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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.

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OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness August sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Side A: Wed 2 lectures - transcribed - copied ZC	Aug 06 1969 Sokoji
OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness August Sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Wednesday lecture copy - duplicate	Aug 06 1969 Sokoji
OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness Copy Master - Suzuki Roshi August sesshin 1969 Wednesday (side A of original tape) - duplicate	Aug 06 1969 Sokoji
Not Always So August Sesshin Lecture Thursday, August 7, 1969 San Francisco Sesshin, Dogen	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
OLD - Not Always So August sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Side B: Thurs lecture - transcribed - copied ZC	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
OLD - Not Always So August Sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Thursday lecture - duplicate	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
OLD - Not Always So Copy Master Suzuki Roshi August sesshin 1969 Thursday lecture - duplicate	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
OLD - 1969.08.12-serial.00127 Second part of talk from this date. Tape glitches.	Aug 12 1969
Some Questions Question-and-Answer	Aug 12 1969
Our Way To Attain Liberation Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering student questions. Dan Gourley reel #4 Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Our Way to Attain Liberation Roshi's Lectures - 2 of them - Aug 18, 69 17/8 side 1(on cassette) - Dan Gourley #5 --------------------------------------- Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the... Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
Some Questions Roshi's Lectures - 2 of them - Aug 21 Side 2 Q&A session Q1 - explain 12 links of causation, Q - war - striving for a cause - even peace is necessary though futile (on cassette) - Dan Gourley #4 Question-and-Answer	Aug 21 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Some Questions 65B - end of talk only - needs to be edited to 05087-A	Aug 21 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Some Questions Roshi's Lectures - 2 of them - Aug 21 Side 2 Q&A session Q1 - explain 12 links of causation, Q - war - striving for a cause - even peace is necessary though futile (on cassette) - Dan Gourley #4	Aug 21 1969 Tassajara
Twelve Links of Causation Twelve Links Of Causation Juni-innen (Jap.) Dvada-aiga-pratatyasamutpada (San.) English Japanese Sanskrit -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1. ignorance mumyo avidya 2....	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Twelve Links of Causation Continuation of previous lecture on 12 links of causation - Aug 23 - both sides - 3 3/4 - on cassette - Dan Gourley #5	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Twelve Links of Causation Continuation of previous lecture on 12 links of causation - Aug 23 - both sides - 3 3/4 - on cassette - Dan Gourley #5	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
Question and Answer Question-and-Answer	Aug 25 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Question and Answer This is another version of 00083, which had been incorrectly dated. This is an incomplete version although the audio has been improved. Set aside as duplicate. Question-and-Answer	Aug 25 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Questions And Answers Set aside as duplicate. Question-and-Answer	Aug 28 1969 Tassajara
Some Questions Question-and-Answer	Aug 28 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Questions and Answers 68B	Aug 28 1969 Tassajara
OLD 1969.08.30-serial.00084 Another version of the talk from this date, but this one is longer. Sound quality is different - less bright, but less affected by speed issues towards end Set aside as duplicate.	Aug 30 1969 Tassajara
Our Practice And Our Everyday Activity Saturday, August 30, 1969 Newly uploaded recording should be clearer to transcribe	Aug 30 1969 Tassajara
Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture Tassajara September, 1969 Sesshin	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Sesshin, Third Night Lecture Tassajara September, 1969 Sesshin	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Shosan Ceremony Tassajara September, 1969 [Beginning of ceremony not recorded.] Sesshin, Shosan	Sep 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There Summer Sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi 1st night lecture ZMC transcribed - duplicate	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Stand Up By The Ground Protection Master "Suzuki Roshi summer sesshin 1969 2nd night lecture Sesshin, Second Night Lecture September, 1969 Tassajara Sesshin, Dogen, Time	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There Sesshin: First Night Lecture, “I Don't Know Zazen” September 1969 Tassajara Knowing that we have buddha nature even while we are in the dualistic world of good and bad. Analogy with various parts of a meal. Analogy with the... Dogen, Buddha Nature, Enlightenment	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Pure Silk, Sharp Iron Sitting cross-legged - and then what? Having the right state of mind. Chinese and Japanese culture. His absent-mindedness, impatience. Virtue of endurance. Zazen, Dogen	Sep 14 1969
OLD - 1969.09.16-serial.00036 This is a part of "Why I came to America" talk from same date.	Sep 16 1969
Why I Came to America "Why I became a priest" Memories of his father as a temple priest. Wanting to be an unusual priest himself, to teach people. Training at a temple with Oka Sotan. Enjoying teaching people who have no preconceptions about Buddhism. Priest, Meiji, Japan, Dogen	Sep 16 1969 Sokoji
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider Interview	Sep 16 1969 1 of 2
Interview of Suzuki by Peter Schneider Entered onto disk by DC 1996 or so Revised by Bill Redican 9/01 [I dated this 69-09-16 to go with other Peter Schneider interview and lecture of that date. Transcription was difficult with much time spent making sure -- or maybe that was just ps-sr-... Interview, First Principle	Sep 16 1969
Suzuki’s Curriculum Vitae Tuesday, September 16, 1969 [I dated this 69-09-16 because it was made by Shunryu Suzuki with Kobun Chino’s assistance in order to help Suzuki with his interview with Peter Schneider dated that day. - DC-3-09] [Is this in his hand? Who made the...	Sep 16 1969 W
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider Interview	Sep 16 1969 2 of 2
OLD - Fragment of Q & A File name: 69-10-14-X: fragment of Q & A (titled by pf) A fragment of about 2 minutes found after chanting on tape for 69-10-14. This is contiguous with the talk on the original recording, and kept with that in newer version. Dogen	Oct 14 1969 X
New Students' Questions Tuesday, October 14, 1969 San Francisco Question-and-Answer	Oct 14 1969
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-1 [Third Lotus Sutra Series]1 Monday Evening, October 20, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Introduction to third series of talks on the Lotus Sutra. Zen as practical teaching. Suzuki Roshi's mother recited parts of the sutra when he was young. Using... Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Dogen	Oct 20 1969 Series 3, Talk 1 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-2 Third Lotus Sutra Series Thursday Evening, October 23, 1969 Zen Mountain Center [The recording starts with Suzuki reading from: Saddharma Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law, translated by H. Kern, New York: Dover, 1963 (an unaltered reprint... Lotus Sutra, First Principle	Oct 23 1969 Series 3, Talk 2 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-4 [Third Lotus Sutra Series] Saturday Evening, October 25, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, First Principle	Oct 25 1969 Series 3, Talk 4 Tassajara
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-3? This was second part of 0038 - set aside	Oct 25 1969 Series 3, Talk 3 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-5 Third Lotus Sutra Series Tuesday Evening, October 28, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra	Oct 28 1969 Series 3, Talk 5 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-6 Third Lotus Sutra Series Thursday Evening, October 30, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Beginner’s Mind	Oct 30 1969 Series 3, Talk 6 Tassajara
OLD - 1969.11.07-serial.00041 This is the second part of the talk from this date.	Nov 07 1969
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-7 Third Lotus Sutra Series Friday Evening, November 7, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra	Nov 07 1969 Series 3, Talk 7 Tassajara
Miss Ransom Was A Teacher Of Conversation [Not an interview I think, but a question Peter asks at the beginning of the lecture, possibly pre-arranged with Suzuki. Got labeled as an interview because I had it grouped with Peter’s interviews long ago and maybe I was the first to miss-label it thus.... Japan, Komazawa University, Buddhism, Shobogenzo, Obon	Nov 09 1969
OLD - 1969.11.09-serial.00245 This is the second part of the talk from this date.	Nov 09 1969
Some Questions Lotus Sutra, Time	Nov 11 1969

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