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 caerimoniacode: lat promoted to code: la .

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Title	Speaker	Date
Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi Serial: SR-00171 This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. Ceremony, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi, soto, zen, Ceremony, Vows, Discrimination	Various	Dec 12 1971 City Center
Obon Days Ceremony, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 12 1971 Tassajara
On Bodhidharma's Day Nirvana, Dragons, Breath, Ceremony, Enemies, Building, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 04 1971 Tassajara
Translation of Unknown Text Serial: SR-00183 August 1971 San Francisco Ceremony, Priest, Hate, Passions, Attachment, Describe, Forms	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 1971 City Center
To Attain The Perfection Of Human Practice Ceremony, First Principle, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Building, Breath, Evil, Doubt,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 30 1971 Tassajara
Ryaku Fusatsu Lecture Serial: 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, Evil, Bell, Balance, heart, Death, Truth...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 29 1971 Tassajara
San-Pachi-Nenju Ceremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 22 1971 Tassajara
Okesa Ceremony Serial: 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, Dragons, Priest, Greed, Demons, Gratitude, Happiness...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 06 1971 City Center
Changing Our Karma Baso, Concentration, Karma, Suffering, difficulty, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 09 1971 City Center
Why We Have So Many Problems Serial: SR-00153 Tuesday, March 2, 1971 8 am Tuesday Morning San Francisco difficulty, Ceremony, Concentration, reality, Addiction, sitting, Ego, confusion,...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 02 1971 City Center
Resuming Big Mind Serial: SR-00272 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Friday, February 5, 1971 San Francisco [”For this seven-day sesshin, there are only transcriptions for lectures given on Days 1, 3, 5,... Sesshin, Big Mind, Hate, stubbornness, Zoom, sitting, Zazen, Anger, Ceremony, heart,...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 05 1971 City Center
What Is Self? Ceremony, Observe, sitting	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 03 1971 City Center
Japan Now: Zazen As Our Foundation Serial: SR-00072 Lecture after Trip to Japan: Sunday, December 13, 1970 Transmission, Culture, sitting, Meditation, Ceremony, American	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 13 1970
Lay Ordination Ceremony Serial: SR-00069-B ===== 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	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1970 City Center
Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson Serial: SR-00069-A Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript. Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 09 1970 City Center
Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same Thing Serial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1970 City Center
How To Understand Rituals And Precepts Serial: SR-00063 Zazen, Rituals And Precepts Cannot Be Separated Sunday Evening, July 26, 1970 San Francisco Precepts, Precepts, Gratitude, Priest, Observe, Ceremony, American, Silence,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1970 City Center
Ekō Lecture 5 Serial: SR-00231 The Third Morning Eko Monday, July 13, 1970 Tassajara [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, Transmission, Building, Bodhidharma, Sutra,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 13 1970 Tassajara
Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Serial: SF-05995 This is the bulk of the ceremony, with speakers other than Suzuki Roshi, in Japanese and English training, Gratitude, Zoom, Ceremony, Obstacles, Observe, Silence, Enemies, Evil,...	Various	Apr 25 1970 City Center
Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Serial: SF-05996 These are Suzuki Roshi's words, edited together out of longer recording of ceremony. Ceremony, Offering	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 City Center
OLD - How To Have Sincere Practice Serial: 70-04-25A Part of the opening ceremony for Page St - there are other pieces of audio from this event - SDH Ceremony, Building, War	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 A City Center
OLD - Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Ceremony,	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 City Center
Buddha's Birthday Lecture Ceremony, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 12 1970 City Center
OLD - Buddha's Birthday Serial: SF-05386B 70 #5 - Buddha's Birthday 2-4-70 Buddha's Birthday, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 12 1970 City Center
Selflessness, Being and Non-Being: The Background of Shikantaza Serial: SR-00261 Sesshin Lecture No. 1: Monday, February 23, 1970 San Francisco Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Evil, Mahayana, Posture, Freedom, Continuous,...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 23 1970 City Center
Ordination Ceremony: Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley Ceremony, Priest, Ceremony, Describe, American	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 11 1970 City Center
OLD - Ordination Ceremony: Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley Serial: SF-06095 Undated lecture (file 1/11/71) ordination? Ceremony, Observe, Priest	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 11 1970 City Center
