Suzuki Roshi Talks

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Because I Was Not Well

Serial: SF-05143A

SR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's...

Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind, Faith, Composure, Doubt, Religion...
Apr 23 1968
A
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05143B

SR023 Track 1 to 1/3 of other side Suzuki Roshi Question and Answer ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A...

Sesshin, Shosan, Echo, Emptiness, Attachment, Hate, Faith, Interview, Enemies, Evil,...
Apr 23 1968
B
Tassajara

Shuso Ceremony

Serial: SF-05143C

SR023 Last 2/3 side 2 Philip's discussion ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator...

Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Bell, Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 23 1968
C
Tassajara

Esalen Institute: First of two lectures

Serial: SF-05870

This is the first of two talks given at Esalen.

Dogen, Time, Four Noble Truths, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Continuous, Emptiness, soto,...
Jun 28 1968
Esalen

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,...
Jun 29 1968
Esalen

Comments

Serial: 68-07-00

Wind Bell 68-03-04 and Shunryu Suzuki comments from visit of Soen Nakagawa, Hakuun Yasutani, and other teachers to Tassajara in July of 1968.

Jul 1968

OLD - What is Soto and what is Rinzai?

Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Family Practice, Mahayana, Bowing, Death, Diversity,...
Jul 21 1968
Tassajara

OLD - To Have Complete Understanding of our School

Anger, Death, Faith, Balance, reality, Monks, Forms, Community, Meditation, confusion...
Jul 24 1968
Tassajara

What is Soto and what is Rinzai?

Serial: SF-05144A

SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content
NB: the date for the SR talk in...

Soto Zen, Rinzai, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Evil, Bowing, Mahayana, Gratitude, Ego...
Jul 26 1968
Tassajara

To Have Complete Understanding of Our School

Serial: SF-05144B

SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content.

Since there was no talk by...

Anger, Politics, Liberation, Posture, Bell, Priest, confusion, Hate, Freedom, Doubt...
Jul 27 1968
Tassajara

Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan

Serial: SF-05086

 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #21, by Shundo David Haye ===== 

For whatever reason, there are few talks existing from the summer of 1968. At...

Koan, Faith, Echo, Describe, Freedom
Jul 28 1968
Tassajara

Bodhidharma

Serial: SF-05081

 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #22, by Shundo David Haye ===== 

In this second tape made by Dan Gourley at Tassajara in the summer of 1968,...

Beginner’s Mind, First Principle, Time, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Describe, Faith...
Jul 29 1968
Tassajara

Fragment

Aug 04 1968
Sokoji

The Ten Powers Of A Bodhisattva

Serial: SF-05106

Sunday Morning, August 25, 1968
[This date is probably incorrect. Earlier (July 21, 1968), Suzuki mentioned that he had already explained the ten powers of a bodhisattva....

Bodhisattva, Dogen, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Observe, Attachment,...
Aug 25 1968
Sokoji

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05094

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #23, by Shundo David Haye =====

This was the last of the three 5" reels that appeared to be from the summer of 1968, but there...

Shosan, true dharma, Separation, Faith, Emptiness, confusion, Dragons, Ego, Passions...
Sep 10 1968
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8

Serial: SR-00001

Fall 1968

Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Faith, Sutra, Priest, Suffering, Composure, Balance, Mahayana...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 8
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,...
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
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 11
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12

Serial: SR-00004

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12
Shunryu Suzuki Lecture

October 1968

Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Suffering, Observe, Compassion, Intention, heart,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 12
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13

Serial: SR-00005

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Wisdom, Monks, Sutra, Dana, Silence, Lay, Transmission, Karma, Breath,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 13
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-15

Serial: SR-00006

Fall, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Conversation, Meditation, Demons, American, First...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 15
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-9

Serial: SF-06041

Audio Problem Set has been replaced by original recording, with speed adjustments made.
Newly processed version should be a little clearer to trancsribe

Lotus Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Demons
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 9
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-5

Serial: SR-00100

Fall, 1968

Lotus Sutra, Wisdom, Discrimination, Perfect Wisdom, Monks, Mahayana, Buddha Nature,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 5
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4

