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| Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha | 69-03-09 | 69-03-09LE.pdf | I am glad to see you from here [laughs]. My organ [?] may not be so good yet, ... | ||
| 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. Changed "but I meant" to "what I meant" 6-29-2024, pf. | |
| Find Out for Yourself | 69-03-15 | 69-03-15LE.pdf | In your zazen, perhaps you will have many difficulties or problems. But when ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| Our practice should be based on the idea of selflessness | 69-03-16 | Our practice should be based on the idea of selflessness. This selflessness is ... | |||
| Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind | 69-03-30 | 69-03-30LE.pdf | [The point of] -- my talk is just to give you some help in your practice. So ... | ||
| The Only Desire That Is Complete Is Buddha's Desire | 69-04-08 | [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. | ||
| Zen is not something to talk [about], and also it is something to talk [about] | 69-04-19 | SR: [Whispers 1-2 sentences in Japanese, presumably to Ryogen Sensei who has ... | suzuki comes in at 20 after Yoshimura? | ||
| Jumping Off the 100-Foot Pole | 69-04-20 | 69-04-20LE.pdf | It's-- it is pretty difficult, but I will try-- try to speak about purpose of ... | ||
| 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. | |
| Suzuki's 65th Birthday | 69-05-18 | 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. | ||
| Yakusan did not give lectures for a long time | 69-06-00 | A famous Chinese Zen master, Yakusan, did not give lectures for a long time. ... | |||
| How should we establish our system of practice in San Francisco | 69-06-17 | -- Just to-- just to practice zazen, you know, will not be perfect enough. So ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Direct Experience of Reality | 69-06-22 | 69-06-22LE.pdf | Dogen Zenji says: “Everything is encourages us to attain enlightenment. Mountains ... | ||
| 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. | |
| It is rather difficult for us to figure out why we started to practice zazen | 69-07-01 | It is rather difficult for us to figure out why we started to practice zazen. ... | flange sound | ||
| practice should be the practice of “right now.” | 69-07-03 | I have explained the poem about “Emptiness is form,” or shochuhen. Sho is reality ... | creek level low | ||
| Question And Answer Session | 69-07-08 | SR: Tonight I have nothing special which I want to talk [about]. Of course, ... | |||
| 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. | |
| Eulogy For Trudy Dixon Given During Her Funeral Ceremony | 69-07-11 | Go, my disciple Sesshin Baiho [?]. You have completed your practice for this ... | |||
| I have nothing in my mind | 69-07-15 | Again, I have nothing in my mind [laughs, laughter]. I think I want you to hit ... | |||
| Enjoy Your Life | 69-07-20 | 69-07-20LE.pdf | If you go to some library you will see many books. And those-- in those books, ... | loud | |
| Blue Cliff Records-43 | 69-07-26 | A monk asked Tozan-- Zen Master Tozan-- can you hear me?-- “It is so hot,” ... | creek. Q & A after lecture. | ||
| 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. | |
| To Actually Practice Selflessness | 69-08-06 | I think you are facing actual problem in your zazen practice. The worst one may ... | loud | ||
| Not Always So | 69-08-07 | 69-08-07LE.pdf | [In] Buddhist scripture, you know, there is a famous story. Water is same, but-- ... | loud | |
| some questions | 69-08-12 | 69-08-12-LE.htm | [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. | |
| our way to attain liberation | 69-08-18 | 69-08-18-LE.htm | 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Questions And Answers | 69-08-28 | SR: I want you to ask me a question. [Laughs.] I have nothing in my mind to ... | |||
| Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There | 69-09-00-A | 69-09-00-ALE.pdf | In our practice, the most important thing [is] to-- to know-- to know. “To know” ... | speedsup | |
| Stand Up by the Ground | 69-09-00-B | 69-09-00-BLE.pdf | We have been talking about-- discuss-- discussing about reality, actually, and ... | speedsup. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Sesshin, Third Night Lecture | 69-09-00-C | We are talking about our practice. What is the practice, and what is enlightenment, ... | loud speedsup. Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture | 69-09-00-D | We discussed about the question and answer between the Seventeenth Patriarch ... | crickets | ||
