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 |
|---|---|
To Polish A Tile Is Our Practice Actually===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #18, by Shundo David Haye ===== Further to the date confusion and missing talks discussed last time, it seems that even Suzuki Roshi lost track of time during the first seven-day sesshin at Tassajara: "We have one more... |
Aug 23 1967 Tassajara |
OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4Thursday, August 24, 1967 Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan |
Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara |
OLD - Reflections on the Prajna Paramita SutraThursday, August 24, 1967 Tassajara Introduction and end note from the Wind Bell During the seven day sesshin that ended Tassajara's first two month training period, Suzuki Roshi gave lectures almost every mid-day and evening on the Prajna... |
Aug 24 1967 C Tassajara |
Shosan CeremonyAugust Sesshin, 1967 [Opening sentences of Introduction missed.] Sesshin, Shosan |
Aug 24 1967 B Tassajara |
Genjo Koan no 4Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not understood it well. Maezumi's words are included on the end of the tape, and... |
Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara |
Reflections on the Prajna Paramita Sutra===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #19, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is the talk that was chosen by the Wind Bell (p69) to represent the first sesshin at Tassajara; some... |
Aug 24 1967 Tassajara |
OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4Thursday, August 24, 1967 Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan |
Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara |
To Polish a TileSeptember 1, 1967 [8-31 is Thursday] |
Aug 31 1967 Los Altos |
OLD- Zen Is Also BuddhismHidden as we had a misdated reel which corresponds to this audio - SDH ± September, 1967 Zen Mountain Center |
Sep 01 1967 Tassajara |
If Our Teaching Is A Special TeachingSR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 2 2nd half - Part of Suzuki lecture copied |
Sep 1967 Tassajara |
Zen Is Also BuddhismSR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 1 + 1/2 side 2 Suzuki lecture copied |
Sep 1967 Tassajara |
IgnoranceSR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/8/67 - copied Prajna Paramita |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
Using Various StonesSR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/8/67 - copied |
Sep 08 1967 B Tassajara |
OLD - UntitledFriday, September 8, 1967 Audio Problem Set |
Sep 08 1967 A |
OLD -Using Various StonesSR-67-09-08 (-A-2 - is crossed out) - F-1 (start) continue) |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
OLD -Using Various StonesSR-67-09-08 (-A-2 - is crossed out) - F-2 (finish) |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
OLD - Using Various StonesSR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/8/67 - copied |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
OLD -IgnoranceSR-67-09-08 (-B-1 - is crossed out) - G (start) (finish) |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And BodyThis is lecture D from these notes on the reel boxes (05132-B was added to this) |
Sep 08 1967 Morning Tassajara |
OLD - IgnoranceSR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture B - copied |
Sep 08 1967 Tassajara |
OLD - What Is Bodhisattva?Tuesday, September 12, 1967 Problem set |
Sep 12 1967 |
The Practice of ConstancySR015 - On this tape is Lecture C and last part of Lecture D. This tape is known as the C lecture tape of as #2 - Track 1 Roshi's Lecture C 9/12/67 - copied Prajna Paramita, Bodhisattva |
Sep 12 1967 Tassajara |
Negative and Positive |
Sep 27 1967 Los Altos |
OLD - If Our Teaching Is A Special TeachingAudio Problem set |
Oct 01 1967 |
No DualismBaso, Heart Sutra |
Nov 02 1967 Los Altos |
OLD - KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight ThompsonMonday, November 6, 1967 KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON Interview |
Nov 06 1967 KPFA Berkeley |
KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight ThompsonMonday, November 6, 1967 KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON Interview |
Nov 06 1967 KPFA Berkeley |
Putting Power In Your HaraAfternoon Sesshin Lecture Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi |
Dec 01 1967 A Tassajara |
True PracticeEvening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin, Zuigan, Fox |
Dec 01 1967 B Tassajara |
OLD - Inner Power of PracticeSR-67-12-04-A (start) (finish) - This tape repeated 67-12-02, but section at end was missing section of 67-12-01 and -02! |
Dec 02 1967 Tassajara |
Inner Power of PracticeSR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record |
Dec 02 1967 Tassajara |
OLD - The More... We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain ItEvening Sesshin Lecture, Lecture B Sesshin |
Dec 04 1967 B Tassajara |
The More We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain ItSR018 - Track 1 - Roshi's Lecture sesshin #4 12/4/67 Evening - copied Sesshin, Dogen |
Dec 04 1967 Evening Tassajara |
Think the Unthinkable===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #20, by Shundo David Haye ===== This talk comes from the middle of the second sesshin at Tassajara, in December 1967. Unlike the extreme heat of the summer sesshin, students would have been grappling... |
Dec 04 1967 Afternoon Tassajara |
Good and Bad FeelingTuesday, December 5, 1967 Sesshin |
Dec 05 1967 A Tassajara |
Nature of Our PracticeTuesday, December 5, 1967, Lecture B Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi |
Dec 05 1967 B Tassajara |
OLD - Everything Itself Is BuddhaEvening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin |
Dec 06 1967 B Tassajara |
Everything Itself Is BuddhaSR20 - Reel #5 Suzuki track 1 - Roshi's lecture sesshin #7 12/6/67 Afternoon - copied (This audio is only the first part of the talk) Sesshin, Buddha Nature |
Dec 06 1967 B Tassajara |
The Mind Which We Will AcquireSR20 - Reel #5 Suzuki - other side - Roshi - another lecture 12/6/67? copied (The audio is the very end of 67-12-06-A only) |
Dec 06 1967 Tassajara |
Shōsan Ceremony at TassajaraShosan, Yakusan |
Dec 07 1967 Tassajara |
The Gift of Zazen |
Dec 14 1967 Los Altos |
OLD - YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00252Per photo, these may also be end sections of other talks. |
Jan 01 1968 |
OLD - Become More Honest and Direct± 1968 Audio Problem Set Question-and-Answer |
Jan 01 1968 B |
Become More Direct and HonestProtection Master: re-recording from cassette marked "Suzuki Roshi talk with background music: no date, original copied" (Sony C60 side A); recorded: 7 1/2 ips, bias: normal, recorded 'left and right' tracks, length: about 25 mins; sound... |
1968 Unknown |
OLD - Meal ChantAlso 68-00-00-A (SF-05331) |
Jan 11 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - Meal ChantSR-68-01-11-B-1 (start) (continued) Fragment at start is end of 68-01-11, then rest of lecture |
Jan 11 1968 Tassajara |
Meal ChantSR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year? |
Jan 11 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - Samantabhadra BuddhaFriday Evening, January 12, 1968 |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - Samantabdra BuddhaSR-68-01-11-B-1 (start) (continued) repeats 68-01-12 |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - Samantabdra BuddhaDuplicate |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
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