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Title	Speaker	Date
Opening Lecture At Page Street Zendo: American Precepts Serial: SR-00264 Moving into the new space. Don't worry about success, practice in the present. Hyakujo's regulations, positive and negative sides of guidelines and precepts. - Precepts, Shingi, Precepts, Monks, Gratitude, zen, Building	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 22 1969 City Center
Epilogue: Zen Mind Serial: SR-00263 American practice different from Japanese practice. Enlightenment experience is beyond good and bad, beyond our usual way of thinking. Big mind is always with you, never outside of yourself. Discussion at Tassajara around sex.... - Big Mind, Enlightenment, Passions, Big Mind, Don't Know Mind, Consciousness, Community,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 16 1969
Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is Form Serial: SR-00243 - Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Big Mind, Forms, Don't Know Mind, Interdependence, heart, Monks,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 13 1969
Some Questions Serial: SR-00244 - Lotus Sutra, Time, Ego, Wisdom, Passions, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Culture, Oneness,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 11 1969
Miss Ransom Was A Teacher Of Conversation Serial: SR-00242 [Not an interview I think, but a question Peter asks at the beginning of the lecture, possibly pre-arranged with Suzuki. Got labeled as an interview because I had it grouped with Peter’s interviews long ago and maybe I was the... - Japan, Komazawa University, Buddhism, Shobogenzo, Obon, Conversation, Building, Offering,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 09 1969
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-7 Serial: SR-00042 Third Lotus Sutra Series Friday Evening, November 7, 1969 Zen Mountain Center - Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Passions, Lotus Sutra, Concentration, Evil, Sutra, Mahayana, Precepts...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 07 1969 Series 3, Talk 7 Tassajara
Zen Beyond Borders Serial: RB-00416 The discussion explores the challenges and cultural differences faced by Westerners practicing Zen in Japan. It highlights the barriers due to linguistic, cultural, and traditional differences, as well as how these affect... *Priest, American, Rinzai, Soto Zen, training*	Richard Baker	Nov 05 1969
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, Doubt...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 30 1969 Series 3, Talk 6 Tassajara
Navigating Japan's Cultural Landscape Serial: RB-00418 The central thesis revolves around sharing insights about navigating Japanese culture, especially concerning the distinctions between American individualism and Japanese collectivism. Practical advice is provided for prospective... *Culture, Study, American, Religion, Freedom*	Richard Baker	Oct 29 1969
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	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 28 1969 Series 3, Talk 5 Tassajara
October 28th, 1969, Serial No. 00415 Serial: RB-00415 The talk examines the intrinsic bodily knowledge and cultural rhythms embedded in Japanese society, juxtaposing it with Western tendencies towards conscious awareness and endpoint emphasis. Employing examples from daily practices... *Big Mind, Mandala, Priest, Peace, Money*	Richard Baker	Oct 28 1969
Zen and Western Intersections Serial: RB-00419 The discussion revolves around the intersection of Buddhist practice, Japanese cultural mindset, and Western American socio-cultural perspectives. It explores distinct ways of thinking and perceiving, rooted in different... *Buddha Nature, American, Building, Money, zen meditation*	Richard Baker	Oct 28 1969
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-4 Serial: SR-00038 [Third Lotus Sutra Series]Saturday Evening, October 25, 1969Zen Mountain Center - Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Sutra, Priest, Mahayana, Suffering,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 25 1969 Series 3, Talk 4 Tassajara
October 25th, 1969, Serial No. 00038 Serial: KR-00038 - *Greed, Funeral, training, Observe, Ceremony, lecture, Suffering, American*	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 25 1969
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-2 Serial: SR-00037 Third Lotus Sutra SeriesThursday Evening, October 23, 1969Zen Mountain Center [The recording starts with Suzuki reading from: Saddharma Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law, translated by H. Kern, New York: Dover, 1963 (an... - Lotus Sutra, First Principle, First Principle, Don't Know Mind, Consciousness, Sutra,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 23 1969 Series 3, Talk 2 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-1 Serial: SR-00212 [Third Lotus Sutra Series]1 Monday Evening, October 20, 1969 Zen Mountain Center Introduction to third series of talks on the Lotus Sutra. Zen as practical teaching. Suzuki Roshi's mother recited parts of the sutra when he was... - Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Dogen, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Ego, Sutra, Priest, Building,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 20 1969 Series 3, Talk 1 Tassajara
October 19th, 1969, Serial No. 00034 Serial: KR-00034 - *Right Effort, Religion*	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 19 1969
Navigating Zen Training in Japan Serial: RB-00414 The talk centers on the challenges and considerations involved in studying Buddhism in Japan as a Westerner, emphasizing the importance of understanding Japanese culture and language. A key point is the cultural friction that... *Study, Rinzai, training, American, Priest*	Richard Baker	Oct 18 1969
New Students' Questions Serial: SR-00211 Tuesday, October 14, 1969San Francisco - Question-and-Answer, Bodhisattva Vow, War, Buddha Nature, Addiction, Diversity, Vow,...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 14 1969
October 7th, 1969, Serial No. 00033 Serial: KR-00033 - *Silence, difficulty, Meditation, Buddha Mind, Enemies, Buddha Nature, Discrimination,...*	Katagiri Roshi	Oct 07 1969
September 28th, 1969, Serial No. 00032 Serial: KR-00032 - *Meditation, training, American*	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 28 1969
September 27th, 1969, Serial No. 00030 Serial: KR-00030 - *Community, Building, American, lecture, training, Interview, Chanting, Balance, Delusion,...*	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 27 1969
September 23rd, 1969, Serial No. 00037 Serial: KR-00037 - *Concentration, difficulty, Meditation, Happiness, Discrimination, American, Conversation,...*	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 23 1969
