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 |
|---|---|
Samantabadra BuddhaSR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - 2: " little bit 2: (ready to go at 000 after Jan 11 lecture) (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year? |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
Four Wives |
Jan 18 1968 Los Altos |
Lotus Sūtra No. I-5February 1968 Lotus Sutra, First Principle |
Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 5 Tassajara |
Lotus Sūtra No. I-6February 1968 Lotus Sutra, First Principle |
Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 6 Tassajara |
Shosan CeremonyShosan Ceremony, Sesshin, Feb 1968 This ceremony is re-edited from the original cassette, with non-SR (Bishop Sumi) sections removed, and the speed adjusted for clarity. The last portion was previously thought to be from a different date,... |
Feb 1968 Tassajara |
Lotus Sūtra No. I-1Lotus Sutra No. 1 Lotus Sutra |
Feb 1968 Series 2, Talk 1 Tassajara |
Lotus Sūtra No. I-2February 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 2 Tassajara |
Lotus Sūtra No. I-4February 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 4 Tassajara |
Lotus Sūtra No. I-3February 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Feb 1968 Series 1, Talk 3 Tassajara |
OLD - Fragment From A Shosan CeremonyThis fragment is from a shosan ceremony occurring at the end of a fall-winter practice ceremony. In that ceremony students ask the abbot questions and he’s referred to as Docho Roshi. It was found by DC in the middle of audio file 68-02-00-G which was... |
Feb 01 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - Statement at End of SesshinTuesday, April 23, 1968, Lecture C Sesshin |
Apr 23 1968 C Tassajara |
OLD - Shōsan CeremonyTuesday Evening, April 23, 1968, Lecture B Sesshin, Shosan |
Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara |
OLD - Shosan CeremonyCopy - tape 2 of 2 Suzuki Roshi Q&A ceremony - no date (Spring '68?) - copy of o/r 68-04-23 - duplicate Sesshin, Shosan |
Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara |
OLD - Shosan CeremonyCopy - tape 1 of 2 Suzuki Roshi Q&A ceremony - no date (Spring '68?) - copy of o/r 68-04-23 - duplicate |
Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara |
Because I Was Not WellSR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's comments] Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind |
Apr 23 1968 A Tassajara |
Shosan CeremonySR023 Track 1 to 1/3 of other side Suzuki Roshi Question and Answer ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's comments] Sesshin, Shosan |
Apr 23 1968 B Tassajara |
Shuso CeremonySR023 Last 2/3 side 2 Philip's discussion ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's comments] Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony |
Apr 23 1968 C Tassajara |
Esalen Institute: First of two lecturesThis is the first of two talks given at Esalen. Dogen, Time |
Jun 28 1968 Esalen |
Observing the PreceptsThis is the second talk that Suzuki Roshi gave at Esalen on consecutive nights in June 1968. Precepts |
Jun 29 1968 Esalen |
CommentsWind Bell 68-03-04 and Shunryu Suzuki comments from visit of Soen Nakagawa, Hakuun Yasutani, and other teachers to Tassajara in July of 1968. |
Jul 1968 |
OLD - What is Soto and what is Rinzai? |
Jul 21 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - To Have Complete Understanding of our School |
Jul 24 1968 Tassajara |
What is Soto and what is Rinzai?SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content This talk takes place shortly after... |
Jul 26 1968 Tassajara |
To Have Complete Understanding of Our SchoolSR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content. Since there was no talk by Chino Sensei on this tape, this is dated July 27th as it seems to follow the talk dated... |
Jul 27 1968 Tassajara |
Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #21, by Shundo David Haye ===== For whatever reason, there are few talks existing from the summer of 1968. At Tassajara, in the spring and the fall training periods, Suzuki Roshi gave two series... |
Jul 28 1968 Tassajara |
Bodhidharma===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #22, by Shundo David Haye ===== In this second tape made by Dan Gourley at Tassajara in the summer of 1968, Suzuki Roshi starts by answering a question about a scroll of Bodhidharma. In the... |
Jul 29 1968 Tassajara |
Fragment |
Aug 04 1968 Sokoji |
The Ten Powers Of A BodhisattvaSunday Morning, August 25, 1968 |
Aug 25 1968 Sokoji |
Shosan Ceremony===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #23, by Shundo David Haye ===== This was the last of the three 5" reels that appeared to be from the summer of 1968, but there were no visual clues beyond the note "sounds like ZMC" (Zen Mountain Center,... |
Sep 10 1968 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 8 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 10 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11October 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 11 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12 October 1968 Lotus Sutra, First Principle |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 12 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 13 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-15Fall, 1968 Lotus Sutra, First Principle |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 15 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-9Audio Problem Set has been replaced by original recording, with speed adjustments made. Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 9 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-5Fall, 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 5 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 C Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-668-10-00-E Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 6 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara |
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4Fall 1968 |
Oct 01 1968 Series 2, Talk 4 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-14Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 14 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-3October, 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 3 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 4 Tassajara |
Shikantaza, Tenryu's One FingerSesshin Lecture Sesshin, Gutei, Yakusan |
Oct 12 1968 A Sokoji |
The True DragonDogen, Baso |
Oct 12 1968 B Sokoji |
OLD - Fragment of Q & ADogen |
Oct 14 1968 X |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968] Lotus Sutra |
Oct 20 1968 Tassajara |
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968] Lotus Sutra |
Oct 20 1968 Series 2, Talk 1 Tassajara |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-2Monday Morning, October 21, 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 21 1968 Series 2, Talk 2 Tassajara |
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