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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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Embracing Impermanence with Compassion Impermanence, Blue Cliff Record, Hate, Non-violence, Birth-and-Death, Vow, Precepts,... |
Apr 13 2002 City Center |
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Zen and Poetry Class Silence, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Interdependence, Politics, Impermanence, Bell, Evil... |
Mar 12 2002 Green Gulch |
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Embrace Perseverance Through Basic Goodness Vow, Practice Period, Delusion, Letting Go, Attachment, Suzuki Roshi, Equanimity,... |
Jan 30 2002 City Center |
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Beyond Silence: The Zen Connection Heart Sutra, Posture, Avalokiteshvara, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, training, Dragons,... |
Jan 26 2002 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Enemies, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Faith, Bell,... |
Oct 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Karmic Consequences, Peace, Daily Life, Rumi, Silence, Delusion, Hate, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Sep 22 2001 Green Gulch |
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Zazen: Harmony Through Non-Duality Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Lineage, Bowing, Silence, Duality, Birth-... |
Aug 18 2001 City Center |
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Walking in Beauty Through Zen FarmingSerial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Anger, Mill Valley, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing, Heart... |
Jul 25 2001 |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Global Warming, training, Impermanence, Anger, Cultivation, resistance... |
Jun 03 2001 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Zendo, Samadhi, Vow,... |
May 23 2001 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Freedom, training, Bell, Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, confusion... |
Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion,... |
Feb 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jan 03 2001 |
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Sunday Lecture Buddha Nature, New Year, Right Effort, Conversation, Vow, Practice Period, Suzuki... |
Dec 31 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Posture, Balance, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Intuition, Gratitude, Instruction, Lay, Karma... |
Dec 17 2000 Green Gulch |
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Hindrances: Fear Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go, Dana, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Dec 03 2000 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Attachment, Dragons, Commitment, Letting Go, Zazen, Big Mind, Greed, Suzuki... |
Nov 26 2000 Green Gulch |
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Embracing Abundance Through Selfless Giving Ceremony, Gratitude, Emptiness, Separation, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 22 2000 City Center |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, realization, Mill... |
Nov 07 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Six Realms, Ceremony, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Ancestors, Soto... |
Oct 29 2000 Green Gulch |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class true dharma, Practice Period, Instruction, Soto Zen, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind,... |
Oct 24 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Doubt, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Faith, Letting Go... |
Oct 08 2000 Green Gulch |
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Zen Balance: Authentic Life Path confusion, Four Noble Truths, Interdependence, Renunciation, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Sep 23 2000 Unknown |
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Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Ceremony, Silence, Freedom, Practice Period,... |
Aug 15 2000 Unknown |
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The Tenth PreceptSerial: SF-03571 Wednesday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Priest-and-Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts... |
Aug 09 2000 Green Gulch |
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Saturday Lecture Right Speech, Dana, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Intimacy, Duality, Non-... |
May 20 2000 City Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Liberation, Zazen... |
May 03 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Three Treasures, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Composure, Practice Period, Interview, true dharma, Chanting,... |
Apr 13 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Skandas, Heart Sutra, Letting Go, Emptiness, Interdependence, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Apr 11 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Apr 10 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Death-and-Dying, Silence, New Year, Priest, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Apr 05 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03654 Monday Class Zazen, Instruction, Soto Zen, Posture, realization, Dragons, Lineage, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 27 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03655 Monday Class Posture, Monkey Mind, Suzuki Roshi, true dharma, Zazen, Branching Streams,... |
Mar 20 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Six Realms, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Enemies, Equanimity, Right Speech, Happiness... |
Mar 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Works of Dogen ClassSerial: SF-03199 Tuesday Class Buddha Ancestors, Lotus Sutra, Balance, Emptiness, Liberation, Transmission,... |
Mar 14 2000 Green Gulch |
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Zen Steps to Spiritual Awakening Vow, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Vow, Bodhisattva Way, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble... |
Mar 01 2000 City Center |
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Works of Dogen ClassSerial: SF-03196 Tuesday Class Birth-and-Death, realization, Freedom, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Soto Zen,... |
Feb 29 2000 Green Gulch |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03517 Monday Class Hsin Hsin Ming, Buddha Nature, confusion, Platform Sutra, realization, Bodhisattva... |
Feb 28 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture realization, Buddha Ancestors, Demons, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Bell, Suzuki... |
Feb 26 2000 Green Gulch |
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Reflecting the Moon in Water Vow, Faith, realization, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions, Bodhisattva Precepts,... |
Feb 22 2000 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Dragons, New Year, Offering, Ceremony, Renewal, Suzuki Roshi, Ordination,... |
Feb 06 2000 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Bowing, Emptiness, Koan, Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Oct 06 1999 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Birth-and-Death, Teacher-and-Student, Lineage, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley... |
Aug 29 1999 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Faith, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Non-duality, Equanimity, Six... |
Jul 17 1999 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture First Principle, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dragons, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jun 30 1999 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Liberation, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, causation, realization, Birth-and-Death... |
Jun 26 1999 Green Gulch |
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AIDS Bike-A-Thon, A Rolling SesshinSerial: SF-03983 Wednesday Lecture training, Daily Life, Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Duality, Gratitude,... |
Jun 23 1999 City Center |
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Father's DaySerial: SF-03233 Sunday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara, Intimacy, confusion, Daily Life, Giving-... |
Jun 20 1999 Green Gulch |
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Mindfully Awakening Through Daily Work Suzuki Roshi, Posture, Monastic Practice, Lay, Anger, Daily Life, Observe, Religion,... |
Mar 13 1999 Unknown |