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Zen Meditation on the Great Flower Adornment Scripture, Class 7

In this series of meetings, we will study and see how Zen is the key unlocking the innumerable meanings of this oceanic scripture. We will also explore how the sutra opens and illuminates our simple...

#YRB-2023-Fall, Attachment, Monks, Chanting, Letting Go, Gratitude
Nov 14 2023
7 of 8
The Yoga Room

Entering the Samadhi of Buddha’s Radiance

A talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community

Flower Adornment Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, Katagiri Roshi, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Aug 12 2023
No Abode Hermitage

Zen Meditation on Our Original Nature, Class 5

In this series of gatherings we will explore and perhaps realize our original nature, and how to apply such a discovery to all of our daily activities. 

#YRB-2023-Spring1, Original Nature, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Gratitude, Monks...
Apr 18 2023
5 of 8
The Yoga Room

The Gift that Doesn't Stop Giving

Serial: BZ-02077

Greed, Virtue and Practice, Saturday Lecture

Monks, Addiction, Current Events, Dragons, Building, War
Jan 16 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

2003.04.27-serial.00177B

Ego, Emotions, Posture, Monks, Letting Go, Culture, Vow, Separation, Chanting,...
Apr 27 2003

Monk/Fox and The Law of Karma

Serial: BZ-00129A

One-Day Sitting

Hyakujo, Monks, Fox, Karma, Fox, causation, Karma, Dependent Origination, Birth-and-...
Jan 20 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

1999.08.03-serial.00148A

Concentration, Chanting, Bell, Posture, Interview, Balance, Emotions, Monks, Passions...
Aug 03 1999

1999.08.03-serial.00148B

Concentration, Bell, Chanting, Posture, Interview, Balance, Emotions, Monks, Passions...
Aug 03 1999

Parting from the 4 Attachments Serial 00037

true dharma, Six Realms, Manjushri, Monks, Lineage, Precepts, Avalokiteshvara,...
Nov 08 1988
Part 1

Vajrayogini Serial 00096

Monks, Breath, Demons, Bell, Politics, Hindrances, Hate, Peace
Oct 29 1985

Vajrayogini Q&A, Serial 00093 Part B

Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Intention, American, Continuous Practice, confusion, Monks...
Oct 25 1985
B

Third Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Serial 00013

Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Monks, lecture,...
Feb 08 1985

Second Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Serial 00015

Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Mahayana, Freedom, Sutra, Ego, Monks, resistance,...
Feb 06 1985

First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma Serial 00014

Four Noble Truths, Freedom, Concentration, Lay, Six Realms, Precepts, Mahayana,...
Feb 04 1985

The Spirit of the Mahayana Serial 00031

Bodhisattva Vow, difficulty, Monks, Mindfulness, Sanctuary, Interview, Manjushri...
May 17 1984
2nd session (1st intro)
New York City

The Spirit of Mahayana Buddhism, Serial 00032

Four Noble Truths, difficulty, New Year, Monks, Nirvana, Intuition, Conversation,...
May 15 1984
4th session
New York City

Ngon Dro Nyam Len & bio of Gaton Ngawang Legpa, Serial 00009

Monks, Lineage, Conversation, Manjushri, Bodhisattva Vow, Hate, Sutra, Precepts,...
Apr 13 1980
final teaching of this book
New York City

Ngon Dro, Serial 00087

Lineage, Japan, Bell, Nirvana, Sangha, Monks
Apr 06 1980
1 and 2?
New York City

Ngon Dro, Serial 00049

Monks, Impermanence, Teacher-and-Student, Sangha, Delusion, lecture, Emotions,...
Mar 09 1980
Sides 1 and 2
New York City

Ngon Dro Nyam Len, Serial 00051

Monks, Dana, Chanting, Peace, Bell, Enemies, Passions, Sangha, Evil
Mar 09 1980
Session 2
New York City

Ngon Dro, chanting only, Serial 00052

Monks, Chanting, Peace, Enemies, Passions
Mar 09 1980
Side 3
New York City

Ngon Dro, Serial 00054

Monks, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Delusion, lecture, Emotions, confusion,...
Mar 09 1980
New York City

Ngon Dro Nyam Len, Lecture 1: Refuge, Serial 00046

Monks, Japan, Lineage, Separation, Commitment, Intention, Hate, American, Nirvana,...
Mar 02 1980
Session 1, Tape 1

Ngon Dro Nyam Len, Lecture 1, Serial 00047

Monks, Sangha, Lineage, Diversity, Separation, American, Nirvana, Evil
Mar 02 1980
Session 1, Tape 2

Ngon Dro Nyam Len: Lecture 1, Serial 00048

Six Realms, Don't Know Mind, Lineage, Posture, Enemies, American, Nirvana,...
Mar 02 1980
Session 1, Tape 3?

