Religion Talks

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith, and a supernatural being or beings.

The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena.

Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, matrimonial and funerary services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, or public service.

There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide, though nearly all of them have regionally based, relatively small followings. Four religions—Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world either follows one of those four religions or identifies as nonreligious, meaning that the remaining 9,000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined. The religiously unaffiliated demographic includes those who do not identify with any particular religion, atheists, and agnostics, although many in the demographic still have various religious beliefs.

Many world religions are also organized religions, most definitively including the Abrahamic religions Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, while others are arguably less so, in particular folk religions, indigenous religions, and some Eastern religions. A portion of the world's population are members of new religious movements. Scholars have indicated that global religiosity may be increasing due to religious countries having generally higher birth rates.

The study of religion comprises a wide variety of academic disciplines, including theology, philosophy of religion, comparative religion, and social scientific studies. Theories of religion offer various explanations for its origins and workings, including the ontological foundations of religious being and belief.

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Unknown year, July talk, Serial 04046

Separation, Religion, Ceremony, Vinaya, Judgement, Instruction, Faith, Impermanence,...
Jul 18
Unknown

Religion and Spirituality

Religion, Impermanence, Evil, Ego, Attachment, Priest, realization
[field_wisdom_date]

On Japanese Zen, Christians and Zen, Various Roshis

Serial: SF-01126

Tape 6 copy 2 - duplicate

Religion, Priest, New Year, Lay, Mahayana, Dana, Zendo, Zazen, training, Rinzai...
[field_wisdom_date]
Kyoto

OLD - If Our Teaching Is A Special Teaching

Serial: SF-05834B

SR-67-09-00-A -2 (continued) (conclusion) [This tape is a continuation of SR-67-09-00-A-1]

Bodhidharma, Karma, training, Religion
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Way-Seeking Mind Talks

Serial: SF-03089B

Student talks, should not be published

Religion, Practice Period, Priest, Gratitude, Lineage, Zendo, training
[field_wisdom_date]
Tassajara

Way-Seeking Mind Talks

Serial: SF-03089D

Student talks, should not be published

Practice Period, Tassajara, Religion, Interview, Separation, Emotions, Freedom...
[field_wisdom_date]
Tassajara

Veil of Thoughts

Politics, Passions, Evil, Describe, Lay, Freedom, training, Religion, realization...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Philosophy of the Tao

Serial: SF-03028

#22

Ego, confusion, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go, Evil, Emptiness,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Transformation of Consciousness

Serial: SF-02707

Final One

Happiness, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Four Noble Truths, Peace, Anger, Liberation,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Religion and Sexuality

Religion, resistance, Passions, Posture, Doubt, Demons, Priest, Emotions, Hate,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Indi & World Party

zen meditation, Priest, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, training, Religion, Samsara,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Dzögchen Retreat

Serial: SF-01936

Sunday morning teaching continued - TSOK

Emotions, realization, New Year, Karma, Attachment, Evil, confusion, Politics,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Nevada City

Do You Do It?

Politics, Ego, Birth-and-Death, Religion, Humility, Faith, Oneness, Bodhidharma,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Eighth Precept

Serial: SF-04088

Side A and Side B and continued on the next tape

Monastic Practice, Precepts, Gratitude, Freedom, Ordinary Mind, training, Religion,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Religion and Sexuality

Serial: SF-03020B

#13

Enemies, Religion, Enthusiasm, Evil, Instruction, Observe, Balance, Vows, Karma,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Philosophy of Nature

Serial: SF-03048B

Man's Place in Nature

Light-and-Darkness, Observe, Describe, Emotions, Samadhi, Nirvana, Ego, Passions, Lay...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

On Thinking Your ... (?)

Serial: SF-03034A

#18

Light-and-Darkness, Subject-and-Object, Ego, Delusion, Evil, Describe, Doubt,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Future of Politics

confusion, Politics, Faith, Ceremony, Balance, Religion, Evil, Lay, Emotions...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Future of Politics

Politics, Priest, Religion, Samsara, Balance, Delusion, Freedom, Faith
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

What is Christianity?

