Suzuki Roshi Talks

Talk by Ango Sarah Tashker at Green Gulch Farm on 2022-02-27

Examining Dogen's famous phrase, "To study the self is to forget the self." 02/12/2022, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.

Recommendations for practice.
12/22/2021, Rinso Ed Sattizahn, dharma talk at City Center.

A talk about some of Suzuki Roshi’s teachings on the Sixteen Great
Bodhisattva Precepts. 12/19/2021, Ango Sara Tashker, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm.

Drawing on her own experience and the teachings of Suzuki Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher Eijun Cutts reflects on the mind of a bodhisattva and the practice of helping self and...

Talk by Fu Schroeder at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-10-30

In the talk, Abbot Ed Sattizahn uses the "Every Day is a Good Day" koan, and Suzuki's Roshi's teaching, to explore how it may be genuinely beneficial, to ourselves and others,...

A personal reflection on priest ordination in the Soto Zen Lineage from their own live as priests.
09/11/2021, Ryushin Paul Haller and Furyu Nancy Schroeder, dharma talk...

A student's reflections on a life of teachings with their teacher Sojun Mel Weitsman, and the nature of Bodhi Mind
08/28/2021, Hozan Alan Senauke, dharma talk at City...

Talk by Jiryu at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-08-22

An examination of what it means to both fully express ourselves and a consideration of how the world is being made in each moment (by each one of us).
08/21/2021, Furyu...

Studying our attachment to our biography as a resource for our self undersanding and transformation. And the joy of renunciation and exploring the edges of freedom.
08/18...

In this talk, Abbot David weaves together personal stories regarding “seeing” with teachings by Vasubandhu, Shakyamuni Buddha, and Suzuki Roshi in an exploration of the nature...

In this time of worldwide sickness, teachings of Vimalakirti—the bodhisattva who manifests illness for the sake of teaching sentient beings— is brought up. Linda also offers a...

In this talk, Sr. Dharma Teacher, Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts, brings forth the spirit of the Mahayana Buddhist Vimalakirti Sutra and the second turning of the wheel teachings. She...

Talk by Steve Weintraub at Tassajara on 2021-07-21

This talk centers on the two truths about our one world, the human world and Buddha’s world, with 5 easy steps on how to bring those worlds together again.
07/11/2021,...

A reflection and consideration on "making the transition, entering the marketplace and crossing over supported by Buddhist practice and traditions.
06/16/2021, Marcia...

Suzuki Roshi often encouraged practitioners to "empty their minds," and this talk uses passages from his teaching to explore two aspects of this "emptying" - letting the mind...

Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-05-16

Talk by Jiryu at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-05-09

Talk by Fu Schroeder Sangha at Green Gulch Farm on 2021-05-04

Cultivating a deep open mind. accepting things as they are is sudden, gradual, and specific. bringing clear seeing to thoughts and ideas right here. living in interdependence...

Early students of Suzuki Roshi, Jane and Peter Schneider, offer two short talks to the Green Gulch Sangha: Jane on the deep meaning of the robe chant and Peter on Suzuki Roshi...