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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.
| Title | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| Laughing Beyond Illusions Compassion, Suzuki Roshi, Wisdom | Jan 15 2006 | |
| From "Not Always So": Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is ThereSerial: BZ-01201B   "Enlightenment Is Right Where You Are", Rohatsu Day 1 
 Practice, Enlightenment, Faith, Buddha Nature, Composure, Non-duality, Suzuki Roshi, Paramitas,... | Nov 28 2005Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Zhaozhou's NoSerial: SF-00963   Sunday Lecture: Milton's 'Paradise Lost'; myth of Narcissus; Four Noble Truths; Zhaozhou's "No": Marin Organizing Committee/Seniors for Peace... Perfect Wisdom,  Four Noble Truths, Buddha Nature, Peace, Freedom, Mill Valley,... | Nov 20 2005Green Gulch Farm | |
| The Activity of SesshinSesshin,  Suzuki Roshi, Work, Silence | Oct 12 2005Tassajara | |
| Seeing Clearly The Danger of Death Enemies, Suzuki Roshi, Separation | Sep 24 2005Green Gulch Farm | |
| Dining Room LectureTassajara, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Suzuki Roshi,  Practice Period, Tassajara... | Sep 03 2005Tassajara | |
| Internal Wellspring of Wisdom and LoveBook of Serenity, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Cooking,  Buddha Nature, Evil, Desire... | Aug 18 2005Tassajara | |
| Sesshin: Harmony Through Insightful Tranquility Commitment, Suzuki Roshi, Interdependence | Aug 15 2005 | |
| Embracing Oneness through Zen Practice Commitment, Suzuki Roshi, Interdependence | Aug 15 2005 | |
| Sesshin: Journey to Interconnected Peace Commitment, Suzuki Roshi, Interdependence | Aug 15 2005 | |
| Awakening Together in Tranquil Equanimity Enemies, Suzuki Roshi, War | Jul 24 2005 | |
| Awakening Together in Tranquil Unity Enemies, Suzuki Roshi, Separation | Jul 24 2005 | |
| Zendo LectureLotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi,  Mindfulness, Offering, Sanctuary, Obstacles, Impermanence... | Jul 23 2005Tassajara | |
| Embracing Imperfection in Zen Practice Time, Practice, Suzuki Roshi | Jun 29 2005Unknown | |
| Zendo Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Time, Practice | Jun 10 2005Tassajara | |
| Find Out For YourselfSerial: SF-03498   Sesshin 3 Day 6  Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Study | Mar 28 2005Tassajara | |
| HierarchySerial: SF-03579   Sesshin 3 Day 5 Teacher-student relationship  Practice, Anger, Suzuki Roshi | Mar 27 2005Tassajara | |
| Zen Of Business AdministrationSerial: SF-00036   Sunday Talk.  Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life, Koan... | Mar 20 2005Green Gulch Farm | |
| Way Seeking MindSerial: SF-00044   The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi. Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind,  Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,... | Mar 13 2005 2Tassajara | |
| Transformative Generosity in Zen Practice Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Generosity | Feb 19 2005Unknown | |
| Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-03651   Sesshin 1 Day 4 (date on cassette - 1.29 - is inconsistent with the previous dates in this sesshin)  Time, Suzuki Roshi, Practice | Jan 28 2005Tassajara | |
| Love Beyond Boundaries and Beliefs Love, Duality, Suzuki Roshi | Jan 16 2005 | |
| Three Turnings of the Dharma WheelSerial: RA-00255   Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel 3 Turnings of the Dharma Wheel -Children... Japan, Study Period, Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Dependent... | Jan 09 2005Green Gulch Farm | |
| Three Turnings of the Dharma WheelSerial: RA-00381   Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel Japan, Suzuki Roshi, Study Period, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Dependent Origination, Desire,... | Jan 09 2005Green Gulch Farm | |
| BodhidharmaSerial: RA-00384   Bodhidhar Story of Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu 3 Pure Precepts Embracing and Sustaining and being embraced and sustained (By forms and ceremonies, All Good... Bodhidharma, Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Patience, Commitment, Don't Know Mind,... | Dec 09 2004Green Gulch Farm | |
| Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03557   Dining Room Class  Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Vow, Manjushri, First Principle, Ordinary Mind, Suzuki Roshi,... | Dec 03 2004Tassajara | |
