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Ceremony Talks
A ceremony (UK: , US: ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.
The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin caerimonia.
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Funeral Service for Suzuki RoshiSerial: SR-00171 This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. Ceremony, Funeral, Ceremony, Discrimination, Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Vow |
Dec 12 1971 City Center |
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Obon DaysCeremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan, Faith, Offering, Suffering |
Aug 12 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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Translation of Unknown TextSerial: SR-00183 August 1971 Ceremony, Priest, Attachment, Forms, Hate, Passions |
Aug 1971 City Center |
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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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Ryaku Fusatsu LectureSerial: SR-00182 The audio of this tape has been improved, so the missing parts of the transcript may be worked out now. Ceremony, Eiheiji, Bodhisattva Precepts, Balance, Bell, Death, Evil, Truth |
Jul 29 1971 Tassajara |
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San-Pachi-NenjuCeremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay |
Jul 22 1971 Tassajara |
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Okesa CeremonySerial: SR-00146 Ceremony of the okesa: chanting the fascicle Shobogenzo Kesa Kudoku; ten virtues of the okesa. What is practice of zazen and practice of the okesa. Truth is beyond priest or... Priest, Ceremony, Okesa, Zazen, Demons, Dragons, Gratitude, Greed, Happiness, Priest... |
Jun 06 1971 City Center |
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Changing Our KarmaBaso, Concentration, Karma, Suffering, difficulty, Ceremony |
Mar 09 1971 City Center |
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Why We Have So Many ProblemsSerial: SR-00153 Tuesday, March 2, 1971 Concentration, Ego, difficulty, Ceremony, Addiction, confusion, Building |
Mar 02 1971 City Center |
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Resuming Big MindSerial: SR-00272 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 [”For this seven-day sesshin, there are only transcriptions for lectures given on Days 1, 3... Sesshin, Big Mind, Zuimonki, Hate, Zoom, Zazen, Anger, Ceremony, Pain |
Feb 05 1971 City Center |
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What Is Self?Eiheiji, Kosho Uchiyama, Ceremony, Observe |
Jan 03 1971 City Center |
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Japan Now: Zazen As Our FoundationSerial: SR-00072 Lecture after Trip to Japan: Japan, Mishima, Dharma Transmission, Ceremony, Culture, Meditation |
Dec 13 1970 |
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When Someone Receives TransmissionSerial: SR-00071 Tuesday, August 25, 1970 Dharma Transmission, Richard Baker, Japan, Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Culture, Death,... |
Aug 25 1970 City Center |
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Lay Ordination CeremonySerial: SR-00069B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #25, by Shundo David Haye ===== This tape, which is unfortunately very poorly recorded, gives us a sense of the lay ordination... Precepts, Ceremony, Commitment |
Aug 23 1970 City Center |
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Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb AndersonSerial: SR-00069A Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript (some changes made by SDH, July 2025) Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,... |
Aug 09 1970 City Center |
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Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same ThingSerial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,... |
Aug 01 1970 City Center |
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How To Understand Rituals And PreceptsSerial: SR-00063 Zazen, Rituals And Precepts Cannot Be Separated Precepts, Ritual, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Evil, Gratitude, Intention, Precepts... |
Jul 26 1970 City Center |
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Ekō Lecture 5Serial: SR-00231 The Third Morning Eko [This is the fifth in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of... Eko, Chanting, Buddha Ancestors, Bodhidharma, Building, Ceremony, Demons, Doubt,... |
Jul 13 1970 Tassajara |
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Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind TempleSerial: SF-05996 These are Suzuki Roshi's words, edited together out of longer recording of ceremony. Ceremony, Offering |
Apr 25 1970 City Center |
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Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind TempleSerial: SF-05995 This is the bulk of the ceremony, with speakers other than Suzuki Roshi, in Japanese and English Gratitude, Precepts, Ceremony, Zoom, Observe, Obstacles, Silence, Evil, Enemies... |
Apr 25 1970 City Center |
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Buddha's Birthday LectureCeremony, Ceremony |
Apr 12 1970 City Center |
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Selflessness, Being and Non-Being: The Background of ShikantazaSerial: SR-00261 Sesshin Lecture No. 1: Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Evil, Mahayana, Posture, Freedom, Continuous... |
Feb 23 1970 City Center |
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Shosan CeremonySerial: SF-05964 Friday, December 5, 1969 Previously described as intranscribable - now clearer File name: 69-12-05N: untitled level low. [Verbatim transcript not... Ceremony, Shosan, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Letting Go, Separation, Attachment,... |
Dec 05 1969 Tassajara |
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Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 6Sesshin, Beginners, Ceremony, Freedom, Observe, Oneness, Precepts, Wisdom |
Dec 04 1969 Tassajara |
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Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5Serial: SR-00202 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5 Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Oneness, Ceremony, Precepts, Wisdom... |
Dec 03 1969 Tassajara |
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Why I Came to AmericaSerial: SR-00157 "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... Priest, Meiji, Japan, Dogen, Building, Ceremony, Enemies, Forms, Monks, New Year,... |
Sep 16 1969 Sokoji |
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Sesshin, Sixth Night LectureSerial: SR-00129 Tassajara Sesshin, Addiction, Beginners, Ceremony, difficulty, Don't Know Mind, Duality,... |
Sep 1969 Tassajara |
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It Is Rather Difficult For Us To Figure Out Why We Started To Practice ZazenSerial: SR-00023 Tuesday, July 1, 1969 Ceremony, Culture, difficulty, Freedom, Offering, Priest, Religion |
Jul 01 1969 Tassajara |
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Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11Serial: SF-05251 October 1968 Lotus Sutra, Lay, Emptiness, Interview, Ceremony |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 11 Tassajara |
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Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7Serial: SF-06043 Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Mahayana, Precepts, Nirvana, Enemies,... |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara |
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Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10Serial: SR-00002 Fall 1968 Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Composure, Emptiness, Freedom, Funeral, Monks, Priest... |
Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 10 Tassajara |
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Observing the PreceptsSerial: SF-05397 This is the second talk that Suzuki Roshi gave at Esalen on consecutive nights in June 1968. Precepts, Precepts, Ego, Posture, Ceremony, Composure, Karma, Teacher-and-Student... |
Jun 29 1968 Esalen |
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Samantabadra BuddhaSerial: SF-05138B SR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - 2: " little bit 2: (ready to go at 000 after Jan 11 lecture) (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year? Offering, Enemies, Bowing, Bell, Vow, Karma, Faith, Ceremony |
Jan 12 1968 Tassajara |
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The More We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain ItSerial: SF-05142 SR018 - Track 1 - Roshi's Lecture sesshin #4 12/4/67 Evening - copied Sesshin, Dogen, Observe, Ceremony |
Dec 04 1967 Evening Tassajara |
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Liberty and RestrictionSerial: SF-05116A March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording. Saturday, March 26, 1966 Sesshin, Balance, Freedom, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony |
Mar 26 1966 BN Sokoji |
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On ObonSerial: 62-07-00 (published July 1962, Wind Bell #8) Ceremony, |
Jul 1962 Sokoji |
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On Zazen and the Shinsanshiki CeremonySerial: 62-06-00 (published June 1962, Wind Bell #7) Ceremony, |
Jun 1962 Sokoji |
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Ordination Ceremony: Bill Kwong and Silas HoadleyCeremony, Priest, Ceremony |
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