Shunryu Suzuki Lecture Chart

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65-07-22	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	-	la	-		z	“wisdom seeks for wisdom”/ We are studying now the sutra of the sixth patriarch, in the evening lecture, ...	Section added 10/22/2021 from SDH transcription. Newly available in 2020 from the original tape reel, this audio recording was previously lost from the archives, with only the 1960’s transcript surviving.
65-07-26-A	V Transcript	edited	7 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	why we should practice zazen/ A talk is always-- the conclusion of my talk is always why we should practice ...	audio file is ABC
65-07-26-D	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	-	qa		z	religious problems concerning such as psychology or LSD/ Recently I find many problems concerning to religious problem, such as psychology ...	Q & A after lecture. Footnotes replaced 8-3-2020.
65-07-27-A	V Transcript	edited	5 au	3 mf	-	-	-	-		z	forgotten the value of religion/ [This top section was added 10/22/2021.] In Soto School, most of Zen masters ...	Section added 10/22/2021 from SDH transcription. traffic
65-07-27-B	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	-	wsm		-	In our way of Zen, we emphasize the way-seeking mind/ In our way of Zen, we emphasize the way-seeking mind-- way-seeking mind. This ...	traffic. Q & A after lecture.
65-07-28-AN	V Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Pure Rules/ For the instance, your seat—half—this—from here to here is your seat. You must—even ...	Transcript from newly digitized audio by SDH, 9/21. (Sound problem.) Summer Sesshin July 1965, Wednesday morning 9:00am Instruction.
65-07-28-BN	V Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Lunch Instruction/[Some words missed]... he [Buddha] came back and he ate his food, his meal, from ...	Transcription SDH 9/21. Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 Wednesday morning 12:00 lunch instruction. (Sound problem.)]
65-07-28-C	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	If you understand bodhisattva-mind in dualistic way/ Bodhisattva-mind, which is rather dualistic, but if you understand bodhisattva-mind ...	traffic. Q & A after lecture.
65-07-28-D	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		n	questions/ SR: I cannot think of anything to talk [about] for this evening. So if you have ...	Footnotes restored 8/4/2020. Changed "SR:-- or going out" to "Student D..." 4-9-2021, pf.
65-07-29-A	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	Purpose of practice is to have direct experience of buddha/ SR: Purpose of practice is to have direct experience of buddha-nature. That ...	traffic. Q & A after lecture.
65-07-29-B	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		z	questions/ [Are there any]¹ questions so far I talked? Student A: Why-- ...	Footnotes restored 8/4/2020.
65-07-29-C	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	some more questions/ SR: Do you have some question-- some more question? Student A: Roshi, would ...	traffic. Footnotes restored 8/4/2020.
65-07-30-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Don't be bothered by your mind/ Don't be bothered by your mind. ______________________ Source: City Center ...	AB one file. Footnote restored 8-4-2020.
65-07-30-B	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	science or philosophy is like a dissection/ [Tape operator: The sentence about "your mind"¹ was in the meditation ...	see above. Footnotes restored 8-4-2020. Changed "not big" to "not dead"; "[4-5 words]" to "vivisect--vivisectors" 4/27/2021 pf.
65-07-30-C	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	N	a	qa		-	If you have a question/ SR: If you have a question, please give me. I want to answer about what I told ...	traffic. Footnotes restored 8-4-2020.
65-07-30-D	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	Do you have some questions?/ SR: Do you have some question? Student A: Sensei, D. T. Suzuki wrote that ...	traffic. Footnotes restored 8-4-2020. Changed "much be" to "must be" 4/29/2021 pf.
65-07-31	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		n	untitled/Tape operator (Richard Baker): Saturday night lecture, beginning at 6:15, by either ...
65-08-26	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	zm 121	-	la	-		-	Calmness/ In Zen poem it says, “after the wind—wind has—after the wind stop, I see the ...	Los Altos box title: Treasure of Life. Engage Wisdom writes, "Newly imported in 2020 from the original tape reel, this audio recording was previously lost from the archives, with only the 1960’s transcript surviving."
65-08-28-A	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	Confucius said the most visible is something invisible/ Tape operator: This is the beginning of the-- it will be that we missed this ...	traffic. Q & A after lecture.
65-08-28-B	V Transcript	edited	7 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	I have nothing in my mind/ [Tape operator (Richard Baker): This is the end of the one o'clock lecture. ...	traffic. Footnotes restored 8-4-2020.
65-09-09	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	zm 76	-	la	-		-	Study Yourself/ The purpose of studying Buddhism is—is not to—to study Buddhism, but to study ...	Los Altos box title: Forgetting Ourselves. Engage Wisdom writes, "Newly imported in 2020 from the original tape reel, this audio recording was previously lost from the archives, with only the 1960’s transcript surviving."
65-11-11	V Transcript	edited	3 au	7 mf	zm 21	-	la	-		z	Beginner's Mind / People say to study Zen is difficult, in what way—but there is some misunderstanding ...	Was 11-10 but 11-11 = thurs. Engage Wisdom writes, "Newly imported in 2020 from the original tape reel, this audio recording was previously lost from the archives, with only the 1960’s transcript surviving."
65-12-11-A	V Transcript		4 au	3 mf	-	-	a	qa		n	Most of you are beginners/ Most of you are beginners, so it may be rather difficult why we practice zazen ...	Intro from above moved here. Q & A after lecture.
65-12-11-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	Buddhism has many annual layers like a big tree/ Buddhism has many annual year layers like big trees. And traditionally we respect ...
66-01-21-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		n	Shushogi, Sections 11–17/ The next chapter¹ which we will learn is about precepts. And this ...	Changed "or [1 word] precepts" to "or Dogen's precepts"; "[film] negative is" to "a movie, it's"; "his life will" to "his wife will"; "become between" to "come between"; "Let alone [?]" to "Let alone policy" 8/25/2020 pf.
66-01-21-BN	V Transcript	edited	5 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		n	In the Prajnaparamita Sutra/In Prajnaparamita Sutra, which we recite every morning and evening, it says, “No ...
66-01-22N	V Transcript	edited	4 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	Tokusan and The Old Lady/[Tape operator tests microphone] To practice sesshin [30 second gap in audio ...	This tape has been reprocessed, and some of the transcript may be clear now. Seems more like an end of sesshin lecture. (Sound problem.) Lecture date has been changed.
66-02-18	V Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Where There is Some Limitation, There is Universality/Every morning at monastery it says, "In the night—in the darkness, there is brightness, ...	Transcript and title, SDH 10/21. Lecture date is approximate.
66-02-19-A	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		nn	To Study The Self/ SR: Once a candle start to burn it will continue to burn on altar[?]—but when ...	Date is approximate. This audio was separated from 66-02-19 at the tape operator's announcement. Audio quality is poor, so this is a rough verbatim transcript.
66-03-13-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	-	a	gen		n	Genjo Koan, 1–3/ Good morning. This lecture is for advanced student in his practice, but I think ...	weird testing sounds brief at 2:20
66-03-13-B	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Shushogi, Section 1/ We started to recite Lotus Sutra-- Shushogi. Shushogi is the-- consist of various ...	tape fixed, chant, commnt added-4-14-10-start was in mid. Footnotes restored 8/16/2020. Change "should work on" to "should welcome"; "pet of" to "pet dogs"
66-03-26-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	The Way-Seeking Mind/ When we feel the evanescence of life, or when we have problem for ourselves, ...	(Sound problem.)
66-03-26-C	V Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Real Calmness Is In A Noisy Place/ Our monthly one-day sesshin is not a matter of something unusual for us anymore; ...	2021 newly discovered tape. Old title was "Way-Seeking Mind and Right Practice."
66-05-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	6 mf	-	-	a	gen		z	Sesshin Lecture: Genjo Koan, Paragraphs 1–2/ The secret of all the teaching of Buddhism is how to live on each moment. Moment ...
66-05-26	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	gen		z	Genjo Koan, 5-13/ Firewood turns into ash, and it does not turn into firewood again. But do not ...	Footnotes restored 8/17/2020.
66-06-19-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	gen		-	Genjo Koan: Paragraphs 1–11/ SR: Someone has my-- my paper.¹ Student: [4-6 words unclear.] ...	traffic-informal talking at first - class?. Q & A after lecture. changed "may be not," to "may be enough." 8-28-2020 pf. Changed "[1 word] great mind" to "vast great mind" 8-29-2020 dc.
66-06-19-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	gen		z	Genjo Koan: Paragraphs 7-9/ [Now it is specifically taught in Buddhism that life does not become death.] ...	Changed "six minutes" to "six minutes [seconds]"; "not be [1 word]" to "not be glad" 9/8/2020 pf.
66-06-19-C	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		-	ten precepts/ Last time I explained the ten prohibitory precepts: Do not kill. Do not ...	little low. Footnotes restored 8/17/2020. Changed "And whether" to "And further" 9-9-2020 pf.
66-06-19-D	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	-	a	gen		-	Genjo Koan: Paragraphs 11-13/ When the truth does not fill our body and mind, we think that-- we think that ...	low
66-07-07	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	Although We Have Nothing, We Can Help Others By Offering Things/“To benefit of -- to benefit others we have four types of wisdom: charity, tenderness, ...
66-07-23	V Transcript		1 au		-	-	-	-		-	We are not perfect/Before, we have been discussing about what is bodhisattva-mind, how to help others ...
66-08-15	V Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Richard Baker commenting on tape confusion/ This is a rather mixed-up lecture, with this lecture, which I've called on the ...	File dated 660818D
66-08-15-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	gen		n	The second paragraph of the Genjo Koan/ The second paragraph [of the Genjo Koan]: That we move ourselves and understand ...	Footnotes restored 8/17/2020.
66-08-15-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		nn	you cannot appreciate our teaching in its true sense/ [2-3 words] those who cannot appreciate the-- the food we are serving [?] to ...
66-08-15-C	V Transcript	edited	2 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		nn	think everything out/ [It is necessary] for us to think everything out, or else we-- we find it pretty ...	bc one file, with above. Footnotes restored 8/17/2020.
66-08-15-D	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	The first day of the sesshin is almost finished/ The first day of the sesshin is almost finished. In the first day, I wanted you ...	Footnotes restored 9/10/2020.
66-08-16	V Transcript	edited		2 mf	-		-	-		-	Our mind should be calm/ Zazen doesn't follow [1-3 words unclear]. Our mind should-- should not be ...
