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February 5th, 1981, Serial No. 00398

Impermanence, Big Mind, Interdependence, Consciousness, Bell, Pain, American,...
Feb 05 1981

Zen Presence in Modern Life

Big Mind, Truth, Concentration, Compassion, Death
Apr 02 1979

Living the Bodhisattva Path

Intention, Love, Vow, Big Mind, Paramitas
Dec 07 1978

Zen Beyond Zazen: Questioning Mind

Money, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Lineage, Intention
Apr 04 1978

Beyond Knowledge: Zen Transmission

Big Mind, Blue Cliff Record, Transmission, Dharmakaya, Dragons
Mar 11 1978

Ascending the Zen Pole of Effort

Big Mind, Ego, Soto Zen, Building, stubbornness, Separation, Intention, Evil...
Sep 03 1976

Zen Precepts for True Perception

Precepts, Sangha, Pain, Discrimination, Big Mind
Apr 03 1974

Unity of Form and Emptiness

Ego, Attachment, Big Mind, Shuso Ceremony, Priest
Dec 02 1973

Whales, Zen, and Conscious Living

Sangha, Community, Cultivation, Big Mind, Lineage
Nov 04 1973

Samadhi in Everyday Conduct

Samadhi, Big Mind, Religion, Precepts, Compassion
Sep 07 1973

Pathways Beyond Invention and Suffering

Intuition, Lotus Sutra, Freedom, Big Mind, Anger
Sep 01 1973

Zen Engagement: Balancing Acceptance and Action

Big Mind, Religion, Love, Bowing
Aug 27 1973

Flowing in the Zen Way

Bowing, Chanting, Discrimination, Bell, Big Mind
Aug 10 1973

Transcending Perception Through Meditation

Big Mind, Hindrances, Pain, heart, Rinzai
Jun 12 1973

Cultivating Depth Through Zazen

Big Mind, Dharmakaya, Religion, Sambhogakaya, Mindfulness
Jun 09 1973

Intimate Enlightenment: Beyond Illusion

Samsara, Anger, Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Big Mind
May 20 1973

Mindfulness in Every Moment

Mindfulness, Big Mind, Practice Period, Sangha, Samadhi
May 12 1973

Zen Living Beyond The Zendo

Mindfulness, Big Mind, Practice Period, Sangha, Samadhi
May 12 1973

Ocean of Unwavering Zen Dedication

Balance, resistance, Big Mind, Practice Period, Avalokiteshvara
Apr 08 1973

Mind Moves The Flag

Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Ego, Samadhi
Apr 06 1973

Inside the Mind's Untouched Reality

Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Samadhi, training, Oneness
Apr 06 1973

Mind Over Matter: Zen Perception

Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Ego, Heart Sutra, Samadhi
Apr 06 1973

Zen Mind Unbound Daily Life

Hindrances, Monkey Mind, Bell, Big Mind, heart
Dec 07 1972

Zen in Daily Community Life

Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Community, Culture
Sep 26 1972

Zen Paths of Mindful Practice

Bell, Sangha, Big Mind, Zendo, Nirvana
Dec 07 1971

Big Mind, Endless Compassion Journey

Big Mind, Patience, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Funeral, Compassion, Suffering...
Dec 04 1971

Body-Mind Shifts Across Cultures

Obstacles, Big Mind, Lay, Ego, Bowing
Nov 14 1971

Why We Must Have Rules

First Principle, Big Mind, Family Practice, Bell, Breath, lecture, Sutra, Observe...
Aug 17 1971
Tassajara

Obon Days

Ceremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith
Aug 12 1971
Tassajara

Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept Precepts

Precepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, training, Religion, Observe, Priest,...
Jul 17 1971
City Center

Resuming Big Mind

Serial: SR-00272

Sesshin Lecture No. 1
Friday, February 5, 1971
San Francisco

[”For this seven-day sesshin, there are only transcriptions for lectures given on Days 1, 3, 5,...

