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Questions

Serial: SF-05126E Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 - Wednesday July 28 1965 Tape 3 side 2 Wed July 28th 6pm lecture - transcribed; copied June 30 1973; SR001 -
Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Four Noble Truths, Emotions, Faith, Passions, Delusion, Doubt...
Jul 28 1965
D
Sokoji

Pure Rules

Serial: SF-05126A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #6, by Shundo David Haye ===== The value of these sets of recordings during sesshins in the summer of 1965 at Sokoji is that not only were the formal dharma talks preserved, but also the... -
Sesshin, Instruction, Emptiness, Interview, Religion, Faith
Jul 28 1965
9:00am
Sokoji

Lunch Instruction

Serial: SF-05126C ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #7, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is a second short instruction from the same day of sesshin as the Pure Rules talk (https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/pure-rules900am); again the... -
Sesshin, Oryoki, Instruction,
Jul 28 1965
12:00
Sokoji

If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic Way

Serial: SF-05126D Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 - Wednesday July 28 1965 Tape 3 Side 1: Wednesday 1pm lecture - transcribed; copied June 30 1973; SR001 -
Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, confusion
Jul 28 1965
C
Sokoji

The Purpose of Practice is to Have a Direct Experience of Buddha

Serial: SF-05103B Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 9am lecture - transcribed -
Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Evil, Precepts, Ego, Instruction
Jul 29 1965
A
Sokoji

Some More Questions

Serial: SF-05104A Tape 5 Summer sesshin 1965 Thursday July 29th Side 1 - 6pm lecture; Continues on Side 2 [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] -
Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Precepts, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Passions, training, Faith...
Jul 29 1965
C
Sokoji

Questions

Serial: SF-05103C Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 1pm lecture - transcribed -
Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Priest, Faith, Demons, Religion...
Jul 29 1965
B
Sokoji

Don't Be Bothered By Your Mind / Science of Philosophy is Like a Dissection

Serial: SF-05104C Tape 5 Summer sesshin 1965 Thursday July 29th Side 2: 5:45 meditation, 9:00 AM lecture [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] -
Sesshin, Peace, Buddha Nature, Current Events, Bodhidharma, Passions, Instruction, Hate...
Jul 30 1965
A-B
Sokoji

Do You Have Some Questions?

Serial: SF-05107A Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 1 Friday evening lecture (transcribed) [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] -
Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Transmission, training, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Discrimination...
Jul 30 1965
D
Sokoji

If You Have A Question

Serial: SF-05105B Tape 6 Friday July 30 Side 1: 1pm lecture (continued on side 2) - transcribed -
Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Religion, Peace, Obstacles, confusion, Doubt,...
Jul 30 1965
C
Sokoji

Supper Chant

Serial: SF-05107C Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 2 Little bit of Saturday supper chant [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] -
Chanting,
Jul 31 1965
Sokoji

Saturday Evening Lecture

Serial: SF-05117A Tape VIII (?) Side 1 Sat eve lecture (1 - 60); Side 2 Sat eve lecture (1-15?) -
Question-and-Answer, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Balance, Bell, Evil, Hate, Religion...
Jul 31 1965
Sokoji

On the Great Prajna Paramita Sutra

Serial: 65-08-05 -
Heart Sutra,
Aug 05 1965
Los Altos

Posture

Serial: 65-08-12 -
Aug 12 1965
Los Altos

Nirvana, the Waterfall

Serial: 65-08-19 Thursday, August 19, 1965 Thursday morning lecture Los Altos -
Aug 19 1965
Los Altos

Calmness

Serial: SF-05123A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #3, by Shundo David Haye ===== In this talk, which became the Calmness chapter of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (p121), Suzuki Roshi starts with a Japanese Zen poem, offering a pair of analogies to... -
Dogen, Zazen, Composure
Aug 26 1965
Los Altos

I Have Nothing In My Mind

Serial: SF-05125-B One-Day Sesshin Lecture: 5 PM Saturday, August 28, 1965, Lecture B San Francisco -
Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Baso, Big Mind, Faith, Fox, Duality, Hate
Aug 28 1965
B
Sokoji

Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible

Serial: SF-05125-A SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture -
Sesshin, Faith, Interview, Observe, confusion, Hate, Peace
Aug 28 1965
A
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 spontaneous, succinct and spoken from a relaxed and contented... -
Dogen, Genjokoan, Rinzai, Monastic Practice, Instruction, Hate, Doubt
Sep 09 1965
Los Altos

Transiency

Serial: 65-09-16 September 16, 1965 Thursday Morning Lectures Los Altos -
Dogen,
Sep 16 1965
Los Altos

Experience, Not Philosophy

Serial: 65-10-07 Thursday, October 7, 1965 Thursday morning lecture Los Altos -
Oct 07 1965
Los Altos

Nothing Special

Serial: 65-10-14 Thursday, October 14, 1965 Thursday Morning Lectures Los Altos -
Oct 14 1965
Los Altos

Kinhin Instruction

Serial: 65-10-16-K -
Sesshin,
Oct 16 1965
K
Sokoji

It Is A Great Joy To Practice Sesshin With You In This Way

Serial: 65-10-16-A October Sesshin Lecture October 16, 1965 (Wind Bell, Nov.–Dec. 1965) Transcribed by Trudy Dixon Afternoon Lecture -
Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen,
Oct 16 1965
A
Sokoji

