All Public Talks

Location

Title	Speaker	Date
Buddha Activity	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2019-03-09 No Abode Hermitage (AM)
Generating Energy	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2019-03-09 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
What Is Most Important For You In This Life Being clear about our ultimate concern. Remember, aspire, commit to, and train to realise this.... Vow, eihei koso, Buddha mind, intimacy, sitting	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2019-02-02 No Abode Hermitage (AM)
What Is Most Important For You In This Life We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen.... zazen, kind thoughts, practice, practicing compassion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2019-02-02 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
The New Coffin Summary of the unrecorded morning talk. The practice of just sitting.... sitting, training, death, readiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-12-15 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
The Hands And Eyes Of Avalokiteshvara Compassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode.... compassion, avalokiteshvara, teaching, Intimate transmission	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-11-10 No Abode Hermitage (AM)
Introduction To The Four Afflictions Of Self Discussing afflictions of the mind where the self appears, as an opportunity to explore consciousness.... consciousness, self, affliction, mind	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-11-10 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
Silent Sitting and Social Action All compounded phenomena are unworthy of confidence. Compassion to these unstable phenomena is our practice.... compassion, interaction, training period, foundations of mindfulness		2018-10-20 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
Silent Sitting and Social Action Sitting in the world, we can't perceive the whole world; we sit in our dharma position, which changes all the time.... dharma position, spiritual identity, impermanence, compassion		2018-10-20 No Abode Hermitage (AM)
Contemplating Torei Zenji's Vow Everything is manifesting the path of the ancient buddhas, abiding together in their respective dharma positions.... stillness, dharma position, obstruction, global warming	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-09-15 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
Compassion is a Conversation A conversation is what we are doing together.... compassion, practicing stillness, global warming, koan	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-09-15 No Abode Hermitage (AM)
The Womb of the Tathagata #5 Torei's vow; bowing in humility in the face of cruelty; meeting monsters with lovingkindness.... confession and repentance, lovingkindness, cruelty, practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-08-11 No Abode Hermitage (PM)
The Womb of the Tathagata #5 Meeting a teacher, asking about the teaching and listening to the teaching.... conversation, teacher, compassion, listening	Tenshin Reb Anderson	2018-08-11 No Abode Hermitage (AM)
The Importance of Study practice, philosophy, study, understanding, question	Sojun Mel Weitsman	1982-01-23
Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self.... practice, zazen, bodhisattva, dogen, sixth patriarch	Suzuki Roshi	1971-07-25 Tassajara
San-Pachi-Nenju #temporary-audio, ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	1971-07-22 Tassajara
Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept Precepts #temporary-audio, precepts	Suzuki Roshi	1971-07-17 City Center
Sewing and Wearing the Buddhist Robes and How It Relates to Our Practice Saturday, June 19, 1971 San Francisco Zendo... #no-audio, dogen, soto	Suzuki Roshi	1971-06-19 City Center
Calmness of Mind Sesshin Lecture No.... #not-always-so, sesshin, zazen, breath, community	Suzuki Roshi	1971-06-07 City Center
Okesa Ceremony Ceremony of the okesa: chanting the fascicle Shobogenzo Kesa Kudoku; ten virtues of the okesa.... priest, ceremony, okesa, zazen	Suzuki Roshi	1971-06-06 City Center
Lecture: Reed College, Portland, Oregon #no-audio	Suzuki Roshi	1971-03-12 Reed College Portland
Be Kind with Yourself Warm-hearted practice. Breathing and posture in zazen.... #not-always-so, dogen, zazen, tatsugami	Suzuki Roshi	1971-02-23 Tassajara
It Is Actually Buddha's Practice #temporary-audio	Suzuki Roshi	1971-02-20 Tassajara
Not Sticking to Enlightenment Sesshin Lecture, Day Seven: Closing Words Friday Evening February 12, 1971 San Francisco ... #no-audio, #not-always-so, sesshin, sixth patriarch	Suzuki Roshi	1971-02-12 City Center (B)