Why I Came to America Serial: SR-00157 "Why I became a priest" Memories of his father as a temple priest. Wanting to be an unusual priest himself, to teach people. Training at a temple with Oka Sotan. Enjoying teaching people who have no preconceptions about... - Priest, Meiji, Japan, Dogen, Priest, training, New Year, Ceremony, Enemies, Monks, Sutra,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 Sokoji
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Serial: SF-05610 Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider - Interview, Transmission, Priest, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, training, Enemies, Passions, Bell,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 1 of 2
Interview of Suzuki by Peter Schneider Serial: 69-09-16-IB Entered onto disk by DC 1996 or soRevised by Bill Redican 9/01 [I dated this 69-09-16 to go with other Peter Schneider interview and lecture of that date. Transcription was difficult with much time spent making sure -- or maybe... - Interview, First Principle,	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969
Pure Silk, Sharp Iron Serial: SR-00246 Sitting cross-legged - and then what? Having the right state of mind. Chinese and Japanese culture. His absent-mindedness, impatience. Virtue of endurance. - Zazen, Dogen, Culture, Ego, Transmission, training, Patience, Forms, Pain, War, American,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 14 1969
September 7th, 1969, Serial No. 00036 Serial: KR-00036 - *Transmission, Chanting, Birth-and-Death, Teacher-and-Student, Religion, Buddha Mind, Silence,...*	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 07 1969
September 3rd, 1969, Serial No. 00029 Serial: KR-00029 - *Instruction, Concentration, Samadhi, difficulty, training, lecture, Meditation, realization...*	Katagiri Roshi	Sep 03 1969
Sesshin, Sixth Night Lecture Serial: SR-00129 TassajaraSeptember, 1969 - Sesshin, Don't Know Mind, Posture, Ceremony, Addiction, Duality, Beginners, Zazen,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Sesshin, Third Night Lecture Serial: SR-00130 TassajaraSeptember, 1969 - *Sesshin, Emptiness, reality, Passions, Intuition, Bell, Forms, American, difficulty...*	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There Serial: SF-05184A Sesshin: First Night Lecture, “I Don't Know Zazen”September 1969Tassajara Knowing that we have buddha nature even while we are in the dualistic world of good and bad. Analogy with various parts of a meal. Analogy... - Dogen, Buddha Nature, Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Composure, Emotions, Doubt...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Shosan Ceremony Serial: SR-00213 TassajaraSeptember, 1969 [Beginning of ceremony not recorded.] - Sesshin, Shosan, Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Breath, Death, Intuition, Lay, Bell, Continuous...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Stand Up By The Ground Serial: SF-05209 Protection Master "Suzuki Roshi summer sesshin 1969 2nd night lecture Sesshin, Second Night LectureSeptember, 1969Tassajara - Sesshin, Dogen, Time, Continuous Practice, Freedom, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	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*	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 30 1969 Tassajara
Some Questions Serial: SR-00133 - Question-and-Answer, Breath, Buddha Nature, Posture, sitting, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1969 Tassajara
August 26th, 1969, Serial No. 00035 Serial: KR-00035 - *Monastic Practice, training, American, Meditation, Bell, Ego, Emotions, difficulty, Religion...*	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 26 1969
Question and Answer Serial: SR-00083 - Question-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Separation, Pain, American, Anger, Attachment,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 25 1969 Tassajara
Twelve Links of Causation Serial: SR-00135 Twelve Links Of Causation Juni-innen (Jap.) Dvada-aiga-pratatyasamutpada (San.) English Japanese Sanskrit -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1. ignorance mumyo avidya 2. action... - *Consciousness, Suffering, causation, Discrimination, Emptiness, Fasting, Passions, confusion,...*	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1969 Tassajara
Our Way To Attain Liberation Serial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering student questions. Dan Gourley reel #4 - Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
Some Questions Serial: SR-00128 - Question-and-Answer, Precepts, Doubt, Continuous Practice, Concentration, Birth-and-Death,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 12 1969
Not Always So Serial: SR-00124 August Sesshin Lecture Thursday, August 7, 1969 San Francisco - Sesshin, Dogen, Interdependence, Freedom, Gratitude, Composure, Posture, Emptiness, Truth...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 07 1969 Sokoji
To Actually Practice Selflessness Serial: SR-00125 August Sesshin Lecture Wednesday, August 6, 1969 San Francisco - Sesshin, Pain, Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Monks, Liberation, difficulty, Continuous...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 06 1969 Sokoji
We Practice Zazen So That We Attain Selflessness Serial: SR-00137 - *Suffering, Wisdom, Dragons, Don't Know Mind, Meditation, Separation, sitting, lecture,...*	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1969 Tassajara
The First Teaching Serial: SR-00158 Teaching of impermanence, everything changing; also there is selflessness, suffering and nirvana. The sufferings of birth, death, sickness and old age. Causes of suffering, because of ego. - Suffering, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Wisdom, Truth, Attachment, heart,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 02 1969 Tassajara
The Most Important Precept Serial: SR-00035 - Precepts, Dogen, Eiheiji, Sanctuary, Hate, Suffering, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1969 Tassajara
August 1969 talk, Serial No. 00026 Serial: KR-00026 - *Concentration, Meditation, causation, Obstacles, Delusion, Karma, Intention, Nirvana, Religion...*	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 1969
That is the purpose of counting Serial: SR-00034 - *Truth, Daily Life, Anger, reality, Karma, Emptiness, Wisdom*	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 28 1969 Tassajara
Blue Cliff Records-43 Serial: SR-00032 Tozan's hot and cold. - Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Pain, Monks, difficulty, Forms, Hate, Commitment, sitting,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 26 1969 Tassajara

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