Genjokoan Talks

Genjōkōan (現成公按), translated by Tanahashi as Actualizing the Fundamental Point, is an influential essay written by Dōgen, the founder of Zen Buddhism's Sōtō school in Japan. It is considered one of the most popular essays in Shōbōgenzō.

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Title	Speaker	Date
What Is Your Art Form? Avatamsaka Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, Genjokoan, Evil, true dharma, Soto Zen...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 09 2024 AM No Abode Hermitage
Dongshan and the Bird’s Path Serial: TL-00763 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Dongshan, Prajna Paramita Sutra, Dhammapada, Genjokoan, Freedom, Paramitas, Heart...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Oct 03 2022 Hybrid
Finding One's Place Is The Fundamental Point A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community Genjokoan, Karmic Consciousness, Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Bowing	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 14 2022 No Abode Hermitage
Nishiari Commentary on Genjo Koan Serial: BZ-02233 Three Commentaries on Genjo Koan, new book, Meaning of term Koan Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Nishiari Bokusan, Kosho Uchiyama, Subject-and-Object, Birth-and-Death,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 03 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Commemorating Buddha's Enlightenment Serial: BZ-02074 Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Rohatsu Day 7 Abhidharma, Genjokoan, Vasubandhu, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Five Ranks, Anger, Nirvana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 12 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01332 Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Bodhidharma, Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary Serial: BZ-00082A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Continuous Practice, Renunciation, Lay Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan (Pt. 8/8) Serial: BZ-00674B “The place is lost; from here the Way unfolds”, Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Bodhidharma, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 07 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan (Pt. 7/8) Serial: BZ-00158B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Aspects of Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan (Pt. 6/8) Serial: BZ-00158A Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Non-discrimination, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 10 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 5/8) Serial: BZ-00752A Sesshin Day 5 Genjokoan, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, resistance, Mahayana, Peace, Priest	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 27 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 4/8) Serial: BZ-00753B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Separation, Soto Zen, Obstacles, Interview, Oneness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 26 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 3/8) Serial: BZ-00753A Sesshin Day 3 Genjokoan, Birth-and-Death, Liberation, Thoroughness, Impermanence, Continuous...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 2/8) Serial: BZ-00078B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Precious Mirror, Duality, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Commentary (Pt. 1/8) Serial: BZ-00078A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Five Ranks, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Impermanence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00709B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Duality, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00709A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Emotions, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan: First Five Lines and Tozan's Five Ranks: Desire and Intention Serial: BZ-00710B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Tozan, Five Ranks, Desire, Ego, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Harmonizing,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 30 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00685B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Precepts, Absolute-and-Relative,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01517A Manifesting This Moment, Rohatsu Day 2 Genjokoan, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
December 10th, 1988, Serial No. 01493 Serial: BZ-01493 Third day of the Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Genjokoan, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Ego, Attachment, Humility, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 10 1988 3 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01476, Side A Serial: BZ-01476A Sojun Roshi gives the Dharma talk on the second day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Genjokoan, training, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1988 2 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 8th, 1988, Serial No. 01473 Serial: BZ-01473 The first talk of the 1988 Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Genjokoan, Posture, Emotions, Buddha's Birthday, Daily Life, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1988 1 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00898A One-Day Sitting Genjokoan, Heart Sutra, Big Mind, Obstacles, Bowing, Samadhi, Chanting, Concentration...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 24 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00900B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Sixth Patriarch, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00906 Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan V Serial: BZ-00907B Sesshin Day 4 Genjokoan, Passions, Offering, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Dragons	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan IV Serial: BZ-00907A Sesshin Day 3 Genjokoan, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Gratitude	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 06 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan III Serial: BZ-00908B Sesshin Day 2 Genjokoan, Religion, Eka, Heart Sutra, Bodhidharma, Interview, Silence, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 05 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan II Serial: BZ-00908A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 04 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of Practice Dogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Pain, Don't Know Mind, Happiness,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1971 City Center
OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4 Serial: SR-00195 Thursday, August 24, 1967 Zen Mountain Center Sesshin Lecture Tassajara Edited by Brian Fikes Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Faith, Nirvana, Lay, Emptiness, Suffering, Pain, Death...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara
Genjo Koan no 4 Serial: SF-05136 Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not... Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Time, Faith, Emptiness, Continuous Practice, Dragons...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara
OLD - Genjo Koan No. 4 Serial: SR-00195A Thursday, August 24, 1967 Zen Mountain Center Sesshin Lecture Tassajara Edited by Brian Fikes Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Breath, Emptiness, Hate, Forms, Building	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 24 1967 A Tassajara
OLD - Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage Serial: 67-08-23 Wednesday, August 23, 1967 Sesshin Lecture No. 4 [sic] Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara Edited by Brian Fikes Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan,	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1967 Tassajara
Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage Serial: SF-05134D ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #17, by Shundo David Haye ===== About half way through this sesshin talk, you can start to hear crickets in the background, getting... Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Continuous Practice, Doubt, Religion, Peace...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1967 Tassajara
OLD - Genjo-Koan No. 2 Serial: 67-08-21 Monday, August 21, 1967 Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara Edited by Brian Fikes Dogen, Genjokoan,	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1967 Tassajara
OLD - Genjō Kōan Serial: 67-08-20 Sunday, August 20, 1967 Morning Sesshin Zen Mountain Center, Tassajara Edited by Brian Fikes (Note from Brian Fikes: The first portion of this lecture... Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin,	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 20 1967 Tassajara
Genjo Koan Serial: SF-05134A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #14, by Shundo David Haye ===== The acquisition of Tassajara in 1967 was a huge leap for Zen Center. Suzuki Roshi had long been... Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin, Emptiness, New Year, Interview, Freedom	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 20 1967 Morning Tassajara
OLD - The Second Paragraph of the Genjo Koan Serial: SR-00196 Monday, August 15, 1966 Sesshin Lecture, Lecture A Sokoji, San Francisco Sesshin, Genjokoan, Dogen, Consciousness, Attachment, Instruction, Doubt, reality,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 15 1966 A Sokoji
Genjo Koan (short fragment) Serial: SF-05111A This is just the first few sentences of a talk. When the tape resumes, it seems to be a different talk, so these are not edited together. Genjokoan,	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 15 1966 Sokoji
Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 11-13 Serial: SF-05098-C Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi June 19 1966 (19 added later?) Other notes on box: Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends. "Other side"... Genjokoan, Dogen, Continuous Practice, Peace, Evil	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 19 1966 D Sokoji
Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11 Serial: SF-05098-D 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,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 19 1966 A Sokoji
Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9 Serial: SF-05098-A 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, Composure, Liberation, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 19 1966 B Sokoji
Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2 Serial: SF-05096-B 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...	Suzuki Roshi	May 26 1966 Sokoji
Genjō Kōan, 5-13 Serial: SF-05096-A May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning. SR 009 Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Faith, realization, Addiction, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	May 25 1966 Sokoji
Genjō Kōan, 1–3 Serial: SF-05095-C Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–3 Sunday Morning, March 13, 1966, Lecture A Sokoji, San Francisco Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Duality, Faith, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 13 1966 A Sokoji
Genjo Koan continued Serial: SF-05095-A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #11, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the spring of 1966, having previously spent a number of years primarily lecturing on the Blue... Dogen, Genjokoan, Sangha, Happiness	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 13 1966 Sokoji
Tokusan and The Old Lady Serial: SF-05114-A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #8, by Shundo David Haye ===== At Zen Center, responsibilities get passed on from person to person regularly. One part of... Genjokoan,	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 19 1966 pm Sokoji
To Study The Self Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Bell, training, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 19 1966 pm Sokoji

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