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Selflessness and Rilke: Perceiving Pure Existence

Community, Consciousness, Emotions, Hate, Subject-and-Object
Sep 05 1979

Cultivating Wisdom Through Zen Practice

Realization, Community, Compassion, Hate
Mar 09 1979

Harmony in Motion: Zen Practices

Community
Feb 26 1979

Love's Essence: A Buddhist Perspective

Community, Compassion, Consciousness, Hate, Politics, Suffering
Aug 28 1977

Beyond Lineage: All Are Buddhas

Lay Practice, Community, Realization
Aug 1977

Embracing Nirvana in Every Moment

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Community, Hate, Interview, Nirvana, Patience...
Dec 03 1972

Embracing Impermanence Through Non-Self

Consciousness, Separation, Suffering, Conversation, Emotions, Ceremony, Community,...
Nov 14 1972

Zen Living Through Everyday Practice

Nirvana, Three Treasures, Posture, Bowing, Causation, Patience, Community, Buddha...
Aug 12 1972

Living Zen: Embracing Each Moment

Ceremony, Community, Duality, Realization, Rinzai, Suffering
Aug 09 1972

Transparent Emancipation of Ceaseless Effort

Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Happiness, Community, Realization
Aug 07 1972

Flowing Through Life and Death

Buddha Nature, Community, Consciousness, Liberation, Realization, Samadhi
Apr 1972

Zen's Path to Liberation Beyond Thought

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

Living Enlightenment Through Continuous Practice

Buddha Nature, Ceremony, Community, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Patience
Mar 15 1972

Universal Enlightenment: Wisdom in Action

Community, Consciousness, Emotions, Four Noble Truths, Mahayana, Nirvana
Mar 1972

Navigating Desire in Buddhist Practice

Buddha Nature, Community, Consciousness, Liberation, Nirvana
Mar 1972

Beyond Ego: Embracing Unified Existence

Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Community, Realization, Hate
Feb 25 1972

Nowness: Interconnectedness in Zen Practice

Community, Compassion, Realization, Tassajara
Feb 1972

Embracing Momentary Zen Impermanence

Birth-and-Death, Community, Happiness, Liberation, Subject-and-Object, Suffering...
Feb 1972

OLD - Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi

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

Blossoming Enlightenment Through Transience

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

Wind Stops, But Still Flower Falls

Serial: SR-00163

This audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible.

Ummon, Community, Death, Dragons, Emptiness, Wisdom
Aug 15 1971
Tassajara

Questions and Answers

Question-and-Answer, Yaoshan, Community
Aug 08 1971
Tassajara

Zen Is Actually, In Short, Maybe, Communication

Teacher-and-Student, Question-and-Answer, Community, Interview, Wisdom
Aug 07 1971
Tassajara

Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks

Serial: SR-00175

Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson,...

Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Hui-neng, Buddha Mind, Community, Fasting, Hate
Jul 25 1971
Tassajara

Consciousness Unbound: Embracing Neutral Freedom

Ceremony, Community, Consciousness
Jul 13 1971

Embracing Impermanence Through Buddhist Insight

Buddha Nature, Community, Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Suffering
Jun 22 1971

Calmness of Mind

Serial: SR-00151

Sesshin Lecture No. 2
Sunday, June 7, 1971
San Francisco

Practice is to expose yourself as you are, express yourself fully. Accepting your teacher's words....

Sesshin, Zazen, Community, Community, Death, Emptiness, Hate, Priest
Jun 07 1971
City Center

Calmness of your Mind

Serial: SR-00079

Saturday Morning, February 13, 1971
San Francisco

Sesshin, Community, New Year, Suffering
Feb 13 1971
City Center

Advancing Towards Everyday Enlightenment

Buddha Nature, Community, Conversation, Dragons, Mahayana, Suffering
Jan 19 1971

Compassion's Path: Bridging Illusion and Reality

Community, Compassion, Delusion, Happiness, Hate, Suffering
Dec 13 1970

Silent Acceptance in Zen Practice

Buddha Nature, Community, Mahayana, Patience
Oct 05 1970

Roots of Zen: Unraveling Delusions

Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Lay Practice, Community, Delusion, Compassion
Sep 27 1970

Suffering Is A Valuable Thing

Serial: SR-00218

Sandokai Lecture XI
Saturday, June 27, 1970
Tassajara

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

Line 33 Bammotsu onozukara...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Suffering, Community, Emptiness, Death
Jun 27 1970
Tassajara

How To Have Sincere Practice

Serial: SR-00145

Suzuki Roshi edited from longer recording.

Community, Interview, Obstacles
Apr 25 1970
A
City Center

Embracing No-Mind in Everyday Zen

Buddha Mind, Community, Don't Know Mind, Hate, Impermanence, Interview
Apr 21 1970

Embracing Life's Unfathomable Flow

Community, Delusion, Don't Know Mind, Suffering
Mar 12 1970

“An Unsurpassed, Penetrating Buddha”

Community, Death, Emptiness, Forms, Hate, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object...
Feb 08 1970

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

Zen Action Beyond Form

Chanting, Community, Delusion, Interview
Sep 27 1969

Zen Clarity Through Communal Practice

Monastic Practice, Delusion, Birth-and-Death, Community, Obstacles, Happiness,...
Jul 03 1969

Awakening Through Mindful Practice

Causation, Community, Karma, Posture
Jun 30 1969

Transcending Ego: Embracing Zen Selflessness

Birth-and-Death, Don't Know Mind, Community, Suffering, Delusion
Apr 29 1969

Zen Is Not Something To Talk About, And Also It Is Something To Talk About

Serial: SR-00015

Shunryu Suzuki (with Ryogen Yoshimura)
Afternoon Sesshin Lecture
Sunday, April 19, 1969

Audio includes Yoshimura at beginning.

Sesshin, Community, Don't Know Mind, Hate, Posture, Priest, Suffering
Apr 19 1969

Embracing Solitude for Inner Peace

Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Community, Interview, Suffering
Mar 25 1969

Transcending Ignorance Through Zazen Insight

Causation, Realization, Consciousness, Happiness, Community, Suffering
Feb 25 1969

Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger

Serial: SR-00236

Sesshin Lecture
Saturday, October 12, 1968
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Gutei, Yaoshan, Community, Obstacles, Precepts
Oct 12 1968
A
Sokoji

Zen's Communal Heartbeat: A Legacy

Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Interview, Buddha Nature, Community
Mar 04

Nurturing Awareness in Modern Meditation

Community, Money, Thich Nhat Hanh, Chanting

Zen Paths: Bridging Traditions and Transformation

Monastic Practice, Politics, Community, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Vinaya...

Liberation Through Tibetan Monastic Life

Community, Happiness, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Transmission...

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