Serial: SR-00141

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Vows, Attachment, Intention, Dragons, Continuous, Karma,...
Oct 1968
C
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6

Serial: SF-05258

68-10-00-E

Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Anger, Faith
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 6
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,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 7
Tassajara

OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4

Serial: 68-10-00-C

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Vows, Mahayana, Truth, Attachment, Intention, Continuous, Evil, lecture, sitting...
Oct 01 1968
Series 2, Talk 4
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-14

Serial: SF-05683

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Demons, Silence, Evil
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 14
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-3

Serial: SF-05256

October, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Describe, Lotus Sutra, Observe, Silence, Bell, Vows
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 3
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4

Serial: SF-05255

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Passions, Attachment, Vows
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 4
Tassajara

Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger

Serial: SR-00236

Sesshin Lecture
Saturday, October 12, 1968
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Gutei, Yakusan, Community, Pain, sitting, Monks, Obstacles, Instruction,...
Oct 12 1968
A
Sokoji

The True Dragon

Dogen, Baso, Dragons, Freedom, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, soto, Instruction,...
Oct 12 1968
B
Sokoji

OLD - Fragment of Q & A

Dogen,
Oct 14 1968
X

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1

Serial: SF-05681

[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968]
Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Describe, Vows, Enemies, Conversation, Karma, Emotions
Oct 20 1968
Tassajara

OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1

Serial: 68-10-20

[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968]
Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Describe, Sutra, Emotions, Death, Vows, Karma, Religion, Enemies, Priest...
Oct 20 1968
Series 2, Talk 1
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-2

Serial: SR-00233

Monday Morning, October 21, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Observe, Lotus Sutra, Sutra, Doubt, Precepts, Separation, Offering,...
Oct 21 1968
Series 2, Talk 2
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...
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
Oct 30 1968
Series 2, Talk 6
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Shosan, First Principle, Emptiness, Compassion, Lotus Sutra, Patience, sitting,...
Nov 11 1968
Tassajara

True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's End

Serial: SF-05970-A

Newly uploaded recording of this talk.

Happiness, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Composure, Observe
Dec 21 1968
Sokoji

OLD True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's End

Serial: 68-12-21

This has been hidden as we had a misdated reel that corresponds to this transcript, and is longer - SDH

Happiness, Suffering, Composure, Observe, Chanting
Dec 21 1968
Sokoji

untitled

Serial: SR-00007

Newly reprocessed recording should be a little clearer

Lotus Sutra, Monks, Breath, Building
Dec 24 1968
Sokoji

OLD - At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House

Serial: 68-12-29

Sunday, December 29, 1968
[Date uncertain; may be the conclusion of SR-68-12-21 (WKR, 8/28/00).]

Dec 29 1968

At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House

Serial: SF-05970-B

Dec 1968 New Year Lecture

Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest...
Dec 29 1968
Sokoji

Han (sounding board)

Serial: 69-00-00

[Image of (see PDF)] Suzuki·roshi at Tassajara in 1969 passing the wooden sounding board and hammer that is used to announce zazen, lectures and the arrival or departure of the...

1969
Tassajara

Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha

Serial: SR-00009

Sunday, March 9, 1969
Sokoji, San Francisco

Koan story of sun-faced buddha, moon-faced buddha. Practicing while well or while sick. Accepting what we don't like....

Baso, Koan, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Composure, Discrimination, difficulty,...
Mar 09 1969
Sokoji

Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao”

Truth, Birth-and-Death, Wisdom, zen, Pain, Death, difficulty, Composure, Describe,...
Mar 10 1969

Find Out for Yourself

Serial: SR-00011

Find out what "buddha-nature" and "enlightenment" mean. Study without purpose. How his teacher in Japan treated him; trying to discover the right thing to do.

Sesshin, Zazen, Eiheiji, Suffering, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Beginners, Posture, zen,...
Mar 15 1969
Sokoji

Our Practice Should Be Based On The Idea Of Selflessness

Serial: SR-00012

Sunday Morning, March 16, 1969

Monastic Practice, Truth
Mar 16 1969

Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind

Composure, reality, difficulty, Freedom
Mar 30 1969

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