Lam Dre: Final Teaching, Serial 00067

Nirvana, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Concentration, Cultivation, Demons, confusion,...
Feb 26 1980

Lam Dre: The Three Visions, Serial 00065

Observe, Precepts, Daily Life, Concentration, Impermanence, confusion, Nirvana, Monks...
Jan 29 1980

Foundation Practices Seminar, Serial 00071

Ceremony, Mandala, Bell, Breath, Passions, Sangha, Monks
Feb 26 1978
9 and 10 DR48
New York City?

Talking To His Disciples About His Illness

Serial: SR-00186

Sunday, October 9, 1971
In His Room, City Center, San Francisco

Cancer, Teacher-and-Student, Monks
Oct 09 1971
City Center

OLD - 1971.08.17-serial.00085

Serial: SR-00085

This is a continuation of 71-08-17, 00177

Death, Greed, Breath, Monks
Aug 17 1971

OLD - 1971.08.04-serial.00120

Serial: SR-00120

Second part of talk from this date.

Breath, Faith, Discrimination, Culture, Monks, American, reality, Death, Truth...
Aug 04 1971

OLD - 1971.07.30-serial.00188

Serial: SR-00188

Second part of talk from this date.

Monastic Practice, Monks, Death, Truth
Jul 30 1971

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,...

Practice, Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Mind, Faith, Truth,...
Jul 25 1971
Tassajara

Walk like an Elephant and Sitting like a Frog

Serial: SR-00066

True Practice As Expression Of Buddha-Nature
Sesshin Lecture No. 2
Sunday, August 2, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Sengai, Buddha Nature, Family Practice, War, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Monks...
Aug 02 1970
City Center

Ekō Lecture 6

Serial: SR-00230

The Fourth Morning Eko
Wednesday, July 15, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the last in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of...

Eko, Chanting, Monks, Priest, Offering, Buddha Nature, Wisdom, Observe, Separation,...
Jul 15 1970
Tassajara

Ekō Lecture 1

Serial: SR-00225

The First Morning Eko
Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the first in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of...

Eko, Dogen, Manjushri, Transmission, Chanting, Monks, Wisdom, Precepts, American,...
Jul 08 1970
Tassajara

Without Any Idea of Attainment

Serial: SR-00061

Sandokai Lecture VIII
Wednesday, June 17, 1970
Tassajara

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

Line 21 Manako wa iro,...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, reality, Oneness, Monks,...
Jun 17 1970
Tassajara

Money And Labor

Serial: SR-00046

Sunday Morning, May 24, 1970
City Center, San Francisco

Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Monks, Priest, Faith
May 24 1970
City Center

Sincere Practice

Serial: SR-00140

How To Have Sincere Practice
Tuesday, April 28, 1970
San Francisco

Tatsugami, Dogen, Precepts, Monks, Intuition, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Buddha...
Apr 28 1970
City Center

Way-Seeking Mind, Part III

Serial: SR-00194

Winter Sesshin, Day 3, Lecture No. 3
Monday, December 1, 1969
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Bodhisattva Vow, Big Mind, difficulty, Vow, heart, Monks,...
Dec 01 1969
Tassajara

Opening Lecture At Page Street Zendo: American Precepts

Serial: SR-00264

Moving into the new space. Don't worry about success, practice in the present. Hyakujo's regulations, positive and negative sides of guidelines and precepts.

Precepts, Shingi, Precepts, Monks, Gratitude, zen, Building
Nov 22 1969
City Center

Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is Form

Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Big Mind, Forms, Don't Know Mind, Interdependence, heart...
Nov 13 1969

OLD - Fragment of Q & A

Serial: SR-00210

File name: 69-10-14-X: fragment of Q & A (titled by pf) A fragment of about 2 minutes found after chanting on tape for 69-10-14.

This is contiguous with the talk on...

Dogen, Transmission, Suffering, Monks, sitting, Silence, Priest, zen, War
Oct 14 1969
X

Why I Came to America

Serial: SR-00157

"Why I became a priest"

Memories of his father as a temple priest. Wanting to be an unusual priest himself, to teach people. Training at a temple with Oka...

Priest, Meiji, Japan, Dogen, Priest, training, New Year, Ceremony, Enemies, Monks,...
Sep 16 1969
Sokoji

To Actually Practice Selflessness

Serial: SR-00125

August Sesshin Lecture
Wednesday, August 6, 1969
San Francisco

Sesshin, Pain, Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Monks, Liberation, difficulty,...
Aug 06 1969
Sokoji

Blue Cliff Records-43

Serial: SR-00032

Tozan's hot and cold.

Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Pain, Monks, difficulty, Forms, Hate, Commitment,...
Jul 26 1969
Tassajara

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, Suffering, lecture, Monks, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Community, Posture...
Apr 19 1969

untitled

Serial: SR-00007

Newly reprocessed recording should be a little clearer

Lotus Sutra, Monks, Breath, Building
Dec 24 1968
Sokoji

Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger

Serial: SR-00236

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

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

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10

Serial: SR-00002

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, sitting, Ceremony, Emptiness, Priest, Funeral, Composure, heart, Monks,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 10
Tassajara

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