Meditation Talks
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.
Meditation is practiced in numerous religious traditions. The earliest records of meditation (dhyana) are found in the Upanishads, and meditation plays a salient role in the contemplative repertoire of Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. Since the 19th century, Asian meditative techniques have spread to other cultures where they have also found application in non-spiritual contexts, such as business and health.
Meditation may significantly reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and pain, and enhance peace, perception, self-concept, and well-being. Research is ongoing to better understand the effects of meditation on health (psychological, neurological, and cardiovascular) and other areas.
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February 1970 talk, Serial No. 00207 Pain, Suffering, Describe, Compassion, Hate, Transmission, Ceremony, Meditation... |
Feb 1970 |
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Our Everyday Life Is Like A Movie Anger, Instruction, Meditation, Posture, Observe, sitting |
Mar 15 1970 City Center |
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April 1st, 1970, Serial No. 00204 Anger, Concentration, Breath, Happiness, Meditation, Hate, Fox, Oneness, Pain... |
Apr 01 1970 |
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April 3rd, 1970, Serial No. 00230 Interdependence, Don't Know Mind, Describe, Silence, Meditation, Gratitude,... |
Apr 03 1970 |
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April 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00202 Meditation, Fox, Compassion |
Apr 05 1970 |
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April 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00203 Compassion, Meditation |
Apr 05 1970 |
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April 9th, 1970, Serial No. 00199 Religion, Pain, Happiness, Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Meditation, Passions, Enemies,... |
Apr 09 1970 |
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April 9th, 1970, Serial No. 00223 Evil, Nirvana, Religion, Meditation, realization, stubbornness, Fox, Conversation,... |
Apr 09 1970 |
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April 12th, 1970, Serial No. 00226 Hate, Tassajara, Enemies, difficulty, Attachment, lecture, Demons, Happiness,... |
Apr 12 1970 |
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How To Have Sincere PracticeSerial: SR-00145 Suzuki Roshi edited from longer recording. Building, Community, Meditation, Zendo, Obstacles, Interview, Silence, Breath,... |
Apr 25 1970 A City Center |
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Zen Center and City PracticeSerial: SR-00045 Sunday, May 10, 1970 Building, Intention, Meditation, War, Observe, Death, difficulty |
May 10 1970 City Center |
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May 12th, 1970, Serial No. 00231 Mahayana, Precepts, Patience, Describe, Meditation, Enemies, Observe, Buddha Nature,... |
May 12 1970 |
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June 29th, 1970, Serial No. 00235 Meditation, Describe, Chanting, Ceremony, lecture |
Jun 29 1970 |
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July 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00196 Discrimination, Compassion, Meditation, Pain, Delusion |
Jul 05 1970 |
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Ekō Lecture 2Serial: SR-00229 The Second Morning Eko, Part 1 of 3 [This is the second in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted... Eko, Chanting, Chanting, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, heart, Karma, Meditation,... |
Jul 10 1970 Tassajara |
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Ekō Lecture 3Serial: SR-00228 The Second Morning Eko, Part 2 of 3 [This is the third in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted... Eko, Chanting, Describe, Concentration, Karma, Attachment, Mindfulness, Hindrances,... |
Jul 11 1970 Tassajara |
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July 14th, 1970, Serial No. 00197 Observe, Sangha, causation, Bowing, Obstacles, Hindrances, Describe, Ceremony,... |
Jul 14 1970 |
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October 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00220 Patience, Silence, difficulty, Pain, Meditation, lecture, Interdependence, Funeral,... |
Oct 05 1970 |
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December 1970 talk, Serial No. 00216 Transmission, Meditation, Tassajara, Hindrances, Samadhi, Concentration, Religion,... |
Dec 1970 |
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December 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00217 Concentration, Teacher-and-Student, Pain, confusion, Vows, Evil, Monastic Practice,... |
Dec 05 1970 |
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Japan Now: Zazen As Our FoundationSerial: SR-00072 Lecture after Trip to Japan: Transmission, Culture, sitting, Meditation, Ceremony, American |
Dec 13 1970 |
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OLD - 1971.03.09-serial.00148Serial: SR-00148 Second part of talk from this date, continues where 00116 finishes. Oneness, Karma, sitting, Meditation, Building, Pain, reality |
