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Monastic Life

Serial: SF-00007A

Early Christian mystics; Benedictine regulations, the rule of obedience; manifestation of God in the world.

realization, Monastic Practice, Silence, Ego, Aspects of Practice, Separation,...
Feb 07 1974
Tassajara

Discussions

Nirvana, Attachment, confusion, realization, Samsara, Obstacles, Impermanence,...
May 20 1973
Tassajara

Discussions

Attachment, Balance, Concentration, resistance, Hindrances, Obstacles, Right Effort,...
May 20 1973
Tassajara

Consciousness - Fourth Type

Attachment, Nirvana, Equanimity, Doubt, Ceremony, Liberation, Freedom, Addiction, Ego...
May 19 1973
Tassajara

Consciousness - Second and Third Types

Hindrances, Concentration, Mindfulness, Karma, Equanimity, training, Oneness, Sangha...
May 18 1973
Tassajara

Discussions

Oneness, Mahayana, Concentration, Mindfulness
May 17 1973
Tassajara

Discussions

Concentration, Happiness, Obstacles, Equanimity, Hindrances, resistance, Observe,...
May 17 1973
Tassajara

First Type of Consciousness

Karma, Delusion, Happiness, Precepts, Hate, Balance, Forgiveness, Ordination, Observe...
May 16 1973
Tassajara

Consciousness

Mindfulness, Oneness, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Emptiness, Cultivation,...
May 15 1973
Tassajara

Discussions

First Principle, Faith, Emotions, Samadhi, resistance, Commitment, Observe, Balance,...
May 14 1973
Tassajara

Discussions

Interview, Passions, Faith, Ceremony
May 14 1973
Tassajara

Abhidharma Psychology

Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Constancy, Ego, Nirvana, Non-duality, Observe,...
May 13 1973
Tassajara

Discussions

Freedom, Liberation, Emptiness, Duality, Attachment, Religion
May 13 1973
Tassajara

Mindful Liberation Through Buddhist Wisdom

Serial: SF-00995

"First 30 mins of 70 min lecture"

Freedom, Concentration, Balance, Mindfulness, Liberation, Attachment, Karma, Doubt,...
May 12 1973
Tassajara

Wind Stops, But Still Flower Falls

Serial: SR-00163

This audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible.

Ummon, Faith, Freedom, reality, Dragons, Community, Emptiness, Wisdom, Building,...
Aug 15 1971
Tassajara

Obon Days

Ceremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith
Aug 12 1971
Tassajara

At the Time of Yakusan

Serial: SF-06061

New version of this lecture has been uploaded, which may allow for more of the transcript to be done.

Yaoshan, Faith
Aug 01 1971
Tassajara

Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks

Serial: SR-00175

Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson,...

Practice, Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Mind, Faith, Truth,...
Jul 25 1971
Tassajara

San-Pachi-Nenju

Ceremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay
Jul 22 1971
Tassajara

It Is Actually Buddha's Practice

Sesshin, Tatsugami, Zazen, Karma
Feb 20 1971
Tassajara

Ekō Lecture 2

Serial: SR-00229

The Second Morning Eko, Part 1 of 3
Friday Evening, July 10, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the second in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted...

Eko, Chanting, Chanting, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, heart, Karma, Meditation,...
Jul 10 1970
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05964

Friday, December 5, 1969

Previously described as intranscribable - now clearer
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File name: 69-12-05N: untitled level low. [Verbatim transcript not...

Ceremony, Shosan, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Letting Go, Separation, Attachment,...
Dec 05 1969
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-6

Serial: SF-06005

Third Lotus Sutra Series
Thursday Evening, October 30, 1969
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Beginner’s Mind, Politics, Interview, Concentration, Precepts, Freedom,...
Oct 30 1969
Series 3, Talk 6
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-5

Serial: SF-06006

Third Lotus Sutra Series
Tuesday Evening, October 28, 1969
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Skandas, Balance
Oct 28 1969
Series 3, Talk 5
Tassajara

Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There

Serial: SF-05184A

Sesshin: First Night Lecture, “I Don't Know Zazen”
September 1969
Tassajara

Knowing that we have buddha nature even while we are in the...