| Sesshin, Shosan Ceremony | 69-09-00-E | 69-09-00-E-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Pure Silk, Sharp Iron | 69-09-14 | 69-09-14LE.pdf | Sunday school-- a Sunday-school girl saw me in sitting, and she said: “I can ... | ||
| Why I Came to America | 69-09-16 | I have not much chance to think about why I came to America or why I became a ... | (Cross Reference) (Cross Reference) loud. Q & A after lecture. | ||
| new students questions | 69-10-14 | 69-10-14-LE.htm | SR: Since I resigned from Sokoji Temple, I-- my mind become more busy than before. ... | Footnotes restored 12/23/2020. | |
| 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-5 | 69-10-28 | 69-10-28-LE.htm | 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Miss Ransom was teacher of conversation | 69-11-09 | 69-11-09-LE.htm | 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. | |
| some questions | 69-11-11 | 69-11-11-LE.htm | 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. | |
| form is emptiness, and emptiness is form | 69-11-13 | 69-11-13-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Epilogue: Zen Mind | 69-11-16 | 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. | ||
| Opening Lecture At Page Street Zendo: American Precepts | 69-11-22 | I am so grateful with you to have chance to practice zazen in this, maybe, magnificent ... | |||
| pinch hitter | 69-11-25 | 69-11-25-LE.htm | SR: I am very happy to be with you. I am rather tired, and pinch hitter1 ... | seems mostly Kat | |
| Way-Seeking Mind, Part I | 69-11-29 | -- mind. Without this way-seeking mind, our practice does not work. We say “just ... | |||
| Way-Seeking Mind, Part II | 69-11-30 | I think nowadays way-seeking mind is understood like something to do good in ... | |||
| Way-Seeking Mind, Part III | 69-12-01 | Our way-seeking mind is buddha-mind. And our practice is-- makes sense when you ... | creek | ||
| Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To Do | 69-12-02 | To accomplish something is difficult. And, you know, the difficulty you have ... | |||
| Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 5 | 69-12-03 | I explained briefly about bodhisattva mind. And we have also bodhisattva practice-- ... | little sped? | ||
| Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 6 | 69-12-04 | 69-12-04-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Fundamental Buddhist Point: To Adjust Ourselves To Our Surroundings | 69-12-21-A | Since I moved in this building, people ask me how do you feel [laughs]. But ... | loud -audio no A or B | ||
| Respect for Things | 70-01-04 | 70-01-04le.pdf | In our zazen practice, we stop our thinking and we must be free from our emotional ... | ||
| Ordination Ceremony: Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley | 70-01-11 | 70-01-11-LE.htm | We have ordination ceremony for Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley after this lecture-- ... | A B on files - 1 2? Wind? | |
| Rules | 70-01-18 | 70-01-18-LE.htm | In Japan now it is a season of typhoon. And recently, on the 16th, a typhoon ... | Footnotes restored 1/11/2021. | |
| Caring for the Soil | 70-01-25 | 70-01-25LE.pdf | The difference between so-called-it Theravada Buddhism and Sarvastivadian or ... | ||
| our effort in our practice | 70-01-31 | Our-- our effort in our practice is quite different effort you make in our usual ... | mic bumping sound | ||
| Brown Rice is just Right | 70-02-01-A | 70-02-01-ALE.pdf | How do you-- how do you like zazen? [Laughs, laughter.] And maybe-- maybe better ... | (Cross Reference) mic sound. | |
| each one of us is a cook | 70-02-01-B | 70-02-01-B-LE.htm | Sesshin is almost-- sesshin has almost completed. In this sesshin, we have learned ... | bit of ms. Footnotes restored 1/11/2021. | |
| “an unsurpassed, penetrating Buddha” | 70-02-08 | 70-02-08-LE.htm | Each time we-- we start lecture, we recite “an unsurpassed, penetrating Buddha,” ... | Footnote restored 1/11/2021. | |
| The Background of Shikantaza | 70-02-22 | I think most of you participate one-week sesshin from tomorrow. So far, we have ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Selflessness, Being and Non-Being: The Background of Shikantaza | 70-02-23 | In this sesshin I suggested to practice shikantaza. For-- anyway for beginner, ... | |||
| Non-Dualistic Practice | 70-02-25 | Yesterday I talked about how to, maybe-- two ways of practice: one is zazen ... | |||
| Practice To Be Like A Stone | 70-02-28 | 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 | ||
| Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting Class | 70-03-01 | 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. | ||
| Letters From Emptiness | 70-03-08 | 70-03-08LE.pdf | [Recently my thought is concentrated on the idea of emptiness.]1 Whatever ... | ||
