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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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Enemies, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Faith, Bell,... |
Oct 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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January 26th, 2002, Serial No. 04072 Heart Sutra, Posture, Avalokiteshvara, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, training, Dragons,... |
Jan 26 2002 City Center |
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January 30th, 2002, Serial No. 03945 Vows, Practice Period, Delusion, Letting Go, Attachment, Suzuki Roshi, Equanimity,... |
Jan 30 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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April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 03930 Impermanence, Blue Cliff Record, Hate, Non-violence, Birth-and-Death, Vows, Precepts... |
Apr 13 2002 City Center |
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One-day Sitting LectureSerial: SF-01018 Lotus Sutra (Heart Sutra), seals our mind with Buddha's mind, basics of the middle way are covered (in the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings), power of joy and compassion, devotion... Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana, Four Noble... |
May 11 2002 Green Gulch |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-04071 Mothers' Day, women in Buddhism, the feminine in spirituality, story of Buddha - loss of mother, women's place in early Buddhist hierarchy, meditating on death, Buddha as a... Birth-and-Death, Intimacy, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Tassajara, Emptiness, Zendo, Big... |
May 12 2002 Green Gulch |
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Way-seeking MindSerial: SF-04024 Tanto job, informal very ZC (?) Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Doubt, Daily Life, Practice Period, Tassajara, confusion,... |
Jun 12 2002 City Center |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Triple... |
Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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August 10th, 2002, Serial No. 04012 Instruction, Buddha Nature, Separation, Oneness, Nirvana Sutra, realization, Birth-... |
Aug 10 2002 City Center |
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August 24th, 2002, Serial No. 01119 Precepts, Liberation, Delusion, training, Emptiness, Samadhi, Greed, Hate, Letting Go... |
Aug 24 2002 City Center |
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Posture Posture, Instruction, Branching Streams, Zendo, Zazen, soto, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki... |
Sep 14 2002 Unknown |
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2002.10.19-serial.00059 Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Oct 19 2002 City Center |
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October 23rd, 2002, Serial No. 00974 Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom, Mill Valley, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,... |
Oct 23 2002 City Center |
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The Process of Peace Peace, Freedom, Attachment, Five Ranks, Zazen, Delusion, Offering, Zendo, Karma,... |
Oct 26 2002 City Center |
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Not Always So Class Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous,... |
Oct 30 2002 Tassajara |
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November 6th, 2002, Serial No. 01064 Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Teacher-and-Student... |
Nov 06 2002 City Center |
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November 16th, 2002, Serial No. 00977 Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,... |
Nov 16 2002 City Center |
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Not Always So Class Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Describe, realization,... |
Nov 18 2002 Tassajara |
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Gratitude For This PracticeSerial: SF-04042 Sunday Lecture: Fear - fear is spawning ground for negative emotions. Attention to breath. How to work with difficult mental states. Walking and attention to breath. Busyness... Anger, Emotions, training, Cultivation, Impermanence, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Nov 24 2002 Green Gulch |
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Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,... |
Dec 01 2002 Tassajara |
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December 8th, 2002, Serial No. 03985 Mindfulness, Separation, Hindrances, Judgement, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Greed, Commitment... |
Dec 08 2002 City Center |
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December 9th, 2002, Serial No. 00978 Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Zendo, Ordinary Mind, Bell, Emptiness,... |
Dec 09 2002 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture New Year, Hate, Bodhidharma, Vows, Peace, Delusion, Cultivation, Harmonizing,... |
Dec 29 2002 Green Gulch |
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January 11th, 2003, Serial No. 04074 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,... |
Jan 11 2003 City Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Fox, Practice Period, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara, Attachment, Karma,... |
Mar 2003 Tassajara |
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SufferingSerial: SF-04034 Sunday Lecture: Being present with one's own suffering. Aversion and attraction. Thought of stealing bowl. War situation. Suzuki Roshi, Enemies, Cultivation, Obstacles, Emotions, Impermanence, Mahayana,... |
