For more go to cuke.com and it's Shunryu Suzuki Index
or San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks Blog.
New (2020) Minimum Edit Versions of Shunryu Suzuki Lectures | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Chapter Title (click for audio & all versions) |
Original Transcript |
Minimum Edit Transcript |
First Line of Original Transcript | Notes |
religious problems concerning such as psychology or LSD | 65-07-26-D | 65-07-26-D-LE.pdf | Recently I find many problems concerning to religious problem, such as psychology ... | Q & A after lecture. Footnotes replaced 8-3-2020. |
If you have a question | 65-07-30-C | 65-07-30-C-LE.pdf | SR: If you have a question, please give me. I want to answer about what I told ... | traffic. Footnotes restored 8-4-2020. |
Shushogi, Sections 11–17 | 66-01-21-A | 66-01-21-A-LE.pdf | 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. |
Shushogi, Section 1 | 66-03-13-B | 66-03-13-B-LE.pdf | 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" |
Genjo Koan, 5-13 | 66-05-26 | 66-05-26-LE.pdf | Firewood turns into ash, and it does not turn into firewood again. But do not ... | Footnotes restored 8/17/2020. |
Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11 | 66-06-19-A | 66-06-19-A-LE.pdf | 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. |
Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9 | 66-06-19-B | 66-06-19-B-LE.pdf | [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. |
ten precepts | 66-06-19-C | 66-06-19-C-LE.pdf | 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. |
The second paragraph of the Genjo Koan | 66-08-15-A | 66-08-15-A-LE.pdf | The second paragraph [of the Genjo Koan]: That we move ourselves and understand ... | Footnotes restored 8/17/2020. |
you cannot appreciate our teaching in its true sense | 66-08-15-B | 66-08-15-B-LE.pdf | [2-3 words] those who cannot appreciate the-- the food we are serving [?] to ... | |
think everything out | 66-08-15-C | 66-08-15-C-LE.pdf | [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. |
The first day of the sesshin is almost finished | 66-08-15-D | 66-08-15-D-LE.pdf | The first day of the sesshin is almost finished. In the first day, I wanted you ... | Footnotes restored 9/10/2020. |
Our mind should be calm | 66-08-16 | 66-08-16-LE.pdf | Zazen doesn't follow [1-3 words unclear]. Our mind should-- should not be ... | |
This is the fourth day of our sesshin | 66-08-18-A | 66-08-18-A-LE.pdf | Tape operator: As I've said already, this machine has an idiosyncratic quality ... | [Lecture reconstructed by tape operator.] Footnotes restored 8/2/2020. |
Shobogenzo | 66-08-18-B | 66-08-18-B-LE.pdf | Before translating original text,1 I want to make sure the understanding ... | with above |
Shobogenzo | 66-08-19-A | 66-08-19-A-LE.pdf | 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. |
Don't be attached to your attainment | 66-08-19-B | 66-08-19-B-LE.pdf | Don't be attached to your attainment as a result of-- as a result of past effort. ... | |
This fascicle of [Shobogenzo] | 66-08-19-C | 66-08-19-C-LE.pdf | This-- this fascicle of [Shobogenzo] “Sokushin Zebutsu,” “Mind Itself Is Buddha”-- ... | slow. Footnotes restored 8/2/2020. |
In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudo-yojin-shu | 66-12-17-A | 66-12-17-A-LE.pdf | In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudo-yojin-shu,1 ... | |
The Need for Training in Buddhism without Self-Seeking Mind | 66-12-17-B | 66-12-17-B-LE.pdf | In Buddhist training we always received the true Key handed down by our predecessors. ... | |
you must give up worldly desires | 67-04-22-A | 67-04-22-A-LE.pdf | 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. |
This sesshin was wonderfully done | 67-04-22-B | 67-04-22-B-LE.pdf | 2 -- you have many things to do for yourself and for Zen Center. You-- ... | Footnotes and [Aside in Japanese ...] restored 9/10/2020. |
Zen is also Buddhism | 67-09-00A | 67-09-00A-LE.htm | 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. |
KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson | 67-11-06-I | 67-11-06-I-LE.htm | Elsa Knight Thompson:1 -- by telling us something more about our ... | Footnotes restored 9/10/2020. |
