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A ceremony (UK: , US: ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.

The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin caerimonia.

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Zen Lineage: Echoes of Dogen

Transmission, Ceremony, Building, Bodhidharma, Addiction, Demons, Rinzai
Sep 1975

Aligning Life Through Zen Practice

Zazen, Time, Ceremony
Oct 26 1974

Embodied Path to Enlightenment

Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony
Oct 21 1974

Everyday Zen: Finding Beauty Within

Serial: SF-03016

8411-2

Japan, Time, Ceremony
1973
Unknown

Embracing Zen: Questioning and Vows

Practice, Japan, Ceremony
Nov 16 1972

Embracing Impermanence Through Non-Self

Silence, Consciousness, Attachment, Separation, Suffering, Conversation, Emotions,...
Nov 14 1972

Living Zen: Embracing Each Moment

Silence, Rinzai, Pain, Duality, Bell, Ceremony, Community, Realization, Suffering...
Aug 09 1972

Embodying Buddha Nature Through Presence

Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Building, Rinzai, confusion
Aug 05 1972

Awakening Harmony in Everyday Life

Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Funeral, Hate, Silence, Building, Interdependence,...
Apr 04 1972

Zen's Path to Liberation Beyond Thought

Birth-and-Death, Intimacy, Liberation, Ceremony, Community, Attachment, Suffering,...
Apr 1972

Living Enlightenment Through Continuous Practice

Offering, Patience, Discrimination, Nirvana, Community, Lotus Sutra, Ceremony,...
Mar 15 1972

Embracing Intuitive Zen Practice

Intuition, Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Pain, American, Tassajara Zen...
Feb 27 1972

Gyoji: The Heartbeat of Zen Practice

Bell, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Discrimination, Chanting, Oneness,...
Feb 08 1972

OLD - Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi

Ceremony, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi, Community, Culture, Ceremony, Funeral, Emotions,...
Dec 12 1971
1/2
City Center

Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi

Serial: SR-00171

This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death.

Ceremony, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Ceremony, Vow, Discrimination
Dec 12 1971
City Center

Seeing Through the Buddha's Eye

Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Chanting,...
Dec 1971

Endless Circle of Zen Practice

Nirvana, Ceremony, Bell, Realization, Suffering, Pain
Nov 12 1971

Reviving Genuine Zen Practices Today

Ceremony, Dragons, Mahayana, Building, confusion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 05 1971

Blossoming Enlightenment Through Transience

Community, Compassion, Funeral, Emotions, Ceremony, Pain, Building
Oct 22 1971

Embracing Flow: Zen's Middle Way

Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, Diversity, Composure, American, Chanting, confusion,...
Sep 28 1971

Snails and the Illusion of Self

Constancy, Birth-and-Death, Delusion, Emotions, Ceremony, Evil, American
Sep 22 1971

Obon Days

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

On Bodhidharma's Day

Ceremony, Non-duality, Nirvana, Dragons, Breath, Enemies, Building, Faith
Aug 04 1971
Tassajara

Translation of Unknown Text

Serial: SR-00183

August 1971
San Francisco

Ceremony, Priest, Hate, Passions, Attachment, Forms
Aug 1971
City Center

To Attain The Perfection Of Human Practice

Ceremony, First Principle, Mahayana, Buddha Nature, Building, Breath, Evil, Doubt,...
Jul 30 1971
Tassajara

Ryaku Fusatsu Lecture

Serial: SR-00182

The audio of this tape has been improved, so the missing parts of the transcript may be worked out now.

Ceremony, Eiheiji, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Bell, Balance, Death, Truth
Jul 29 1971
Tassajara

San-Pachi-Nenju

Ceremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay
Jul 22 1971
Tassajara

Consciousness Unbound: Embracing Neutral Freedom

Consciousness, Attachment, Evil, confusion, American, Passions, Beginners, Ceremony,...
Jul 13 1971

Bridging Wisdom: Buddhism Meets Christianity

Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Culture, Ceremony, American, Mahayana,...
Jul 06 1971

Embracing Impermanence for Vibrant Living

Impermanence, Attachment, Intention, Ego, Passions, Breath, Happiness, confusion,...
Jun 26 1971

Swirling Waters of Impermanence

Consciousness, Ceremony, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Conversation,...
Jun 24 1971

Okesa Ceremony

Serial: SR-00146

Ceremony of the okesa: chanting the fascicle Shobogenzo Kesa Kudoku; ten virtues of the okesa. What is practice of zazen and practice of the okesa. Truth is beyond priest or...

Priest, Ceremony, Okesa, Zazen, Dragons, Priest, Greed, Demons, Gratitude, Happiness...
Jun 06 1971
City Center

Embracing Life's Circle Through Zen

Attachment, Liberation, Lay, Ceremony, Meditation
Jun 01 1971

Nurturing Wisdom Through Dharma Rain

Attachment, Nirvana, Hate, Demons, Dragons, Offering, Ceremony, American
Jun 1971

Living the Experience of Wisdom

Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Building, Instruction, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay,...
Apr 25 1971

From Osaka Roots to Zen Wisdom

Ceremony, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Transmission, American, Ordination,...
Apr 11 1971

Breaking Free: Effort and Mindfulness

Breath, difficulty, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Obstacles, Posture, Ceremony,...
Apr 04 1971

Changing Our Karma

Baso, Concentration, Karma, Suffering, difficulty, Ceremony
Mar 09 1971
City Center

Why We Have So Many Problems

Serial: SR-00153

Tuesday, March 2, 1971
8 am Tuesday Morning
San Francisco

difficulty, Ceremony, Concentration, Addiction, Ego, confusion, Building
Mar 02 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, Zoom, Zazen, Anger, Ceremony, Pain
Feb 05 1971
City Center

What Is Self?

Ceremony, Observe
Jan 03 1971
City Center

Japan Now: Zazen As Our Foundation

Serial: SR-00072

Lecture after Trip to Japan:
Sunday, December 13, 1970

Transmission, Culture, Meditation, Ceremony, American
Dec 13 1970

Unwavering Practice: Path to Awakening

Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Building, Continuous Practice, Ceremony,...
Nov 20 1970

Kashaya: Trust and Existence Unveiled

Fasting, Chanting, Vow, Precepts, difficulty, Hate, Separation, Culture, Lay,...
Sep 22 1970

Zazen Harmony Through Emptiness

Posture, Hate, Bowing, Mahayana, Ceremony, Religion, Realization, Pain
Sep 15 1970

Zen Harmony: Beyond Rituals

Ceremony, Chanting, Buddha Nature, Posture, Lay, Bowing, Oneness, Culture, Emotions...
Sep 13 1970

Lay Ordination Ceremony

Serial: SR-00069B

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #25, by Shundo David Haye =====

This tape, which is unfortunately very poorly recorded, gives us a sense of the lay ordination...

Precepts, Ceremony, Commitment
Aug 23 1970
City Center

Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson

Serial: SR-00069A

Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript.

Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,...
Aug 09 1970
City Center

Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same Thing

Serial: SF-06049

Sesshin Lecture No. 1
Saturday, August 1, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay,...
Aug 01 1970
City Center

Embracing Formless Zen Insight

Repentance, Building, Liberation, Balance, American, Oneness, Obstacles, Chanting,...
Jul 30 1970

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