Dogen, Buddha Nature, Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Composure, Emotions,...
Sep 1969
Tassajara

Sesshin, Third Night Lecture

Serial: SR-00130

Tassajara
September, 1969

Sesshin, Emptiness, reality, Passions, Intuition, Bell, Forms, American, difficulty...
Sep 1969
Tassajara

Stand Up By The Ground

Serial: SF-05209

Protection Master "Suzuki Roshi summer sesshin 1969 2nd night lecture

Sesshin, Second Night Lecture
September, 1969
Tassajara

Sesshin, Dogen, Time, Continuous Practice, Freedom, Doubt
Sep 1969
Tassajara

Our Practice And Our Everyday Activity

Serial: SF-05396

Saturday, August 30, 1969

Newly uploaded recording should be clearer to transcribe

Concentration, Composure, Gratitude, Fundraising, Posture, training, Faith
Aug 30 1969
Tassajara

Some Questions

Question-and-Answer, Breath, Buddha Nature, Posture, sitting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Aug 28 1969
Tassajara

Our Way To Attain Liberation

Serial: SF-05087B

Monday Evening, August 18, 1969
Tassajara

Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering...

Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith...
Aug 18 1969
Tassajara

Emptiness is Form

Serial: SF-05968

Sunday, June 29, 1969
San Francisco

Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting...

Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Current Events, Balance, Faith, Beginners, Continuous...
Jun 29 1969
Tassajara

Yakusan did not give lectures for a long time

Serial: SF-05961

June 1969
Tassajara

Story of Yakusan saying he was not a teacher to give lectures. Making effort, and paying attention. What is right effort?

Priest, Freedom
Jun 1969
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Shosan, First Principle, Emptiness, Compassion, Lotus Sutra, Patience, sitting,...
Nov 11 1968
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1

Serial: SF-05681

[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968]
Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Vow, Enemies, Conversation, Karma, Emotions
Oct 20 1968
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11

Serial: SF-05251

October 1968
New version uploaded, should help with transcript

Lotus Sutra, Lay, Emptiness, Interview, Ceremony
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 11
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-12

Serial: SR-00004

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. 12
Shunryu Suzuki Lecture

October 1968

Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Suffering, Observe, Compassion, Intention, heart,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 12
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-9

Serial: SF-06041

Audio Problem Set has been replaced by original recording, with speed adjustments made.
Newly processed version should be a little clearer to trancsribe

Lotus Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Demons
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 9
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-14

Serial: SF-05683

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Demons, Silence, Evil
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 14
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-3

Serial: SF-05256

October, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Silence, Bell, Vow
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 3
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4

Serial: SF-05255

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Passions, Attachment, Vow
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 4
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-6

Serial: SF-05258

68-10-00-E

Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Anger, Faith
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 6
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-7

Serial: SF-06043

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Emptiness, Mahayana, Precepts, Nirvana, Enemies,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 7
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05094

===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #23, by Shundo David Haye =====

This was the last of the three 5" reels that appeared to be from the summer of 1968, but there...

Shosan, true dharma, Separation, Faith, Emptiness, confusion, Dragons, Ego, Passions...
Sep 10 1968
Tassajara

Bodhidharma

Serial: SF-05081

 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #22, by Shundo David Haye ===== 

In this second tape made by Dan Gourley at Tassajara in the summer of 1968,...

Beginner’s Mind, First Principle, Time, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Faith,...
Jul 29 1968
Tassajara

Bring Me The Rhinoceros Fan

Serial: SF-05086

 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #21, by Shundo David Haye ===== 

For whatever reason, there are few talks existing from the summer of 1968. At...

Koan, Faith, Freedom
Jul 28 1968
Tassajara

To Have Complete Understanding of Our School

Serial: SF-05144B

SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content.

Since there was no talk by...

Anger, Politics, Liberation, Posture, Bell, Priest, confusion, Hate, Freedom, Doubt...
Jul 27 1968
Tassajara

What is Soto and what is Rinzai?

Serial: SF-05144A

SR024 Tass July 26/68 Roshi Sectarianism copied; July 21 Chino Sensei; July 24 Chino Sensei - also many handwritten notes on the content
NB: the date for the SR talk in...

Soto Zen, Rinzai, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Evil, Bowing, Mahayana, Gratitude, Ego...
Jul 26 1968
Tassajara

Shuso Ceremony

Serial: SF-05779

SR-68-04-23-C (complete) Philip Wilson's shuso ceremony, followed by SR near end of side A - duplicate

Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Gratitude, Commitment, Precepts, Faith
Apr 23 1968
C
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Because I Was Not Well

Serial: SF-05143A

SR023 Track 1 Suzuki Roshi's afternoon sesshin 4-23-68 copied [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's...

Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind, Faith, Composure, Doubt, Religion...
Apr 23 1968
A
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Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05143B

SR023 Track 1 to 1/3 of other side Suzuki Roshi Question and Answer ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A...

Sesshin, Shosan, Emptiness, Attachment, Hate, Faith, Interview, Enemies, Evil, Doubt...
Apr 23 1968
B
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