| Our Everyday Life Is Like A Movie | 70-03-15 | 70-03-15LE.pdf | I think most of you are rather curious about what is Zen. But Zen is actually ... | ||
| Way-Seeking Mind | 70-03-28 | Way-seeking mind is the most important. This kind of chance is-- usually in some ... | |||
| The Zen of Going to the Rest Room | 70-03-29 | 70-03-29LE.pdf | How do you feel now? [Laughs.] Excuse me. I thought of funny thing right now ... | loud | |
| Buddha's Birthday Lecture | 70-04-12 | The April-- April the eighth is the day we celebrate Buddha's birthday in China ... | |||
| Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple | 70-04-25 | 70-04-25-LE.htm | Suzuki (speaking formally): On this day of the opening of Mahabodhisattva Zendo ... | from A n B ? See below. 2 footnotes added 1/11/2021. | |
| Sincere Practice | 70-04-28 | 70-04-28LE.pdf | Since Tatsugami Roshi came, you must have heard Dogen Zenji's name so many times. ... | ||
| On Breathing | 70-05-02-A | Right now you-- your feeling has changed from the feeling you had in your sitting. ... | |||
| Helping Others | 70-05-02-B | First of all, a sincere-- our practice-- sincere practice-- our sincere practice ... | |||
| Sincere Practice and Way-Seeking Mind | 70-05-03 | To have-- to have sincere practice means to have sincere concern with people. ... | |||
| we try to control or restrict our activity | 70-05-05 | 70-05-05-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Zen Center and City Practice | 70-05-10 | 70-05-10LE.pdf | This morning I want to reflect on our long, long practice, which we started maybe ... | creek? | |
| How To Observe Precepts | 70-05-17 | This morning I want to talk about Zen-- Zen precepts. As you know, precepts is ... | |||
| Money And Labor | 70-05-24 | Good morning. Actually this morning I asked Yoshida Roshi to give some talk to ... | traffic | ||
| Things-As-It-Is | 70-05-27 | Sandokai1.pdf | I am so grateful to have chance to discuss about or to talk about Sandokai. This ... | reb intro says may25. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Warm Hand to Warm Hand | 70-05-30 | Sandokai2.pdf | Line 2 was handed down closely from west to east. Line 3 People may ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| Buddha Is Always Here | 70-06-01 | Sandokai3.pdf | Line 5 The true source is pure and stainless. Line 6 The branch ... | ||
| The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your Heart | 70-06-03 | Sandokai4.pdf | Line 9 The five sense gates and the five sense objects Line 10 ... | YouTube Video (Cross Reference) Q & A after lecture. | |
| We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big Being | 70-06-06 | Sandokai5.pdf | 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. | |
| Today We May Be Very Happy | 70-06-10 | Sandokai6.pdf | Things have various natures, various forms. There is good and bad, taste, sound, ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| The Boat Is Always Moving | 70-06-13 | Sandokai7.pdf | Line 17 The four elements resume their nature Line 18 as a child ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| Without Any Idea of Attainment | 70-06-17 | Sandokai8.pdf | Line 21 For eyes there is color and form, for ears there is sound, Line ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| Within Light There Is Utter Darkness | 70-06-20 | Sandokai9.pdf | Sandokai Lecture IX Saturday, June 20, 1970 Tassajara [The following lines ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| The Willow Tree Cannot Be Broken | 70-06-25 | Sandokai10.pdf | Darkness and brightness stand with each other like when one foot is forward ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| Suffering Is a Valuable Thing | 70-06-27 | Sandokai11.pdf | Line 33 Everything––all beings––have their own virtue. Line 34 You should ... | ||
| We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too Much | 70-07-04 | Sandokai12.pdf | 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 | |
| Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain | 70-07-06 | Sandokai13.pdf | 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. | |
| Eko Lecture 1 | 70-07-08 | Morning Service Buddha Hall Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe [see?] us, and ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Eko Lecture 2 | 70-07-10 | Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ... | very low at end. Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Eko Lecture 3 | 70-07-11 | Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ... | |||
| Supported from Within | 70-07-12 | 70-07-12LE.pdf | Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ... | ||