Sesshin, Big Mind, Hate, stubbornness, Zoom, sitting, Zazen, Anger, Ceremony, heart,...
Feb 05 1971
City Center

The Boss of Everything

Zazen, Big Mind, confusion, Precepts, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suffering, Observe...
Jan 16 1971
City Center

Buddha Is Always Here

Serial: SR-00051

Sandokai Lecture III
Monday, June 1, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Truth, Compassion,...
Jun 01 1970
Tassajara

Things-As-It-Is

Serial: SR-00048

Sandokai Lecture I
Wednesday, May 27, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the first in a series of lectures on the Sandokai (Chin. Cantong qi or Tisan-tiung-chii), a...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Big Mind, Discrimination, Freedom, Oneness, Bell,...
May 27 1970
Tassajara

The Zen of Going to the Rest Room

Ummon, Tangaryo, Culture, Monastic Practice, Suffering, American, Don't Know...
Mar 29 1970
City Center

Non-Dualistic Practice

Serial: SR-00260

Sesshin Lecture No. 3:
Wednesday, February 25, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Big Mind, difficulty, zen, Duality, Karma, Anger, Mahayana, training,...
Feb 25 1970
City Center

What Is Our Practice?

Serial: BZ-00028

Off site lecture

Big Mind, Concentration, Building, Offering, Emotions, Anger
Jan 04 1970
San Francisco Zen Center

Respect for Things

Serial: SR-00200

What Is Our Practice?
Sunday, January 4, 1970
San Francisco

Practice as taking care of everything. Not making a noise with the chairs. Practice with new...

Zendo, Bodhisattva Way, Big Mind, Building, Concentration, difficulty, Sutra, Bowing...
Jan 04 1970
City Center

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05964

Friday, December 5, 1969

Previously described as intranscribable - now clearer
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File name: 69-12-05N: untitled level low. [Verbatim transcript not...

Ceremony, Shosan, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Letting Go, Separation, Attachment,...
Dec 05 1969
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind, Part III

Serial: SR-00194

Winter Sesshin, Day 3, Lecture No. 3
Monday, December 1, 1969
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Bodhisattva Vow, Big Mind, difficulty, Vow, heart, Monks,...
Dec 01 1969
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind, Part II

Serial: SR-00266

Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 2
Sunday, November 30, 1969
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Buddha Mind, Don't Know Mind, Big Mind, Intention,...
Nov 30 1969
Tassajara

Epilogue: Zen Mind

Serial: SR-00263

American practice different from Japanese practice. Enlightenment experience is beyond good and bad, beyond our usual way of thinking. Big mind is always with you, never...

Big Mind, Enlightenment, Passions, Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Consciousness,...
Nov 16 1969

Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is Form

Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Big Mind, Forms, Don't Know Mind, Interdependence, heart...
Nov 13 1969

Zen Pathways: Rethinking Existence

Big Mind, Mandala, Priest, Peace, Money
Oct 28 1969

How should we establish our system of practice in San Francisco

Serial: SR-00019

Tuesday Evening, June 17, 1969
San Francisco

Just sit, and follow the teacher's instruction. Story of four kinds of horse. Humans go to the moon, but don't...

Rinzai, Soto Zen, Dogen, Zazen, New Year, Concentration, Big Mind, Priest, Pain,...
Jun 17 1969
Sokoji

Zen Water Wisdom: Unyielding Effort Unfolds

Consciousness, Big Mind, Obstacles, Emotions, New Year, Samadhi, Suffering, Ego, Hate...
Jun 10 1969

Jumping Off the 100-Foot Pole

Serial: SR-00016

Sunday Lecture
Sunday, April 20, 1969

Buddha Nature, Evil, Priest, Big Mind, Compassion, Continuous Practice, reality...
Apr 20 1969

Listening to Silence: Path to Harmony

Silence, Big Mind, Suffering, Meditation, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Patience, Vow,...
Apr 19 1969

Shuso Ceremony

Serial: SF-05779

SR-68-04-23-C (complete) Philip Wilson's shuso ceremony, followed by SR near end of side A - duplicate

Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Gratitude, Commitment, Precepts, Faith
Apr 23 1968
C
Tassajara

Shuso Ceremony

Serial: SF-05143C

SR023 Last 2/3 side 2 Philip's discussion ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator...

Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Bell, Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Buddha Nature,...
Apr 23 1968
C
Tassajara

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