66-08-17N	V Transcript	edited	4 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Causality/Sesshin: Evening Lecture Sokoji, San Francisco The topic about causality—causality. ...	traffic and weird. (Sound problem.) Changed "but before ???" to "but before Hegel", "each is Buddha. Each" to "and Is is Buddha. Is" 1/15/2022 sdh.
66-08-18-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	This is the fourth day of our sesshin/ Tape operator: As I've said already, this machine has an idiosyncratic quality ...	[Lecture reconstructed by tape operator.] Footnotes restored 8/2/2020.
66-08-18-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Shobogenzo/ Before translating original text,¹ I want to make sure the understanding ...	with above
66-08-19-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Shobogenzo/ I think you must have tired out [laughing], but not yet. I know you are not tired ...	1&2- A2 has sep brief sr comment at end. Footnotes added 8-1-2020.
66-08-19-B	V Transcript	edited	2 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Don't be attached to your attainment/ Don't be attached to your attainment as a result of-- as a result of past effort. ...
66-08-19-C	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	This fascicle of [Shobogenzo] / This-- this fascicle of [Shobogenzo] “Sokushin Zebutsu,” “Mind Itself Is Buddha”-- ...	slow. Footnotes restored 8/2/2020.
66-08-19-D	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	-	a	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-45/ We have already a pretty good understanding of our practice because we have studied ...	slow
66-12-17-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudo-yojin-shu/ In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudo-yojin-shu,¹ ...
66-12-17-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	The Need for Training in Buddhism without Self-Seeking Mind/ In Buddhist training we always received the true Key handed down by our predecessors. ...
67-04-22-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		ns	you must give up worldly desires/ ¹ -- students. I want to give some important points. First of all, ...	Footnotes restored 9/10/2020. Changed "by the mirror" to "as a mirror" 9-21-2020 pf.
67-04-22-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	This sesshin was wonderfully done/ ² -- you have many things to do for yourself and for Zen Center. You-- ...	Footnotes and [Aside in Japanese ...] restored 9/10/2020.
67-08-02	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	when you have a new experience/ …called gyo, or practice. This kind of process will be understood. So, when some ...	A handwritten note on a Green Gulch copy says that date might be 8/19/67, and typed at the top says "Tassajara: week-sesshin ending the first training period, August, 1967."
67-08-20	V Transcript	edited	1 au	6 mf	-	-	a	gen		-	Genjo Koan/ Our understanding will be four: one is form is emptiness, and emptiness is form, ...
67-08-21	V Transcript	edited	1 au	3 mf	-	-	a	gen		-	Genjo Koan No. 2 [1?]/ Every day we work to support our activity. There will be a slight difference ...	Suzuki is commenting on paragraphs 6 and 9–11 of Genjō-kōan.
67-08-23	V Transcript	edited	1 au	4 mf	-	-	a	gen		-	Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage/ Buddhism is not any special teaching, and enlightenment is not any particular ...
67-08-24-A	V Transcript	edited	2 au	3 mf	-	-	-	gen		-	Genjo Koan No. 4/ … She was a part of the world, and whatever she said from top of the mountain, ...	Edited by Brian Fikes
67-08-24C	V Transcript	edited	1 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Reflections on the Prajna Paramita Sutra/ Starting from the understanding of form and emptiness, and emptiness is form, ...
67-08-24-D	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	To Polish A Tile Is Our Practice Actually/This morning we understood how important it is to practice Zen; to understand our ...	2021 newly discovered tape.
67-09-00A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Zen is also Buddhism/ Student: Please come up front if you'd like. SR: Yeah, please come nearer. ...	cut few words at first adjust mic - 1 mn ?. Q & A after lecture.
67-09-08-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		z	Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And Body/ [First words missing; according to the tape operator (see end), they are: “There ...
67-09-08-B	V Transcript	edited	6 au	3 mf	-	N	a	-	TiP	-	Using Various Stones/ Tonight I want to give you some correct idea of Buddhism or Zen. In a word, Zen ...	crickets. Q & A after lecture.
67-09-08-C	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Ignorance/...a question. So, this is a very difficult question because this question covers ...	Audio of this lecture came from https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/19670908-serial00118. Q & A after lecture.
67-09-12	V Transcript	edited	4 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		n	The Practice of Constancy/In the last lecture we studied two Prajna Paramita of the six Prajna Paramita which ...	Title changed from "what is Bodhisattva" to "The Practice of Constancy" 12-23-2021. See newer Suggested Edited Version on Engage Wisdom.
67-10-00	V Transcript	edited	4 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-		-	if our teaching is a special teaching/Someone asked me this evening, and that—if our teaching is special teaching which ...	muffled
67-11-06-I	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	int		-	KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson/ Elsa Knight Thompson:¹ -- by telling us something more about our ...	Footnotes restored 9/10/2020.
67-12-01-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		ns	putting power in your hara/ In this sesshin, as I said this morning, our practice will be concentrated on ...	bad audio fixed. Changed "Keep from meaning," to "Keep from measuring" 11-29-2021, dc.
67-12-01-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	true practice/ This afternoon, in my lecture I told you why we should practice zazen and what ...	creek
67-12-02	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	inner power of practice/ Our inner power of practice will appear according to the situation and accor- ...	speeds up wrong audio fixed
67-12-04-A	V Transcript	edited	1 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-		z	Think the Unthinkable/ To talk about merit of Zen for beginners is like to count other’s treasure. So ...	2021 newly discovered tape. Afternoon Tassajara sesshin lecture. Changed "fast" to "fact" (multiple times) 12-28-2021, DC.
67-12-04-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	The more … we study our way, the more it is difficult to explain it./ Our study-- the more you-- we study our way, the more it is difficult to explain ...	creek [audio was no letter-04 ?? Footnotes restored 9/12/2020. Change "know this" to "nowadays" 10-11-2020 pf.
67-12-05-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	good and bad feeling/ In previous lecture, I compared zazen practice and usual everyday activity. In ...	creek. Footnotes restored 9/10/2020.
67-12-05-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	nature of our practice/ As the nature of our practice is, like I told you over and over, and the point ...	Footnotes restored 9/12/2020.
67-12-06-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	The mind which [we] will acquire/ The mind which [we] will acquire or obtain by our pure practice is, as I said, ...	creek. Footnotes restored 10/2/2020.
67-12-06-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		ns	everything itself is buddha/ We say everything has buddha-nature, so we have to treat as a buddha. To say ...	voice lowers at end
67-12-07	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Shosan Ceremony at Tassajara/ Buddha-- although Buddha started teaching at Varanasi,¹ but actually ...	creek shosan. Footnotes restored 10/2/2020.
68-00-00-B	V Transcript	edited	4 au	3 mf	-	-	a	-	TiP	-	become more honest and direct/SR: Once more, I think, I—I hope people will become honest and more direct, you ...	spedup a bit (Sound problem.)] Q & A after lecture. Changed "ichi" to "ishi", "fumioro" to "fumioru", "Ko suzume" to "Kosuzume", "fundeitta" to "fundeita"- thanks Fred and Takayo Harriman.
68-01-11B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Meal Chant/ I already explained about Maitreya Buddha when I explained about the three period-- ...	see above, spedup a bit at B2- 57:15. Q & A after lecture. Student A's question and part of Suzuki's response are not on the now available audio.
68-01-12	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Samantabhadra Buddha/ We are still studying about Samantabhadra Buddha. This buddha is told in Saddharma-- ...	frgmnt to :50 slowed downat1st spedat:43. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 10/12/2020.
68-02-00-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	3 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sūtra No. I-1/ During Sesshin the Lotus Sutra will not be appropriate for the lecture, but I ...	sped a little?
68-02-00-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sūtra No. I-2/ A ray issued from Buddha's forehead between eyebrow. Everyone could see many ...	sped up at end - join 1n2 for t-B not like A.
68-02-00-C	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sūtra No. I-3/ Maitreya asked Manjusri what is going to happen, and Maitreya—Manjusri started ...
68-02-00-E	V Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	-	-	a	lot		ns	Lotus Sūtra No. I-5/ Manjusri again—in—for the answer to the Maitreya, telling him what—telling them ...
68-02-00-F	V Transcript	edited	5 au	1 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sūtra No. I-6/ "The monks and nuns at the time being, who strove after supreme, highest enlightenment, ...	level problems with some of these 00s. DC added last section to transcript, starting at "The Shingyo [sutra] on other points" 10-31-2015. Q & A after lecture. Previously dated as Feb. 1968, but more likely this was given in the second half of the year.
68-04-23-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Because I was not well/ Because I was not well [?], I am sorry I couldn't join your practice so much. ...	for A and B. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 10/12/2020. Changed "steam" to "stream", "sprit" to "spirit" 11/9/2020 pf.
68-04-23-B	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Shosan Ceremony/ A monk asked Hyakujo: “Is there some special things happen-- happened in this ...
68-04-23-C	V Transcript	edited		2 mf	-	-	-	-		n	Statement at end of Sesshin/ In spite of my lack of effort, you fulfilled this training period very well. ...	"Katherine" was replaced with "Katzuzen," shuso, head monk, Phillip Wilson's Zen name. - DC 12/16/2014
68-06-00-GC	V Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Talk at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco/ GRACE CATHEDRAL — Zen Buddhism had its debut at Grace Cathedral to a congregation ...	See this page for a scan of the article and notes. Actual date found in Della Goertz' notebook.
68-06-28	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	es	-		-	Esalen Institute: First of two lectures/I find it's difficult to keep contact with you when I--whenever we talks--I talk, ...	Q & A after lecture. Changed "For we" to "So we", "about life" to "of our life", "this continuity" to "discontinuity", add quotes "Oh, it's okay" "Oh, that is true, that is okay", "saw it as" to "sword has", "soft, soft" to "soft, so" 5-21-2021 pf.
68-06-29	V Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	nas 85	-	es	pre		-	Esalen Institute, Second Lecture: Observing the Precepts/Last night I talked about construction of teaching and our practice in one word ...	Esalen Institute: Second of two lectures.
68-07-00-B	V Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Shosan Ceremony/ SR: We have been practicing sesshin for seven days. Although we have—in this ...	Dated as the last day of the Sept. '68 sesshin at Tassajara. From newly discovered tape by Engage Wisdom in 2021.
68-07-21	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	What is Soto and what is Rinzai?/ ¹-- I don't think [laughs] we can reach conclusion. I was asked ...	2nd half prt 1 louder. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 10/13/2020. Changed date given, sdh.
68-07-22	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan/ The people say, Zen is, you know, is very difficult to understand. Yes, it is ...	Changed "separate" to "satisfactory"; "true zazen" to "true dragon"; "He did say" to "He didn't say"; "Is there difficulty?" to "Easy decision."; "difficult word" to "difficult to win"; "appointed" to "who is"; "hit it" to "hit you" 4/4/2022 pf.