| Eko Lecture 5 | 70-07-13 | Morning Service Patriarch Hall Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe us and may ... | |||
| Eko Lecture 6 | 70-07-15 | The Fourth Morning Eko Wednesday, July 15, 1970 Tassajara [This is the last ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Japanese Way, American Way, Buddhist Way | 70-07-19 | After-- after forty days of my leaving from here I feel I am a stranger to the ... | |||
| Mudra Practice and How to Accept Instructions from Various Teachers | 70-07-26 | This morning, I want to talk about our practice, as usual [laughs], as-- especially ... | trfc | ||
| How To Understand Rituals And Precepts | 70-07-28 | This evening I want to talk about some problems you have when you come to Zen ... | |||
| Open Your Intuition | 70-07-31 | 70-07-31LE.pdf | -- [laughter]. What he-- she meant is if you stand up, you know, with painful ... | little sped up-DW. Q & A after lecture. | |
| observation of precepts and practice of zazen is same thing | 70-08-01 | In this sesshin, I have been explaining the context of our practice and, at the ... | |||
| Walk like an Elephant and Sitting like a Frog, p. 151 | 70-08-02 | 70-08-02LE.pdf | In Japan, a terrible fire broke out, and some hotel was burned down, and many ... | 1 change at 29:55 | |
| If you understand bodhisattva-mind in dualistic way | 65-07-28-C | 65-07-28-C-LE.htm | Bodhisattva-mind, which is rather dualistic, but if you understand bodhisattva-mind ... | traffic. Q & A after lecture. | |
| questions | 65-07-28-D | 65-07-28-D-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Purpose of practice is to have direct experience of buddha | 65-07-29-A | 65-07-29-A-LE.htm | SR: Purpose of practice is to have direct experience of buddha-nature. That ... | traffic. Q & A after lecture. | |
| questions | 65-07-29-B | 65-07-29-B-LE.htm | [Are there any]1 questions so far I talked? Student A: Why-- ... | Footnotes restored 8/4/2020. | |
| some more questions | 65-07-29-C | 65-07-29-C-LE.htm | SR: Do you have some question-- some more question? Student A: Roshi, would ... | traffic. Footnotes restored 8/4/2020. | |
| Don't be bothered by your mind | 65-07-30-A | Don't be bothered by your mind. ______________________ Source: City Center ... | AB one file. Footnote restored 8-4-2020. | ||
| science or philosophy is like a dissection | 65-07-30-B | 65-07-30-B-LE.htm | [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. | |
| 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. | |
| Do you have some questions? | 65-07-30-D | 65-07-30-D-LE.htm | 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. | |
| why we should practice zazen | 65-07-26-A | 65-07-26-A-LE.htm | A talk is always-- the conclusion of my talk is always why we should practice ... | audio file is ABC | |
| 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. | |
| In our way of Zen, we emphasize the way-seeking mind | 65-07-27-B | 65-07-27-B-LE.htm | In our way of Zen, we emphasize the way-seeking mind-- way-seeking mind. This ... | traffic. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Confucius said the most visible is something invisible | 65-08-28-A | 65-08-28-LE.pdf | Tape operator: This is the beginning of the-- it will be that we missed this ... | traffic. Q & A after lecture. | |
| I have nothing in my mind | 65-08-28-B | 65-08-28-B-LE.htm | [Tape operator (Richard Baker): This is the end of the one o'clock lecture. ... | traffic. Footnotes restored 8-4-2020. | |
| Sesshin Lecture: Genjo Koan, Paragraphs 1–2 | 66-05-25 | The secret of all the teaching of Buddhism is how to live on each moment. Moment ... | |||
| 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. | |
| Genjo Koan: Paragraphs 11-13 | 66-06-19-D | When the truth does not fill our body and mind, we think that-- we think that ... | low | ||
| 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. | |
| Richard Baker commenting on tape confusion | 66-08-15 | This is a rather mixed-up lecture, with this lecture, which I've called on the ... | File dated 660818D | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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. | |
| Genjo Koan, 1–3 | 66-03-13-A | Good morning. This lecture is for advanced student in his practice, but I think ... | weird testing sounds brief at 2:20 | ||
| 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" | |
| 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. | |
| Blue Cliff Records-45 | 66-08-19-D | We have already a pretty good understanding of our practice because we have studied ... | slow | ||
| 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. | |
