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Berkeley Zen Center Dharma Talks

Lectures, talks, and classes on Zen Buddhism from Shogakuji Temple, Berkeley Zen Center, in Berkeley, California, USA.

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    Love is All We Ever Talk About

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

  2. 99

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

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

  3. 98

    Buckets of Loss and the Joy Train

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

  4. 97

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

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

  5. 96

    Everything I Encounter is My Life Itself

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

  6. 95

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

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

  7. 94

    No Water, No Moon

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

  8. 93

    Practicing Genjo Koan: The Koan of Everyday Life (Class 2 of 4)

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

  9. 92

    Nothing is Hidden

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

  10. 91

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

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

  11. 90

    Genjokoan: Practice and Everyday Life

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

  12. 89

    Inside the Flower Garland Sutra (Book Talk)

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

  13. 88

    What Does it Mean to Be a Zen Priest?

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

  14. 87

    Mindfulness in a Time of Muck

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

  15. 86

    Miraculous Stories of the Buddha’s Birth

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

  16. 85

    Waking Up: Awakening to Full Aliveness

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

  17. 84

    The 10,000 Marks of Existence (Women’s Sit)

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

  18. 83

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

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

  19. 82

    Regulate Your (Unregulatable) Life

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

  20. 81

    Practicing the Precepts in Dangerous Times

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

  21. 80

    Practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts (Class 2 of 4)

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

  22. 79

    Reflections on the Mountain Seat

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

  23. 78

    Practicing the Bodhisattva Precepts (Class 1 of 4)

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

  24. 77

    Prelude to the Mountain Seat

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

  25. 76

    The Buddha’s Final Reflections on Life and Practice

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

  26. 75

    The Heart in the Heart Sutra

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

  27. 74

    The Heart of the Heart Sutra

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

  28. 73

    Caring for Zazen

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

  29. 72

    Appropriate Response (Class 4 of 4)

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

  30. 71

    practicing with illness and the eight qualities of a great person

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

  31. 70

    Appropriate Response (Class 3 of 4)

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

  32. 69

    Buddha Sutras Are All the Worlds in the 10 Directions

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

  33. 68

    Appropriate Response (Class 2 o f4)

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

  34. 67

    I’m Nobody, Who Are You?

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

  35. 66

    Appropriate Response (Class 1 of 4)

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

  36. 65

    Not Wind, Not Flag

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

  37. 64

    Satipatthana Sutta #4

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

  38. 63

    Buddha’s Enlightenment

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

  39. 62

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

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

  40. 61

    Satipatthana Sutta #3

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

  41. 60

    I Love ZAZEN

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

  42. 59

    Satipatthana Sutta #1

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

  43. 58

    Thus Have I heard Sojun Roshi

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

  44. 57

    Reflections on the Sandokai

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

  45. 56

    Aspects Class 4 of 4 on The Sandokai

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

  46. 55

    Aspects Class 3 of 4 on The Sandokai

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

  47. 54

    Sangha Practice: Giver, Receiver and Gift

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

  48. 53

    Feeding the Hungry Ghosts

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

  49. 52

    Double-consciousness, racial melancholy, and meditation

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

  50. 51

    Aspects Class 1 of 4 on the Sandokai

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

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Lectures, talks, and classes on Zen Buddhism from Shogakuji Temple, Berkeley Zen Center, in Berkeley, California, USA.

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