68-07-23	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Bodhidharma/ [First words missed] ... asked me about the scroll right there. That is Bodhidharma ...	Renamed in 2/2022 based on Engage Wisdom audio - old file name: 68-06-00. July 29th, 1968
68-07-24	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	-	-	a	-		-	To have complete understanding of our school/ To have complete understanding of our school or-- is at the same time-- to unders- ...	crickets. Q & A after lecture. Changed date given, sdh.
68-08-25	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	bodhisattva's ten powers/ This morning I want to continue the explanation of the ten powers. This-- those ...	[Verbatim transcript partially done. (Sound problem.)] Footnotes restored 10/13/2020.
68-09-00	V Transcript		2 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Shosan Ceremony/ SR: On this occasion, if you have some—a question, comment, present it to me. Student ...	Date changed from Fall '68 to Feb. '68, 5-26-2022, sdh. This transcript now includes 68-02-00-G which was previously listed as a separate fragment.
68-10-00-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	wbt 3	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-3/ I already explained nature of Nirmanakaya Buddha and Sambhogakaya Buddha. The ...	Q & A after lecture.
68-10-00-C	V Transcript	edited	3 au	6 mf	wbt 3	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4/ The point—point of my previous lecture is—because it may be difficult for you ...	Q & A after lecture.
68-10-00-D	V Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	-	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-5/ What is told in this sutra is view of the Dharmakaya world, view of the world ...	Q & A after lecture.
68-10-00-E	V Transcript		4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot	TiP	n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6/ The other day someone asked me back about Vairocana Buddha. Vairocana Buddha ...
68-10-00-F	V Transcript		3 au	3 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7/ Yesterday I told you about Ajnata-Kaundinya [repeats different pronunciations], ...	little higher voice. Q & A after lecture.
68-10-00-G	V Transcript		3 au	3 mf	-	-	a	lot		ns	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8/ Buddha's disciples were very good people, generous and honest and sincere, but ...	Q & A after lecture.
68-10-12-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger/ I want to explain our way-- our way of zazen. Do you know-- you know the famous ...	Footnotes restored 11/11/2020.
68-10-12-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	wbt 33	N	a	-		z	The True Dragon/ [Laughs.] This? [Probably an aside to tape operator.] Dogen Zenji says, ...
68-11-11	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	SHOSAN CEREMONY/ [If you want to know what buddha-nature is] -- which is not possible to know ...	1long endpause
68-12-21	V Transcript		2 au	1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's End/ Everyone seek for our true happiness maybe, but our happiness cannot be true ...	Changed "teaching or candy" to "teaching or chanting" 5/6/2024 pf.
68-12-24	V Transcript		5 au		-	-	a	lot		n	On The Parable of the Burning House/… second point. And in the third [possible gap here?] the Buddha addressed to ...	[Verbatim transcript was not available before. (Sound problem.)]
68-12-29	V Transcript	edited	1 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	at the end of the year we clean up our house/ Next Tuesday we will have no lecture, so this will be--this lecture will be ...	[Verbatim transcript not available. (Sound problem.)] Made verbatim 1/2022.
69-03-09	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	nas 146	N	a	-		z	Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha/ I am glad to see you from here [laughs]. My organ [?] may not be so good yet, ...
69-03-10	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao”/ -- it was very, very cold. It was November? I don't remember exactly. November ...	kat and suzuki - fragment w/ps int end cut for trim. Footnotes restored 11/13/2020. Changed "but I meant" to "what I meant" 6-29-2024, pf.
69-03-15	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	nas 72	N	a	-		z	Find Out for Yourself/ In your zazen, perhaps you will have many difficulties or problems. But when ...	Q & A after lecture.
69-03-16	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	Our practice should be based on the idea of selflessness/ Our practice should be based on the idea of selflessness. This selflessness is ...
69-03-30	V Transcript	edited	4 au	6 mf	nas 58	N	a	-		z	Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind/ [The point of] -- my talk is just to give you some help in your practice. So ...
69-04-08	V Transcript	edited	4 au	5 mf	-	N	a	-		n	The Only Desire That Is Complete Is Buddha's Desire/ [Recently] I was talking about denial of, you know, desires. This is very confusing, ...	loud. Q & A after lecture. Changed "sort" and "sorts" to "thought" and "thoughts" (about communism or capitalism), 10-14-2024, pf.
69-04-19	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		-	Zen is not something to talk [about], and also it is something to talk [about]/ SR: [Whispers 1-2 sentences in Japanese, presumably to Ryogen Sensei who has ...	suzuki comes in at 20 after Yoshimura?
69-04-20	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	nas 16	N	a	-		n	Jumping Off the 100-Foot Pole/ It's-- it is pretty difficult, but I will try-- try to speak about purpose of ...
69-04-29	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	how to take our bodhisattva's vow/ This morning I want to-- to explain how to take our bodhisattva's vow. We say ...	Audio. Footnotes restored 11/13/2020. Changed "I try" to "I will try" 12/7/2020 pf.
69-05-18	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	Suzuki's 65th Birthday/ I don't know what to say. I am already 65 years old. Today I became 65. And I ...	Changed "suzoka" to "susoku" 11-22-2021 dc.
69-06-00	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Yakusan did not give lectures for a long time/ A famous Chinese Zen master, Yakusan, did not give lectures for a long time. ...
69-06-17	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	How should we establish our system of practice in San Francisco/ -- Just to-- just to practice zazen, you know, will not be perfect enough. So ...	Q & A after lecture.
69-06-22	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	nas 99	N	a	-		z	Direct Experience of Reality/ Dogen Zenji says: “Everything is encourages us to attain enlightenment. Mountains ...
69-07-00	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen/ In-- in America, between Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen there-- there must be some clear ...	Footnotes restored 11/13/2020.
69-07-01	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-		a	-		n	It is rather difficult for us to figure out why we started to practice zazen/ It is rather difficult for us to figure out why we started to practice zazen. ...	flange sound
69-07-03	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	practice should be the practice of “right now.”/ I have explained the poem about “Emptiness is form,” or shochuhen. Sho is reality ...	creek level low
69-07-08	V Transcript	edited	5 au	6 mf	-	-	a	qa		z	Question And Answer Session/ SR: Tonight I have nothing special which I want to talk [about]. Of course, ...
69-07-09	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	FORM AND EMPTINESS II/ In our previous lectures we have studied the relationship between-- relationship ...	creek. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 11/13/2020.
69-07-11	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	-		a	-		z	Eulogy For Trudy Dixon Given During Her Funeral Ceremony/ Go, my disciple Sesshin Baiho [?]. You have completed your practice for this ...
69-07-15	V Transcript	edited	7 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	I have nothing in my mind/ Again, I have nothing in my mind [laughs, laughter]. I think I want you to hit ...
69-07-20	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	nas 25		a	-		-	Enjoy Your Life/ If you go to some library you will see many books. And those-- in those books, ...	loud
69-07-26	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-43/ A monk asked Tozan-- Zen Master Tozan-- can you hear me?-- “It is so hot,” ...	creek. Q & A after lecture.
69-07-28	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	That is the purpose of counting/ ¹ -- mind. That is the purpose of counting. Not just count, you know. Student ...	loud crickets. Footnotes restored 11/14/2020.
69-08-01	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		-	the most important precept/ As a Buddhist, of course, the most important precept is to-- to believe in Buddha ...	loud creek. Footnotes restored 11/14/2020. Changed "[tape defective and unclear for 8-12 words]" to "the statement, "everything changes," just to ignore old way of life" 12-29-2020 pf.
69-08-02	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	The first teaching/ I'm afraid I will-- I am making you hotter [laughs] because I cough and my lecture ...	voice goes low crickets. Added "(a)—(b)—(c):" and footnotes restored 11/14/2020. Changed "should ignore" to "should not ignore", "electric bombs" to "electric bulbs" 1-1-2021 pf.
69-08-03	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	We practice zazen so that we attain selflessness/ As most of you know, this is Yoshimura Ryogen Sensei.¹ Ryogen Yoshimura ...	crickets. Footnotes restored 11/14/2020. Changed "the water too" to "that water too"; "helping you." to "helping." 1-4-2021 pf.
69-08-06	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	-	N	a	-		-	To Actually Practice Selflessness/ I think you are facing actual problem in your zazen practice. The worst one may ...	loud
69-08-07	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 95	N	a	-		-	Not Always So/ [In] Buddhist scripture, you know, there is a famous story. Water is same, but-- ...	loud
69-08-12	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	some questions/ [I did not]¹ prepare for tonight lecture anything. So I want you to ...	slipping tape on 2. Footnotes restored 12/23/2020. Change "another words" to "other words" 1-8-2021 pf. Changed "soup and the fish" to "soup of the fish" 1-31-2021 pf.
69-08-18	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	our way to attain liberation/ SR: Tonight I want to discuss about our way to attain liberation or enlightenment. ...	crickets. Q & A after lecture. Changed "Joint" to "Jinshu" 12-23-2020 pf. Footnotes restored 12/23/2020. Change "thought" to "sword"; "sounds like 'weapon'" to "weapon"; "know whose" to "knows whose" 1-15-2021 pf.
69-08-21	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	some questions/ SR: If you want, please come here. I am sorry I haven't prepare anything ...	crickets flange trim more? Changed "disorder" to "this order", "can accept [expect?]. That" to "can, except that" 8/20/2020 pf.
69-08-23	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	twelve links of causation/ Let's continue to study about twelve links of causation. Causation of-- one understanding ...	crickets. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 8/22/2020. Changed "three words: to follow [?] way" to "three worlds, two-fold way" 8/24/2020 pf.
69-08-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		n	question and answer/ Tonight, maybe, we will have question and answer. As usual, will you give me ...	1 n 2 dif lect 2 is 1? Chants at frst n end creek and crickets. Footnotes restored 8/23/2020. Changed "don't why" to "don't know why"; "solve the trouble" to "solve the problem"; "more [1 word]" to "more easier" 8/31/2020 pf.
69-08-28	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	Questions And Answers/ SR: I want you to ask me a question. [Laughs.] I have nothing in my mind to ...
69-09-00-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	nas 127	N	a	-		n	Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There/ In our practice, the most important thing [is] to-- to know-- to know. “To know” ...	speedsup
69-09-00-B	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 139	-	a	-		n	Stand Up by the Ground/ We have been talking about-- discuss-- discussing about reality, actually, and ...	speedsup. Q & A after lecture.
