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Zen Beyond Imitation and Ritual

Bell, Buddha Nature, Demons, Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Mindfulness, New Year,...
Apr 17 1969

At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House

Serial: SF-05970B

Dec 1968 New Year Lecture

Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest...
Dec 29 1968
Sokoji

The True Dragon

Dogen, Baso, Dragons, Freedom, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Instruction, Zazen...
Oct 12 1968
B
Sokoji

Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger

Serial: SR-00236

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

Sesshin, Gutei, Yaoshan, Community, Instruction, Monks, Obstacles, Pain, Precepts...
Oct 12 1968
A
Sokoji

What is Soto and what is Rinzai?

Serial: SF-05144A

SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content
NB: the date for the SR talk in...

Soto Zen, Rinzai, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Evil, Bowing, Mahayana, Gratitude, Ego...
Jul 26 1968
Tassajara

Become More Direct and Honest

Serial: SF-05276

Protection Master: re-recording from cassette marked "Suzuki Roshi talk with background music: no date, original copied" (Sony C60 side A); recorded: 7 1/2 ips, bias...

Instruction, Posture, Religion
1968
Unknown

Nature of Our Practice

Serial: SF-05141B

Tuesday, December 5, 1967, Lecture B
Evening Sesshin Lecture
Tassajara

Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi, Discrimination, Instruction, Freedom, Observe, Daily...
Dec 05 1967
B
Tassajara

Inner Power of Practice

Serial: SF-05137A

SR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied

Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Precepts,...
Dec 02 1967
Tassajara

Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And Body

Serial: SF-05131B

This is lecture D from these notes on the reel boxes (05132-B was added to this)
Several minutes of tape operator's notes at the end are included, the transcript was...

Instruction, Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Funeral, Religion, Instruction, Emotions,...
Sep 08 1967
Morning
Tassajara

In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shū

Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Instruction, Balance, Platform Sutra,...
Dec 17 1966
A
Sokoji

The Need for Training in Buddhism without Self-Seeking Mind

Serial: SF-05121B

Original recording

Sesshin, Dogen, Buddha Nature, Instruction, Observe, Hate, Doubt
Dec 17 1966
B
Sokoji

This Fascicle of Shobogenzo

Serial: SF-05097F

Sesshin Lecture 1966 Tape #2 Track 2: Suzuki 1pm lecture Friday

Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment, Instruction, Freedom,...
Aug 19 1966
C
Sokoji

Don't Be Attached To Your Attainment

Serial: SF-05097H

Sesshin Lecture 1966 Tape #2 Track 4 Friday lecture by Suzuki during morning zazen Friday

Sesshin, Instruction, Attachment
Aug 19 1966
B
Sokoji

Our Mind Should Be Calm

Serial: SF-05093L

Tuesday, August 16, 1966
Sesshin: Zazen short instruction
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Instruction,
Aug 16 1966
Sokoji

You Cannot Appreciate Our Teaching In Its True Sense

Serial: SF-05093B

Monday, August 15, 1966
Sesshin: Lunch Lecture, Lecture B
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Oryoki, Instruction, Discrimination, Japan
Aug 15 1966
B
Sokoji

Think Everything Out

Serial: SF-05093C

Monday, August 15, 1966, Lecture C
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Causation, Attachment, Hate, Intuition, Concentration, Evil, Instruction,...
Aug 15 1966
C
Sokoji

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-05111C

This is the bulk of the talk attributed to this date. It sounds distinct from the earlier fragment, and the date may not be accurate, though the subject is appropriate for the...

Sesshin, Attachment, Instruction, Freedom, Doubt
Aug 15 1966
C
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

Don't Be Bothered By Your Mind / Science of Philosophy is Like a Dissection

Serial: SF-05104C

Tape 5 Summer sesshin 1965 Thursday July 29th Side 2: 5:45 meditation, 9:00 AM lecture [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR]

Sesshin, Peace, Buddha Nature, Current Events, Bodhidharma, Passions, Instruction,...
Jul 30 1965
A-B
Sokoji

The Purpose of Practice is to Have a Direct Experience of Buddha

Serial: SF-05103B

Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 9am lecture - transcribed

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Evil, Precepts, Ego, Instruction
Jul 29 1965
A
Sokoji

Pure Rules

Serial: SF-05126A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #6, by Shundo David Haye =====

The value of these sets of recordings during sesshins in the summer of 1965 at Sokoji is that not...

