In Berkeley Talks episode 195, UC Berkeley professors explore the future of psychedelic science — how psychedelics could alleviate stress-related disorders and influence “critical periods” of neural plasticity and learning, plus the evolutionary forces that led to the emergence of psychoactive compounds in nature. Panelists of this March 27, 2024 e…

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) During mindfulness practice, we might anchor our awareness through a focus on breath or body. We can also become mindfully aware of vedena, or feeling tone: whether we experience something as pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. Becoming mindful of this mental function helps us interrupt our own reactivity, i…

The Heart Sutra is the most chanted sutra in Mahayana Buddhist temples throughout the world. We chant it at BZC twice daily on weekdays, and on Saturday and Sesshins. Sojun often said all of Buddhism and Zen is expressed in this Perfection of Wisdom in 25 lines.Karen Sundheim tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 194, Harry Edwards, a renowned sports activist and UC Berkeley professor emeritus of sociology, discusses the intersections of race and sport, the history of predatory inclusion, athletes’ struggle for definitional authority and the power of sport to change society. “You can change society by changing people’s perceptions …

The Heart Sutra is the most chanted sutra in Mahayana Buddhist temples throughout the world. We chant it at BZC twice daily on weekdays, and on Saturday and Sesshins. Sojun often said all of Buddhism and Zen is expressed in this Perfection of Wisdom in 25 lines.Karen Sundheim tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Mindfulness helps us see our minds. Neuroscience and our own observations make clear that the natural negativity bias is there, and can be overridden in favor of intentional practices that increase contentment. Join Eve to explore two of these practices - appreciating others ('mudita' in Pali) and apprecia…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 23rd 2024 by Susan Marvin.Susan Marvin tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 193, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson discusses climate change, politics and the need for "angry optimism." Robinson is the author of 22 novels, including his most recent, The Ministry for the Future, published in 2020. "It's a fighting position — angry optimism — and you need it," he said at a UC Berkeley event…

The Heart Sutra is the most chanted sutra in Mahayana Buddhist temples throughout the world. We chant it at BZC twice daily on weekdays, and on Saturday and Sesshins. Sojun often said all of Buddhism and Zen is expressed in this Perfection of Wisdom in 25 lines.Karen Decotis tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Most of the Buddha's disciples whose names we are familiar with, such as Ananda and Sariputta, are men. The Buddha also had women disciples who were wise and profound practitioners like Mahapajapati, the Buddha's aunt/foster mother, responsible for the establishment of the order of nuns or Patacara, revere…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 16th 2024 by Hannah Meara.Hannah Meara tarafından oluşturuldu

The Heart Sutra is the most chanted sutra in Mahayana Buddhist temples throughout the world. We chant it at BZC twice daily on weekdays, and on Saturday and Sesshins. Sojun often said all of Buddhism and zen is expressed in this Perfection of Wisdom in 25 lines.Karen Sundheim tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Dalai Lama said “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” And the Buddha taught that the wholesome energies that support goodness are the stepping stones to freedom. Join Eve for a deeper look at appreciation for goodness, the ensuing increase of inner ease, and ways we …

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 9th 2024 by Ryushin Andrea Thach.Ryushin Andrea Thach tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 192, Sarah Deer, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, discusses the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a federal law passed in 1978 that aims to keep Native children in their families and communities. She also talks about the recent Supreme…

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Pema Chödrön writes: "It's not impermanence per se, or even knowing we're going to die, that is the cause of our suffering, the Buddha taught. Rather, it's our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises from all of our efforts to put ground under our feet, to realize …

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, March 2nd 2024 by Marie Hopper.Marie Hopper tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This week, join Eve Decker as we consider elevating 'wise joy' in our practice and life, as an essential source of energy and contentment.Eve Decker tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 24th 2024 by Penelope Thompson.Penelope Thompson tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 191, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks about getting up every morning ready to fight for what she believes in, how she finds ways to work with justices whose views differ wildly from her own and what she looks for in a clerk (hint: It’s not only brilliance). “I’m in my 44th year as a law professor,” said Ber…

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) a look into a few of several practices that support us in deepening contentment.Eve Decker tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) You'll appreciate what she shares.Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 10th 2024 by Mary Duryee.Mary Duryee tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 190, journalist and UC Berkeley alumnus Vincent Bevins discusses mass protests around the world — from Egypt to Hong Kong to Brazil — and how each had a different outcome than what protesters asked for. “From 2010 to 2020, more people participated in mass protests than at any other point in human history,” said Bevins, aut…

