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This Sesshin Was Wonderfully Done

Serial: SF-05100-C Saturday, April 22, 1967 Sesshin Lecture B San Francisco -
Sesshin, Priest, Evil, Doubt, training
Apr 22 1967
B
Sokoji

Genjo Koan

Serial: SF-05134A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #14, by Shundo David Haye ===== The acquisition of Tassajara in 1967 was a huge leap for Zen Center. Suzuki Roshi had long been interested in finding a suitable location for a monastery; an... -
Genjokoan, Dogen, Sesshin, Emptiness, New Year, Interview, Freedom
Aug 20 1967
Morning
Tassajara

When You Have A New Experience

Serial: SF-05134B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #15, by Shundo David Haye ===== This talk was given later on the same day of the first Tassajara sesshin as the last one discussed (https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.com/talks/genjo-koanmorning... -
Sesshin, Faith, Doubt
Aug 20 1967
Evening
Tassajara

Genjo Koan no 2

Serial: SF-05134C ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #16, by Shundo David Haye ===== This third talk from the historic inaugural sesshin at Tassajara in 1967, given the day after the first two, is divided into two parts, held together by the... -
Sesshin, Dogen, Priest, Emptiness, Dragons, Describe, confusion, Hate
Aug 21 1967
Tassajara

Buddhism Is Not a Special Teaching; Enlightenment Is Not a Particular Stage

Serial: SF-05134D ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #17, by Shundo David Haye ===== About half way through this sesshin talk, you can start to hear crickets in the background, getting louder over the remaining twenty minutes. They are a typical... -
Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Continuous, Doubt, Religion, Peace
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

To Polish A Tile Is Our Practice Actually

Serial: SF-05135B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #18, by Shundo David Haye ===== Further to the date confusion and missing talks discussed last time, it seems that even Suzuki Roshi lost track of time during the first seven-day sesshin at... -
Sesshin, Prajna Paramita, Shobogenzo, Discrimination, Silence
Aug 23 1967
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

August Sesshin, 1967August 24, 1967Tassajara [Opening sentences of Introduction missed.] -
Sesshin, Shosan,
Aug 24 1967
B
Tassajara

Genjo Koan no 4

Serial: SF-05136 Track 1 17/8 - Suzuki lectures - beginning missed, one or two sentences; beginning: This is the last lecture of sesshin. We have talked of emptiness and form, but have not understood it well. Maezumi's words are included on... -
Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Time, Faith, Emptiness, Continuous, Dragons
Aug 24 1967
A
Tassajara

Reflections on the Prajna Paramita Sutra

Serial: SF-05135A ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #19, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is the talk that was chosen by the Wind Bell (p69) to represent the first sesshin at Tassajara; some of the discussion was also presented in that issue... -
Sesshin, Sengai, Time, Emptiness, Ego, Continuous, Evil, Nirvana, Concentration, Enemies, Dana...
Aug 24 1967
Tassajara

If Our Teaching Is A Special Teaching

Serial: SF-05130B SR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 2 2nd half - Part of Suzuki lecture copied -
Religion
Sep 1967
Tassajara

Zen Is Also Buddhism

Serial: SF-05130C SR013 date? Fall 1967 Tassajara III - Side 1 + 1/2 side 2 Suzuki lecture copied -
Mahayana, New Year, Buddha Nature, Hate, Observe, Concentration, Balance, Freedom, Doubt...
Sep 1967
Tassajara

Ignorance

Serial: SF-05131-A SR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/8/67 - copied -
Prajna Paramita, Attachment, Freedom, training, Daily Life, Diversity, confusion, Hate...
Sep 08 1967
Tassajara

Using Various Stones

Serial: SF-05131-C SR 014 - On this tape: lectures A and B and also first part of D. This is to be known as the A-B lecture tape or #1 ZMC (has been transcribed) Track 1 Roshi's lecture A 9/8/67 - copied -
Sep 08 1967
B
Tassajara

Practice Zazen With Your Whole Mind And Body

Serial: SF-05131B This is lecture D from these notes on the reel boxes (05132-B was added to this)Several minutes of tape operator's notes at the end are included, the transcript was copied over from what was previously thought of as 66-08-15.... -
Instruction, Zazen, Posture, Beginners, Funeral, Religion, Instruction, Emotions, Emptiness...
Sep 08 1967
Morning
Tassajara

The Practice of Constancy

Serial: SF-05132-A SR015 - On this tape is Lecture C and last part of Lecture D. This tape is known as the C lecture tape of as #2 - Track 1 Roshi's Lecture C 9/12/67 - copied -
Prajna Paramita, Bodhisattva, Precepts, Constancy, New Year, Mahayana, Enemies, Anger, Faith,...
Sep 12 1967
Tassajara

KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson

Serial: SF-05115 Monday, November 6, 1967 KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON[Originally misdated - Friday, February 18, 1966]Lecture BKPFA/KPFB Studio, Pacifica Radio, Berkeley, CA -
Interview, Don't Know Mind, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Evil, Samsara, Practice Period,...
Nov 06 1967
KPFA Berkeley

Putting Power In Your Hara

Serial: SF-05133-A Afternoon Sesshin Lecture Friday, December 1, 1967, Lecture A Zen Mountain Center -
Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi, Buddha Mind, Big Mind, Separation, New Year, Discrimination,...
Dec 01 1967
A
Tassajara

True Practice

Serial: SF-05133-B Evening Sesshin Lecture Friday Evening, December 1, 1967, Lecture B Zen Mountain Center -
Sesshin, Zuigan, Fox, Gratitude, Fox, Buddha Nature, Addiction, Discrimination, Tassajara,...
Dec 01 1967
B
Tassajara

Inner Power of Practice

Serial: SF-05137A SR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied -
Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, Concentration, Precepts, Monastic Practice, New Year, Buddha...
Dec 02 1967
Tassajara

The More We Study Our Way, The More Difficult It Is To Explain It

Serial: SF-05142 SR018 - Track 1 - Roshi's Lecture sesshin #4 12/4/67 Evening - copied -
Sesshin, Dogen, Observe, Ceremony
Dec 04 1967
Evening
Tassajara

Think the Unthinkable

Serial: SF-05137B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #20, by Shundo David Haye =====  This talk comes from the middle of the second sesshin at Tassajara, in December 1967. Unlike the extreme heat of the summer sesshin, students would have... -
Sesshin, Fukanzazengi, Buddha Mind, training, Sanctuary, Beginners, Echo, Duality, Separation...
Dec 04 1967
Afternoon
Tassajara

Good and Bad Feeling

Serial: SF-05141-A Tuesday, December 5, 1967 Afternoon Sesshin Lecture, Lecture A Tassajara -
Sesshin, Attachment, Discrimination, Separation, Liberation, Freedom, Doubt, Faith...
Dec 05 1967
A
Tassajara

Nature of Our Practice

Serial: SF-05141-B Tuesday, December 5, 1967, Lecture B Evening Sesshin Lecture Tassajara -
Sesshin, Dogen, Fukanzazengi, Dragons, Daily Life, Observe, Freedom, training, Beginners,...
Dec 05 1967
B
Tassajara

Everything Itself Is Buddha

Serial: SF-05140A SR20 - Reel #5 Suzuki track 1 - Roshi's lecture sesshin #7 12/6/67 Afternoon - copied (This audio is only the first part of the talk) -
Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Buddha Nature, Observe, Hate, Faith
Dec 06 1967
B
Tassajara

The Mind Which We Will Acquire

Serial: SF-05140B SR20 - Reel #5 Suzuki - other side - Roshi - another lecture 12/6/67? copied (The audio is the very end of 67-12-06-A only) -
Dec 06 1967
Tassajara

Shōsan Ceremony at Tassajara

Serial: SF-05139 -
Shosan, Yakusan, Teacher-and-Student, Daily Life, Observe, Ego, Delusion, Doubt, training...
Dec 07 1967
Tassajara

Become More Direct and Honest

Serial: SF-05276 Protection Master: re-recording from cassette marked "Suzuki Roshi talk with background music: no date, original copied" (Sony C60 side A); recorded: 7 1/2 ips, bias: normal, recorded 'left and right' tracks,... -
Posture, Observe, Instruction, Religion
1968
Unknown

Meal Chant

Serial: SF-05138C SR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year? -
Aspects of Practice, Evil, Vows
Jan 11 1968
Tassajara

Samantabadra Buddha

Serial: SF-05138B SR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - 2: " little bit 2: (ready to go at 000 after Jan 11 lecture) (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year? -
Offering, Enemies, Bowing, Bell, Vows, Karma, Faith, Ceremony
Jan 12 1968
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-5

Serial: SR-00105 February 1968Zen Mountain Center -
Lotus Sutra, First Principle, First Principle, reality, Monks, Truth, Interview, Balance,...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 5
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-6

Serial: SR-00106 February 1968Zen Mountain Center -
Lotus Sutra, First Principle, First Principle, Truth, Karma, Monks, Sutra, Suffering, Death,...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 6
Tassajara