| our practice is expression of our true buddha-mind | 70-08-04 | 70-08-04-LE.htm | In-- in everyday life, to observe precepts and, in our practice, to continue ... | Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 1/12/2021. | |
| Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson | 70-08-09 | 70-08-09-LE.htm | Suzuki (speaking formally):1 -- Paul Discoe and [1 word unclear] ... | Footnotes restored 1/12/2021. | |
| restore the Buddhist teaching in its original way | 70-08-16-A | 70-08-16-A-LE.htm | -- restore the Buddhist teaching in its original way. So that you don't ... | ||
| Lay Ordination Ceremony | 70-08-23 | -- and obtain similar to result according to [1 word unclear] like our [1-2] ... | (Sound problem.) | ||
| when someone receives transmission | 70-08-25-A | 70-08-25-A-LE.htm | As some of-- some of you may know, tomorrow I am leaving San Francisco for-- ... | Footnotes restored 2/14/2021. | |
| Japan Now: Zazen As Our Foundation | 70-12-13 | In this trip, I studied in Japan [laughs], you know, and I found out many things, ... | |||
| What Is Self? What Is Our Practice? | 70-12-20 | In my last trip to Japan I found out many things. The feeling I had there was-- ... | |||
| Teisho (Introduced by Jakusho Kwong) | 70-12-23 | 70-12-23-LE.htm | Zazen-- zazen practice, for us, more and more become important. Nowadays, as ... | low level-MV womn Kwong-intr-chant-SR | |
| no practice will destroy people | 70-12-27 | 70-12-27-LE.htm | Dogen Zenji said sickness does not, you know, destroy-- destroy people, but no ... | Footnote restored 2/14/2021. | |
| what is self | 71-01-03 | Last Sunday I remember I talked about our surrounding, which is civilized world ... | |||
| True Concentration | 71-01-10 | 71-01-10LE.pdf | -- were given about our practice referring to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva? ... | ||
| The Boss of Everything | 71-01-16 | 71-01-16LE.pdf | Something valuable [laughs]-- not jewel or not candy, but something which is ... | ||
| Wherever I Go, I Meet Myself | 71-01-23 | 71-01-23LE.pdf | Most of us, maybe, want to know what is self. This is a big problem. Why you ... | ||
| Resuming Big Mind | 71-02-05 | 71-02-05LE.pdf | Purpose of sesshin is to be completely one with our practice. That is purpose ... | ||
| Wherever you go, you will see yourself | 71-02-07 | This morning I said you must find yourself in each being. That is actually what ... | |||
| humor is more real than reality | 71-02-09 | I think, as Yoshimura Sensei told you the other night, Zen masters has some humorous ... | |||
| Just Enough Problems | 71-02-12-A | 71-02-12-A-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Not Sticking to Enlightenment | 71-02-12-B | 71-02-12-BLE.pdf | The Sixth Patriarch said: “To dwell on emptiness and to keep calm mind is not ... | ||
| calmness of your mind | 71-02-13 | Good morning. We have been practicing sesshin, so I feel I didn't see some ... | |||
| it is actually Buddha's practice | 71-02-20 | 71-02-20-LE.htm | Buddha's practice goes first. Our practice goes. We say, “our practice,” but ... | A? short | |
| Be Kind with Yourself | 71-02-23 | 71-02-23LE.pdf | 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" | |
| The Driver | 71-02-27 | The purpose of our practice is, of course, to maybe to have full enlightenment. ... | |||
| Why we have so many problems | 71-03-02 | There are various kinds of religion, but why we have to [have] religion-- this ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Changing Our Karma | 71-03-09 | 71-03-09LE.pdf | One day a Chinese famous Zen master was making a trip with a-- with his disciple. ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| The Teaching Just for You | 71-06-05 | 71-06-05LE.pdf | First of all, I want to explain, you know, I want you to understand what is our ... | ||
| Okesa Ceremony | 71-06-06 | 71-06-06-LE.htm | 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. | |
| Calmness of Mind | 71-06-07 | 71-06-07le.pdf | Shikantaza, zazen, is-- our zazen is just to be ourselves. Just to be ourselves. ... | trfc | |
| Freedom from Everything | 71-06-09 | 71-06-09LE.pdf | 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. | |
| Precepts as Original Nature | 71-06-12 | We say “Zen Center student,” you know. Or, we say “Zen Center.” But it is-- ... | only 2 | ||
| sewing sesshin | 71-06-20 | 71-06-20-LE.htm | This sesshin-- we call it “sewing sesshin”-- sesshin and, actually, rakusu sewing-- ... | only 2. Q & A after lecture. Footnotes restored 2/14/2021. | |
| Purely Involved Helping Others | 71-06-22 | I don't know where to start, you know, my talk, but anyway what I want to discuss ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Real Precepts Are Beyond Words | 71-07-02 | [Today I would like to]1-- lecture about precepts. I-- when I say ... | muffled | ||
