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Suzuki Roshi Talks
| Title | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| CausalitySerial: SF-05093J   Suzuki lecture 6pm Weds Track 2, continued on Track 3 Sesshin, Time,  Time, Buddha, Freedom | Aug 17 1966 6:00pmSokoji | |
| Our Mind Should Be CalmSerial: SF-05093L   Tuesday, August 16, 1966 Sesshin, Instruction,   | Aug 16 1966Sokoji | |
| The first day of the sesshin is almost finishedSerial: SF-05093K   Monday, August 15, 1966 Sesshin,  Freedom, Causation, Composure, Posture | Aug 15 1966 DSokoji | |
| You Cannot Appreciate Our Teaching In Its True SenseSerial: SF-05093B   Monday, August 15, 1966 Sesshin, Oryoki, Instruction,  Discrimination, Japan | Aug 15 1966 BSokoji | |
| Think Everything OutSerial: SF-05093C   Monday, August 15, 1966, Lecture C Sesshin,  Causation, Attachment, Hate, Intuition, Concentration, Evil, Instruction,... | Aug 15 1966 CSokoji | |
| Genjo KoanSerial: SF-05111C   This is the bulk of the talk attributed to this date. It sounds distinct from the earlier fragment, and the date may not be accurate, though the subject is appropriate for the... Sesshin,  Attachment, Instruction, Freedom, Doubt | Aug 15 1966 CSokoji | |
| We Are Not PerfectSerial: SF-05080A   Sesshin talk. At the beginning, Suzuki Roshi is drawing from Dogen's "Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance." The methods are also in Shushogi. Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Shushogi,  Buddha Mind, Buddhism, Buddha | Jul 23 1966Sokoji | |
| We Are Always Helping OthersSerial: SF-05080B   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #13, by Shundo David Haye ===== This tape is, happily, the last of the messed-up recordings from the first half of 1966. It is the... Shushogi,  Enemies, Faith | Jul 23 1966 BSokoji | |
| Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 11-13Serial: SF-05098C   Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi Other notes on box: Genjokoan, Dogen,  Continuous Practice, Peace, Evil | Jun 19 1966 DSokoji | |
| Ten PreceptsSerial: SF-05098B   Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi Other notes on box: Precepts,  Precepts, Freedom, Faith, Buddha Nature, Priest | Jun 19 1966 CSokoji | |
| Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11Serial: SF-05098D   Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi Other notes on box: Dogen, Genjokoan,  Family Practice, Observe, Doubt, Discrimination, Attachment, Hate,... | Jun 19 1966 ASokoji | |
| Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9Serial: SF-05098A   Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi Other notes on box: Dogen, Genjokoan,  Composure, Liberation, Faith | Jun 19 1966 BSokoji | |
| Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2Serial: SF-05096B   May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning. Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan,  Precepts, Mahayana, Freedom, Observe, Balance, Attachment... | May 26 1966Sokoji | |
| Genjō Kōan, 5-13Serial: SF-05096A   May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning. Dogen, Genjokoan,  Enemies, Faith, Realization, Addiction, Peace | May 25 1966Sokoji | |
| Real Calmness Is In A Noisy PlaceSerial: SF-05116B   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #12, by Shundo David Haye ===== This talk is another example of a track that was somehow overlooked for many years, while... Sesshin, Shobogenzo, Beginner’s Mind,  Beginners, Ego, Silence, Hate, Doubt | Mar 26 1966Sokoji | |
| The Way-Seeking MindSerial: SF-05116C   March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording. Dogen,  Forgiveness, Addiction, Greed, Interview, Attachment, Conversation, Lay... | Mar 26 1966 ASokoji | |
| Liberty and RestrictionSerial: SF-05116A   March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording. Saturday, March 26, 1966 Sesshin,  Balance, Freedom, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony | Mar 26 1966 BNSokoji | |
| Genjo Koan continuedSerial: SF-05095A   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #11, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the spring of 1966, having previously spent a number of years primarily lecturing on the Blue... Dogen, Genjokoan,  Sangha, Happiness | Mar 13 1966Sokoji | |