The more … we study our way, the more it is difficult to explain it. | 67-12-04-B | 67-12-04-B-LE.htm | 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. |
good and bad feeling | 67-12-05-A | 67-12-05-A-LE.htm | In previous lecture, I compared zazen practice and usual everyday activity. In ... | creek. Footnotes restored 9/10/2020. |
nature of our practice | 67-12-05-B | 67-12-05-B-LE.htm | As the nature of our practice is, like I told you over and over, and the point ... | Footnotes restored 9/12/2020. |
The mind which [we] will acquire | 67-12-06-A | 67-12-06-A-LE.htm | The mind which [we] will acquire or obtain by our pure practice is, as I said, ... | creek. Footnotes restored 10/2/2020. |
everything itself is buddha | 67-12-06-B | 67-12-06-B-LE.htm | We say everything has buddha-nature, so we have to treat as a buddha. To say ... | voice lowers at end |
Shosan Ceremony at Tassajara | 67-12-07 | 67-12-07-LE.htm | Buddha-- although Buddha started teaching at Varanasi,1 but actually ... | creek shosan. Footnotes restored 10/2/2020. |
Meal Chant | 68-01-11B | 68-01-11B-LE.htm | 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. |
Samantabhadra Buddha | 68-01-12 | 68-01-12-LE.htm | 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. |
Because I was not well | 68-04-23-A | 68-04-23-A-LE.htm | 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. |
What is Soto and what is Rinzai? | 68-07-21 | 68-07-21-LE.htm | 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. |
bodhisattva's ten powers | 68-08-25 | 68-08-25-LE.htm | 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. |
Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao” | 69-03-10 | 69-03-10-LE.htm | -- 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. |
how to take our bodhisattva's vow | 69-04-29 | 69-04-29-LE.htm | 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. |
Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen | 69-07-00 | 69-07-00-LE.htm | In-- in America, between Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen there-- there must be some clear ... | Footnotes restored 11/13/2020. |
FORM AND EMPTINESS II | 69-07-09 | 69-07-09-LE.htm | In our previous lectures we have studied the relationship between-- relationship ... | creek. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 11/13/2020. |
That is the purpose of counting | 69-07-28 | 69-07-28-LE.htm | 1 -- mind. That is the purpose of counting. Not just count, you know. Student ... | loud crickets. Footnotes restored 11/14/2020. |
the most important precept | 69-08-01 | 69-08-01-LE.htm | 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. |
The first teaching | 69-08-02 | 69-08-02-LE.htm | 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. |
We practice zazen so that we attain selflessness | 69-08-03 | 69-08-03-LE.htm | 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. |
some questions | 69-08-21 | 69-08-21-LE.pdf | 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. |
twelve links of causation | 69-08-23 | 69-08-23-LE.pdf | 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. |
question and answer | 69-08-25 | 69-08-25-LE.pdf | 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. |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-1 | 69-10-20 | 69-10-20-LE.html | 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. |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-2 | 69-10-23 | 69-10-23-LE.html | -- 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. |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-4 | 69-10-25 | 69-10-25-LE.htm | Last night1 I explained the most important part of this chapter [II], ... | sped up. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 11/20/2020. |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-6 | 69-10-30 | 69-10-30-LE.pdf | The print-- print you have got there is trans- -- mostly translated from Kumarajiva's ... | extreme spedup. Q & A after lecture. |
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-7 | 69-11-07 | 69-11-07-LE.pdf | In this sutra in Chapter II, “Skillful Means,” he-- he is correcting our misunderstanding ...… | loud. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 8/7/2020. |