Han (sounding board) [Image of (see PDF)] Suzuki·roshi at Tassajara in 1969 passing the wooden sounding board and hammer that is used to anno... #no-audio, #approximate-date	Suzuki Roshi	1970-12-31 Tassajara
Teisho (Introduced by Jakusho Kwong) #temporary-audio	Suzuki Roshi	1970-12-23 Mill Valley Zendo
City Practice Comments #no-audio, #approximate-date	Suzuki Roshi	1970-11-01
Lay Ordination Ceremony Sunday, August 23, 1970 San Francisco [Zen Center records indicate that this lay ordination was performed on August... #no-audio, precepts, ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	1970-08-23 City Center
To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard Rule Sunday, August 16, 1970 San Francisco [This is the second of two lectures with this date.... #temporary-audio, #inaudible	Suzuki Roshi	1970-08-16 City Center (B)
Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right Teacher LECTURE Monday, August 3, 1970... #no-audio, #inaudible	Suzuki Roshi	1970-08-03
Ekō Lecture 1 The First Morning Eko Wednesday, July 8, 1970 Tassajara [This is the first in a series of six lectures by Suzuki o... Eko Lecture, service, dogen, manjushri, transmission	Suzuki Roshi	1970-07-08 Tassajara
Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain Sandokai Lecture XIII: “Don't Spend Your Time in Vain” Monday, July 6, 1970 Tassajara [This lecture is concern... #branching-streams, sandokai, sixth patriarch, dogen	Suzuki Roshi	1970-07-06 Tassajara
Shunryu Suzuki talking from Zen in America (video) [Audio from final cut used in film in italics] (Second paragraph only - SDH)... #temporary-audio, #approximate-date, video	Suzuki Roshi	1970-06-30 Tassajara
A Short Talk During Zazen #branching-streams, #no-audio, dogen	Suzuki Roshi	1970-06-28 Tassajara
The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your Heart Sandokai Lecture IV - Discussion of the lines: 'all the objects of the senses interact, and yet do not'.... #branching-streams, sandokai, dependent co-arising	Suzuki Roshi	1970-06-03 Tassajara
How To Have Sincere Practice Part of the opening ceremony for Page St - there are other pieces of audio from this event, and they could be combined -... #temporary-audio, ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	1970-04-25 City Center (A)
Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple #temporary-audio, ceremony	Suzuki Roshi	1970-04-25 City Center
Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting Class Practice and enlightnment as forgetting and letting go of everything.... shakyamuni, emptiness, zazen	Suzuki Roshi	1970-03-01 Tassajara
Fragment #temporary-audio, dogen	Suzuki Roshi	1970-01-18 (X)
Respect for Things What Is Our Practice? Sunday, January 4, 1970 San Francisco Practice as taking care of everything.... #not-always-so, zendo, bodhisattva way	Suzuki Roshi	1970-01-04 City Center
Fundamental Buddhist Point: To Adjust Ourselves To Our Surroundings Adjusting to life at City Center. Cleaning and zazen. Do we need furniture to practice?... dogen, eiheiji, zazen	Suzuki Roshi	1969-12-21 City Center
Opening Lecture At Page Street Zendo: American Precepts Moving into the new space. Don't worry about success, practice in the present.... precepts, shingi, sitting	Suzuki Roshi	1969-11-22 City Center
Epilogue: Zen Mind American practice different from Japanese practice.... #zmbm, big mind, enlightenment, sex.	Suzuki Roshi	1969-11-16
Miss Ransom Was A Teacher Of Conversation [Not an interview I think, but a question Peter asks at the beginning of the lecture, possibly pre-arranged with Suzuki.... japan, Komazawa University, buddhism, shobogenzo, Obon	Suzuki Roshi	1969-11-09
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-3? Audio does not match transcript for this date. Unable to find transcript with these first words.... lotus sutra, shariputra, dogen, shobogenzo, #approximate-date	Suzuki Roshi	1969-10-25 Tassajara (Series 3, Talk 3)
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-1 [Third Lotus Sutra Series]1 Monday Evening, October 20, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Introduction to third series of t... lotus sutra, mahayana, dogen	Suzuki Roshi	1969-10-20 Tassajara (Series 3, Talk 1)
Interview of Suzuki by Peter Schneider Entered onto disk by DC 1996 or so Revised by Bill Redican 9/01 [I dated this 69-11-09 to go with other Peter Schnei... #no-audio, interview	Suzuki Roshi	1969-09-16 (IB)
Suzuki’s Curriculum Vitae Tuesday, September 16, 1969 [I dated this 69-09-16 because it was made by Shunryu Suzuki with Kobun Chino’s assistanc... #no-audio	Suzuki Roshi	1969-09-16 (W)
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider... #temporary-audio, interview	Suzuki Roshi	1969-09-16 (IA)
Why I Came to America "Why I became a priest" Memories of his father as a temple priest.... priest, meiji, buddhism, training, dogen, oka sotan	Suzuki Roshi	1969-09-16 Sokoji