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Questions and Answers

Question-and-Answer, Yaoshan
Suzuki Roshi Tassajara

Obon Days

Ceremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan
Suzuki Roshi Tassajara

Why We Must Have Rules

First Principle, Big Mind
Suzuki Roshi Tassajara

Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of Practice

Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan
Suzuki Roshi City Center

Translation of Unknown Text

August 1971
San Francisco

Ceremony, Priest
Suzuki Roshi City Center

Talking To His Disciples About His Illness

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

Cancer, Teacher-and-Student
Suzuki Roshi City Center

OLD - Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi

Ceremony, Funeral
1/2City Center

Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi

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

Ceremony, Funeral
Various City Center

Shikantaza, Tenryu's One Finger

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

Sesshin, Gutei, Yaoshan
Suzuki Roshi ASokoji

We Try To Control Or Restrict Our Activity

Tuesday Evening, May 5, 1970
City Center, San Francisco

Suzuki Roshi City Center

Japan Now: Zazen As Our Foundation

Lecture after Trip to Japan:
Sunday, December 13, 1970

Japan, Mishima, Dharma Transmission
Suzuki Roshi

We Are Not Perfect

Sesshin talk. At the beginning, Suzuki Roshi is drawing from Dogen's "Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance." The methods are also in Shushogi.

Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Shushogi
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Causality

Suzuki lecture 6pm Weds Track 2, continued on Track 3

Sesshin, Time
Suzuki Roshi 6:00pmSokoji

Humor Is More Real Than Reallity

Sesshin Lecture No. 5
Tuesday, February 9, 1971
San Francisco

Sesshin, Eiheiji, Dogen
Suzuki Roshi City Center

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
Tenshin Reb Anderson 1/7The Yoga Room

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-14

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra
Suzuki Roshi Series 2, Talk 14Tassajara

It Is Actually Buddha's Practice

Sesshin, Tatsugami
Suzuki Roshi Tassajara

Summary of some Suzuki lectures from the Spring

Windbell: During the spring, one of themes of Reverend Suzuki’s weekly lectures has been the role of Zen Center, especially in relation to society, and the right attitude Zen students should have. Some...

Suzuki Roshi

Truly Involved With The Development Of Our Way

± August, 1967

Wind Bell Vol. VI Nos. 2-4, P.50

Suzuki Roshi

Suzuki Roshi Writes on the Practice Period

± August, 1967

Wind Bell Vol. VI Nos. 2-4, P.4

Suzuki Roshi

Comments

Wind Bell 68-03-04 and Shunryu Suzuki comments from visit of Soen Nakagawa, Hakuun Yasutani, and other teachers to Tassajara in July of 1968.

Suzuki Roshi

City Practice Comments

Suzuki Roshi

Suffering Comes From Desires

Wednesday, November 9, 1966
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Zen Emphasizes the Simplest Way of Practice

Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Buddha Nature

Wednesday, March 22, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Give up all Preconceived Ideas and Feelings

Wednesday, April 5, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

“Give up all preconceived ideas and feelings”

Dogen
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Our Human Nature and That of Buddha Are the Same

Wednesday, April 26, 1967
Sokoji
Tony Artino notes

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Blue Cliff Records-6, Ummon's Every Day Is A Good Day

± November, 1962

Ummon Bunen (Yunmen Wenyen) was a disciple of Seppo (Hsueh-feng I-ts'un). He died in 949.

Introductory Comments by Shunryu Suzuki

Blue Cliff Record
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Our Mind Should Be Calm

Tuesday, August 16, 1966
Sesshin: Zazen short instruction
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Instruction
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Religion is a Cultural-Social Phenomena as well as a Personal Experience

Tony Artino notes
Sokoji
Wednesday, May 31, 1967

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Ordinary Men Carry a Preconceived Idea of the Self

Tony Artino notes on SS lecture
Sunday, November 20, 1966
Old Bush Street Zendo

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Zazen Is Not For Gaining A Mystical Something

Tony Artino notes ,
At Old Bush Street Zendo - Sokoji
Wednesday, November 16, 1966

Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

San-Pachi-Nenju

Ceremony, First Principle
Suzuki Roshi Tassajara

Shōsan Ceremony at Tassajara

Shosan, Yaoshan
Suzuki Roshi Tassajara

This is the Fourth Day of our Sesshin

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

[This tape is not in Shunryu Suzuki's...

Sesshin
Zentatsu Richard Baker ASokoji

Breathing

Thursday Morning Lectures
November 4, 1965
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

Mind Weeds

Thursday Morning Lectures
November 17, 1965 (date changed to 18th -- DC/08)
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

In Hinayana Practice, In The First Stage

Thursday, October 28, 1965

Thursday Morning Lectures
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

Nothing Special

Thursday, October 14, 1965

Thursday Morning Lectures
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

Experience, Not Philosophy

Thursday, October 7, 1965

Thursday morning lecture
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

In Buddhism There Are Many Schools

Thursday, October 21, 1965

Thursday morning lecture
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

Attachment, Nonattachment

Thursday, January 6, 1966

Thursday morning lecture
Los Altos

Dogen
Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

Bowing

Thursday, December 2, 1965

Thursday morning lecture
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

The Middle Way

Thursday morning lecture
December 9, 1965
Los Altos

Time
Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

The Quality of Being

Thursday, January 20, 1966

Thursday lecture
Los Altos

Suzuki Roshi Los Altos

Brief summary From Sesshin Lectures Wind Bell 65-05

This year, Reverend Suzuki's lectures (given twice daily Monday through Friday) centered on the problems arising from confusing religion with science (in particular psychology), and with philosophy (...

Sesshin
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Blue Cliff Records-3: Baso's Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced Buddha

± October, 1962

This is one of the oldest Suzuki lectures we have, although it's obviously only a summary of the main point he made. This is on a theme he would return to up to his...

Blue Cliff Record, First Principle
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Blue Cliff Records-49

This is a brief edited summary of a Suzuki lecture.

Wind Bell lecture — March 1964

Blue Cliff Record
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

Blue Cliff Records-46

This is a brief edited summary of a Suzuki lecture.

Wind Bell Lecture — February, 1964

Commentary by Reverend Shunryu Suzuki, Master, Zen Center.

Blue Cliff Record
Suzuki Roshi Sokoji

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