| manifested three treasures | 71-07-06 | I want to continue my talk about precepts-- Buddhist precepts. And last time ... | muff. Q & A after lecture. | ||
| why then is it necessary to accept precepts | 71-07-17 | -- I explain about our precepts. As you must have found out, “the precepts,” ... | Q & A after lecture. | ||
| One with Everything | 71-07-20 | 71-07-20LE.pdf | I wanted to see you earlier, but I was too busy so I couldn't come. Can you ... | low level | |
| something which you cannot understand | 71-07-21 | 71-07-21LE.pdf | We discussed already last night about what is something which we can experience ... | low lv. Q & A after lecture. | |
| San-Pachi-Nenju | 71-07-22 | 71-07-22LE.pdf | This evening I want to explain about san-pachi-nenju which we practice. Can you ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | |
| virtue of mountain and river | 71-07-24 | 71-07-24LE.pdf | This evening I want to talk about Buddhist practice. In one of the fascicle of ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks | 71-07-25 | Tonight I want to explain the outline of our practice. As a monk and as a layman, ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | ||
| Blue Cliff Records-61, Fuketsu's One Particle Of Dust | 71-07-26 | 71-07-26LE.pdf | Engo's Introduction Setting up the Dharma banner and establishing the Dharma ... | low | |
| Ryaku Fusatsu Lecture | 71-07-29 | 71-07-29LE.pdf | As you know, at Tassajara Ryaku Fusatsu-- Ryaku Fusatsu may be observed as we ... | low | |
| to attain the perfection of human practice | 71-07-30 | 71-07-30LE.pdf | This evening we observed-- this evening is called Fusatsu. As I explained last ... | 2 is just end of 1. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Translation of Unknown Text | 71-08-00 | 71-08-00-LE.htm | “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. | |
| because of our many desires, we do not have freedom | 71-08-03 | 71-08-03LE.pdf | 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. | |
| On Bodhidharma's Day | 71-08-04 | 71-08-04LE.pdf | Tomorrow is the Bodhidharma's Day. We will have-- we have special ceremony this ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | |
| good confidence in your practice | 71-08-05 | 71-08-05LE.pdf | If you want to practice in its true sense so that you may not regret what you ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Zen is actually, in short, maybe, communication | 71-08-07 | 71-08-07LE.pdf | I want to discuss with you about, you know, how you study Zen. Zen is actually, ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | |
| Questions and Answers | 71-08-08 | 71-08-08LE.pdf | Tonight I have nothing to talk about [laughs]. Empty hand. No book. I just appeared ... | very low volume | |
| Obon days | 71-08-12 | 71-08-12LE.pdf | Tomorrow-- tomorrow is the thirteenth, is it? In Japan tomorrow is-- tomorrow-- ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| speciality and equality | 71-08-13 | 71-08-13LE.pdf | Last night, when we have question and answer, we came across the very important ... | low. Q & A after lecture. | |
| wind stops, but still flower falls | 71-08-15 | 71-08-15LE.pdf | When-- when wind stops, flowers fall. When a bird sings, ... | Q & A after lecture. | |
| why we must have rules | 71-08-17 | 71-08-17LE.pdf | 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. | |
| Wherever you are, we have Zen way of practice | 71-08-21 | 71-08-21LE.pdf | Excuse me. [Laughs.] I feel rather stiff. Maybe I worked too hard. Since ... | ||
| Talking To His Disciples About His Illness | 71-10-09 | 71-10-09LE.pdf | SR: Hai. Student: Francis sent this-- SR: Hmm? Student: Francis-- ... | low | |
| 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. | |
| The Practice of Constancy | 67-09-12 | 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. | ||
| 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. | |
| putting power in your hara | 67-12-01-A | 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. | ||
| true practice | 67-12-01-B | This afternoon, in my lecture I told you why we should practice zazen and what ... | creek | ||
| inner power of practice | 67-12-02 | Our inner power of practice will appear according to the situation and accor- ... | speeds up wrong audio fixed | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. Changed date given, sdh. | |
| To have complete understanding of our school | 68-07-24 | To have complete understanding of our school or-- is at the same time-- to unders- ... | crickets. Q & A after lecture. Changed date given, sdh. | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Shosan Ceremony | 68-04-23-B | A monk asked Hyakujo: “Is there some special things happen-- happened in this ... | |||