Shosan Ceremony Serial: 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,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 05 1969 Tassajara
Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 6 Sesshin, Ceremony, Freedom, Observe, Wisdom, Oneness, Beginners, training, Precepts,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 04 1969 Tassajara
Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5 Serial: SR-00202 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5 Wednesday, December 3, 1969 Tassajara Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Oneness, Ceremony, Precepts, Wisdom...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 03 1969 Tassajara
Why I Came to America Serial: 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, Priest, training, New Year, Ceremony, Obstacles, Enemies...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 Sokoji
Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture Serial: SR-00129 Tassajara September, 1969 Sesshin, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Ceremony, Addiction, Duality, Beginners,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
It Is Rather Difficult For Us To Figure Out Why We Started To Practice Zazen Serial: SR-00023 Tuesday, July 1, 1969 Tassajara American, Freedom, Priest, zen, Offering, Religion, Culture, Ceremony, difficulty,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 01 1969 Tassajara
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7 Serial: 68-10-00-F Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Suffering, Truth, Emptiness, Precepts, Wisdom, Pain, Mahayana, Ceremony...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 30 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara
OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6 Serial: 68-10-00-E Hidden as we had a misdated reel that corresponded to this transcript - SDH October 1968 [?Transcript in progress. Needs further work, checking. Words in doubt... Precepts, Wisdom, War, Zazen, Ceremony, Sutra, sitting	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 30 1968 Series 2, Talk 6 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10 Serial: SR-00002 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, sitting, Ceremony, Emptiness, Priest, Funeral, Composure, heart, Monks,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 10 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11 Serial: SF-05251 October 1968 New version uploaded, should help with transcript Lotus Sutra, Lay, Emptiness, Interview, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 11 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7 Serial: SF-06043 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Lotus Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Mahayana, Precepts, Nirvana, Enemies,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 1968 Series 2, Talk 7 Tassajara
Observing the Precepts Serial: SF-05397 This is the second talk that Suzuki Roshi gave at Esalen on consecutive nights in June 1968. Precepts, Precepts, Observe, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Posture, Karma, training,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 29 1968 Esalen
OLD - Samantabhadra Buddha Serial: SR-00108 Friday Evening, January 12, 1968 Tassajara Bodhisattva Vow, Enemies, Vows, Community, Describe, Ceremony, reality	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 12 1968 Tassajara
OLD - Samantabdra Buddha Serial: SF-05764B SR-68-01-11-B-1 (start) (continued) repeats 68-01-12 Enemies, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 12 1968 Tassajara
OLD - Samantabdra Buddha Serial: SF-05331 Duplicate Bodhisattva Vow, Offering, Passions, Describe, Vows, Karma, Faith, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 12 1968 Tassajara
Samantabadra Buddha Serial: 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, Vows, Karma, Faith, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 12 1968 Tassajara
OLD - The More... We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain It Serial: 67-12-04 Evening Sesshin Lecture, Lecture B Monday, December 4, 1967 Tassajara Sesshin, reality, Observe, Faith, Ceremony, lecture	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 04 1967 B Tassajara
The More We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain It Serial: SF-05142 SR018 - Track 1 - Roshi's Lecture sesshin #4 12/4/67 Evening - copied Sesshin, Dogen, Observe, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 04 1967 Evening Tassajara
OLD -Using Various Stones Serial: SF-05304 SR-67-09-08 (-A-2 - is crossed out) - F-1 (start) continue) Don't Know Mind, Hate, Ceremony, Passions, Anger	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 08 1967 Tassajara
Liberty and Restriction Serial: SF-05116-A March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording. SR 007 Saturday, March 26, 1966 Sesshin, Balance, Freedom, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 26 1966 BN Sokoji
On Obon Serial: 62-07-00 (published July 1962, Wind Bell #8) Ceremony,	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 1962 Sokoji
On Zazen and the Shinsanshiki Ceremony Serial: 62-06-00 (published June 1962, Wind Bell #7) Ceremony,	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 1962 Sokoji
OLD - Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture Serial: SF-05910 SR summer sesshin 1969 6th night lecture #4 copy master Posture, Beginners, Duality, Enemies, Hate, Ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	[field_wisdom_date] Tassajara