Mar 09 1971 |
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April 1971 talk, Serial No. 00326 Happiness, Enemies, Meditation |
Apr 1971 |
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April 2nd, 1971, Serial No. 00321 Breath, Posture, Buddha Nature, Evil, Instruction, Meditation, lecture |
Apr 02 1971 |
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June 1st, 1971, Serial No. 00296 Attachment, lecture, Liberation, Lay, Ceremony, Meditation |
Jun 01 1971 |
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June 1971 talk, Serial No. 00302 Meditation, difficulty, Anger, Happiness, Composure, American, Fox, Passions, Hate,... |
Jun 1971 |
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July 1971 talk, Serial No. 00254 Monastic Practice, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Enthusiasm, Posture, Ego, training,... |
Jul 1971 |
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September 23rd, 1971, Serial No. 00275 Birth-and-Death, Posture, Constancy, Hate, Precepts, Breath, Happiness, Meditation,... |
Sep 23 1971 |
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January 30th, 1972, Serial No. 00192 Fox, realization, Liberation, Beginners, Posture, Silence, training, Meditation, Hate... |
Jan 30 1972 |
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March 1972 talk, Serial No. 00177 Mahayana, Four Noble Truths, Emotions, Consciousness, Nirvana, Community, Attachment... |
Mar 1972 |
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October 1972 talk, Serial No. 00337 Concentration, realization, Hate, Breath, lecture, Patience, Oneness, confusion,... |
Oct 1972 |
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October 23rd, 1972, Serial No. 00346 Teacher-and-Student, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, realization, confusion,... |
Oct 23 1972 |
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September 2nd, 1975, Serial No. 00067 realization, Birth-and-Death, Oneness, Meditation, Nirvana, Happiness, Separation,... |
Sep 02 1975 |
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December 14th, 1979, Serial No. 00141 Emotions, Subject-and-Object, confusion, Meditation, Oneness, Happiness,... |
Dec 14 1979 |
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December 21st, 1979, Serial No. 00144 Breath, Posture, Compassion, Discrimination, Meditation, causation, American,... |
Dec 21 1979 |
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February 4th, 1981, Serial No. 00397 Continuous, Impermanence, Compassion, Silence, realization, Building, Bell, Religion... |
Feb 04 1981 |
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March 8th, 1982, Serial No. 00147 Buddha Nature, Compassion, Suffering, Meditation, Evil, Funeral, Precepts, Silence,... |
Mar 08 1982 |
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Japanese Zen Practice in AmericaMeditation, Alan Watts, Buddha Nature, Obstacles, Posture, American, Priest,... |
May 07 1982 |
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1982.09.DD-serial.00107 Daily Life, causation, Intimacy, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Meditation,... |
Sep 1982 |
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December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00165 Dragons, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Consciousness, Patience, American,... |
Dec 08 1985 |
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December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00166 Monastic Practice, Describe, Compassion, Meditation, Commitment, Dragons,... |
Dec 08 1985 |
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February 8th, 1987, Serial No. 00386 Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Anger, Meditation, Separation, Patience, Emotions,... |
Feb 08 1987 |
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1997.04.22-serial.00055 Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Greed, Anger, Precepts, Meditation, Ego, Beginners,... |
Apr 22 1997 |
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1997.04.24-serial.00054 Daily Life, Happiness, Sangha, Repentance, Meditation, Vows, lecture, Don't Know... |
Apr 24 1997 |
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2001.05.19-serial.00046 Posture, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Four Noble Truths, Silent... |
May 19 2001 |
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2001.05.19-serial.00047 Posture, Silence, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Diversity, Patience,... |
May 19 2001 |
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2002.03.10-serial.00114C Daily Life, Anger, Meditation, Zendo, true dharma, Chanting, Emotions, Ego, Vows,... |
Mar 10 2002 |
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2002.03.12-serial.00077 Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Ancestors, Meditation, Oneness, Fasting, Echo, Duality,... |
Mar 12 2002 |
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2002.03.13-serial.00069 Posture, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Breath, Bodhidharma, zen, Beginners, Samsara,... |
Mar 13 2002 |
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2003.02.19-serial.00028 Continuous, training, Concentration, Liberation, Dependent Origination, Sangha,... |
Feb 19 2003 |