We Have Finished Sesshin With Unusual Results

Serial: 65-10-16-B October Sesshin Lecture October 16, 1965 (Wind Bell, Nov.–Dec. 1965) Late Afternoon Lecture: -
Sesshin, Dogen, Baso, Beginner’s Mind,
Oct 16 1965
B
Sokoji

In Buddhism There Are Many Schools

Serial: 65-10-21 Thursday, October 21, 1965 Thursday morning lecture Los Altos -
Oct 21 1965
Los Altos

In Hinayana Practice, In The First Stage

Serial: 65-10-28 Thursday, October 28, 1965 Thursday Morning Lectures Los Altos -
Oct 28 1965
Los Altos

Breathing

Serial: 65-11-04 Thursday Morning Lectures November 4, 1965 Los Altos -
Nov 04 1965
Los Altos

Beginner's Mind

Serial: SF-05122 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #1, by Shundo David Haye ===== When this particular, otherwise unremarkable, reel was photographed as part of Engage Wisdom’s archiving process, unlike many other tapes stored at Zen... -
Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Precepts, Beginners, Precepts, Enemies, Posture
Nov 11 1965
Los Altos

Buddhism is Very Philosophical, and Sometimes Intellectual and Logical

Serial: 65-11-00-A One-Day Sesshin Lectures November, 1965 (Wind Bell, Jan.–Feb. 1966) - this was held on 13th per previous Wind Bells. Early Afternoon Lecture -
Sesshin,
Nov 13 1965
A
Sokoji

You Have Made Great Progress

Serial: 65-11-00-B One-Day Evening Sesshin Lecture November 1965 (Wind Bell, Jan.–Feb. 1966) - this was held on 13th per previous Wind Bells. -
Sesshin,
Nov 13 1965
B
Sokoji

Mind Weeds

Serial: 65-11-18 Thursday Morning Lectures November 17, 1965 (date changed to 18th -- DC/08) Los Altos -
Nov 18 1965
Los Altos

Bowing

Serial: 65-12-02 Thursday, December 2, 1965 Thursday morning lecture Los Altos -
Dec 02 1965
Los Altos

Excerpt from the chapter Bowing in ZMBM

Serial: 65-12-02-A -
Dec 02 1965
A

The Middle Way

Serial: 65-12-09 Thursday morning lectureDecember 9, 1965Los Altos -
Time,
Dec 09 1965
Los Altos

Buddhism Has Many Annual Layers Like A Big Tree

Serial: SF-05124-B One-Day Sesshin Evening LectureSaturday, December 11, 1965, Lecture BSokoji, San Francisco -
Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Triple Treasure, Observe, Doubt, Composure, Priest, Anger...
Dec 11 1965
B
Sokoji

Most Of You Are Beginners

Serial: SF-05124-D One-Day Sesshin Afternoon LectureSaturday, December 11, 1965, Lecture ASokoji, San Francisco -
Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, Precepts, Precepts, Observe, Beginners, Enemies, Peace...
Dec 11 1965
A
Sokoji

Chanting Service

Serial: SF-05124-A -
Sesshin, Chanting,
Dec 11 1965
Sokoji

Single-Minded Way

Serial: 65-12-16 -
Dec 16 1965
Los Altos

Limiting Your Activity

Serial: 65-12-23 -
Dec 23 1965
Los Altos

Believing in Nothing

Serial: 65-12-30 -
Dec 30 1965
Los Altos

Readiness, Mindfulness

Serial: 66-00-00-AE ± 1966 Los Altos -
Heart Sutra,
1966
Los Altos

Emptiness

Serial: 66-00-00-BE ± 1966 From p. 110 of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. {Can’t find other version} Los Altos -
1966
BE
Los Altos

Attachment, Nonattachment

Serial: 66-01-06 Thursday, January 6, 1966 Thursday morning lecture Los Altos -
Dogen,
Jan 06 1966
Los Altos

Buddhism Is, Maybe, Rather Difficult To Understand

Serial: 66-01-13 -
Jan 13 1966
Los Altos

The Quality of Being

Serial: 66-01-20 Thursday, January 20, 1966 Thursday lecture Los Altos -
Jan 20 1966
Los Altos

Shushōgi, Sections 11–17

Serial: SF-05113-A January Sesshin Lecture: Lecture A ,1 PMShushogi: Sections 11–17Friday, January 21, 1966Sokoji, San Francisco -
Sesshin, Precepts, Shushogi, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Happiness, Priest,...
Jan 21 1966
A
Sokoji

In the Prajnaparamita Sutra

Serial: SF-05113-B 5pm lecture begins this side -
Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission, Posture, Bell...
Jan 21 1966
5:00PM
Sokoji

The Marrow of Zen

Serial: 66-01-26 -
Jan 26 1966
Los Altos

Summary of some Suzuki lectures from the Spring

Serial: 66-02-00 Windbell: During the spring, one of themes of Reverend Suzuki’s weekly lectures has been the role of Zen Center, especially in relation to society, and the right attitude Zen students should have. Some of his ideas are summarized... -
Feb 1966

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