| Statement at end of Sesshin | 68-04-23-C | 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 | ||
| Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger | 68-10-12-A | I want to explain our way-- our way of zazen. Do you know-- you know the famous ... | Footnotes restored 11/11/2020. | ||
| The True Dragon | 68-10-12-B | [Laughs.] This? [Probably an aside to tape operator.] Dogen Zenji says, ... | |||
| SHOSAN CEREMONY | 68-11-11 | [If you want to know what buddha-nature is] -- which is not possible to know ... | 1long endpause | ||
| fragment of Q & A | 69-10-14-X | 69-10-14-X-LE.htm | 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. | |
| (fragment) | 70-01-18-X | 70-01-18-X-LE.htm | Dogen Zenji said, although we are now student and teacher, teacher and student--this ... | Fragment after chanting on tape for 70-01-18. | |
| Esalen Institute: First of two lectures | 68-06-28 | 68-06-28-LE.htm | 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. | 2021-11-03 |
| Genjo Koan No. 2 [1?] | 67-08-21 | 67-08-21-LE.htm | 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. | 2021-11-22 |
| To Polish A Tile Is Our Practice Actually | 67-08-24-D | 67-08-24-D-LE.htm | This morning we understood how important it is to practice Zen; to understand our ... | 2021 newly discovered tape. | 2021-11-25 |
| Think the Unthinkable | 67-12-04-A | 67-12-04-A-LE.htm | 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. | 2021-12-01 |
| “wisdom seeks for wisdom” | 65-07-22 | 65-07-22-LE.htm | 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. [Los Altos] | 2021-12-08 |
| Causality | 66-08-17N | 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. | 2022-01-07 | |
| at the end of the year we clean up our house | 68-12-29 | 68-12-29-LE.htm | 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. | 2022-01-14 |
| Calmness | 65-08-26 | 65-08-26-LE.htm | 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." | 2022-01-16 |
| Beginner's Mind | 65-11-11 | 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." [Los Altos] | 2022-01-22 | |
| forgotten the value of religion | 65-07-27-A | 65-07-27-A-LE.htm | [This top section was added 10/22/2021.] In Soto School, most of Zen masters ... | Section added 10/22/2021 from SDH transcription. traffic | 2022-01-26 |
| Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And Body | 67-09-08-A | [First words missing; according to the tape operator (see end), they are: “There ... | 2022-01-27 | ||
| Pure Rules | 65-07-28-AN | 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. | 2022-01-29 | |
| In the Prajnaparamita Sutra | 66-01-21-BN | In Prajnaparamita Sutra, which we recite every morning and evening, it says, “No ... | 2022-02-04 | ||
| zazen practice and to listen to right teacher | 70-08-03 | 70-08-03-LE.htm | 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. | 2022-02-14 |
| Bodhidharma | 68-07-23 | [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 | 2022-02-23 | |
| Lunch Instruction | 65-07-28-BN | [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.)] | 2022-02-27 | |
| Study Yourself | 65-09-09 | 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." | 2022-03-02 | |
| Where There is Some Limitation, There is Universality | 66-02-18 | 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. | 2022-03-10 | |
| Tokusan and The Old Lady | 66-01-22N | [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. | 2022-03-25 | |
| Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan | 68-07-22 | 68-07-22-LE.htm | 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. | 2022-04-08 |
| Real Calmness Is In A Noisy Place | 66-03-26-C | 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." | 2022-04-18 | |
| when you have a new experience | 67-08-02 | …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." | 2022-04-27 | |
| Genjo Koan | 67-08-20 | Our understanding will be four: one is form is emptiness, and emptiness is form, ... | 2022-04-30 | ||
| Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage | 67-08-23 | Buddhism is not any special teaching, and enlightenment is not any particular ... | 2022-05-04 | ||
| Shosan Ceremony | 68-07-00-B | 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. | 2022-05-25 | |
| Reflections on the Prajna Paramita Sutra | 67-08-24C | Starting from the understanding of form and emptiness, and emptiness is form, ... | 2022-05-30 | ||
| Most of you are beginners | 65-12-11-A | Most of you are beginners, so it may be rather difficult why we practice zazen ... | Intro from above moved here. Q & A after lecture. | 2022-07-18 | |