Sesshin, Instruction, Emptiness, Interview, Religion, Faith
Jul 28 1965
9:00am
Sokoji

Lunch Instruction

Serial: SF-05126C

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #7, by Shundo David Haye =====

This is a second short instruction from the same day of sesshin as the Pure Rules talk (https://...

Sesshin, Oryoki, Instruction, Ego, Japan, Observe
Jul 28 1965
12:00
Sokoji

Wisdom Seeks For Wisdom

Serial: SF-05128

===== 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

Unknown Title, Serial No. 00379, Side B

Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Gratitude, Silence, Instruction, War, Mahayana, Bell, Peace...
Berkeley Zen Center

Taxi

Priest, Politics, Dragons, Interview, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion, Doubt,...

Adapt Your Breathing to Your Needs

Serial: BZ-00526

Movement Class

Observe, Dragons, Enemies, Fox, Bell, Posture, Instruction, War, Peace, Lay

Compassionate Peace: A Global Call

Freedom, Hate, Peace, Mill Valley, Interdependence, Greed, Evil, Realization,...
May 09 1993

Mindful Paths to Enlightened Living

Meditation, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Precepts, Non-duality, Culture, Lay,...

Temporary Vows, Timeless Growth

Precepts, Heart Sutra, Community, Meditation, Instruction, Non-duality, Pain, Teacher...

BZCPhone

Serial: BZ-02866

Telephone answer machine message

Zazen, Instruction
Berkeley Zen Center

Harmony and Unity in Daoist Meditation

Serial: NC-00206

Archival Photo

Instruction, Concentration, Posture, Funeral

Holding The One: Experiential Wisdom

Serial: NC-00207

Archival Photo

Attachment, Instruction, Enlightenment, First Principle, Letting Go

Prayerful Traditions, Living Faith

Serial: NC-00289

Liturgy Class

Instruction, Chanting, Conversation, Bowing, Commitment

Journey from Call to Spiritual Fatherhood

Admonitions, Instruction, Love

Servant Leadership in Sacred Rituals

Priest, Instruction, Enemies

Beyond Words: Zen's Silent Wisdom

Practice, Instruction, Time

Awakening Presence Through Mindful Touch

Instruction, Peace, Rumi, War

YYYY.01.30-serial.00024

Buddha Nature, Culture, difficulty, Dragons, Fox, Instruction, Interdependence,...

Six "Wrong" Ways of Practice

Serial: BZ-01231

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Ego, Family Practice, Greed, Instruction, Interview, Nirvana, Obstacles,...
Berkeley Zen Center

How Sojun Gives Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-01045

Class

Bowing, Daily Life, Enemies, Instruction, Interview, Observe, Posture
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice in the New Year: This is It!

Serial: BZ-01411

Saturday Lecture

Practice, New Year, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, confusion, Hate, Instruction, Ordinary...
Berkeley Zen Center

Ryokan’s Poetry

Serial: BZ-01412

Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2

Discrimination, Instruction, Non-discrimination, Peace
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Kidzendo: Oneness of Opposites

Serial: BZ-01415

"The Teaching is Just for You", Saturday Lecture

Non-duality, Big Mind, Daily Life, Dragons, Ego, Gaining Mind, Instruction, Lotus...
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen, Sanshimopo, and Doshin: Foundations of Practice

Serial: BZ-01112

Shikantaza, Guidance, and Way-Seeking Mind, Saturday Lecture

Shikantaza, Zazen, Way-Seeking Mind, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission,...
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Cooking

Serial: BZ-00484

Class 2 of 4

Culture, Instruction, Practice Period, Tassajara, War
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Cooking

Serial: BZ-00485

Class 1 of 4

Bell, Conversation, Hate, Instruction, Interview, Manjushri, Monastic Practice,...
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Vow Beyond Habit: Zen Unity

Attachment, Balance, Building, Culture, Emotions, Instruction, Patience, Vow...

Trust in One’s Self and the Eightfold Path

Serial: BZ-01516B

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Eight Aspects, Emotions, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Mindfulness,...
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi's Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss

Serial: BZ-02042

Silent Illumination, Sesshin Day 1

Jijuyu Zanmai, Pain, Silent Illumination, Constancy, Buddha Nature, Concentration,...
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Birthday

Birth-and-Death, Buddha's Birthday, Building, Continuous Practice, Instruction,...

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