Awakening the Archive
The Awakening the Archive series is a year-long project that celebrates the release of the new Suzuki Roshi audio archive, and helps open the pathways for the sangha to engage with this great resource.
Every two weeks, a significant or newly-discovered Suzuki Roshi talk is featured here with an in-depth article giving context, history, and connections. Many of these featured talks will be drawn from the more than two-dozen newly discovered recordings, and several of these you might recognize as the basis for chapters of the books Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind and Not Always So.
These articles are written by Shundo David Haye, a staff audio engineer and core team member of Engage Wisdom for many years, who is also a Zen priest and teacher in Suzuki Roshi's lineage. Shundo has selected and sequenced the bi-weekly release of these specific talks to highlight the most interesting and significant moments in the collection of Suzuki Roshi's recorded voice.
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
Supper ChantTape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 2 Little bit of Saturday supper chant [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Chanting |
Jul 31 1965 Sokoji |
Saturday Evening LectureTape VIII (?) Side 1 Sat eve lecture (1 - 60); Side 2 Sat eve lecture (1-15?) Question-and-Answer |
Jul 31 1965 Sokoji |
On the Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra |
Aug 05 1965 Los Altos |
Posture |
Aug 12 1965 Los Altos |
Nirvana, the WaterfallThursday, August 19, 1965 Thursday morning lecture |
Aug 19 1965 Los Altos |
OLD - CalmnessAugust 28, 1965 (26th -- DC note 2008) |
Aug 26 1965 Los Altos |
Calmness===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #3, by Shundo David Haye ===== In this talk, which became the Calmness chapter of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (p121), Suzuki Roshi starts with a Japanese Zen poem, offering a pair of analogies to illuminate the point... |
Aug 26 1965 Los Altos |
I Have Nothing In My MindOne-Day Sesshin Lecture: 5 PM Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Baso |
Aug 28 1965 B Sokoji |
OLD - Confucius Said The Most Visible Is Something InvisibleOne-Day Sesshin Lecture: 1 PM Sesshin |
Aug 28 1965 A Sokoji |
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something InvisibleSR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture - - duplicate of other versions |
Aug 28 1965 Sokoji |
OLD - Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something InvisibleSR-65-08-28-A - duplicate of other versions |
Aug 28 1965 Sokoji |
Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something InvisibleSR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture Sesshin |
Aug 28 1965 A Sokoji |
OLD -Study YourselfSeptember 9, 1965 |
Sep 08 1965 Los Altos |
Study Yourself===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #4, by Shundo David Haye ===== "I always felt his best Zen talks were the ones he gave on Thursday mornings in my home. They were spontaneous, succinct and spoken from a relaxed and contented heart and mind." - Marian... |
Sep 09 1965 Los Altos |
TransiencySeptember 16, 1965 Dogen |
Sep 16 1965 Los Altos |
Experience, Not PhilosophyThursday, October 7, 1965 Thursday morning lecture |
Oct 07 1965 Los Altos |
Nothing SpecialThursday, October 14, 1965 Thursday Morning Lectures |
Oct 14 1965 Los Altos |
Kinhin InstructionSesshin |
Oct 16 1965 K Sokoji |
It Is A Great Joy To Practice Sesshin With You In This WayOctober Sesshin Lecture Afternoon Lecture Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen |
Oct 16 1965 A Sokoji |
We Have Finished Sesshin With Unusual ResultsOctober Sesshin Lecture Late Afternoon Lecture: Sesshin, Dogen, Baso, Beginner’s Mind |
Oct 16 1965 B Sokoji |
In Buddhism There Are Many SchoolsThursday, October 21, 1965 Thursday morning lecture |
Oct 21 1965 Los Altos |
In Hinayana Practice, In The First StageThursday, October 28, 1965 Thursday Morning Lectures |
Oct 28 1965 Los Altos |
BreathingThursday Morning Lectures |
Nov 04 1965 Los Altos |
OLD - Beginner's MindThursday, November 11, 1965 Thursday Morning Lectures |
Nov 11 1965 Los Altos |
Beginner's Mind===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #1, by Shundo David Haye ===== When this particular, otherwise unremarkable, reel was photographed as part of Engage Wisdom’s archiving process, unlike many other tapes stored at Zen Center, there were no complete... |
Nov 11 1965 Los Altos |
Buddhism is Very Philosophical, and Sometimes Intellectual and LogicalOne-Day Sesshin Lectures Early Afternoon Lecture Sesshin |
Nov 13 1965 A Sokoji |
You Have Made Great ProgressOne-Day Evening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin |
Nov 13 1965 B Sokoji |
Mind WeedsThursday Morning Lectures |
Nov 18 1965 Los Altos |
BowingThursday, December 2, 1965 Thursday morning lecture |
Dec 02 1965 Los Altos |
Excerpt from the chapter Bowing in ZMBM |
Dec 02 1965 A |
The Middle WayThursday morning lecture Time |
Dec 09 1965 Los Altos |
Buddhism Has Many Annual Layers Like A Big TreeOne-Day Sesshin Evening Lecture Sesshin, Precepts |
Dec 11 1965 B Sokoji |
Most Of You Are BeginnersOne-Day Sesshin Afternoon Lecture Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, Precepts |
Dec 11 1965 A Sokoji |
Chanting ServiceSesshin, Chanting |
Dec 11 1965 Sokoji |
Single-Minded Way |
Dec 16 1965 Los Altos |
Limiting Your Activity |
Dec 23 1965 Los Altos |
Believing in Nothing |
Dec 30 1965 Los Altos |
Readiness, Mindfulness± 1966 Los Altos Heart Sutra |
1966 Los Altos |
Emptiness± 1966 From p. 110 of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. {Can’t find other version} |
1966 BE Los Altos |
Attachment, NonattachmentThursday, January 6, 1966 Thursday morning lecture Dogen |
Jan 06 1966 Los Altos |
Buddhism Is, Maybe, Rather Difficult To Understand |
Jan 13 1966 Los Altos |
The Quality of BeingThursday, January 20, 1966 Thursday lecture |
Jan 20 1966 Los Altos |
Shushōgi, Sections 11–17January Sesshin Lecture: Lecture A ,1 PM Sesshin, Precepts, Shushogi |
Jan 21 1966 A Sokoji |
OLD - In the Prajnaparamita SutraHeart Sutra |
Jan 21 1966 BN |
In the Prajnaparamita Sutra5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen |
Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji |
OLD -Shushogi |
Jan 21 1966 Sokoji |
OLD - Untitled |
Jan 22 1966 |
The Marrow of Zen |
Jan 26 1966 Los Altos |
Summary of some Suzuki lectures from the SpringWindbell: During the spring, one of themes of Reverend Suzuki’s weekly lectures has been the role of Zen Center, especially in relation to society, and the right attitude Zen students should have. Some of his ideas are summarized below. |
Feb 1966 |
Repetition |
Feb 09 1966 Los Altos |
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