69-09-00-C	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Sesshin, Third Night Lecture/ We are talking about our practice. What is the practice, and what is enlightenment, ...	loud speedsup. Q & A after lecture.
69-09-00-D	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture/ We discussed about the question and answer between the Seventeenth Patriarch ...	crickets
69-09-00-E	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Sesshin, Shosan Ceremony/ SR: -- it will be the foundation of the everyday activity. That is real [1 ...	Added "stop violence"; change "eat" to "do it", "you can [1-2 words]" to "you can get by thus [?]" 1-22-2021 pf.
69-09-14	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 89	N	a	-		-	Pure Silk, Sharp Iron/ Sunday school-- a Sunday-school girl saw me in sitting, and she said: “I can ...
69-09-16	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	-	N	a	-		-	Why I Came to America/ I have not much chance to think about why I came to America or why I became a ...	loud. Q & A after lecture.
69-10-14	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	new students questions/ SR: Since I resigned from Sokoji Temple, I-- my mind become more busy than before. ...	Footnotes restored 12/23/2020.
69-10-14-X	V Transcript	edited	2 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	fragment of Q & A/Dogen Zenji said, all the various kinds of power is—comes from our practice, you ...	A fragment of about 2 minutes found after chanting on tape for 69-10-14. Not clear if it's a continuation on same day. Verbatim version, 7-16-2022 by Peter Ford and Shundo David Haye based on audio on Engage Wisdom.
69-10-20	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-1/ As many of you are the students who joined our training-- this training period, ...	spedup toward end. Q & A after lecture. Changed "repeats come" to "repeats some" 9-29-2020 pf.
69-10-23	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-2/ -- out things difficult to understand. The mystery of Tathagata is difficult ...	sped up. Change "but in Hinayana" to "but in Mahayana"; "of if" to "or if" 10-3-2020 pf.
69-10-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-4/ Last night¹ I explained the most important part of this chapter [II], ...	sped up. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 11/20/2020.
69-10-28	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-5/ I think there must be many things to prepare before you understand-- before you ...	Multiple attempts to improve sound quality, but still very unclear towards end of audio. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 11/22/2020. New transcription of last section, 6/2021 pf.
69-10-30	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-6/ The print-- print you have got there is trans- -- mostly translated from Kumarajiva's ...	extreme spedup. Q & A after lecture.
69-11-07	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-7/ In this sutra in Chapter II, “Skillful Means,” he-- he is correcting our misunderstanding ...	loud. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 8/7/2020.
69-11-09	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Miss Ransom was teacher of conversation/ Peter Schneider: I would like to ask Roshi a question for the Wind Bell that ...	trim. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 12/23/2020.
69-11-11	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		z	some questions/ SR: If you-- if you have some question, I am happy to answer for the question. ...	Footnotes restored 12/24/2020. Change "sew" to "sow"; "will run" to "will learn" 2-7-2021 pf.
69-11-13	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	form is emptiness, and emptiness is form/ Tonight I am supposed to explain “form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.” ...	Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 12/24/2020. Change "one [?]" to "one [wander?]" 2-16-2021.
69-11-16	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	zm 133	N	a	-		z	Epilogue: Zen Mind/ This morning, I want to talk about our practice. And here in America, something ...	In the Zen Mind chapter of the book some text also came from 65-07-29-A, 65-07-30-B, 67-03-00 and 69-11-22.
69-11-22	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-		a	pre		-	Opening Lecture At Page Street Zendo: American Precepts/ I am so grateful with you to have chance to practice zazen in this, maybe, magnificent ...
69-11-25	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	pinch hitter/ SR: I am very happy to be with you. I am rather tired, and pinch hitter¹ ...	seems mostly Kat
69-11-29	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	wsm		z	Way-Seeking Mind, Part I/ -- mind. Without this way-seeking mind, our practice does not work. We say “just ...
69-11-30	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	wsm		-	Way-Seeking Mind, Part II/ I think nowadays way-seeking mind is understood like something to do good in ...
69-12-01	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	wsm		-	Way-Seeking Mind, Part III/ Our way-seeking mind is buddha-mind. And our practice is-- makes sense when you ...	creek
69-12-02	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To Do/ To accomplish something is difficult. And, you know, the difficulty you have ...
69-12-03	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5/ I explained briefly about bodhisattva mind. And we have also bodhisattva practice-- ...	little sped?
69-12-04	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 6/ Our sesshin is already nearing to the end. As I said before, this sesshin will ...	little sped? Footnotes restored 12/24/2020. Changed "hyakujiko" to "hyakujitsuko" 2-19-2021 pf.
69-12-21-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	Fundamental Buddhist Point: To Adjust Ourselves To Our Surroundings/ Since I moved in this building, people ask me how do you feel [laughs]. But ...	loud -audio no A or B
70-01-04	V Transcript	edited	4 au	5 mf	nas 81	-	a	-		z	Respect for Things/ In our zazen practice, we stop our thinking and we must be free from our emotional ...
70-01-11	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		n	Ordination Ceremony: Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley/ We have ordination ceremony for Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley after this lecture-- ...	A B on files - 1 2? Wind?
70-01-18	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	Rules/ In Japan now it is a season of typhoon. And recently, on the 16th, a typhoon ...	Footnotes restored 1/11/2021.
70-01-18-X	V Transcript		2 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	(fragment)/Dogen Zenji said, although we are now student and teacher, teacher and student--this ...	Fragment after chanting on tape for 70-01-18.
70-01-25	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	nas 47		a	-		z	Caring for the Soil/ The difference between so-called-it Theravada Buddhism and Sarvastivadian or ...
70-01-31	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		-	our effort in our practice/ Our-- our effort in our practice is quite different effort you make in our usual ...	mic bumping sound
70-02-01-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	nas 40	N	a	-		-	Brown Rice is just Right/ How do you-- how do you like zazen? [Laughs, laughter.] And maybe-- maybe better ...	mic sound.
70-02-01-B	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	each one of us is a cook/ Sesshin is almost-- sesshin has almost completed. In this sesshin, we have learned ...	bit of ms. Footnotes restored 1/11/2021.
70-02-08	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	“an unsurpassed, penetrating Buddha”/ Each time we-- we start lecture, we recite “an unsurpassed, penetrating Buddha,” ...	Footnote restored 1/11/2021.
70-02-22	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	The Background of Shikantaza/ I think most of you participate one-week sesshin from tomorrow. So far, we have ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-02-23	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Selflessness, Being and Non-Being: The Background of Shikantaza/ In this sesshin I suggested to practice shikantaza. For-- anyway for beginner, ...
70-02-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	Non-Dualistic Practice/ Yesterday I talked about how to, maybe-- two ways of practice: one is zazen ...
70-02-28	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		-	Practice To Be Like A Stone/ Before we sit, six-day sesshin was too long. But after we completed, it was too ...	lots of chanting at end saved off on t
70-03-01	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	-	N	a	-		-	Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting Class/ Actually, because of my bad throat, I don't speak for people outside, you know. ...	Yvonne and Silas-only this file lower kbps. Q & A after lecture.
70-03-08	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	nas 35	N	a	-		n	Letters From Emptiness/ [Recently my thought is concentrated on the idea of emptiness.]¹ Whatever ...
70-03-15	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 49		a	-		n	Our Everyday Life Is Like A Movie/ I think most of you are rather curious about what is Zen. But Zen is actually ...
70-03-28	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	wsm		n	Way-Seeking Mind/ Way-seeking mind is the most important. This kind of chance is-- usually in some ...
70-03-29	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 42	N	a	-		n	The Zen of Going to the Rest Room/ How do you feel now? [Laughs.] Excuse me. I thought of funny thing right now ...	loud
70-04-12	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	Buddha's Birthday Lecture/ The April-- April the eighth is the day we celebrate Buddha's birthday in China ...
70-04-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple/ Suzuki (speaking formally): On this day of the opening of Mahabodhisattva Zendo ...	from A n B ? See below. 2 footnotes added 1/11/2021.
70-04-28	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 115		a	-		z	Sincere Practice/ Since Tatsugami Roshi came, you must have heard Dogen Zenji's name so many times. ...
70-05-02-A	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	On Breathing/ Right now you-- your feeling has changed from the feeling you had in your sitting. ...
70-05-02-B	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	Helping Others/ First of all, a sincere-- our practice-- sincere practice-- our sincere practice ...
70-05-03	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	Sincere Practice and Way-Seeking Mind/ To have-- to have sincere practice means to have sincere concern with people. ...
70-05-05	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	we try to control or restrict our activity/ Once a time of one thousand or two thousand is not so long time in comparison ...	Footnote restored 1/12/2021. Changed "Very strong:" to "Based on" 3-1-2021 pf.
70-05-10	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	-		a	-		-	Zen Center and City Practice/ This morning I want to reflect on our long, long practice, which we started maybe ...	creek?
70-05-17	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	-	N	a	pre		z	How To Observe Precepts/ This morning I want to talk about Zen-- Zen precepts. As you know, precepts is ...
70-05-24	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	-		a	-		-	Money And Labor/ Good morning. Actually this morning I asked Yoshida Roshi to give some talk to ...	traffic
70-05-27	V Transcript	edited	4 au	5 mf	sdk 25	-	a	sdk		-	Things-As-It-Is/ I am so grateful to have chance to discuss about or to talk about Sandokai. This ...	reb intro says may25. Q & A after lecture.
70-05-30	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 37	-	a	sdk		-	Warm Hand to Warm Hand/ Line 2 was handed down closely from west to east. Line 3 People may ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-01	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 49	-	a	sdk		z	Buddha Is Always Here/ Line 5 The true source is pure and stainless. Line 6 The branch ...
70-06-03	V Transcript	edited	6 au	5 mf	sdk 61	-	a	sdk		-	The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your Heart/ Line 9 The five sense gates and the five sense objects Line 10 ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-06	V Transcript	edited	4 au	5 mf	sdk 177	-	a	sdk		z	We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big Being/ Purpose of study of Buddhism is to have perfect understanding of things, and ...	Lecture to Professor Weller's Visiting Class with chants at end. Q & A after lecture.