| Shushōgi, Section 1Serial: SF-05095B   Sesshin Lecture: SHUSHOGI, Section 1 Tape operator's comments and short service at beginning of... Sesshin, Dogen, Shushogi,  Attachment, Balance | Mar 13 1966 BSokoji | |
| Genjō Kōan, 1–3Serial: SF-05095C   Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–3 Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan,  Duality, Faith, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination... | Mar 13 1966 ASokoji | |
| Tokusan and The Old LadySerial: SF-05114C   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #10, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is another track from the same problematic reel as the previous two talks in this series.... Sesshin, Diamond Sutra,  Balance, Religion | Feb 19 1966 1:00pmSokoji | |
| To Study The SelfSesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan,  Bell, Faith | Feb 19 1966 pmSokoji | |
| Tokusan and The Old LadySerial: SF-05114A   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #8, by Shundo David Haye ===== At Zen Center, responsibilities get passed on from person to person regularly. One part of traditional... Genjokoan,  Buddha Mind, Zazen, Culture | Feb 19 1966 pmSokoji | |
| Where There is Some Limitation, There is UniversalitySerial: SF-05114B   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #9, by Shundo David Haye ===== This talk is found on the same reel as the one previously discussed (https://suzukiroshi.engagewisdom.... Sesshin, Dogen,  Buddha Nature, Faith, Evil, confusion, Freedom, Doubt | Feb 18 1966Sokoji | |
| Shushōgi, Sections 11–17Serial: SF-05113A   January Sesshin Lecture: Lecture A ,1 PM Sesshin, Precepts, Shushogi,  Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Happiness, Priest,... | Jan 21 1966 ASokoji | |
| In the Prajnaparamita SutraSerial: SF-05113B   5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen,  Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,... | Jan 21 1966 5:00PMSokoji | |
| Buddhism Has Many Annual Layers Like A Big TreeSerial: SF-05124B   One-Day Sesshin Evening Lecture Sesshin, Precepts,  Precepts, Three Treasures, Observe, Doubt, Composure, Priest,... | Dec 11 1965 BSokoji | |
| Most Of You Are BeginnersSerial: SF-05124D   One-Day Sesshin Afternoon Lecture Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, Precepts,  Precepts, Observe, Beginners, Enemies,... | Dec 11 1965 ASokoji | |
| You Have Made Great ProgressSerial: 65-11-00-B   One-Day Evening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin,   | Nov 13 1965 BSokoji | |
| Beginner's MindSerial: SF-05122   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #1, by Shundo David Haye ===== When this particular, otherwise unremarkable, reel was photographed as part of Engage Wisdom’s... Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Precepts,  Beginners, Precepts, Enemies, Posture | Nov 11 1965Los Altos | |
| Study YourselfSerial: SF-05123B   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #4, by Shundo David Haye ===== "I always felt his best Zen talks were the ones he gave on Thursday mornings in my home. They were... Dogen, Genjokoan, Rinzai,  Monastic Practice, Instruction, Hate, Doubt | Sep 09 1965Los Altos | |
| I Have Nothing In My MindSerial: SF-05125B   One-Day Sesshin Lecture: 5 PM Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Baso,  Big Mind, Faith, Fox, Duality, Hate | Aug 28 1965 BSokoji | |
| Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something InvisibleSerial: SF-05125A   SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture Sesshin,  Faith, Interview, Observe, confusion, Hate, Peace | Aug 28 1965 ASokoji | |
| CalmnessSerial: SF-05123A   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #3, by Shundo David Haye ===== In this talk, which became the Calmness chapter of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (p121), Suzuki Roshi... Dogen, Zazen,  Composure | Aug 26 1965Los Altos | |
| Saturday Evening LectureSerial: SF-05117A   Tape VIII (?) Side 1 Sat eve lecture (1 - 60); Side 2 Sat eve lecture (1-15?) Question-and-Answer,  Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Balance, Bell, Evil, Hate... | Jul 31 1965Sokoji | |
| Don't Be Bothered By Your Mind / Science of Philosophy is Like a DissectionSerial: SF-05104C   Tape 5 Summer sesshin 1965 Thursday July 29th Side 2: 5:45 meditation, 9:00 AM lecture [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Sesshin,  Peace, Buddha Nature, Current Events, Bodhidharma, Passions, Instruction,... | Jul 30 1965 A-BSokoji | |
