Tony Artino's Notes on Shunryu Suzuki Lectures
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Suffering comes from desires 66-11-09 66-11-09W.pdf Suffering comes from desires. Zazen leads to the strength to cut off the root ...
zazen is not for gaining a mystical something 66-11-16 66-11-16W.pdf Many people mistakenly believe that Zen Buddhism is mystical. The practice ...
Ordinary men carry a preconceived idea of the self 66-11-20 66-11-20W.pdf Ordinary men carry a preconceived idea of the self into living, changing ...
Give up gaining ideas and just sit 66-11-30 66-11-30W.pdf Religion is just for ourselves. We cannot really be religious for others. ...
We should sit in the middle of our problems 67-03-12 67-03-12W.pdf “We should sit in the middle of our problems.” The world of thinking is that ...
Buddha nature 67-03-22 67-03-22W.pdf Wednesday, March 22, 1967 Sokoji Tony Artino notes Suzuki read a rendition ...
When small mind finds itself in big mind 67-03-26 67-03-26W.pdf “When small mind finds itself in big mind, there is peace.” To transmit buddha-mind ...
Our pockets are full of treasure right now 67-04-02 67-04-02W.pdf Sunday April 2, 1967 Sokoji Tony Artino notes “Our pockets are full of treasure ...
Give up all preconceived ideas and feelings 67-04-05 67-04-05U.pdf A lecture here in the zendo is meaningful in a way quite different from that ... Q & A after lecture.
A teaching cannot be whole and perfect 67-04-16 67-04-16W.pdf A teaching cannot be whole and perfect because it, like a medical prescription, ...
“Our human nature and that of the Buddha are the same” 67-04-26 67-04-26W.pdf Suzuki read from a letter to him by an American student. The writer mentioned ... Q & A after lecture.
Zen emphasizes the simplest way of practice 67-05-17 67-05-17W.pdf You may think that the various religions of the world will, as a natural course ... Q & A after lecture.
Correct zazen is your home 67-05-21 67-05-21W.pdf “Will power is something you have always.” Thinking power in zazen is not thinking ...
True activity includes everything 67-05-28 67-05-28W.pdf Questions to Suzuki on difference between a monk and a master. To practice ...
religion is a cultural-social phenomena as well as a personal experience 67-05-31 67-05-31W.pdf It is so that religion is a cultural-social phenomena as well as a personal experience. ...