70-06-10	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 73	-	a	sdk		z	Today We May Be Very Happy/ Things have various natures, various forms. There is good and bad, taste, sound, ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-13	V Transcript	edited	3 au	7 mf	sdk 83	-	a	sdk		-	The Boat Is Always Moving/ Line 17 The four elements resume their nature Line 18 as a child ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-17	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 95	-	a	sdk		-	Without Any Idea of Attainment/ Line 21 For eyes there is color and form, for ears there is sound, Line ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-20	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 109	-	a	sdk		-	Within Light There Is Utter Darkness/Sandokai Lecture IX Saturday, June 20, 1970 Tassajara [The following lines ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 121	-	a	sdk		-	The Willow Tree Cannot Be Broken/ Darkness and brightness stand with each other like when one foot is forward ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-06-27	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 135	-	a	sdk		-	Suffering Is a Valuable Thing/ Line 33 Everything––all beings––have their own virtue. Line 34 You should ...
70-07-04	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 151	-	a	sdk		-	We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too Much/ If you listen to the words, you should understand the source of the teaching. ...	Wind Bell title: "It Is Not Always So" Sandokai Lecture No. 12
70-07-06	V Transcript	edited	3 au	5 mf	sdk 161	-	a	sdk		z	Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain/ The goal is neither far nor near. If you stick to the idea of good or bad, you ...	Q & A after lecture. Changed "Student A" to "Craig (Boyan)" 10-13-2022.
70-07-08	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	eko		-	Eko Lecture 1/ Morning Service Buddha Hall Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe [see?] us, and ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-07-10	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	eko		nn	Eko Lecture 2/ Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ...	very low at end. Q & A after lecture.
70-07-11	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	eko		-	Eko Lecture 3/ Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ...
70-07-12	V Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	nas 65	-	a	eko		z	Supported from Within/ Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ...
70-07-13	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	eko		-	Eko Lecture 5/ Morning Service Patriarch Hall Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe us and may ...
70-07-15	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	eko		-	Eko Lecture 6/The Fourth Morning Eko Wednesday, July 15, 1970 Tassajara [This is the last ...	Q & A after lecture.
70-07-19	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	Japanese Way, American Way, Buddhist Way/ After-- after forty days of my leaving from here I feel I am a stranger to the ...
70-07-26	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	Mudra Practice and How to Accept Instructions from Various Teachers/ This morning, I want to talk about our practice, as usual [laughs], as-- especially ...	trfc
70-07-28	V Transcript	edited	4 au	4 mf	wbt 39	-	a	pre		z	How To Understand Rituals And Precepts/ This evening I want to talk about some problems you have when you come to Zen ...
70-07-31	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	nas 69	-	a	-		-	Open Your Intuition/ -- [laughter]. What he-- she meant is if you stand up, you know, with painful ...	little sped up-DW. Q & A after lecture.
70-08-01	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		z	observation of precepts and practice of zazen is same thing/ In this sesshin, I have been explaining the context of our practice and, at the ...
70-08-02	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 29		a	-		-	Walk like an Elephant and Sitting like a Frog, p. 151/ In Japan, a terrible fire broke out, and some hotel was burned down, and many ...	1 change at 29:55
70-08-03	V Transcript	edited	1 au	3 mf	-	-	-	-		-	zazen practice and to listen to right teacher/ In our practice two important practice is zazen practice and to listen to your ...	Changed quotation to include 2 sentences instead of 1 “Sentient beings...save them?” 7/9/2022 DC.
70-08-04	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		z	our practice is expression of our true buddha-mind/ In-- in everyday life, to observe precepts and, in our practice, to continue ...	Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 1/12/2021.
70-08-09	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson/ Suzuki (speaking formally):¹ -- Paul Discoe and [1 word unclear] ...	Footnotes restored 1/12/2021.
70-08-16-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		nn	restore the Buddhist teaching in its original way/ -- restore the Buddhist teaching in its original way. So that you don't ...
70-08-23	V Transcript	edited	1 au	6 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Lay Ordination Ceremony/ -- and obtain similar to result according to [1 word unclear] like our [1-2] ...	(Sound problem.)
70-08-25-A	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	when someone receives transmission/ As some of-- some of you may know, tomorrow I am leaving San Francisco for-- ...	Footnotes restored 2/14/2021.
70-12-13	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	Japan Now: Zazen As Our Foundation/ In this trip, I studied in Japan [laughs], you know, and I found out many things, ...
70-12-20	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	What Is Self? What Is Our Practice?/ In my last trip to Japan I found out many things. The feeling I had there was-- ...
70-12-23	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	-	-	mv	-		n	Teisho (Introduced by Jakusho Kwong)/ Zazen-- zazen practice, for us, more and more become important. Nowadays, as ...	low level-MV womn Kwong-intr-chant-SR
70-12-27	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	no practice will destroy people/ Dogen Zenji said sickness does not, you know, destroy-- destroy people, but no ...	Footnote restored 2/14/2021.
71-01-03	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	what is self/ Last Sunday I remember I talked about our surrounding, which is civilized world ...
71-01-10	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 103	N	a	-		z	True Concentration/ -- were given about our practice referring to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva? ...
71-01-16	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 111	N	a	-		z	The Boss of Everything/ Something valuable [laughs]-- not jewel or not candy, but something which is ...
71-01-23	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 107	N	a	-		z	Wherever I Go, I Meet Myself/ Most of us, maybe, want to know what is self. This is a big problem. Why you ...
71-02-05	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 53	N	a	-		z	Resuming Big Mind/ Purpose of sesshin is to be completely one with our practice. That is purpose ...
71-02-07	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	-		a	-		z	Wherever you go, you will see yourself/ This morning I said you must find yourself in each being. That is actually what ...
71-02-09	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	humor is more real than reality/ I think, as Yoshimura Sensei told you the other night, Zen masters has some humorous ...
71-02-12-A	V Transcript	edited	5 au	2 mf	nas 143	-	a	-		-	Just Enough Problems/ This is the seventh day of the sesshin, and you came already too far. So you ...	2 lectures - saved one with all chants. Footnote restored 2/14/2021.
71-02-12-B	V Transcript	edited	1 au	5 mf	nas 131		-	-		z	Not Sticking to Enlightenment/ The Sixth Patriarch said: “To dwell on emptiness and to keep calm mind is not ...
71-02-13	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-		a	-		z	calmness of your mind/ Good morning. We have been practicing sesshin, so I feel I didn't see some ...
71-02-20	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	it is actually Buddha's practice/ Buddha's practice goes first. Our practice goes. We say, “our practice,” but ...	A? short
71-02-23	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 77	-	a	-		-	Be Kind with Yourself/ It is more than six months [laughs] since-- Is it working? Student: Yes. -- ...	This phrase not in audio, but handwritten in an early transcript: "That is why we have monastic rules, not"
71-02-27	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	The Driver/ The purpose of our practice is, of course, to maybe to have full enlightenment. ...
71-03-02	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	Why we have so many problems/ There are various kinds of religion, but why we have to [have] religion-- this ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-03-09	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 21	-	a	-		z	Changing Our Karma/ One day a Chinese famous Zen master was making a trip with a-- with his disciple. ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-06-05	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 134	N	a	-		z	The Teaching Just for You/ First of all, I want to explain, you know, I want you to understand what is our ...
71-06-06	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Okesa Ceremony/ Tenshin: I will read now a translation of the sutra we just chanted: Listen ...	low level at first. Footnotes restored 2/14/2021. Changed "intention [attention?]" to "activity", "this family" to "this ceremony" 3-26-2021 pf.
71-06-07	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	nas 5	N	a	-		-	Calmness of Mind/ Shikantaza, zazen, is-- our zazen is just to be ourselves. Just to be ourselves. ...	trfc
71-06-09	V Transcript	edited	2 au	2 mf	nas 12	-	-	-		-	Freedom from Everything/ I think you, you know, have understood-- (Can you hear me? Yeah? Not so well. ...	Added the last paragraph which was previously listed separately as 71-06-09-2.
71-06-12	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	-	a	-		z	Precepts as Original Nature/ We say “Zen Center student,” you know. Or, we say “Zen Center.” But it is-- ...	only 2
71-06-20	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		z	sewing sesshin/ This sesshin-- we call it “sewing sesshin”-- sesshin and, actually, rakusu sewing-- ...	only 2. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 2/14/2021.
71-06-22	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	N	a	-		z	Purely Involved Helping Others/ I don't know where to start, you know, my talk, but anyway what I want to discuss ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-07-02	V Transcript	edited	5 au	4 mf	-	N	a	pre		-	Real Precepts Are Beyond Words/ [Today I would like to]¹-- lecture about precepts. I-- when I say ...	muffled
71-07-06	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		-	manifested three treasures/ I want to continue my talk about precepts-- Buddhist precepts. And last time ...	muff. Q & A after lecture.
71-07-17	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	pre		z	why then is it necessary to accept precepts/ -- I explain about our precepts. As you must have found out, “the precepts,” ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-07-20	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	nas 120		a	-		n	One with Everything/ I wanted to see you earlier, but I was too busy so I couldn't come. Can you ...	low level
71-07-21	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	something which you cannot understand/ We discussed already last night about what is something which we can experience ...	low lv. Q & A after lecture.
71-07-22	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	San-Pachi-Nenju/ This evening I want to explain about san-pachi-nenju which we practice. Can you ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-07-24	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	virtue of mountain and river/ This evening I want to talk about Buddhist practice. In one of the fascicle of ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-07-25	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks/ Tonight I want to explain the outline of our practice. As a monk and as a layman, ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-07-26	V Transcript	edited	3 au	4 mf	wbt 25	-	a	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-61, Fuketsu's One Particle Of Dust/ Engo's Introduction Setting up the Dharma banner and establishing the Dharma ...	low
71-07-29	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	Ryaku Fusatsu Lecture/ As you know, at Tassajara Ryaku Fusatsu-- Ryaku Fusatsu may be observed as we ...	low
71-07-30	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	to attain the perfection of human practice/ This evening we observed-- this evening is called Fusatsu. As I explained last ...	2 is just end of 1. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-00	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	Translation of Unknown Text/ “Therefore, no buddha attained enlightenment without the form of shaving head-- ...	w yvonne - but cut her his early few words. Footnote restored 2/14/2021.
71-08-03	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	because of our many desires, we do not have freedom/ I want to explain why we become Buddhist [laughs] or why I myself became a Buddhist. ...	low muffled spedup on 2 espec. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-04	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	On Bodhidharma's Day/ Tomorrow is the Bodhidharma's Day. We will have-- we have special ceremony this ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-05	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		n	good confidence in your practice/ If you want to practice in its true sense so that you may not regret what you ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-07	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	Zen is actually, in short, maybe, communication/ I want to discuss with you about, you know, how you study Zen. Zen is actually, ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-08	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	qa		-	Questions and Answers/ Tonight I have nothing to talk about [laughs]. Empty hand. No book. I just appeared ...	very low volume
71-08-12	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		n	Obon days/ Tomorrow-- tomorrow is the thirteenth, is it? In Japan tomorrow is-- tomorrow-- ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-08-13	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	speciality and equality/ Last night, when we have question and answer, we came across the very important ...	low. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-15	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	wind stops, but still flower falls/ When-- when wind stops, flowers fall. When a bird sings, ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-08-17	V Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		-	why we must have rules/ In-- in my lecture, sometime I say everyone has buddha-nature, and whatever you ...	1 very low and 2 starts very low. Q & A after lecture.