| Do You Have Some Questions?Serial: SF-05107A   Tape 7 Summer 1965 Sesshin: Side 1 Friday evening lecture (transcribed) [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Sesshin, Question-and-Answer,  Transmission, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Discrimination,... | Jul 30 1965 DSokoji | |
| If You Have A QuestionSerial: SF-05105B   Tape 6 Friday July 30 Side 1: 1pm lecture (continued on side 2) - transcribed Sesshin, Question-and-Answer,  Buddha Nature, Religion, Peace, Obstacles, confusion,... | Jul 30 1965 CSokoji | |
| The Purpose of Practice is to Have a Direct Experience of BuddhaSerial: SF-05103B   Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 9am lecture - transcribed Sesshin,  Buddha Nature, Evil, Precepts, Ego, Instruction | Jul 29 1965 ASokoji | |
| Some More QuestionsSerial: SF-05104A   Tape 5 Summer sesshin 1965 Thursday July 29th Side 1 - 6pm lecture; Continues on Side 2 [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were transcribed verbatim - WKR] Sesshin, Question-and-Answer,  Precepts, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Passions, Faith... | Jul 29 1965 CSokoji | |
| QuestionsSerial: SF-05103C   Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 1pm lecture - transcribed Sesshin, Question-and-Answer,  Buddha Nature, Priest, Faith, Demons, Religion... | Jul 29 1965 BSokoji | |
| QuestionsSerial: SF-05126E   Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 - Wednesday July 28 1965 Tape 3 side 2 Wed July 28th 6pm lecture - transcribed; copied June 30 1973; SR001 Sesshin, Question-and-Answer,  Four Noble Truths, Emotions, Faith, Passions, Delusion... | Jul 28 1965 DSokoji | |
| Pure RulesSerial: SF-05126A   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #6, by Shundo David Haye ===== The value of these sets of recordings during sesshins in the summer of 1965 at Sokoji is that not... Sesshin, Instruction,  Emptiness, Interview, Religion, Faith | Jul 28 1965 9:00amSokoji | |
| Lunch InstructionSerial: SF-05126C   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #7, by Shundo David Haye ===== This is a second short instruction from the same day of sesshin as the Pure Rules talk (https://... Sesshin, Oryoki, Instruction,  Ego, Japan, Observe | Jul 28 1965 12:00Sokoji | |
| If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic WaySerial: SF-05126D   Tape 3 Summer Sesshin July 1965 - Wednesday July 28 1965 Tape 3 Side 1: Wednesday 1pm lecture - transcribed; copied June 30 1973; SR001 Sesshin, Shobogenzo,  Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, confusion | Jul 28 1965 CSokoji | |
| Forgotten the Value of ReligionSerial: SF-05101A   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #5, by Shundo David Haye ===== The oldest recordings of Suzuki Roshi made at Sokoji, the home of the San Francisco Zen Center at the... Sesshin, Dogen, Shobogenzo, Inmost Nature,  Religion, Don't Know Mind, Buddha... | Jul 27 1965 1:00pmSokoji | |
| In Our Way of Zen, We Emphasize the Way-Seeking MindSerial: SF-05101B   Tape 2 Summer Sesshin 1965 Tuesday July 27 - transcribed August 1965 Tape 2 Side 2 Tuesday July 27 6pm lecture Reverend Suzuki [Case replaced 12/95. Original notes were... Sesshin, Bodhisattva, Way-Seeking Mind,  Interview, Faith | Jul 27 1965 6:00pmSokoji | |
| Religious Problems Concerning Such As Psychology Or LSDSerial: SF-05112A   Tape 1 Summer sesshin 1965, Monday 1st day of sesshin (?) July 26th 1965 Tape 1 Side 1: 1pm lecture Sesshin, Dogen, Time,  Continuous Practice, Precepts, Peace, Beginners, Balance,... | Jul 26 1965 1:00pmSokoji | |
| Why We Should Practice ZazenSerial: SF-05112B   Tape 1 Summer sesshin 1965, Monday 1st day of sesshin (?) July 26th 1965; Side 2: 6:15pm lecture - transcribed August 1965 Sesshin, Shobogenzo,  New Year, Silence, confusion, Anger, Religion, Faith | Jul 26 1965 6:15pmSokoji | |
| Wisdom Seeks For WisdomSerial: SF-05128   ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #2, by Shundo David Haye ===== Among the tapes previously known to exist in the Zen Center archives, the earliest were from a sesshin... Precepts, Genjokoan, Instruction,  Precepts, Buddha Nature, Freedom, Buddha Mind,... | Jul 22 1965Los Altos |