| Buddhism has many annual layers like a big tree | 65-12-11-B | Buddhism has many annual year layers like big trees. And traditionally we respect ... | 2022-07-21 | ||
| Genjo Koan No. 4 | 67-08-24-A | 67-08-24-A-LE.htm | … She was a part of the world, and whatever she said from top of the mountain, ... | Edited by Brian Fikes | 2022-08-01 |
| if our teaching is a special teaching | 67-10-00 | 67-10-00-LE.htm | Someone asked me this evening, and that—if our teaching is special teaching which ... | muffled | 2022-08-05 |
| become more honest and direct | 68-00-00-B | 68-00-00-B-LE.htm | 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. | 2022-08-19 |
| Using Various Stones | 67-09-08-B | Tonight I want to give you some correct idea of Buddhism or Zen. In a word, Zen ... | crickets. Q & A after lecture. | 2022-08-22 | |
| Shosan Ceremony | 68-09-00 | 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. | 2022-08-23 | |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-3 | 68-10-00-B | 68-10-00-B-LE.htm | I already explained nature of Nirmanakaya Buddha and Sambhogakaya Buddha. The ... | Q & A after lecture. | 2022-09-13 |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4 | 68-10-00-C | 68-10-00-C-LE.htm | The point—point of my previous lecture is—because it may be difficult for you ... | Q & A after lecture. | 2022-09-15 |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-5 | 68-10-00-D | 68-10-00-D-LE.htm | What is told in this sutra is view of the Dharmakaya world, view of the world ... | Q & A after lecture. | 2022-09-24 |
| The Way-Seeking Mind | 66-03-26-A | When we feel the evanescence of life, or when we have problem for ourselves, ... | (Sound problem.) | 2022-11-09 | |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8 | 68-10-00-G | 68-10-00-G-LE.htm | Buddha's disciples were very good people, generous and honest and sincere, but ... | Q & A after lecture. | 2022-11-11 |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6 | 68-10-00-E | 68-10-00-E-LE.htm | The other day someone asked me back about Vairocana Buddha. Vairocana Buddha ... | 2022-12-14 | |
| Esalen Institute, Second Lecture: Observing the Precepts | 68-06-29 | Last night I talked about construction of teaching and our practice in one word ... | Esalen Institute: Second of two lectures. | 2023-02-01 | |
| Although We Have Nothing, We Can Help Others By Offering Things | 66-07-07 | 66-07-07-LE.htm | “To benefit of -- to benefit others we have four types of wisdom: charity, tenderness, ... | 2023-03-08 | |
| Talk at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco | 68-06-00-GC | 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. | 2023-04-29 | |
| To Study The Self | 66-02-19-A | 66-02-19-A-LE.htm | 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. | 2023-06-05 |
| Ignorance | 67-09-08-C | 67-09-08-C-LE.htm | ...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. | 2023-06-14 |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7 | 68-10-00-F | 68-10-00-F-LE.htm | Yesterday I told you about Ajnata-Kaundinya [repeats different pronunciations], ... | little higher voice. Q & A after lecture. | 2023-07-16 |
| True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's End | 68-12-21 | 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. | 2023-07-19 | |
| We are not perfect | 66-07-23 | Before, we have been discussing about what is bodhisattva-mind, how to help others ... | 2023-07-28 | ||
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-2 | 68-02-00-B | 68-02-00A-F-bf.pdf | 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. | 2023-08-26 |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-3 | 68-02-00-C | 68-02-00A-F-bf.pdf | Maitreya asked Manjusri what is going to happen, and Maitreya—Manjusri started ... | 2023-10-14 | |
| On The Parable of the Burning House | 68-12-24 | … second point. And in the third [possible gap here?] the Buddha addressed to ... | [Verbatim transcript was not available before. (Sound problem.)] | 2024-06-03 | |
| untitled | 65-07-31 | 65-07-31-LE.htm | Tape operator (Richard Baker): Saturday night lecture, beginning at 6:15, by either ... | 2024-10-31 | |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-1 | 68-02-00-A | 68-02-00-A-LE.htm | During Sesshin the Lotus Sutra will not be appropriate for the lecture, but I ... | sped a little? | 2024-11-12 |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-5 | 68-02-00-E | 68-02-00-E-LE.htm | Manjusri again—in—for the answer to the Maitreya, telling him what—telling them ...… | 2024-11-19 | |
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