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Suzuki Roshi Talks

Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shōgaku Shunryū 祥岳俊隆, often called Suzuki Roshi; May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.

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Day 6: Patience - Satya Kriya Sila

Renunciation, Patience, Sangha, Suzuki Roshi
Feb 04 1992
Tassajara

Day 4: Receiving Refuge in the Triple Treasure

Three Treasures, Bell, Sangha, Bowing, Suzuki Roshi
Feb 02 1992
Tassajara

Review of Triple Treasure, Taking refuge.

Three Treasures, Zazen, Sanctuary, Suzuki Roshi, Lineage
Feb 01 1992
Tassajara

Review of Triple Treasure, Taking refuge.

Three Treasures, Zazen, Sanctuary, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi
Feb 01 1992
Tassajara

Sesshin Day 2 - the 3 Triple Treasures

Sixth Patriarch, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Three Treasures
Jan 31 1992
Tassajara

Sesshin Day 2 - The Three Triple Treasures

Repentance, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Three Treasures
Jan 31 1992
Tassajara

Unveiling Zen Through Calligraphy

Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Priest
Nov 09 1991

Cultivating Community Through Zazen Practice

Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Peace, Zazen, Vow, Letting Go, Anger, Sangha...
Oct 19 1991

Early Days of Suzuki-rôshi

Serial: BZ-00750B

Tokubetsu Sesshin: Japanese and American, Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Sesshin, Tokubetsu, Building, Concentration, Discrimination, Ordination...
Sep 28 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

Cultivating Zen: From Tradition to Community

Practice Period, Japan, Suzuki Roshi
Sep 25 1991

Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ceremony,...
Sep 21 1991
Unknown

Embracing Zen Through Community

Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Posture, Ceremony, Composure, Zazen,...
Sep 18 1991

Zen and Excitement

Serial: BZ-00968B

Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara, Priest, Attachment,...
Jul 06 1991
Berkeley Zen Center

One-Day Sitting

Serial: SF-01078

#shuso-talk

Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Precepts, Nirvana, Vow, Mahayana, Soto Zen,...
Mar 09 1991
Unknown

Goodwill in Action: A Buddhist Perspective

Suzuki Roshi, Mindfulness, Priest, Zazen, Fundraising, Doubt, Lineage, Offering,...
Mar 02 1991

Shuso Way-Seeking Mind Talk

Serial: SF-01077

#shuso-talk

Conversation, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Zazen, Hate, Bell, Tassajara...
Feb 20 1991
Unknown

Living the Illusion of Separation

Precepts, Observe, Concentration, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Delusion, Suzuki Roshi...
Dec 15 1990
Unknown

Wholehearted Presence in Zen Practice

Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Duality, Letting Go, Daily Life, Right Effort,...
Jun 23 1990
Unknown

Sunday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Cultivation, Time
Mar 25 1990
Green Gulch Farm

Five-day Sesshin

Koan, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha
Aug 30 1989
Unknown

Sunday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Liberation, Suzuki Roshi, Blue Cliff Record, Zazen, Samadhi,...
Jul 09 1989
Green Gulch Farm

Reaching Compassion in Darkness

Vow, Avalokitesvara, Suzuki Roshi
May 23 1989

Embodying Enlightenment Through Daily Awareness

Renunciation, Zazen Mind, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony...
May 18 1989
Tassajara

Science and Spirit: A Unified Journey

Serial: SF-00049

Sunday lecture

Emptiness, Liberation, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Religion, Vow, Funeral, Observe,...
May 07 1989
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Embrace: Love Through Ritual

Offering, Culture, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi
Mar 26 1989

Awakening Through Reverent Practice

Offering, Humility, Confession-and-Repentance, Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi
Feb 10 1989

Sunday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Mindfulness, Peace, Karma, Demons, Mill Valley,...
Aug 14 1988
City Center

Zen Walls: Beyond Thought and Stage

Four Noble Truths, Breath, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort
Mar 17 1988