71-08-21	V Transcript	edited	6 au	2 mf	-	N	a	-		z	Wherever you are, we have Zen way of practice/ Excuse me. [Laughs.] I feel rather stiff. Maybe I worked too hard. Since ...
71-10-09	V Transcript	edited	3 au	2 mf	-		a	-		-	Talking To His Disciples About His Illness/ SR: Hai. Student: Francis sent this-- SR: Hmm? Student: Francis-- ...	low
59-05-24	Transcript				-	-	cc	-		-	didn't say a word/ Ohayo gozaimasu [Good morning]. When Shakyamuni Buddha first started to teach ...
65-07-08	Transcript	edited		2 mf	-	-	la	-		-	Great Prajna Paramita Sutra/ I want to still continue to speak about topsy-turvy views. When your understanding ...
65-07-15	Transcript	edited		2 mf	-	-	la	-		-	Great Prajna Paramita Sutra/ This morning I want to explain the attainment -- the attainment here -- it means ...
65-08-05	Transcript	edited		2 mf	-	-	la	-		-	On the Great Prajna Paramita Sutra/ I want to give the conclusion to this Prajna Paramita Sutra this morning. In ...
65-08-12	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 25	-	la	-		-	Posture/ I want to explain about our posture we take. When you sit left foot is on your ...	Los Altos box title: Lecture on Posture
65-08-19	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 92	-	la	-		-	Nirvana, the Waterfall/ If you go to Japan and visit Eiheiji monastery -- before you enter the monastery ...	Los Altos box title: Water
65-09-16	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 102	-	la	-		-	Transiency/ The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency or change. Everything ...	Los Altos box title: Change. Changed "transcendence" to "transiency" 8-3-2020, dc.
65-10-07	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 123	-	la	-		-	Experience, Not Philosophy/ I am so glad to see you again. For two weeks I studied many things and I found ...	Los Altos box title: Zen Experience
65-10-14	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 46	-	la	-		-	Nothing Special / I don’t feel to speak after zazen. I feel the practice of zazen is enough but ...	was dated wrong as 16 [14=thurs]
65-10-16-A	Transcript			3 mf	-		-	-		-	It is a great joy to practice sesshin with you in this way/ It is a great joy to practice sesshin with you in this way. I think this is quite ...
65-10-16-B	Transcript			3 mf	-		-	-		-	We have finished sesshin with unusual results/ We have finished sesshin with unusual results. We have practiced in our own way ...
65-10-16-K	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	kinhin instruction/Suzuki, Roshi, continued the morning instruction by explaining the importance and ...	Included with October 1965 Sesshin Lectures in Wind Bell Vol. 4 No. 7.
65-10-21	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	in Buddhism there are many schools/ As you know, in Buddhism there are many schools. But you can classify Buddhism ...
65-10-28	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	in Hinayana practice, in the first stage/ In the past, in Hinayana practice in the first stage we still have consistent ...
65-11-00-A	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Buddhism is very philosophical, and sometimes intellectual and logical/ Buddhism is very philosophical, and sometimes intellectual and logical. It is ...
65-11-00-B	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	-	-		-	you have made great progress/ Almost all of you have not practiced Zen so long, but I think you have made great ...
65-11-04	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 29	-	la	-		-	Breathing/ When we practice our mind always follow our breathing. When we inhale, the ...	Los Altos box title: Swinging Door
65-11-18	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 36	-	la	-		-	Mind Weeds/ When you get up early in the morning by alarm, I think you don’t feel so well. ...	Los Altos box title: Self-Nourishment. Was 11-17 but 11-18 = thurs
65-12-02	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 43	-	la	-		-	Bowing / [After demonstration of Buddhist bow] To bow is very important-- one of the ...
65-12-09	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	The Middle Way / Here we recite the sutra just once but in Zen Center we recite three times. The ...
65-12-16	Transcript	edited		4 mf	zm 51	-	la	-		-	Single-Minded Way/ The purpose of my talk is not to give you some intellectual understanding but ...	Los Altos box title: Railway Track
65-12-23	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 75	-	la	-		-	Limiting Your Activity / In our practice we have no special object of worship. If so, our practice is ...
65-12-30	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 116	-	la	-		-	Believing in Nothing/ I found out that it is necessary -- absolutely necessary to believe in nothing. ...	Los Altos box title: Nothing
66-01-06	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 118	-	la	-		-	Attachment, Nonattachment/ Already we feel night become shorter and shorter when I come here. Dogen Zenji ...	Los Altos box title: The Double Moon
66-01-13	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	Buddhism is, maybe, rather difficult to understand/ Buddhism is, maybe, rather difficult to understand for you because Buddhism is ...
66-01-20	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 104	-	la	-		-	The Quality of Being / The purpose of zazen is to attain the freedom of our being, physically and mentally. ...	Los Altos box title: Flashing
66-01-26	Transcript	edited		5 mf	zm 38	-	la	-		-	The Marrow of Zen/ In our scripture it is said that there are four kinds of horse -- an excellent ...	Los Altos box title: Horse Sense
66-02-09	Transcript	edited		4 mf	zm 55	-	la	-		-	Repetition/ In India there were many schools. We count major school -- we count six major ...	Los Altos box title: Bread
66-02-17	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 83	-	la	-		-	Constancy / The message for us for today was ‘cultivate your own spirit’. It says there on ...
66-02-19	Transcript		1 au	1 mf	-	-	-	-		z	Tokusan and The Old Lady, part 1/Our aim is always constant, and same -- same way. But I should -- I would like ...	This is a partial lecture found on a problem tape.
66-02-24	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 57	-	la	-		-	Zen and Excitement / My master passed away when I was thirty three. So after his death I became pretty ...
66-03-03	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 65	-	la	-		-	God Giving/ The precept today is giving, the joy of giving. Everything is something which ...	Los Altos box title: The Joy of Giving
66-06-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	-	pre		-	Moment after moment we have to obtain absolute freedom/ [The following section is compiled from Shunryu Suzuki's sesshin and Sunday lectures ...	66-06-00 - was so named because of Wind Bell date - probably late 65.
66-06-23	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 62	-	la	-		-	No Trace/ When we sit in this way our mind is calm and quite simple. But usually our mind ...
66-12-01	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 127	-	la	-		-	Beyond Consciousness/ We should establish our practice where there is no practice or no enlightenment. ...
66-12-08	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 131	-	la	-		-	Buddha's Enlightenment/ I am very glad to be here the day Buddha was born -- when Buddha attained enlightenment ...
67-01-05	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 99	-	la	-		-	Traditional Zen Spirit/ In our practice the important thing is our physical posture we take, and ...
67-01-12	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 34	-	la	-		-	Mind Waves/ Don’t try to stop the thinking when you are practicing zazen. Let it stop. If ...
67-02-02	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 86	-	la	-		-	Communication / As I cannot speak your language so well that I find some way to communicate with ...
67-03-23	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 31	-	la	-		-	Control/ To live in the realm of Buddha Nature means to die as a small being, moment after ...	Changed "his policy is not so easy" to "this policy is not so easy" 10-14-2016, DC.
67-04-06	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 125	-	la	-		-	Original Buddhism/ Zazen is not one of the four activities: to walk, to stand, to sit, to lie down,, ...
67-04-13	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 71	-	la	-		-	Mistakes in Practice / There may be various kinds of practice, or ways of practice, or understanding ...
67-05-18	Transcript	edited		3 mf	zm 59	-	la	-		-	Right Effort / The most important point in our practice is to have right effort. The right effort ...
67-06-01	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 107	-	la	-		-	Naturalness / There is big misunderstanding about the idea of naturalness. Most people who ...	Changed "mu" to "u" as in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. (U is being and Mu is non-being) 12-15-2021.
67-06-11	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Sesshin Lecture: Three Treasures/ Today I will explain Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Originally, Buddha is, of course, ...
67-06-12	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	continue the lecture about Shi-sho-ku/ From now on, on each Sunday service I want to continue the lecture about-- Shishoku ...
67-06-22-A	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	Introduce to you Kobun Chino Sensei/ I am so grateful to introduce to you Kobun Chino, sensei. He was appointed to ...
67-06-22-B	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	Opposites / Tonight, perhaps I was supposed to explain the chapter in the Platform Sutra ...
67-08-00	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	long time since I saw you all/ It is a pretty long time since I saw you all. But if we sit with you in this ...
67-08-14	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-		-	-		-	"The mind itself is Buddha"/ Our study will be concentrated for a while on the statement: “The mind itself ...
67-08-24-B	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	-	qa		-	Shosan Ceremony/ [According to the] teaching of Dogen Zenji. The main point of practice is to ...	Q & A after lecture.
67-08-31	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 80	-	la	-		-	To Polish a Tile/ Zen story or Zen koan is very difficult to understand before you understand what ...
67-09-27	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 90	-	la	-		-	Negative and Positive/ The more you understand our thinking, the more you find it difficult to talk ...
67-11-02	Transcript	edited		2 mf	zm 41	-	la	-		-	No Dualism/ We say our practice without gaining idea, practice without expecting even enlightenment, ...
67-12-14	Transcript	edited		3 mf	-	-	la	-		-	The Gift of Zazen/ It’s been a pretty long time since I saw you. I am still studying hard to find ...
68-01-18	Transcript	edited		1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	Four Wives/ In (Agoma?) Sutra there is a funny story. A man who had -- There was a man who ...
68-10-00-I	Transcript	edited	3 au	1 mf	-	-	a	lot		ns	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10/ As Zen Buddhists, it is necessary for us to understand the Second Patriarch Mahakashapa. ...
68-10-00-L	Transcript		3 au	1 mf	-	-	a	lot		ns	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13/ -- bodhisattvas and arhats. Subhuti, the Venerable Rahula.” Rahula is, as you ...
68-10-00-M	Transcript		3 au	1 mf	-	-	a	lot		-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-14/ We have here-- we had here various names of bodhisattvas, and the next ones were ...	sped up at end. Q & A after lecture.
