


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

    class aspects
    Sandokai: One Mind; difference and equality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2025 49:28


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

    equality one mind
    Great Robe of Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 46:33


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

    liberation robe

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