Thinking Beyond Thought

Transmission, Dragons, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi
Mar 07 1988
Tassajara

Blue Cliff Record Class

Serial: SF-00070

Cases 14 and 15

Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,...
Nov 27 1987
5
Green Gulch Farm

Imperfect Paths to Spiritual Simplicity

Gratitude, Religion, Doubt, Balance, Suzuki Roshi, Nirvana, Enemies, Attachment, Evil...
Jul 11 1987

Non-Seeking: The Path to Suchness

Greed, Monastic Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths
Jan 31 1987

Suchness in Practice: Zen's Living Thread

Three Treasures, Bodhidharma, Breath, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara
Jan 22 1987

Painting Life's Portrait Through Meditation

Meditation, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions
May 24 1984

Practice Life

Serial: SF-00102

Talk given at Berkeley per introduction.

Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Posture, Priest, Anger, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student...
Aug 07 1983

The Heart of Practice Prajna as Compassionate Wisdom

Serial: BZ-00030B

Remembering our deepest intention; noble friendship is the entirety of spiritual life; connection between Berkeley ZC and San Francisco ZC.

Suzuki Roshi, Practice, Time
Jun 11 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordination and the Bodhisattva Way

Serial: BZ-00045B

Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Lay Ordination, Ordination
Nov 13 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Pathway to Enlightenment Through Mahamudra

Serial: SF-00021

Speaking on Mahamudra and translating old Mahamudra texts.

Concentration, Realization, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Discrimination, Transmission,...
Apr 23 1974
City Center

Beyond Belief: Unveiling Hidden Truths

Serial: SF-00124

Differences between exoteric and esoteric religious traditions.

Religion, Evil, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Nirvana, Separation,...
Jul 18 1973
1

Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi

Serial: SR-00171

This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death.

Ceremony, Funeral, Ceremony, Discrimination, Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Vow
Dec 12 1971
City Center

Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting Class

Serial: SR-00259

Practice and enlightnment as forgetting and letting go of everything. Even if we don't know what real practice is, continuing and allowing it to reveal itself. Answering...

Buddha, Emptiness, Zazen, Don't Know Mind, Emptiness, Building, Suzuki Roshi,...
Mar 01 1970
Tassajara

On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom

Serial: SF-05610

Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider

Interview, Conversation, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Priest, Transmission, Hate, Bell,...
Sep 16 1969
1 of 2

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-9

Serial: SF-06041

Audio Problem Set has been replaced by original recording, with speed adjustments made.
Newly processed version should be a little clearer to trancsribe

Lotus Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Demons
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 9
Tassajara

KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson

Serial: SF-05115

Monday, November 6, 1967

KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON
[Originally misdated - Friday, February 18, 1966]
Lecture B
KPFA/KPFB Studio,...

Interview, Don't Know Mind, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Evil, Samsara, Practice...
Nov 06 1967
KPFA Berkeley

OLD - This is the Fourth Day of our Sesshin

Serial: SF-05097C

Sesshin Lecture 1966 Tape #2 ; Track 1 My reconstruction from memory and notes of Suzuki Roshi's beautiful lecture Thursday morning during 2nd period of zazen before morning...

Sesshin, Suzuki Roshi
Aug 18 1966
A
Sokoji

This is the Fourth Day of our Sesshin

Serial: SF-05097C

Reconstruction of Lecture from Second Zazen Period (Before Morning Service)
Thursday Morning, August 18, 1966, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

[This tape is...

Sesshin, Suzuki Roshi
Aug 18 1966
A
Sokoji

Embracing Uncertainty for Enlightenment

Serial: SF-02691B

Unknown speaker at end of previous talk #clarify-speaker

Suzuki Roshi, Enlightenment, Time
Unknown

Sacred Sincerity: Bridging the Divide

Serial: NC-00231

Archival Photo

Ego, Suzuki Roshi, Buddhism, Commitment, Japan

Bowing Towards Spiritual Humility

Serial: NC-00213

Archival Photo

Bowing, Buddha, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Buddhism

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