68-10-00-N	Transcript		3 au	1 mf	-	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-15/ Page eight. “Then rose in the mind of the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Maitreya this ...
68-10-20	Transcript	edited	3 au	3 mf	wbt 3	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1/ This sutra titled Saddharmapundarika Sutra was supposed to be told by Buddha, ...
68-10-21	Transcript	edited	4 au	3 mf	wbt 3	-	a	lot		n	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-2/ [The Lotus Sutra] -- which was [not] told by a historical Buddha. But some people ...
69-09-16-IA	Transcript		5 au	1 mf	-	-	a	int		nn	On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom/Peter Schneider: Roshi, will you tell me about Miss Ransom? SR: Miss Ransom. ...	Revised by DC 2/15. Changed "69-09-16-srcv-full" to "69-09-16-W"; changed "McNeil" to "McNeill" 12/16, dc.
69-09-16-IB	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	a	int		nn	Interview of Suzuki by Peter Schneider/ P: When did Caucasians begin sitting at Sokoji? SR: Maybe one month after ...	Changed "McNeil" to "McNeill" 12-2016, DC.
70-06-28	Transcript	edited		5 mf	sdk 147	N	-	sdk		-	A Short Talk During Zazen/ You should sit zazen with your whole body; your spine, mouth, toes, mudra. Check ...
71-03-12	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	rc	-		-	Lecture: Reed College, Portland, Oregon/It is not so easy to say what actual practice is, what Zen is. But anyway, I want ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-06-19	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Sewing and Wearing the Buddhist Robes and How It Relates to Our Practice/ Last Sunday I told you that, whatever religion you belong to, it doesn't matter ...	Q & A after lecture.
71-08-01	Transcript		4 au	1 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	At the time of Yakusan/ At the time of Yakusan-- Yakusan Igen Daiosho¹-- we-- every morning ...	Footnotes added 7/2023.
04-05-18	Transcript				-	-	-	-		-	Preface/Shunryu Suzuki dot com Transcript Archive. This selection of transcripts of ...	Dated Suzuki's birthday so the preface would be on top.
50-00-00	Transcript				-	-	cc	-		-	all beings have buddha nature/ All beings have buddha nature and all life is precious. We are nurturing Buddha's ...	From a 1994 interview of Hoitsu Suzuki by David Chadwick. Translated from the Japanese by Fred Harriman.
60-00-00	Transcript				-	-	cc	-		-	the time is now/ Dogen met an old monk in China who was drying mushrooms by a monastery wall on ...
60-00-01	Transcript				-	-	cc	-		-	candy/ "Someone gave me a nice manju, my favorite Japanese confection." It was the beginning ...
60-02-21	Transcript				-	-	-	hs		-	On the First Sesshin/Certificate given participants in the First Sesshin of Sokoji _________________________ In ...	From Sesshin Certificate. See: www.cuke.com/Cucumber Project/sr letters/first-sesshin.htm
60-08-22	Transcript				-	-	-	-		-	On the Second Sesshin/ On February 20 and 21, 1960, we had the first Sesshin of this Temple, and we ...	From Sesshin Certificate. See:www.cuke.com/Cucumber Project/sr letters/2nd-sesshin.htm
61-12-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Teacher and Disciple /Emptiness does not mean annihilation; it means selfless original enlightenment ...	see 62-03-00 for an excerpt
62-01-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	N	wb	-		-	True Zen / If you want to meditate you must have instruction of right teacher, especially ...	also 01to09 in one file
62-02-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	What is Zen? / To study Zen is to particularize the Essence of Mind which is transmitted from ...
62-03-00	Transcript			3 mf	-		wb	-		-	Square Zen / The idea of emptiness does not mean annihilation. It means selfless original ...	see 61-12-00. This is an abbreviated version.
62-04-00	Transcript			3 mf	-		wb	-		-	A Buddha Story / In an old scripture told by Buddha there are four lands, two of which are Hokkuroshu ...
62-05-00	Transcript			3 mf	-		wb	-		-	What is the Law / One day the World Honored one mounted the pulpit, and the first principle was ...
62-06-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	On Zazen and the Shinsanshiki Ceremony/ ON ZAZEN While you do zazen you will come to understand yourself completely ...	1 and 2 on same file
62-07-00	Transcript			3 mf	-		wb	-		-	On Obon / Originality and universality are the same thing for a sincere student. Universal ...
62-08-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	To Tame a Tiger / Zazen's Scripture/ TO TAME A TIGER A government official named Shiba visited Hyabujo Mountain ...
62-09-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	Bodhidharma's Zen / The Emperor Wu built many temples, translated many scriptures, and encouraged ...
62-10-00	Transcript			5 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-3: Baso's Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha/ Suzuki Roshi read first from R. D. M. Shaw's translation of BCR¹: ...
62-11-00	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-6, Ummon's Every Day Is A Good Day/ Zen Practice: Each existence, animate and inanimate, is changing during every ...
62-12-00	Transcript			6 mf	-		wb	-		-	Religious Activity / The more we attempt to manage religious activity, the more we lose our fundamental ...
63-01-00	Transcript			5 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-14 & 15, Ummon Zenji/ First Question: A traveling monk asked Ummon Zengi: What is this first teaching? ...
63-02-13	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-18/ Commentary Nanyo Echu Kokushi was a famous disciple of the Sixth Patriarch, ...
63-03-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-19/ COMMENTARY BY MASTER SHUNRYU SUZUKI ON MODEL SUBJECT 19 FROM THE "BLUE CLIFF ...
63-04-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-20/ Zen may be said to be the practice of cultivating our mind to make it deep and ...	Wind Bell says "Model Subject #19"
63-07-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-25/ Introductory word: Engo introducing the subject said, "If a man comes to a ...
63-09-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-30, Joshu's Large Radishes/ There is no Introductory Word to Model Subject No. 30 from the Blue Cliff Records, ...
63-09-07-bn	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/[regarding future sesshins] Reverend Suzuki felt that everyone should offer at ...
63-11-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-36, Chosha's Strolling about Mountains and Waters/ Attention! One day Cho-sha went for a walk. When he returned to the gate, the ...
63-11-02-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/(Phillip Wilson asked if somehow some of the responsibilities bearing upon Reverend ...
63-12-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-40, Rikko's Heaven And Earth/ Rikko is said to have lived from 764-834. He was a high official of the tang ...
63-12-07-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/In reply to his letter [for information on becoming a Buddhist], we sent him Reverend ...
64-02-00	Transcript			5 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-46/ Attention! Kyosei asked a monk, "What is the sound outside the door?" The monk ...
64-03-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-49/ Sancho and "The Golden Scales" Escaping from the Net Introductory Word: Engo ...	Part of some versions of this file are now in 64-03-00-B.
64-03-00-B	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-49 (Q&A)/ QUESTION: Is it necessary to go through thunder and storm in order to attain ...
64-04-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-52, Joshu's Donkeys Cross, Horses Cross/ With an Introduction and Commentary by Reverend Suzuki, Master of Zen Center Introduction ...
64-05-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-53/ Introductory Word by Engo Introducing En-go said, "Obtaining the sole existing ...
64-05-02-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Reverend Suzuki said that this [strain of kitchen work] was quite usual, and that ...
64-06-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-51/ SEPPO'S "WHAT IS IT?" Seppo was a good example of a well-trained Zen Master. ...
64-08-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	The Traditional Way, Summary of Shunryu Suzuki's Sesshin Lectures/ To understand what the "Traditional Way" of Buddhism is, and to actualize it ...	Wind Bell summary from notes.
64-08-01-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Rev. Suzuki felt that clothing should be clean and tidy [for sesshin]....Reverend ...
64-09-12-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Rev. Suzuki suggested as another way of raising money the possibility of Z.C. sponsoring ...
64-11-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-73, Baso's Four Propositions/ Engo's Introductory Word Introducing, he said: The true preaching of Dharma ...
64-12-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-75/ [Prefatory Note by Shaw: The Ukyu of this subject was a disciple of Baso. Joshu ...
65-00-00	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Wedding Message/ You have been married here in this sanctuary. ___ you have been joined with ...
65-02-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-82, Dairyu's Immutable Law-Body/ [Prefatory Note by Shaw: Dai-ryu was the 'spiritual great-grandson' of Toku-san ...	Prefatory note added from an earlier transcript, pf 1-10-2016.
65-03-06-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Reverend Suzuki replied that he was not committed to any special answer [whether ...
65-04-00	Transcript			4 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-84, Yuima's Law Gate To The One And Only/ YUIMA'S "THE DOCTRINE OF ATTAINING NON-DUALITY" This Model Subject is about ...	Wind Bell titles this "Model Subject No. 94 from The Blue Cliff Records...YUI-MA'S 'THE DOCTRINE OP ATTAINING NON-DUALITY'"; however it is No. 84.
65-05-00	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Brief summary From Sesshin Lectures Wind Bell 65-05/This year, Reverend Suzuki's lectures (given twice daily Monday through Friday) ...
65-07-00	Transcript			6 mf	-	-	wb	bcr		-	Blue Cliff Records-86, Ummon's Store-Room And Temple Gate - Commentary/ Unmon Bunen (?-949) was a disciple of Seppo and founder of the Unmon School, ...	pdf added 8-09
65-12-02-A	Transcript				zm 43	-	-	-		-	Excerpt from the chapter Bowing in ZMBM/After zazen we bow to the floor nine times. By bowing we are giving up ourselves. ...	First half of the 'Bowing' chapter (p. 43) of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. No other clear source of this text in the archive.
66-00-00-AE	Transcript			1 mf	zm 113	-	-	-		-	Readiness, Mindfulness/ In the Prajna Paramita Sutra the most important point, of course, is the idea ...	From p. 113 of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. (Can’t find other version) [Los Altos]
66-00-00-BE	Transcript			1 mf	zm 110	-	-	-		-	Emptiness/ If you want to understand Buddhism it is necessary for you to forget all about ...	From p. 110 of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. (Can’t find other version) [Los Altos]
66-02-00	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Summary of some Suzuki lectures from the spring/ Zen Center is not a group of people setting themselves apart from society, each ...
66-03-13-C	Transcript		1 au	1 mf	-	-	-	gen		-	Genjo Koan continued/I want to continue the lecture about Dogen Zenji's Genjo Koan. It is almost impossible ...	Transcript in progress, SDH 9/21 Unintelligble words or phrases marked ?? or ??? depending on duration of lacuna. Date is unlikely to be correct.
