Breath Talks
Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the rhythmical process of moving air into (inhalation) and out of (exhalation) the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.
All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which extracts energy from the reaction of oxygen with molecules derived from food and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Breathing, or external respiration, brings air into the lungs where gas exchange takes place in the alveoli through diffusion. The body's circulatory system transports these gases to and from the cells, where cellular respiration takes place.
The breathing of all vertebrates with lungs consists of repetitive cycles of inhalation and exhalation through a highly branched system of tubes or airways which lead from the nose to the alveoli. The number of respiratory cycles per minute is the breathing or respiratory rate, and is one of the four primary vital signs of life. Under normal conditions the breathing depth and rate is automatically, and unconsciously, controlled by several homeostatic mechanisms which keep the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the arterial blood constant. Keeping the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood unchanged under a wide variety of physiological circumstances, contributes significantly to tight control of the pH of the extracellular fluids (ECF). Over-breathing (hyperventilation) increases the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide, causing a rise in the pH of the ECF. Under-breathing (hypoventilation), on the other hand, decreases the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide and lowers the pH of the ECF. Both cause distressing symptoms.
Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by evaporation through panting.
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OLD - 1971.08.07-serial.00176Serial: SR-00176 First words match 71-08-17 Breath, Death, Faith |
Aug 17 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00085Serial: SR-00085 This is a continuation of 71-08-17, 00177 Death, Greed, Breath, Monks |
Aug 17 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00098Serial: SR-00098 Duplicate of 00177 Big Mind, Breath, Buddha Nature, American |
Aug 17 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00099Serial: SR-00099 The last part of 71-08-17, edited together with 00177 and 00085. Breath, confusion |
Aug 17 1971 |
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Why We Must Have RulesFirst Principle, Big Mind, Family Practice, Bell, Breath, lecture, Sutra, Observe... |
Aug 17 1971 Tassajara |
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Questions and AnswersQuestion-and-Answer, Yaoshan, Truth, Community, Breath, Anger, Freedom, Faith... |
Aug 08 1971 Tassajara |
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Zen Is Actually, In Short, Maybe, CommunicationTeacher-and-Student, Question-and-Answer, Breath, Interview, Bell, Community, Wisdom... |
Aug 07 1971 Tassajara |
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OLD - 1971.08.05-serial.00169Serial: SR-00169 Second part of talk from this date. Duplicate of 00097 Breath, Balance, War, American, Faith, Truth |
Aug 05 1971 |
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Good Confidence In Your PracticeBodhidharma, First Principle, Bell, Wisdom, Breath, Building, American, Faith... |
Aug 05 1971 Tassajara |
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On Bodhidharma's DayCeremony, Non-duality, Nirvana, Dragons, Breath, Enemies, Building, Faith |
Aug 04 1971 Tassajara |
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OLD - 1971.08.04-serial.00120Serial: SR-00120 Second part of talk from this date. Breath, Faith, Discrimination, Culture, Monks, American, reality, Death, Truth... |
Aug 04 1971 |
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OLD - 1971.08.03-serial.00185Serial: SR-00185 Second part of talk from this date. Dragons, Breath, Freedom, Death |
Aug 03 1971 |
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To Attain The Perfection Of Human PracticeCeremony, First Principle, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Building, Breath, Evil, Doubt,... |
Jul 30 1971 Tassajara |
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Blue Cliff Records 61 - Fuketsu's One Particle Of DustBlue Cliff Record, Breath, Constancy, Freedom, Faith, Diversity, Greed, Religion,... |
Jul 26 1971 Tassajara |
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Virtue of Mountain and RiverDogen, Shobogenzo, First Principle, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Faith, Breath, sitting, Pain,... |
Jul 24 1971 Tassajara |
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Something Which You Cannot UnderstandBuddha Nature, sitting, reality, Truth, Happiness, Breath, lecture |
Jul 21 1971 Tassajara |
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One with EverythingSerial: SR-00208 Zazen Talk Non-duality, Breath, reality, Faith, Truth |
Jul 20 1971 Tassajara |
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Calmness of MindSerial: SR-00151 Sesshin Lecture No. 2 Practice is to expose yourself as you are, express yourself fully. Accepting your teacher's words.... Sesshin, Zazen, Breath, Community, Emptiness, Priest, Pain, Community, heart, Hate,... |
Jun 07 1971 City Center |
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OLD - Restore the Buddhist Teaching in its Original WaySerial: SR-00070 Sunday Evening, August 16, 1970 [The first part of the lecture was not recorded.] Faith, Breath, Enemies, American, Observe |
Aug 16 1970 A City Center |
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Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb AndersonSerial: SR-00069-A Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript. Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,... |
Aug 09 1970 City Center |
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OLD - 1970.08.07-serial.00168 Buddha Nature, American, Breath, Evil, heart, Building, Death |
Aug 07 1970 |
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How To Have Sincere PracticeSerial: SR-00145 Suzuki Roshi edited from longer recording. Building, Community, Meditation, Zendo, Obstacles, Interview, Silence, Breath,... |
Apr 25 1970 A City Center |
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Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To DoSerial: SR-00203 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4 Sesshin, Dogen, Building, difficulty, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Zazen, Breath... |
Dec 02 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD - Form is Emptiness, and Emptiness is FormSerial: SR-00262 This is just the last part of the transcript from this date. Edited together with 00243. Heart Sutra, difficulty, Breath, Enemies, Truth |
Nov 13 1969 |
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Shosan CeremonySerial: SR-00213 Tassajara [Beginning of ceremony not recorded.] Sesshin, Shosan, Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Breath, Death, Intuition, Lay, Bell,... |
Sep 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD 1969.08.30-serial.00084Serial: SR-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 Concentration, Pain, Right Effort, Gratitude, Balance, Breath, Interview, Offering,... |
Aug 30 1969 Tassajara |
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OLD - Questions And AnswersSerial: SR-00082 Set aside as duplicate. Question-and-Answer, Breath, Concentration, Family Practice, Emptiness, Pain, sitting... |
Aug 28 1969 Tassajara |
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Some QuestionsQuestion-and-Answer, Breath, Buddha Nature, Posture, sitting, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Aug 28 1969 Tassajara |
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untitledSerial: SR-00007 Newly reprocessed recording should be a little clearer Lotus Sutra, Monks, Breath, Building |
Dec 24 1968 Sokoji |
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Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13Serial: SR-00005 Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra, Wisdom, Monks, Sutra, Dana, Silence, Lay, Transmission, Karma, Breath,... |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 13 Tassajara |
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OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4Serial: SR-00195A Thursday, August 24, 1967 Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Breath, Emptiness, Hate, Forms, Building |
Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara |