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 |
|---|---|
How To Observe PreceptsSunday Morning, May 17, 1970 Precepts |
May 17 1970 City Center |
Money And LaborSunday Morning, May 24, 1970 |
May 24 1970 City Center |
Things-As-It-IsSandokai Lecture I [This is the first in a series of lectures on the Sandokai (Chin. Cantong qi or Tisan-tiung-chii), a poem by Sekito Kisen. Historical details of the series are appended to the end of this... |
May 27 1970 Tassajara |
Warm Hand to Warm HandSandokai Lecture II [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 2 tozai mitsuni aifusu. Branching Streams, Sandokai |
May 30 1970 Tassajara |
Buddha Is Always HereSandokai Lecture III [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari. |
Jun 01 1970 Tassajara |
Shunryu Suzuki talking from Zen in America (video)[Audio from final cut used in film in italics] (Second paragraph only - SDH) |
Jun 1970 Tassajara |
The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your HeartSandokai Lecture IV - Discussion of the lines: 'all the objects of the senses interact, and yet do not'. Subjective and objective, independent and interrelated aspects of reality. Interdependency; 'ri' and 'ji', noumenal and phenomenal. The following... |
Jun 03 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - 1970.06.03-serial.00054This is the very end of https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/blue-jay-will-come-right-your-heart |
Jun 03 1970 |
We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big BeingSandokai Lecture V: Lecture to Professor Weller's Visiting Class [Note. This lecture was given-- as a general introduction-- to Prof. Jack Weller's visiting philosophy class following Lecture IV in Suzuki's... |
Jun 06 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - 1970.06.06-serial.00056This is the last 10' of transcript of 70-06-06, 00055. Edited in to that talk. |
Jun 06 1970 |
Today We May Be Very HappySandokai Lecture VI [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Shiki moto shitsuzo wo kotonishi, |
Jun 10 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - Today We May Be Very HappyThis is only the end of the talk from this date. Sandokai Lecture VI [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Shiki moto shitsuzo wo kotonishi, |
Jun 10 1970 Tassajara |
The Boat Is Always MovingSandokai Lecture VII [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 17 Shidai no sho onozukara fukusu, |
Jun 13 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - The Boat Is Always MovingThis is only the end of the talk from this date. Sandokai Lecture VII [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 17 Shidai no sho onozukara fukusu, |
Jun 13 1970 Tassajara |
Without Any Idea of AttainmentSandokai Lecture VIII [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 21 Manako wa iro, mimi wa onjo, |
Jun 17 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - 1968.02.DD-serial.00062The audio is the last minutes of 70-06-17, 00061. |
Jun 17 1970 |
Within Light There Is Utter DarknessSandokai Lecture IX [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 27 Meichu ni atatte an ari, |
Jun 20 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - 1970.06.25-serial.00219Second part of talk from this date. |
Jun 25 1970 |
The Willow Tree Cannot Be BrokenSANDOKAI LECTURE X [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Meian ono-ono aitaishite, |
Jun 25 1970 Tassajara |
Suffering Is A Valuable ThingSandokai Lecture XI [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 33 Bammotsu onozukara ko ari, |
Jun 27 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - Suffering Is a Valuable ThingThis is only the last part of this talk. 00218 has the beginning and most of the talk. Sandokai Lecture XI [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 33 Bammotsu... |
Jun 27 1970 Tassajara |
A Short Talk During ZazenBranching Streams, Dogen |
Jun 28 1970 Tassajara |
City Practice Comments |
Jul 1970 |
We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too MuchSandokai Lecture XII: “It Is Not Always So” [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Koto wo uke te wa subekaraku shu wo esu beshi. |
Jul 04 1970 Tassajara |
Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in VainSandokai Lecture XIII: “Don't Spend Your Time in Vain” [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Ayumi wo susumure ba gonnon ni arazu, |
Jul 06 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - 1970.06.07-serial.00226Reel is mislabeled. This is part of the transcript from 70-07-06. |
Jul 06 1970 |
OLD 1967.09.13-serial.00224End of transcript of 70-07-08. Not sure where date on reel came from. |
Jul 08 1970 |
Ekō Lecture 1The First Morning Eko [This is the first in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and other Soto Zen temples and... |
Jul 08 1970 Tassajara |
Ekō Lecture 2The Second Morning Eko, Part 1 of 3 [This is the second in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and other Soto Zen... |
Jul 10 1970 Tassajara |
OLD - 1970.07.11-serial.00227Second part of talk from this date. |
Jul 11 1970 |
Ekō Lecture 3The Second Morning Eko, Part 2 of 3 [This is the third in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and other Soto Zen... |
Jul 11 1970 Tassajara |
Supported from WithinEkō Lecture 4 [This is the fourth in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and... |
Jul 12 1970 Tassajara |
Ekō Lecture 5The Third Morning Eko [This is the fifth in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and other Soto Zen temples and monasteries... |
Jul 13 1970 Tassajara |
Ekō Lecture 6The Fourth Morning Eko [This is the last in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and other Soto Zen temples and... |
Jul 15 1970 Tassajara |
Japanese Way, American Way, Buddhist WayDogen |
Jul 19 1970 City Center |
How To Understand Rituals And PreceptsZazen, Rituals And Precepts Cannot Be Separated Precepts |
Jul 26 1970 City Center |
Mudra Practice and How to Accept Instructions from Various TeachersTatsugami, Yoshida |
Jul 26 1970 City Center |
Open Your IntuitionSesshin Meeting Sesshin |
Jul 31 1970 City Center |
Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same ThingSesshin Lecture No. 1 Sesshin, Precepts |
Aug 01 1970 City Center |
Walk like an Elephant and Sitting like a FrogTrue Practice As Expression Of Buddha-Nature Sesshin, Sengai |
Aug 02 1970 City Center |
OLD - Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right TeacherLECTURE Sesshin |
Aug 03 1970 |
Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right Teacher===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #24, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the last years of Suzuki Roshi's life, very few talks were lost from the collections. The previously available recording for this date was incomplete - it seems it had... |
Aug 03 1970 City Center |
Our Practice is Expression of Our True Buddha-mindSesshin Lecture, No. 4 Sesshin, Precepts, Beginner’s Mind |
Aug 04 1970 City Center |
OLD - 1970.08.04-serial.00068Second part of talk from this date. |
Aug 04 1970 |
OLD - 1970.08.07-serial.00168 |
Aug 07 1970 |
Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb AndersonReprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript. Priest, Ceremony |
Aug 09 1970 City Center |
OLD - 1970.08.13-serial.00164 |
Aug 13 1970 |
OLD - 1970.08.15-serial.00174 |
Aug 15 1970 |
OLD - Restore the Buddhist Teaching in its Original WaySunday Evening, August 16, 1970 [The first part of the lecture was not recorded.] |
Aug 16 1970 A City Center |
OLD - To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard RuleSunday, August 16, 1970 [This is the second of two lectures with this date. This lecture began mid-way on Side A of the original tape after a prior lecture ended. This lecture appears to be complete.] |
Aug 16 1970 B City Center |
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