66-03-26-BN	Transcript		4 au		-	-	a	-	TiP	nn	untitled/ In this moment, it restricted, you know, or limited, which is attainable under ...	[Verbatim transcript not available. (Sound problem.)]
66-05-21-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Reverend Suzuki gave us a brief account of his trip to the east coast. He concluded ...
66-07-00	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	la	-		-	one of our scriptures/ In the last paragraph of Ashishogi is one of our scriptures compiled in (blank) ...
66-07-23-A	Transcript	edited	1 au	1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	We Are Always Helping Others/ [Tape operator's microphone test at beginning, followed by silence up to 1:00] I'm ...	2021 newly discovered tape. Transcript from Engage Wisdom website. Many inaudible words.
66-11-09	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Suffering comes from desires/ Suffering comes from desires. Zazen leads to the strength to cut off the root ...
66-11-16	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	zazen is not for gaining a mystical something/ Many people mistakenly believe that Zen Buddhism is mystical. The practice ...
66-11-20	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Ordinary men carry a preconceived idea of the self/ Ordinary men carry a preconceived idea of the self into living, changing ...
66-11-30	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Give up gaining ideas and just sit/ Religion is just for ourselves. We cannot really be religious for others. ...
67-03-00	Transcript			1 mf	zm	-	-	-		-	Epilogue: Some Personal Reflections/EPILOGUE: I am so glad to see you again. Although I have only been gone two weeks, ...	This draft chapter was replaced in the published version. [Probably San Francisco]
67-03-12	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	We should sit in the middle of our problems/ “We should sit in the middle of our problems.” The world of thinking is that ...
67-03-22	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Buddha nature/Wednesday, March 22, 1967 Sokoji Tony Artino notes Suzuki read a rendition ...
67-03-26	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	When small mind finds itself in big mind/ “When small mind finds itself in big mind, there is peace.” To transmit buddha-mind ...
67-04-02	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Our pockets are full of treasure right now/Sunday April 2, 1967 Sokoji Tony Artino notes “Our pockets are full of treasure ...
67-04-05	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	qa		-	Give up all preconceived ideas and feelings/ A lecture here in the zendo is meaningful in a way quite different from that ...	Q & A after lecture.
67-04-16	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	A teaching cannot be whole and perfect/ A teaching cannot be whole and perfect because it, like a medical prescription, ...
67-04-26	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	qa		-	“Our human nature and that of the Buddha are the same”/ Suzuki read from a letter to him by an American student. The writer mentioned ...	Q & A after lecture.
67-05-17	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	qa		-	Zen emphasizes the simplest way of practice/ You may think that the various religions of the world will, as a natural course ...	Q & A after lecture.
67-05-21	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Correct zazen is your home/ “Will power is something you have always.” Thinking power in zazen is not thinking ...
67-05-28	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	qa		-	True activity includes everything/ Questions to Suzuki on difference between a monk and a master. To practice ...
67-05-31	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	religion is a cultural-social phenomena as well as a personal experience/ It is so that religion is a cultural-social phenomena as well as a personal experience. ...
67-08-00-A	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	Suzuki Roshi Writes on the Practice Period/ Through the practice period Buddha's way will be known in America. The practice ...	- This appears to be heavily edited by Richard Baker - DC.
67-08-00-B	Transcript			3 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	truly involved with the development of our way/ If you are truly involved with the development of our way, there will be no ...	8/1/1967
67-09-19	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	First Shuso/Each practice period we appoint a Shuso to be head of training and leader of the ...	See page 15 in the Fall 1967 Wind Bell.
68-02-00-D	Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot		ns	Lotus Sūtra No. I-4/ "Now, young men of good family, long before the time of Tathagata Kandrasuryapradipa, ...
68-06-00-V	Transcript		3 au	1 mf	-	-	v	-		-	Zen Mountain Center (video)/ [Scenes inside Sokoji zendo with students sitting zazen and also views of Sokoji ...	KQED 16 mm film - Sokoji to Tassajara - summer 1968 (45:24) presented in full and in segments with slide show. Previously named ZMC. Changed "NO play" to "Noh play" 7/7/2024 pf.
68-07-00	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	comments/Wind Bell 68-03-04 and Shunryu Suzuki comments from visit of Soen Nakagawa, Hakuun ...
68-08-04	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	fragment/Especially for young people, it is necessary to try very hard to achieve something. ...
68-10-00-H	Transcript		6 au		-	-	a	lot	TiP	-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-9/ Zen butso ??? assembled and sitting together in that ??? monks, nuns, male and ...	extreme level and speed problems
68-10-00-J	Transcript		4 au	1 mf	-	-	a	lot	TiP	ns	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11/ Last, last lecture we studied about Mahakashapa. Mahakashapa, who became the ...
68-10-00-K	Transcript	edited	4 au	2 mf	-	-	a	lot	TiP	-	Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12/Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12 Shunryu Suzuki Lecture October 1968 [?Transcript ...	speed and level towrd end - ty at 51:00?
68-12-19-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Roshi: The Japanese congregation expects us to eventually leave. Right now they ...
69-00-00	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	Han (sounding board)/ Listen well everyone Great is the problem of Life and Death No forever gone ...	From Wind Bell, Volume XI, 1972
69-01-25-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Roshi: because Jean cannot attend the entire periods she has refused [to be Shuso]. ...
69-03-31-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Roshi: right now--there is no need to sign [board minutes]. If something happens ...
69-05-07-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/ Roshi: If Paul tries hard before he becomes an officer, his practice may be more ...
69-06-29	Transcript		4 au		-	-	a	-	TiP	-	Emptiness is Form/ In our practice, which include everyday life, which I call this the right understanding ...	Speeds up extreme toward end
69-07-15-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Roshi: If someone is going East--to see Mrs. Carlson, I want to go with them to ...
69-08-30N	Transcript		4 au		-	-	a	-	TiP	-	our practice and our everyday activity/ Tonight, I want to... to discuss with you ??? our practice and our everyday that... ...	1 speeds up 2 is new lect or 1 is 2 an 2 1. Q & A after lecture.
69-09-16-W	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	n	-		-	Suzuki’s Curriculum Vitae/ Name in Full: Shunryu Suzuki Date of Birth: May 18, 1904 (age at time of ...	ss curriculum vitae
69-11-01-2-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Roshi: I want to give Katagiri a wider choice. … Roshi: That he [Katagiri] expressed ...
69-12-05N	Transcript		4 au		-	-	a	-		nn	untitled/Untranscribable	level low. [Verbatim transcript not available. (Sound problem.)] CM says impossible to do this one
70-00-00	Transcript			2 mf	-	-	wb	-		-	city practice comments/When I say it is difficult to practice in such a beautiful building with a completely ...	Probably given sometime in 1970 before August when Suzuki left for Japan.
70-02-16-bn	Transcript			1 mf	-	-	bn	-		-	untitled/Suzuki Roshi: his (Tatsugami) point: it was easy for Japanese and Chinese to understand ...
70-04-25A	Transcript		5 au		-	-	a	-	TiP	-	How To Have Sincere Practice/We … yesterday, our President was expressing great gratitude, and that word -- ...	[Verbatim transcript not available. (Sound problem.)]
70-06-00-V	Transcript		4 au	1 mf	-	-	v	-		-	Shunryu Suzuki talking from Zen in America (video)/ And if we are able to listen to another word, in this way several words at that ...	Shunryu Suzuki and Tassajara (1970) section from a feature 35 mm documentary for theaters featuring gurus presented in full and in segments plus outtakes. Previously named Sunseed-SR.
70-08-16-B	Transcript		3 au	2 mf	-	-	a	-		nn	To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard Rule/ The meaning of our practice [is compassion?] way of life-- way of life, or your ...	see above [No verbatim transcript available. (Sound problem.)]
71-12-12			3 au	1 mf	-	-	-	-		-	funeral/	Combined 2 files into 1.
92-09-00				2 mf	-	-	-	-		-	Tassajara 25 Year Anniversary Book/	Click "More Files"
BEGINNERS-MIND			1 au		-	-	v	-		-	Beginner's Mind (video)/	Five Shorts made by students at SFSU - Part 2. (4:27). Suzuki on "Why I became a priest" - from a lecture he gave on September 16, 1969. Directed by Stefanie Vukovich, 1998.
LEFT-WITH			1 au		-	-	v	-		-	What You're Left With: The Life and Death of Suzuki Roshi (video)/	Five Shorts made by students at SFSU - Part 4 (6:27). Featuring Yvonne Rand. Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, 1998.
LIKE-ZAZEN			1 au		-	-	v	-		-	How Do You Like Zazen (video)/	Five Shorts made by students at SFSU - Part 3 (5:17). How do you like brown rice? Parts from lecture 70-02-01-A. Directed by Warren Haack, 1998.
ORDINARY-STONE			1 au		-	-	v	-		-	An Ordinary Stone (video)/	Five Shorts made by students at SFSU - Part 5 (6:10). Featuring Laura Shinko Kwong, Head of Training and Zen Practice, Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. A few lines of Suzuki from 70-02-01-A. Directed by Jorge Oliver, 1998.
PEARL-ROLLING			1 au		-	-	v	-		-	A Pearl Rolling Across a Table (video)/	Five Shorts made by students at SFSU - Part 1 (6:59). Featuring Jakusho Kwong-Roshi, Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. Includes bits of Suzuki from 69-03-09. Directed by Patrick Ruane, 1998.
PRESENT-SHUNRYU			3 au		-	-	v	-		-	Present! - Talks of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (video)/	Suzuki lecture footage synched with recent Tassajara footage with Suzuki lecture voice over. Put together by Mel Van Dussen. (26:18)- ca 2007
RANSOM-JAPAN			5 au		-	-	v	-		-	Nona Ransom's Japan film/	Suzuki's English teacher's 16 mm film from the 30s. Hoitsu Suzuki guesses this film was done around 1935. (11:37) Shunryu Suzuki in his early thirties in several places identified with subtitles.
RANSOM-TRAVEL			2 au		-	-	v	-		-	Nona Ransom's Travel film/	Also the 30s - no Suzuki - here cause where else would it go? (1:23:59)
SANDOKAI			3 au		-	-	v	-		-	San Do Kai (video)/	Black and white 16 mm no sound in original - of Suzuki giving talk in Tassajara zendo 1970 (15:56). Now includes Branches of the Sandokai the O'Connor and Wenger production with Suzuki from the June 3, 1970 lecture synched with excerpts from the film.
Tassajara68			3 au		-	-	v	-		-	Tassajara 68 by Larry Cooper (video)/	A 4.5 minute film made by a guest in the spring of 1968 at Tassajara. Cuke Page