Shosan Ceremony

Serial: SF-05985-A Shosan Ceremony, Sesshin, Feb 1968Tassajara This ceremony is re-edited from the original cassette, with non-SR (Bishop Sumi) sections removed, and the speed adjusted for clarity. The last portion was previously thought to be from... -
Shosan, Sesshin, First Principle, Beginner’s Mind, First Principle, Lotus Sutra, Demons,...
Feb 1968
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-1

Serial: SR-00110 Lotus Sutra No. 1TassajaraFebruary 1968 -
Lotus Sutra, Monks, Perfect Wisdom, Meditation, Describe, Wisdom, Precepts, Constancy, Demons...
Feb 1968
Series 2, Talk 1
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-2

Serial: SR-00111 February 1968Zen Mountain Center -
Lotus Sutra, Building, Wisdom, Evil, Monks, Priest, Patience, Bodhidharma, Offering, Karma,...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 2
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-4

Serial: SR-00113 February 1968Zen Mountain Center -
Lotus Sutra, Monks, sitting, Addiction, Demons, Silence, Dragons, Meditation, Evil, Sutra,...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 4
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-3

Serial: SR-00117 February 1968Zen Mountain Center -
Lotus Sutra, Wisdom, Dana, Perfect Wisdom, Intention, Monks, Sutra, Precepts, Patience, Death...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 3
Tassajara

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 comments] -
Sesshin, Koan, Ordinary Mind, everyday mind, Faith, Composure, Doubt, Religion...
Apr 23 1968
A
Tassajara

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 - per tape operator's comments] -
Sesshin, Shosan, Echo, Emptiness, Attachment, Hate, Faith, Interview, Enemies, Evil, Doubt...
Apr 23 1968
B
Tassajara

Shuso Ceremony

Serial: SF-05143C SR023 Last 2/3 side 2 Philip's discussion ceremony - copied 2 tapes [there are also photographs of hand-written notes on missing portions of Q&A - per tape operator's comments] -
Sesshin, Shuso Ceremony, Big Mind, Bell, Bodhidharma, Gratitude, Buddha Nature, Commitment,...
Apr 23 1968
C
Tassajara

Esalen Institute: First of two lectures

Serial: SF-05870 This is the first of two talks given at Esalen. -
Dogen, Time, Four Noble Truths, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Continuous, Emptiness, soto, Mahayana,...
Jun 28 1968
Esalen

Observing the Precepts

Serial: SF-05397 This is the second talk that Suzuki Roshi gave at Esalen on consecutive nights in June 1968. -
Precepts, Precepts, Observe, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Posture, Karma, training, Composure,...
Jun 29 1968
Esalen

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 contentNB: the date for the SR talk in the photographs is not the same as Chadwick. This talk takes... -
Soto Zen, Rinzai, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Evil, Bowing, Mahayana, Gratitude, Ego, Bell,...
Jul 26 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 Chino Sensei on this tape, this is dated July 27th as it seems... -
Anger, Politics, Liberation, Posture, Bell, Priest, confusion, Hate, Freedom, Doubt...
Jul 27 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 Tassajara, in the spring and the fall training periods, Suzuki Roshi... -
Koan, Faith, Echo, Describe, Freedom
Jul 28 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, Suzuki Roshi starts by answering a question about a scroll of Bodhidharma... -
Beginner’s Mind, First Principle, Time, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Describe, Faith,...
Jul 29 1968
Tassajara

The Ten Powers Of A Bodhisattva

Serial: SF-05106 Sunday Morning, August 25, 1968[This date is probably incorrect. Earlier (July 21, 1968), Suzuki mentioned that he had already explained the ten powers of a bodhisattva. So this lecture was probably given sometime earlier in July... -
Bodhisattva, Dogen, Rinzai, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Five Ranks, Observe, Attachment, Posture,...
Aug 25 1968
Sokoji

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 were no visual clues beyond the note "sounds like ZMC... -
Shosan, true dharma, Separation, Faith, Emptiness, confusion, Dragons, Ego, Passions, training...
Sep 10 1968
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-8

Serial: SR-00001 Fall 1968 -
Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Faith, Sutra, Priest, Suffering, Composure, Balance, Mahayana, training...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 8
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10

Serial: SR-00002 Fall 1968Zen Mountain Center -
Lotus Sutra, sitting, Ceremony, Emptiness, Priest, Funeral, Composure, heart, Monks, reality,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 10
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-11

Serial: SF-05251 October 1968New version uploaded, should help with transcript -
Lotus Sutra, Lay, Emptiness, Interview, Ceremony
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 11
Tassajara

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