Mar 09 2003 Green Gulch |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-04083 Anti-war activities. Suzuki Roshi's response to Lew's question "What is war?" Wrinkles on goza mat. Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Peace, Samadhi, Manjushri, Oneness, Beginners, Samsara,... |
Mar 23 2003 Green Gulch |
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June 7th, 2003, Serial No. 01107 Faith, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Forgiveness, Practice Period,... |
Jun 07 2003 Unknown |
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Vimalakirti SutraSerial: SF-04084 Sunday Lecture: Manjushri questioning Vimalakirti. How should one view all sentient beings - like the reflection of the moon in water, etc. Love. Wisdom of love. Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Vimalakirti,... |
Aug 10 2003 Green Gulch |
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2010.10.03-serial.00055 Practice Period, training, Conversation, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Commitment... |
Oct 08 2003 |
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October 11th, 2003, Serial No. 00976 Mindfulness, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Practice Period, Intimacy, Priest, Zazen,... |
Oct 11 2003 City Center |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-04035 Allow posture to align, pathway to liberation. Cultivate capacity to observe, name and describe, notice what we turn away from? Then cultivate interest and curiosity - zen... Cultivation, resistance, Observe, Don't Know Mind, Impermanence, Posture,... |
Nov 09 2003 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-02751 Appreciation for the world happens. Don't go looking for heavenly sights. We get sticky around the beautiful. Master Heretung (?) letter - being in the world without misery... Family Practice, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Equanimity, Bowing, Dragons, Sangha,... |
Dec 03 2003 Green Gulch |
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Just Being Alive Is EnoughSerial: SF-01094 The season. Vows. New Year's Resolution Suzuki Roshi, Current Events, Vows, stubbornness, Faith, Continuous, Politics, Greed... |
Dec 28 2003 Green Gulch |
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February 4th, 2004, Serial No. 04104 Practice Period, Chanting, Tassajara, Bell, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Intuition... |
Feb 04 2004 City Center |
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February 14th, 2004, Serial No. 00979 Intimacy, Practice Period, Zendo, Zazen, Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Passions, Anger... |
Feb 14 2004 City Center |
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March 17th, 2004, Serial No. 01108 Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Delusion, Karma, Zazen, Heart... |
Mar 17 2004 City Center |
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One-Day Sitting LectureSerial: SF-01022 This human body is the entire world in the ten directions. Can you be stopped? Bodhicitta. Compassion. Thinking. Hatred. Not indulging in habitual thoughts of hatred. Say no. "... Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Precepts, Manjushri, Hate, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 20 2004 Green Gulch |
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March 27th, 2004, Serial No. 04102 Practice Period, Zazen, Instruction, Zendo, Beginners, Impermanence, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Mar 27 2004 City Center |
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April 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01045 Passions, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Addiction, Suzuki Roshi, Ego, Zazen,... |
Apr 18 2004 Tassajara |
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Dining Room Lecture Right Speech, Sangha, Practice Period, Dana, Suzuki Roshi, Diversity, Intimacy,... |
Apr 27 2004 Tassajara |
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Dining Room LectureSerial: SF-01927 Evening talk realization, Zendo, Beginners, Teacher-and-Student, Dragons, Practice Period, Suzuki... |
May 01 2004 Tassajara |
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Do Not Resuscitate Emptiness, Delusion, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Discrimination, Non-... |
May 08 2004 Tassajara |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Monastic Practice, Priest, Patience, Birth-and-... |
May 09 2004 Green Gulch |
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May 30th, 2004, Serial No. 01043 Passions, Ceremony, Ego, Intuition, Zazen, Buddha Nature, Skandas, Delusion,... |
May 30 2004 Tassajara |
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June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 01928 Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Balance, Karma, Hate, Zazen, Vows, Priest, Ceremony,... |
Jun 08 2004 Tassajara |
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June 9th, 2004, Serial No. 04081 Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Zazen, Posture, Sixth Patriarch, Practice... |
Jun 09 2004 Unknown |
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Which Is The Real Seijo?Serial: SF-00967 One-day sitting lecture: when our "soul is split", what is true? Just sitting in the midst of samsara. Letting Go, Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Buddha... |
Jun 19 2004 Green Gulch |
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Flop DogSerial: SF-01103 One-day sitting lecture: not accomplishing anything. Suzuki Roshi, Study Period, Zazen, resistance, Nirvana, uchiyama, Letting Go, Posture... |
Jul 17 2004 Green Gulch |