Genjokoan Talks

Genjōkōan (現成公按), translated by Tanahashi as Actualizing the Fundamental Point, is an influential essay written by Dōgen, the founder of Zen Buddhism's Sōtō school in Japan. It is considered one of the most popular essays in Shōbōgenzō.

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Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of Practice

Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Pain, Don't Know Mind, Happiness,...
Aug 21 1971
City Center

OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4

Serial: SR-00195

Thursday, August 24, 1967
Zen Mountain Center Sesshin Lecture
Tassajara
Edited by Brian Fikes

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Faith, Nirvana, Lay, Emptiness, Suffering, Pain, Death...
Aug 24 1967
A
Tassajara

Genjo Koan no 4

Serial: SF-05136

Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not...

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Time, Faith, Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Dragons...
Aug 24 1967
A
Tassajara

OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4

Serial: SR-00195A

Thursday, August 24, 1967
Zen Mountain Center Sesshin Lecture
Tassajara
Edited by Brian Fikes

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Breath, Emptiness, Hate, Forms, Building
Aug 24 1967
A
Tassajara

OLD - Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage

Serial: 67-08-23

Wednesday, August 23, 1967
Sesshin Lecture No. 4 [sic]
Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara
Edited by Brian Fikes

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan,
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage

Serial: SF-05134D

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #17, by Shundo David Haye =====

About half way through this sesshin talk, you can start to hear crickets in the background, getting...

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Continuous Practice, Doubt, Religion, Peace...
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

OLD - Genjo-Koan No. 2

Serial: 67-08-21

Monday, August 21, 1967
Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara
Edited by Brian Fikes

Dogen, Genjokoan,
Aug 21 1967
Tassajara

OLD - Genjō Kōan

Serial: 67-08-20

Sunday, August 20, 1967
Morning Sesshin
Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara
Edited by Brian Fikes

(Note from Brian Fikes: The first portion of this lecture...

Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin,
Aug 20 1967
Tassajara

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-05134A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #14, by Shundo David Haye =====

The acquisition of Tassajara in 1967 was a huge leap for Zen Center. Suzuki Roshi had long been...

Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin, Emptiness, New Year, Interview, Freedom
Aug 20 1967
Morning
Tassajara

OLD - The Second Paragraph of the Genjo Koan

Serial: SR-00196

Monday, August 15, 1966
Sesshin Lecture, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Genjokoan, Dogen, Consciousness, Attachment, Instruction, Doubt, reality,...
Aug 15 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo Koan (short fragment)

Serial: SF-05111A

This is just the first few sentences of a talk. When the tape resumes, it seems to be a different talk, so these are not edited together.

Genjokoan,
Aug 15 1966
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 11-13

Serial: SF-05098-C

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Genjokoan, Dogen, Continuous Practice, Peace, Evil
Jun 19 1966
D
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11

Serial: SF-05098-D

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Family Practice, Observe, Doubt, Discrimination, Attachment, Hate,...
Jun 19 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9

Serial: SF-05098-A

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Composure, Liberation, Faith
Jun 19 1966
B
Sokoji

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2

Serial: SF-05096-B

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Precepts, Mahayana, Freedom, Observe, Balance, Attachment...
May 26 1966
Sokoji

Genjō Kōan, 5-13

Serial: SF-05096-A

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Faith, realization, Addiction, Peace
May 25 1966
Sokoji

Genjō Kōan, 1–3

Serial: SF-05095-C

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–3
Sunday Morning, March 13, 1966, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Duality, Faith, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination...
Mar 13 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo Koan continued

Serial: SF-05095-A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #11, by Shundo David Haye =====

In the spring of 1966, having previously spent a number of years primarily lecturing on the Blue...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Sangha, Happiness
Mar 13 1966
Sokoji

Tokusan and The Old Lady

Serial: SF-05114-A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #8, by Shundo David Haye =====

At Zen Center, responsibilities get passed on from person to person regularly. One part of...

Genjokoan,
Feb 19 1966
pm
Sokoji

To Study The Self

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Bell, training, Faith
Feb 19 1966
pm
Sokoji

Study Yourself

Serial: SF-05123B

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #4, by Shundo David Haye =====

"I always felt his best Zen talks were the ones he gave on Thursday mornings in my home. They were...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Rinzai, Monastic Practice, Instruction, Hate, Doubt
Sep 09 1965
Los Altos

Wisdom Seeks For Wisdom

Serial: SF-05128A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #2, by Shundo David Haye =====

Among the tapes previously known to exist in the Zen Center archives, the earliest were from a sesshin...

Precepts, Genjokoan, Instruction, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Buddha Mind,...
Jul 22 1965
Los Altos