All Shunryu Suzuki Lectures with Minimum Edit Versions | ||||
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Minimum Edit Transcript |
First Line of Original Transcript | Notes |
| 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 |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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" |
| 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 |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 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 ... | |
| The Boss of Everything | 71-01-16 | 71-01-16LE.pdf | Something valuable [laughs]-- not jewel or not candy, but something which is ... | |
| True Concentration | 71-01-10 | 71-01-10LE.pdf | -- were given about our practice referring to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva? ... | |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Supported from Within | 70-07-12 | 70-07-12LE.pdf | Dedication for the Morning Service Arhat's Sutra Line 1. May Buddha observe ... | |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Suffering Is a Valuable Thing | 70-06-27 | Sandokai11.pdf | Line 33 Everything––all beings––have their own virtue. Line 34 You should ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| Sincere Practice | 70-04-28 | 70-04-28LE.pdf | Since Tatsugami Roshi came, you must have heard Dogen Zenji's name so many times. ... | |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 ... | |
| Letters From Emptiness | 70-03-08 | 70-03-08LE.pdf | [Recently my thought is concentrated on the idea of emptiness.]1 Whatever ... | |
| “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. |
| 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 ... | 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. |
| Caring for the Soil | 70-01-25 | 70-01-25LE.pdf | The difference between so-called-it Theravada Buddhism and Sarvastivadian or ... | |
| 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. |
| (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. |
| 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? |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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-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-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-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-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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | |
| 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, 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | 69-08-12 | 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Direct Experience of Reality | 69-06-22 | 69-06-22LE.pdf | Dogen Zenji says: “Everything is encourages us to attain enlightenment. Mountains ... | |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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, ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12 | 68-10-00-K | sr-lotus-sutra-12-1968.pdf | Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12 Shunryu Suzuki Lecture October 1968 [?Transcript ... | speed and level towrd end - ty at 51:00? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-1 | 68-02-00-A | 68-02-00A-F-bf.pdf | During Sesshin the Lotus Sutra will not be appropriate for the lecture, but I ... | sped a little? |
| 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. |
| 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 ... | |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-4 | 68-02-00-D | 68-02-00A-F-bf.pdf | "Now, young men of good family, long before the time of Tathagata Kandrasuryapradipa, ... | |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-5 | 68-02-00-E | 68-02-00A-F-bf.pdf | Manjusri again is answering Maitreya, telling him what he has seen. He is so ... | |
| Lotus Sūtra No. I-6 | 68-02-00-F | 68-02-00A-F-bf.pdf | "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 "Bill Shurtleff" 10-31-2015. Q & A after lecture. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. ... | |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 ... | |
| 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. |
| 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, ... | |
| 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, 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. |
| 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" |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| Nirvana, the Waterfall | 65-08-19 | 65-08-19LE.pdf | If you go to Japan and visit Eiheiji monastery -- before you enter the monastery ... | Los Altos box title: Water |
| Posture | 65-08-12 | 65-08-12LE.pdf | I want to explain about our posture we take. When you sit left foot is on your ... | Los Altos box title: Lecture on Posture |
| On the Great Prajna Paramita Sutra | 65-08-05 | 65-08-05LE.pdf | I want to give the conclusion to this Prajna Paramita Sutra this morning. In ... | [Los Altos] |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| “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] |
| Great Prajna Paramita Sutra | 65-07-15 | 65-07-15LE.pdf | This morning I want to explain the attainment -- the attainment here -- it means ... | [Los Altos] |
| Great Prajna Paramita Sutra | 65-07-08 | 65-07-08LE.pdf | I want to still continue to speak about topsy-turvy views. When your understanding ...… | [Los Altos] |
189 records (a few lectures may have more than 1 Minimum Edit Transcript).