| Remembrances of Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-01289A   Addressing One's Buddhanature, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Lineage, Buddha Nature,  Composure, Buddha Mind, Lineage, Birth-and-... | Nov 13 2004Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Embracing Emptiness in Everyday Life Love, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha | Nov 13 2004Unknown | |
| Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-03545   First Sesshin, Zendo Lecture  Ceremony, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Chanting, Branching Streams, Karma,... | Oct 29 2004Tassajara | |
| DisciplineSerial: SF-00077   Relationship with the rules while training.  Practice Period, Vinaya, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, Balance, Suzuki... | Oct 20 2004 | |
| Lotus Sutra ClassSerial: SF-03556   Dining Room Class 3  Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Mahayana, Big Mind, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Buddha... | Oct 20 2004Tassajara | |
| Sitting Under The Rose-Apple TreeSerial: SF-01016   Sunday Lecture  Balance, Darkness-and-Light, Bell, Commitment, Letting Go, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,... | Oct 03 2004Green Gulch Farm | |
| Mountains and Rivers of the Immediate PresentSerial: RA-00350   8/22/04 Tenshin Roshi Sesshin 7 Mountains and Rivers of the immediate Present -3 characteristics of all phenomena -Mountains and Waters Sutra -... Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Patience, Demons, Bowing,... | Aug 22 2004 Day 7Green Gulch Farm | |
| Dining Room Lecture Equanimity, Big Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Nirvana, Enemies,... | Aug 18 2004Tassajara | |
| Non-Thinking and the Twelve-Fold Chain of CausationSerial: SF-00968   Sunday Lecture  Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Four Noble Truths, Posture, Peace, Letting Go, Separation,... | Jul 18 2004Green Gulch Farm | |
| Giving Up Gain and LossSerial: RA-00360   Sunday, July 11, 2004 - Giving Up Gain and Loss - Tenshin Roshi  Suzuki Roshi, Renunciation, Bell, Harmonizing, Ceremony | Jul 07 2004 | |
| Which Is The Real Seijo?Serial: SF-00967   One-day sitting lecture: when our "soul is split", what is true? Just sitting in the midst of samsara.  Letting Go, Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Buddha... | Jun 19 2004Green Gulch Farm | |
| Everywhere, the Mind's Monastery Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara | Jun 09 2004Unknown | |
| Suzuki-rôshi 100th Birth MemorialSerial: BZ-01265   Gutei's One Finger, Monkey Mind, Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Monkey Mind, Shikantaza,  Monkey Mind, Gaining Mind, Obstacles, Practice... | May 29 2004Berkeley Zen Center | |
| Formality Fosters Genuine Connection Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Time | May 19 2004 | |
| One-Day Sitting LectureSerial: SF-01022   This human body is the entire world in the ten directions. Can you be stopped? Bodhicitta. Compassion. Thinking. Hatred. Not indulging in habitual thoughts of hatred. Say no. "...  Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Precepts, Manjushri, Hate, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,... | Mar 20 2004Green Gulch Farm | |
| Just Being Alive Is EnoughSerial: SF-01094   The season. Vows. New Year's Resolution  Time, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen | Dec 28 2003Green Gulch Farm | |
| Letting Go Into Self-Fulfilling Zen Letting Go, Samadhi, Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi | Dec 05 2003 | |
| Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-02751   Appreciation for the world happens. Don't go looking for heavenly sights. We get sticky around the beautiful. Master Heretung (?) letter - being in the world without misery...  Family Practice, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Equanimity, Bowing, Dragons, Sangha,... | Dec 03 2003Green Gulch Farm | |
| Breathing Into Compassionate Wisdom Bodhidharma, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Suzuki Roshi, Discrimination... | Oct 26 2003 | |
| Zen's Path: Practice as Awakening Practice, Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi | Oct 11 2003City Center | |
| Weaving Zen Through Life's Stages Practice Period, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment,... | Oct 08 2003 | |
| Embracing Everyday Enlightenment Buddha Nature, Commitment, Big Mind, Daily Life, Suzuki Roshi | Aug 22 2003 | |
| Embodying Dharma Through Ritual Acts Big Mind, Three Treasures, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi | Aug 21 2003 | |
| Heart SutraSerial: RA-00156   #Duplicate of #00165  Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, Heart Sutra, Japan | Aug 11 2003 |