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Mistakes in Practice

Apr 13 1967
Los Altos

A Teaching Cannot Be Whole And Perfect

Serial: 67-04-16

Sunday April 16, 1967
Old Bush Street Zendo
Tony Artino notes

Apr 16 1967
Sokoji

This Sesshin Was Wonderfully Done

Serial: SF-05100C

Saturday, April 22, 1967
Sesshin Lecture B
San Francisco

Sesshin, Priest, Doubt
Apr 22 1967
B
Sokoji

You Must Give Up Worldly Desires

Serial: SF-05100B

Saturday, April 22, 1967
Sesshin Lecture A
San Francisco

Sesshin, Family Practice, Doubt, Dragons, Priest, Hate, Freedom
Apr 22 1967
A
Sokoji

Our Human Nature and That of Buddha Are the Same

Serial: 67-04-26

Wednesday, April 26, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

Apr 26 1967
Sokoji

Zen Emphasizes the Simplest Way of Practice

Serial: 67-05-17

Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

May 17 1967
Sokoji

Right Effort

May 18 1967
Los Altos

Correct Zazen Is Your Home

Serial: 67-05-21

Sunday, May 21, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

May 21 1967
Sokoji

True Activity Includes Everything

Serial: 67-05-28

Sunday, May 28, 1967
Old Bush Street Zendo - Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

May 28 1967
Sokoji

Religion is a Cultural-Social Phenomena as well as a Personal Experience

Serial: 67-05-31

Tony Artino notes
Sokoji
Wednesday, May 31, 1967

May 31 1967
Sokoji

Naturalness

Jun 01 1967
Los Altos

Sesshin Lecture: Three Treasures

Serial: 67-06-11

Sunday, June 11, 1967

[Suzuki seems to be commenting on Shi Sho Ku (SHUSHOGI [jrb] of Dogen. When this is evident, Dogen's words are in quotation marks.]

...
Sesshin, Shushogi, Precepts,
Jun 11 1967

Continuing The Lecture on Shushogi

Serial: 67-06-12

Sunday Lecture
Monday, June 12, 1967

Original lecture title was "Continuing the Lecture on Shi-sho-ku". That was an error - Shi-sho-ku = Shushogi. [JRB]...

Shushogi, Precepts,
Jun 12 1967

Introduce to you Kobun Chino Sensei

Jun 22 1967
A
Los Altos

Opposites

Hui-neng,
Jun 22 1967
B
Los Altos

Truly Involved With The Development Of Our Way

Serial: 67-08-00-B

± August, 1967

Wind Bell Vol. VI Nos. 2-4, P.50

Aug 1967

Suzuki Roshi Writes on the Practice Period

Serial: 67-08-00-A

± August, 1967

Wind Bell Vol. VI Nos. 2-4, P.4

Aug 1967

Long Time Since I Saw You All

Serial: 67-08-00

± August, 1967

Los Altos

Precepts,
Aug 1967
Los Altos

"The mind itself is Buddha"

Serial: 67-08-14

Monday, August 14, 1967
San Francisco [?]

SDH notes: from the tone of the talk I think it is quite possible that it was given during the first practice period at...

Dogen, Shobogenzo,
Aug 14 1967

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

When You Have A New Experience

Serial: SF-05134B

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #15, by Shundo David Haye =====

This talk was given later on the same day of the first Tassajara sesshin as the last one discussed (...

Sesshin, Faith, Doubt
Aug 20 1967
Evening
Tassajara

Genjo Koan no 2

Serial: SF-05134C

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #16, by Shundo David Haye =====

This third talk from the historic inaugural sesshin at Tassajara in 1967, given the day after the...

Sesshin, Dogen, Priest, Emptiness, Dragons, Hate
Aug 21 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, Continuous Practice, Doubt, Religion, Peace
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

To Polish A Tile Is Our Practice Actually

Serial: SF-05135B

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #18, by Shundo David Haye =====

Further to the date confusion and missing talks discussed last time, it seems that even Suzuki Roshi...

Sesshin, Prajna Paramita, Shobogenzo, Discrimination, Silence
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: 67-08-24-B

August Sesshin, 1967
August 24, 1967
Tassajara

[Opening sentences of Introduction missed.]

Sesshin, Shosan,
Aug 24 1967
B
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

Reflections on the Prajna Paramita Sutra

Serial: SF-05135A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #19, by Shundo David Haye =====

This is the talk that was chosen by the...