Serial: SF-03030B

#15

Evil, Religion, Ego, Describe, Greed, Separation, Offering, Priest, Freedom
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Ghosts

Religion, Bell, Evil, Lay, Priest, Emotions, Sanctuary, realization
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Yogacara School

Serial: SF-03031B

#10

Teacher-and-Student, Continuous, Religion, Mahayana, resistance, Constancy, Observe,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Out of the Trap summary

Serial: SF-03031A

#10

Religion, Ego, Enemies, Passions, Balance, Evil, Describe, Zazen
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Types of Yoga

Serial: SF-03024A

#24

Instruction, Describe, Karma, Subject-and-Object, Greed, Observe, Religion, Politics...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Mythology of Hinduism

Serial: SF-03024B

#24

Liberation, Silence, Karma, Priest, Funeral, Duality, Ego, Passions, Describe,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Future of Religion

Serial: SF-03037B

#1

Priest, Ego, Religion, Precepts, Letting Go, Enemies, Offering, Delusion, Evil,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Future of Religion

Serial: SF-03037A

#1

Religion, Ego, Letting Go, Faith, Liberation, Forgiveness, Samadhi, Politics, Nirvana...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Pursuit of Pleasure

Serial: SF-03046B

#26

Religion, Samsara, realization, Ceremony, Mahayana, Birth-and-Death, Priest, Demons,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The World of Consciousness

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Demons, training, Religion, Manjushri, Nirvana, Conversation,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The World of Consciousness

Serial: SF-03027B

#20

Religion, Mahayana, Letting Go, Ego, Conversation, Describe, Priest, training, Faith...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The World of Consciousness

Serial: SF-03027A

#20

Echo, confusion, Religion, Enemies, Describe, Lay, Freedom, training
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

1965, Serial No. 05424

Serial: SF-05424

PM-65-00-00

New Year, Ordination, Mahayana, Priest, Ceremony, Addiction, Anger, Doubt, Religion...
1965
Sokoji

Why We Should Practice Zazen

Serial: SF-05112B

Tape 1 Summer sesshin 1965, Monday 1st day of sesshin (?) July 26th 1965; Side 2: 6:15pm lecture - transcribed August 1965

Sesshin, Shobogenzo, New Year, Silence, confusion, Anger, Religion, Faith
Jul 26 1965
6:15pm
Sokoji

Forgotten the Value of Religion

Serial: SF-05101A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #5, by Shundo David Haye =====

The oldest recordings of Suzuki Roshi made at Sokoji, the home of the San Francisco Zen Center at the...

Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Inmost Nature, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Buddha...
Jul 27 1965
1:00pm
Sokoji

Pure Rules

Serial: SF-05126A

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #6, by Shundo David Haye =====

The value of these sets of recordings during sesshins in the summer of 1965 at Sokoji is that not...

Sesshin, Instruction, Emptiness, Interview, Religion, Faith
Jul 28 1965
9:00am
Sokoji

OLD -If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic Way

Serial: SF-05901B

1pm lecture (continued on tape #2)

Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Anger, Religion, Faith
Jul 28 1965
Sokoji

Questions

Serial: SF-05103C

Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 1pm lecture - transcribed

Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Priest, Faith, Demons, Religion...
Jul 29 1965
B
Sokoji

Do You Have Some Questions?

Serial: SF-05107A

Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 1 Friday evening lecture (transcribed) [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR]

Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Transmission, training, Emotions, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 30 1965
D
Sokoji

If You Have A Question

Serial: SF-05105B

Tape 6 Friday July 30 Side 1: 1pm lecture (continued on side 2) - transcribed

Sesshin, Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Religion, Peace, Obstacles, confusion,...
Jul 30 1965
C
Sokoji

Saturday Evening Lecture

Serial: SF-05117A

Tape VIII (?) Side 1 Sat eve lecture (1 - 60); Side 2 Sat eve lecture (1-15?)

Question-and-Answer, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Balance, Bell, Evil, Hate...
Jul 31 1965
Sokoji

Tokusan and The Old Lady

Serial: SF-05114-C

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #10, by Shundo David Haye =====

This is another track from the same problematic reel as the previous two talks in this series....

Sesshin, Diamond Sutra, Balance, training, Religion
Feb 19 1966
1:00pm
Sokoji

On Nanshin-Ken, Sokatsu-Shaku

Serial: SF-01128

Tape 2 copy 2 - duplicate

Lay, Priest, Zendo, Doubt, Ceremony, Bowing, Zazen, Religion
Feb 22 1966
Kyoto

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...
May 26 1966
Sokoji

In the first instruction of ten instructions in Gakudō-yōjin-shū

Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, training, Instruction,...
Dec 17 1966
A
Sokoji

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