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Awakening Through Mindful Practice

Breath, Causation, Community, Evil, Karma, Meditation, Observe, Posture, Religion...
Jun 30 1969

Mindfulness in Motion: Zen Wisdom

Ceremony, Observe, Delusion, Meditation
Jun 28 1969

How To Take Our Bodhisattva's Vow

Serial: SR-00017

Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1969
San Francisco

Dogen, Agama Sutra, Enemies, Freedom, Hate, Mahayana, Observe, Pain, Precepts, Sutra...
Apr 29 1969
Sokoji

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12

Serial: SR-00004

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12
Shunryu Suzuki Lecture

October 1968

Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Compassion, Emptiness, Hate, Intention, Observe,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 12
Tassajara

Esalen Institute: First of two lectures

Serial: SF-05870

This is the first of two talks given at Esalen.

Dogen, Time, Four Noble Truths, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Continuous Practice, Emptiness...
Jun 28 1968
Esalen

Shōsan Ceremony at Tassajara

Shosan, Yaoshan, Delusion, Ego, Observe, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student, Doubt...
Dec 07 1967
Tassajara

Everything Itself Is Buddha

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Observe, Buddha, Practice
Dec 06 1967
B
Tassajara

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

The More We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain It

Serial: SF-05142

SR018 - Track 1 - Roshi's Lecture sesshin #4 12/4/67 Evening - copied

Sesshin, Dogen, Observe, Ceremony
Dec 04 1967
Evening
Tassajara

Zen Is Also Buddhism

Serial: SF-05130C

SR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 1 + 1/2 side 2 Suzuki lecture copied

Mahayana, New Year, Buddha Nature, Hate, Observe, Concentration, Balance, Freedom,...
Sep 1967
Tassajara

Fuga Mundi; Fleeing the World; Monastic Life (Saturday evening).

Serial: MS-01045A

Chapter Talks

Enemies, War, Observe
Feb 25 1967
Mount Saviour Monastery

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

Blue Cliff Records Case 45

Serial: SF-05097E

Friday, August 19, 1966
Sesshin Lecture: Friday Evening, Lecture D
Sokoji, San Francisco

Blue Cliff Record, Sesshin, Joshu, Eiheiji, Observe, Diversity, Duality
Aug 19 1966
D
Sokoji

Although We Have Nothing, We Can Help Others By Offering Things

Serial: SF-05099

This talk was previously not ascribed to Suzuki Roshi - it was listed as XX-66-07-07 in the Redican log. At the beginning of the talk he is reading from a text, for which his...

Shushogi, Observe, Desire, confusion, Money, Culture
Jul 07 1966
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11

Serial: SF-05098D

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

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2

Serial: SF-05096B

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

Buddhism Has Many Annual Layers Like A Big Tree

Serial: SF-05124B

One-Day Sesshin Evening Lecture
Saturday, December 11, 1965, Lecture B
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Three Treasures, Observe, Doubt, Composure, Priest,...
Dec 11 1965
B
Sokoji

Most Of You Are Beginners

Serial: SF-05124D

One-Day Sesshin Afternoon Lecture
Saturday, December 11, 1965, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, Precepts, Precepts, Observe, Beginners, Enemies,...
Dec 11 1965
A
Sokoji

Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible

Serial: SF-05125A

SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture

Sesshin, Faith, Interview, Observe, confusion, Hate, Peace
Aug 28 1965
A
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

Conferences to Novices

Serial: MS-00883

Concept of Vows

Observe
Jan 09 1963
Mount Saviour Monastery

Eschatological Viewpoint of Life

Serial: MS-00805

November 1962

Peace, Building, Observe
Nov 1962
Mount Saviour Monastery

Remarks on Monastic Buildings; Guesthouse; Recreation; Dormitory; Cells

Serial: MS-00794

Chapter Talks

Building, Separation, Observe
Feb 06 1960
Mount Saviour Monastery

Prof. Goetz Briefs

Serial: MS-00451

October-November 1958

Money, Evil, Observe
1958
Mount Saviour Monastery

Child-like Humility: Path to Redemption

Serial: MS-00355

Talks to Community

Observe, Daily Life, War
Jan 1954
Mount Saviour Monastery

Unknown Title, Serial 00168, Side B

Birth-and-Death, Lotus Sutra, Ordinary Mind, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Funeral...

Adapt Your Breathing to Your Needs

Serial: BZ-00526

Movement Class

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

Bodhisattvas and Buddhas: Unified Pathways

Precepts, Impermanence, Continuous Practice, Oneness, Buddha Nature, Beginners,...

East Meets West: Cultivating the Self

Serial: NC-00226

Archival Photo

Cultivation, Observe, Manjushri, Commitment, Emptiness

Paths of Monastic Pluralism

Serial: MS-00225

Early Monasticism

Precepts, Observe, War
Mount Saviour Monastery

Imperfect Vows: Journey of Sincere Faith

Ceremony, Repentance, Observe

Silent Sitting & Social Action

Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of...

YRB-2018-Fall, Breath, Building, difficulty, Ego, Letting Go, Lotus Sutra, Observe,...
3 of 7
The Yoga Room

Buddha Activity

The work of buddhas — buddha activity — is realizing intimacy and liberation in conversation together with all beings. In this series of meetings we will contemplate what it is to fully engage with...

YRB-2019-Spring, Daily Life, Enemies, Observe, Soto Zen, Teacher-and-Student...
3/7
The Yoga Room

Stories of Enlightenment

In our class this fall we will contemplate and converse about several stories of Zen practice and enlightenment. Our contemplation and conversations will naturally bring up questions and concerns...

YRB-2019-Fall, Gratitude, Observe
7 of 7
The Yoga Room

The Buddha's Practice Of Arranging Shoes

Attachment, confusion, Daily Life, Dragons, Funeral, Nirvana, Non-attachment, Observe...
No Abode Hermitage

How Sojun Gives Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-01045

Class

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

Realizing the Precepts in Practice

Serial: BZ-01395

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Ancestors, Greed, Heart Sutra, Interdependence, Observe, Practice Period,...
Berkeley Zen Center

Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication

Serial: BZ-01049A

Class 3 of 3

Addiction, Bell, Branching Streams, Chanting, Karma, Monastic Practice, Observe,...
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Birthday

Serial: BZ-01429

(and songs sung by the children), Saturday Lecture

Buddha's Birthday, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Mind, Buddha's Birthday,...
Berkeley Zen Center

Protecting and Liberating All Beings

A residential weekend retreat at Mount Madonna.

MtMadonna-2021-Fall, Compassion, Bodhidharma, Intimacy, Observe, Zazen
Mount Madonna Center

Protecting and Liberating All Beings

A residential retreat at Mount Madonna.

MtMadonna-2021-Fall, Addiction, Buddha Mind, Karmic Consciousness, Observe
1 of 4
Mount Madonna Center

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

Teacher Student Relationship

Serial: BZ-01524B

Precepts (from Suzuki-rôshi Book), One-Day Sitting

Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Continuous Practice, Culture, Gratitude...
Berkeley Zen Center

Joshu's 'Wash your Bowl'

Serial: BZ-02049

Open, unassuming mind, One-Day Sitting,

standing up from zazen

Zazen, Don't Know Mind, Renunciation, Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Evil,...
Berkeley Zen Center

Obstacles as Pathways to Enlightenment

Obstacles, Anger, Doubt, Enemies, Dana Paramita, Emotions, Observe, Bell, Vow,...
Jul 23 1989

Buffalo Wisdom: Embracing Nature's Harmony

Observe
Dec 13

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