Sesshin, Sengai, Time, Emptiness, Ego, Continuous Practice, Nirvana, Concentration,...
Aug 24 1967
Tassajara

To Polish a Tile

Serial: 67-08-31

September 1, 1967 [8-31 is Thursday]
Los Altos, Calif.

Aug 31 1967
Los Altos

If Our Teaching Is A Special Teaching

Serial: SF-05130B

SR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 2 2nd half - Part of Suzuki lecture copied

Religion
Sep 1967
Tassajara

Zen Is Also Buddhism

Serial: SF-05130C

SR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 1 + 1/2 side 2 Suzuki lecture copied

Mahayana, New Year, Buddha Nature, Hate, Concentration, Balance, Freedom, Doubt...
Sep 1967
Tassajara

Ignorance

Serial: SF-05131A

SR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/...

Prajna Paramita, Freedom, Daily Life, Attachment, Hate, Diversity
Sep 08 1967
Tassajara

Using Various Stones

Serial: SF-05131C

SR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/...

Enlightenment, Time
Sep 08 1967
B
Tassajara

Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And Body

Serial: SF-05131B

This is lecture D from these notes on the reel boxes (05132-B was added to this)
Several minutes of tape operator's notes at the end are included, the transcript was...

Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Funeral, Religion, Emotions, Emptiness
Sep 08 1967
Morning
Tassajara

The Practice of Constancy

Serial: SF-05132A

SR015 - On this tape is Lecture C and last part of Lecture D. This tape is known as the C lecture tape of as #2 - Track 1 Roshi's Lecture C 9/12/67 - copied

Prajna Paramita, Bodhisattva, Precepts, Constancy, New Year, Mahayana, Anger, Faith,...
Sep 12 1967
Tassajara

Negative and Positive

Sep 27 1967
Los Altos

No Dualism

Baso, Heart Sutra,
Nov 02 1967
Los Altos

KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson

Serial: SF-05115

Monday, November 6, 1967

KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON
[Originally misdated - Friday, February 18, 1966]
Lecture B
KPFA/KPFB Studio,...

Interview, Don't Know Mind, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Samsara, Practice Period...
Nov 06 1967
KPFA Berkeley

Putting Power In Your Hara

Serial: SF-05133A

Afternoon Sesshin Lecture
Friday, December 1, 1967, Lecture A
Zen Mountain Center

Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi, Buddha Mind, Discrimination, Big Mind, Bodhidharma, New...
Dec 01 1967
A
Tassajara

True Practice

Serial: SF-05133B

Evening Sesshin Lecture
Friday Evening, December 1, 1967, Lecture B
Zen Mountain Center

Sesshin, Zuigan, Gratitude, Buddha Nature, Addiction, Discrimination, Tassajara,...
Dec 01 1967
B
Tassajara

Inner Power of Practice

Serial: SF-05137A

SR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied

Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Precepts,...
Dec 02 1967
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, Ceremony
Dec 04 1967
Evening
Tassajara

Think the Unthinkable

Serial: SF-05137B

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #20, by Shundo David Haye ===== 

This talk comes from the middle of the second sesshin at Tassajara, in December...

Sesshin, Fukanzazengi, Buddha Mind, Sanctuary, Duality, Beginners, Separation...
Dec 04 1967
Afternoon
Tassajara

Good and Bad Feeling

Serial: SF-05141A

Tuesday, December 5, 1967
Afternoon Sesshin Lecture, Lecture A
Tassajara

Sesshin, Attachment, Discrimination, Separation, Liberation, Freedom, Doubt, Faith...
Dec 05 1967
A
Tassajara

Nature of Our Practice

Serial: SF-05141B

Tuesday, December 5, 1967, Lecture B
Evening Sesshin Lecture
Tassajara

Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi, Discrimination, Freedom, Daily Life, Beginners, Silence...
Dec 05 1967
B
Tassajara

Everything Itself Is Buddha

Sesshin, Buddha Nature,
Dec 06 1967
B
Tassajara

The Mind Which We Will Acquire

Work, Dogen
Dec 06 1967
A
Tassajara

Shōsan Ceremony at Tassajara

Shosan, Yaoshan, Delusion, Ego, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Doubt
Dec 07 1967
Tassajara

The Gift of Zazen

Dec 14 1967
Los Altos

Become More Direct and Honest

Serial: SF-05276

Protection Master: re-recording from cassette marked "Suzuki Roshi talk with background music: no date, original copied" (Sony C60 side A); recorded: 7 1/2 ips, bias...

Posture, Religion
1968
Unknown

Meal Chant

Serial: SF-05138C

SR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year?

Vow
Jan 11 1968
Tassajara

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