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 |
|---|---|
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra |
Oct 30 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara |
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6Hidden as we had a misdated reel that corresponded to this transcript - SDH October 1968 |
Oct 30 1968 Series 2, Talk 6 Tassajara |
Shosan CeremonyShosan, First Principle |
Nov 11 1968 Tassajara |
True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's EndNewly uploaded recording of this talk. Happiness, Buddha Nature |
Dec 21 1968 Sokoji |
OLD True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's EndThis has been hidden as we had a misdated reel that corresponds to this transcript, and is longer - SDH |
Dec 21 1968 Sokoji |
untitledNewly reprocessed recording should be a little clearer Lotus Sutra |
Dec 24 1968 Sokoji |
OLD - At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our HouseSunday, December 29, 1968 |
Dec 29 1968 |
At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our HouseDec 1968 New Year Lecture Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan |
Dec 29 1968 Sokoji |
Han (sounding board)[Image of (see PDF)] Suzuki·roshi at Tassajara in 1969 passing the wooden sounding board and hammer that is used to announce zazen, lectures and the arrival or departure of the abbot from the monastery. A translation of this traditional poem is below: |
1969 Tassajara |
Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced BuddhaSunday, March 9, 1969 Koan story of sun-faced buddha, moon-faced buddha. Practicing while well or while sick. Accepting what we don't like. Understanding everyday activity through duality and oneness. Knowing limitation.... |
Mar 09 1969 Sokoji |
Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao” |
Mar 10 1969 |
Find Out for YourselfFind out what "buddha-nature" and "enlightenment" mean. Study without purpose. How his teacher in Japan treated him; trying to discover the right thing to do. Sesshin, Zazen, Eiheiji |
Mar 15 1969 Sokoji |
Our Practice Should Be Based On The Idea Of SelflessnessSunday Morning, March 16, 1969 |
Mar 16 1969 |
Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind |
Mar 30 1969 |
The Only Desire That Is Complete Is Buddha's Desire |
Apr 08 1969 |
Zen Is Not Something To Talk About, And Also It Is Something To Talk AboutShunryu Suzuki (with Ryogen Yoshimura) Audio includes Yoshimura at beginning. Sesshin |
Apr 19 1969 |
Jumping Off the 100-Foot PoleSunday Lecture |
Apr 20 1969 |
How To Take Our Bodhisattva's VowTuesday Morning, April 29, 1969 Bodhisattva Vow, Dogen, Agama Sutra |
Apr 29 1969 Sokoji |
OLD - Suzuki's 65th Birthday |
May 18 1969 Sokoji |
Suzuki's 65th BirthdaySunday Morning, May 18, 1969 |
May 18 1969 Sokoji |
Yakusan did not give lectures for a long timeJune 1969 Story of Yakusan saying he was not a teacher to give lectures. Making effort, and paying attention. What is right effort? |
Jun 1969 Tassajara |
How should we establish our system of practice in San FranciscoTuesday Evening, June 17, 1969 Just sit, and follow the teacher's instruction. Story of four kinds of horse. Humans go to the moon, but don't understand themselves. Have no ideas about Buddhahood, or worry about different kinds... |
Jun 17 1969 Sokoji |
Direct Experience of RealityBaso, Dogen |
Jun 22 1969 Sokoji |
OLD - Direct Experience of RealityDogen |
Jun 22 1969 Sokoji |
1969.06.29-serial.00021Duplicate of talk from this date. |
Jun 29 1969 |
Emptiness is FormSunday, June 29, 1969 Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting throughout. Heart Sutra |
Jun 29 1969 Tassajara |
It Is Rather Difficult For Us To Figure Out Why We Started To Practice ZazenTuesday, July 1, 1969 |
Jul 01 1969 Tassajara |
Rinzai Zen and Soto ZenJuly 1969 Morning. Dogen |
Jul 1969 Sokoji |
Practice Should Be The Practice Of “Right Now.”Thursday, July 3, 1969 Heart Sutra |
Jul 03 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - Practice Should Be Practice of "Right Now"Protection master: ends of lectures which ran over 60 minutes. 1 - Form and Emptiness 7/3/69, about 5 minutes - duplicate |
Jul 03 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - Form and Emptiness IIProtection master: made from cassette: "July 5th (1969) Roshi on form and emptiness (ZMC)" "From psychological point of view" and some discussion of Chinese medicine. Time: 60 min and some Q&A on 5" tape - duplicate |
Jul 05 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - Form and Emptiness IIProtection master: made from cassette: "July 5th (1969) Roshi on form and emptiness (ZMC)" "From psychological point of view" and some discussion of Chinese medicine. Time: 60 min and some Q&A on 5" tape - duplicate |
Jul 05 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - Form and Emptiness IIProtection master: ends of lectures which ran over 60 minutes: 2 - Form and Emptiness 7/5/69 about 15minutes - duplicate |
Jul 05 1969 Tassajara |
Question And Answer SessionTuesday, July 8, 1969 Question-and-Answer |
Jul 08 1969 Sokoji |
OLD - 1969.07.08-serial.00026This is the last 7' of transcript for 69-07-08, 00025. |
Jul 08 1969 |
FORM AND EMPTINESS IIWednesday, July 9, 1969 Heart Sutra |
Jul 09 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - Form and Emptiness51B |
Jul 09 1969 Tassajara |
Eulogy For Trudy Dixon Given During Her Funeral CeremonyWords from the funeral eulogy for Trudy Dixon. Magnanimous mind Tassajara, Dogen, Buddha Mind |
Jul 11 1969 Sokoji |
I have nothing in my mind |
Jul 15 1969 Sokoji |
OLD - 1969.07.15-serial.00030Second part of talk from this date. |
Jul 15 1969 |
Enjoy Your LifeTalk on the moon landing |
Jul 20 1969 |
Blue Cliff Records-43Tozan's hot and cold. Blue Cliff Record |
Jul 26 1969 Tassajara |
That is the purpose of counting |
Jul 28 1969 Tassajara |
The Most Important PreceptPrecepts, Dogen, Eiheiji |
Aug 01 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - The Most Important PreceptCassette side A labeled: Aug 1 lecture contd |
Aug 01 1969 2/2 Tassajara |
The First TeachingTeaching of impermanence, everything changing; also there is selflessness, suffering and nirvana. The sufferings of birth, death, sickness and old age. Causes of suffering, because of ego. Suffering, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death |
Aug 02 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - The First TeachingAug 2 lecture beginning - duplicate |
Aug 02 1969 Tassajara |
OLD - The First TeachingCassette side B labeled: Aug 2 lecture contd - duplicate |
Aug 02 1969 Tassajara |
We Practice Zazen So That We Attain Selflessness |
Aug 03 1969 Tassajara |
To Actually Practice SelflessnessAugust Sesshin Lecture Sesshin |
Aug 06 1969 Sokoji |
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