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) "Cultivating Resources for Well-being". There are so many realms of support available to us on our spiritual path when we can remember them, open to them, and receive their care.Alexa Redner tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, February 3rd 2024 by Ellen Webb.Ellen Webb tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Sometimes it feels as if our practice is taking one step forward and two steps back. Or two steps forward and two steps back. In this talk I want to explore the process of awakening in the context of understanding the trajectory of practice.Even though it might not seem as if much is happening or that you'…

Prefigurative Activism, Collective Leadership and Sangha in 2024.Mushim Patricia Ikeda tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 189, Harvard Professor Daniel Ziblatt discusses how Americans need to do the work of making the U.S. political system more democratic through reforms that ensure that electoral majorities can actually govern. “If you're going to have a first-past-the-post electoral system, as we have in the United States, or one side wins …

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) There are often things about ourselves that can be hard to forgive: the ways we have caused harm to others, the way we have caused or chronically cause harm to ourselves, and the ways we perceive ourselves as imperfect. Join us for an exploration of two possible paths that can lead to a greater sense of se…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 20th 2024 by Hondo Dave Rutschman.Hondo Dave Rutschman tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) We all know the unpleasant feeling of self-consciousness. It is one thought away from self-judgment, self-criticism and a whole spectrum of “Selfing” thoughts. This week I want to share with you a simple and effective practice to cut through this painful negative mental habit which, when utilized, takes th…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, January 13th 2024 by Seicho Judy Fleischman.Judy Fleischman tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 188, a panel of scholars discusses free speech on university campuses — where things stand today, what obligation campus leaders have to respond to conflicts involving speech and the need for students to feel safe when expressing their own views. "Issues of free speech on campus have been there as long as there have been u…

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed an uplifting transition to 2024. I'm delighted to invite you to join me in welcoming author and Dharma teacher Oren Jay Sofer for an evening of online practice and exploration based on his new book, Your Heart Was Made For This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World in …

In Berkeley Talks episode 187, Bernice Yeung, managing editor of Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program; public health journalist Isabella Gomes; and gender-based violence expert Holly Joshi discuss how sex trafficking can appear invisible if we don’t know where to look, and how doctors, nurses, police officers, hotel operators — all…

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) As we come to the last gathering of the year, join us online as we will reflect on this moment together--looking back at the past year, seeing where we are right now and getting in touch with our vision for the upcoming year. We will mark this time together with an end-of-year ritual and support each other…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, December 25th 2023 by John Busch.John Busch tarafından oluşturuldu

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This Thursday our meeting will take place just as we arrive at this year's Winter Solstice (7:27pm Pacific Time). This longest night of the year has given rise to many holidays of light (Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Soyal, the winter solstice celebration of the Hopi Indians, and many others). We will expl…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 16th 2023 by Ross Blum.Ross Blum tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 186, a panel of UC Berkeley scholars from the College of Letters and Science discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in academia — and the questions and challenges it requires universities and other social institutions to confront. "When it comes to human-specific problems, we often want fair, equ…

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Sunday, December 10th 2023 by Ryushin Andrea Thach.Ryushin Andrea Thach tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 9th 2023 by Hondo Dave Rutschman.Hondo Dave Rutschman tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Friday, December 8th 2023 by Seicho Judy Fleischman.Judy Fleischman tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Thursday, December 7th 2023 by Mary Duryee.Mary Duryee tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Wednesday, December 6th 2023 by Gerry Oliva.Gerry Oliva tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Tuesday, December 5th 2023 by Ross Blum.Ross Blum tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Monday, December 4th 2023 by Susan Marvin.Susan Marvin tarafından oluşturuldu

A talk given at Berkeley Zen Center on Saturday, December 2nd 2023 by Gary Artim.Gary Artim tarafından oluşturuldu

In Berkeley Talks episode 185, New York Times chief political analyst Nate Cohn discusses how polling works, the challenges facing pollsters today and where polling stands as we head into the 2024 U.S. presidential election. "I don't think it's a coincidence that we have a crisis of polling at the same time we have a crisis of democracy," said Cohn…