Genjokoan Talks

Genjōkōan (現成公按), translated by Tanahashi as Actualizing the Fundamental Point, is an influential essay written by Dōgen, the founder of Zen Buddhism's Sōtō school in Japan. It is considered one of the most popular essays in Shōbōgenzō.

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Nishiari Commentary on Genjo Koan

Serial: BZ-02233

Three Commentaries on Genjo Koan, new book,

Meaning of term Koan

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Nishiari Bokusan, Kosho Uchiyama, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-Death,...
Mar 03 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

Commemorating Buddha's Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-02074

Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7

Abhidharma, Genjokoan, Vasubandhu, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Anger, Nirvana,...
Dec 12 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01332

Sesshin Day 4

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...
Jun 25 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary

Serial: BZ-00082A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous, Renunciation, Lay Practice, Absolute-and-...
Sep 02 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan (Pt. 8/8)

Serial: BZ-00674B

“The place is lost; from here the Way unfolds”, Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, Separation,...
Aug 07 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan (Pt. 7/8)

Serial: BZ-00158B

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice...
Jul 17 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan (Pt. 6/8)

Serial: BZ-00158A

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Non-discrimination, Dharma Transmission,...
Jul 10 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 5/8)

Serial: BZ-00752A

Sesshin Day 5

Genjokoan, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, resistance, Mahayana, Peace, Priest
Jun 27 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8)

Serial: BZ-00753B

Sesshin Day 4

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, soto, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness,...
Jun 26 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 3/8)

Serial: BZ-00753A

Sesshin Day 3

Genjokoan, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Thoroughness, Impermanence, Continuous,...
Jun 25 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8)

Serial: BZ-00078B

Sesshin Day 2

Genjokoan, Precious Mirror, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative...
Jun 24 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 1/8)

Serial: BZ-00078A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Impermanence...
Jun 23 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00709B

Sesshin Day 2

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Duality, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Non-duality,...
Jun 25 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00709A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Emotions, Practice Period,...
Jun 24 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan'a Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00710B

Desire and Intention, Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing,...
May 30 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00685B

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Precepts, Absolute-and-Relative,...
Feb 29 1992
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-01517A

Manifesting This Moment, Rohatsu Day 2

Genjokoan, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Attachment,...
Dec 03 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00898A

One-Day Sitting

Genjokoan, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Obstacles, Bowing, Samadhi, Chanting, Concentration...
Apr 24 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00900B

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Sixth Patriarch, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Ego...
Jan 30 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00906

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi...
Jun 13 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan V

Serial: BZ-00907B

Sesshin Day 4

Genjokoan, Passions, Offering, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Dragons
Jun 07 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan IV

Serial: BZ-00907A

Sesshin Day 3

Genjokoan, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Gratitude
Jun 06 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan III

Serial: BZ-00908B

Sesshin Day 2

Genjokoan, Religion, Eka, Echo, Heart Sutra, Describe, Bodhidharma, Interview,...
Jun 05 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan II

Serial: BZ-00908A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,...
Jun 04 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of Practice

Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Pain, Don't Know Mind, Happiness,...
Aug 21 1971
City Center

Genjo Koan no 4

Serial: SF-05136

Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not...

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Time, Faith, Emptiness, Continuous, Dragons
Aug 24 1967
A
Tassajara

Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage

Serial: SF-05134D

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #17, by Shundo David Haye =====

About half way through this sesshin talk, you can start to hear crickets in the background, getting...

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Continuous, Doubt, Religion, Peace
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-05134A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #14, by Shundo David Haye =====

The acquisition of Tassajara in 1967 was a huge leap for Zen Center. Suzuki Roshi had long been...

Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin, Emptiness, New Year, Interview, Freedom
Aug 20 1967
Morning
Tassajara

OLD - The Second Paragraph of the Genjo Koan

Serial: SR-00196

Monday, August 15, 1966
Sesshin Lecture, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Genjokoan, Dogen, Consciousness, Attachment, Instruction, Doubt, reality,...
Aug 15 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo Koan (short fragment)

Serial: SF-05111A

This is just the first few sentences of a talk. When the tape resumes, it seems to be a different talk, so these are not edited together.

Genjokoan,
Aug 15 1966
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 11-13

Serial: SF-05098-C

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Genjokoan, Dogen, Continuous, Peace, Evil
Jun 19 1966
D
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11

Serial: SF-05098-D

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Family Practice, Observe, Doubt, Discrimination, Attachment, Hate,...
Jun 19 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9

Serial: SF-05098-A

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Composure, Liberation, Faith
Jun 19 1966
B
Sokoji

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2

Serial: SF-05096-B

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Precepts, Mahayana, Freedom, Observe, Balance, Attachment...
May 26 1966
Sokoji

Genjō Kōan, 5-13

Serial: SF-05096-A

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Faith, realization, Addiction, Peace
May 25 1966
Sokoji

Genjō Kōan, 1–3

Serial: SF-05095-C

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–3
Sunday Morning, March 13, 1966, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Duality, Faith, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination...
Mar 13 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo Koan continued

Serial: SF-05095-A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #11, by Shundo David Haye =====

In the spring of 1966, having previously spent a number of years primarily lecturing on the Blue...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Sangha, Happiness
Mar 13 1966
Sokoji

Tokusan and The Old Lady

Serial: SF-05114-A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #8, by Shundo David Haye =====

At Zen Center, responsibilities get passed on from person to person regularly. One part of...

Genjokoan,
Feb 19 1966
pm
Sokoji

To Study The Self

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Bell, training, Faith
Feb 19 1966
pm
Sokoji

Study Yourself

Serial: SF-05123B

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #4, by Shundo David Haye =====

"I always felt his best Zen talks were the ones he gave on Thursday mornings in my home. They were...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Rinzai, Monastic Practice, Instruction, Hate, Doubt
Sep 09 1965
Los Altos

Wisdom Seeks For Wisdom

Serial: SF-05128A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #2, by Shundo David Haye =====

Among the tapes previously known to exist in the Zen Center archives, the earliest were from a sesshin...

Precepts, Genjokoan, Instruction, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Buddha Mind,...
Jul 22 1965
Los Altos