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Shobogenzo (middle of talk only)

Serial: SF-05097A

Sesshin Lecture 1966 Tape #2; Track 1 Continuation and completion of 1pm lecture of Suzuki Roshi, Thursday. Looks like whole of this is lost, except near end and parts on...

Aug 18 1966
B
Sokoji

Causality

Serial: SF-05093J

Suzuki lecture 6pm Weds Track 2, continued on Track 3

Sesshin, Time, Time, Buddha, Freedom
Aug 17 1966
6:00pm
Sokoji

Our Mind Should Be Calm

Serial: SF-05093L

Tuesday, August 16, 1966
Sesshin: Zazen short instruction
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Instruction,
Aug 16 1966
Sokoji

The first day of the sesshin is almost finished

Serial: SF-05093K

Monday, August 15, 1966
Sesshin: Evening Lecture, Lecture D
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Freedom, causation, Composure, Posture
Aug 15 1966
D
Sokoji

Think Everything Out

Serial: SF-05093C

Monday, August 15, 1966, Lecture C
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, causation, Attachment, Hate, Intuition, Concentration, Evil, Instruction,...
Aug 15 1966
C
Sokoji

Genjo Koan

Serial: 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
C
Sokoji

You Cannot Appreciate Our Teaching In Its True Sense

Serial: SF-05093B

Monday, August 15, 1966
Sesshin: Lunch Lecture, Lecture B
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Oryoki, Instruction, Discrimination, japanese
Aug 15 1966
B
Sokoji

We Are Always Helping Others

Serial: 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, training, Faith
Jul 23 1966
B
Sokoji

We Are Not Perfect

Serial: 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 1966
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 7-9

Serial: SF-05098A

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Composure, Liberation, Faith
Jun 19 1966
B
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 11-13

Serial: SF-05098C

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Genjokoan, Dogen, Continuous Practice, Peace, Evil
Jun 19 1966
D
Sokoji

Ten Precepts

Serial: SF-05098B

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Precepts, Precepts, Freedom, Faith, Buddha Nature, Priest
Jun 19 1966
C
Sokoji

Genjo-Koan: Paragraphs 1–11

Serial: SF-05098D

Sunday morning lecture by Suzuki Roshi
June 19 1966 (19 added later?)

Other notes on box:
Incomplete (muddled) late on then ends.
"Other side"...

Dogen, Genjokoan, Family Practice, Observe, Doubt, Discrimination, Attachment, Hate,...
Jun 19 1966
A
Sokoji

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–2

Serial: SF-05096B

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Precepts, Mahayana, Freedom, Observe, Balance, Attachment...
May 26 1966
Sokoji

Genjō Kōan, 5-13

Serial: SF-05096A

May Sesshin (25 26 added later) 1 or 6pm lecture plus lecture the following morning.
SR 009

Dogen, Genjokoan, Enemies, Faith, realization, Addiction, Peace
May 25 1966
Sokoji

The Way-Seeking Mind

Serial: SF-05116C

March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording.
SR 007

Dogen, Forgiveness, Addiction, Greed, Interview, Attachment, Conversation, Lay...
Mar 26 1966
A
Sokoji

Liberty and Restriction

Serial: SF-05116A

March sesshin, only 1pm lecture. Evening lecture goofed up during recording.
SR 007

Saturday, March 26, 1966

Sesshin, Balance, Freedom, Doubt, Faith, Ceremony
Mar 26 1966
BN
Sokoji

Real Calmness Is In A Noisy Place

Serial: 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 1966
Sokoji

Genjō Kōan, 1–3

Serial: SF-05095C

Sesshin Lecture: Genjo-Koan, Paragraphs 1–3
Sunday Morning, March 13, 1966, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Duality, Faith, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination...
Mar 13 1966
A
Sokoji

Genjo Koan continued

Serial: 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 1966
Sokoji

Shushōgi, Section 1

Serial: SF-05095B

Sesshin Lecture: SHUSHOGI, Section 1
Sunday, March 13, 1966, Lecture B
Sokoji, San Francisco

Tape operator's comments and short service at beginning of...

Sesshin, Dogen, Shushogi, Attachment, Balance
Mar 13 1966
B
Sokoji

Tokusan and The Old Lady

Serial: 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, training, Religion
Feb 19 1966
1:00pm
Sokoji

To Study The Self

Sesshin, Dogen, Genjokoan, Bell, training, Faith
Feb 19 1966
pm
Sokoji

Tokusan and The Old Lady

Serial: 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
pm
Sokoji

Where There is Some Limitation, There is Universality

Serial: 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 1966
Sokoji

In the Prajnaparamita Sutra

Serial: SF-05113B

5pm lecture begins this side

Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,...
Jan 21 1966
5:00PM
Sokoji

Shushōgi, Sections 11–17

Serial: SF-05113A

January Sesshin Lecture: Lecture A ,1 PM
Shushogi: Sections 11–17
Friday, January 21, 1966
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Precepts, Shushogi, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Happiness, Priest,...
Jan 21 1966
A
Sokoji

Buddhism Has Many Annual Layers Like A Big Tree

Serial: SF-05124B

One-Day Sesshin Evening Lecture
Saturday, December 11, 1965, Lecture B
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Three Treasures, Observe, Doubt, Composure, Priest,...
Dec 11 1965
B
Sokoji

Most Of You Are Beginners

Serial: SF-05124D

One-Day Sesshin Afternoon Lecture
Saturday, December 11, 1965, Lecture A
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, Precepts, Precepts, Observe, Beginners, Enemies,...
Dec 11 1965
A
Sokoji

You Have Made Great Progress

Serial: 65-11-00-B

One-Day Evening Sesshin Lecture
November 1965 (Wind Bell, Jan.–Feb. 1966) - this was held on 13th per previous Wind Bells.

Sesshin,
Nov 13 1965
B
Sokoji

Beginner's Mind

Serial: 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 1965
Los Altos

Study Yourself

Serial: 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 1965
Los Altos

I Have Nothing In My Mind

Serial: SF-05125B

One-Day Sesshin Lecture: 5 PM
Saturday, August 28, 1965, Lecture B
San Francisco

Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Baso, Big Mind, Faith, Fox, Duality, Hate
Aug 28 1965
B
Sokoji

Confucius Said the Most Visible is Something Invisible

Serial: SF-05125A

SR 002 Tape 1 copy Sesshin 1pm lecture

Sesshin, Faith, Interview, Observe, confusion, Hate, Peace
Aug 28 1965
A
Sokoji

Calmness

Serial: 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 1965
Los Altos

Saturday Evening Lecture

Serial: 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 1965
Sokoji

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, training, Emotions, Buddha Nature,...
Jul 30 1965
D
Sokoji

If You Have A Question

Serial: 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
C
Sokoji

Don't Be Bothered By Your Mind / Science of Philosophy is Like a Dissection

Serial: 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-B
Sokoji

The Purpose of Practice is to Have a Direct Experience of Buddha

Serial: SF-05103B

Tape 4 Summer Sesshin 1965: Thursday July 29 9am lecture - transcribed

Sesshin, Buddha Nature, Evil, Precepts, Ego, Instruction
Jul 29 1965
A
Sokoji

Some More Questions

Serial: 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, training,...
Jul 29 1965
C
Sokoji

Questions

Serial: 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
B
Sokoji

Questions

Serial: 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
D
Sokoji

Pure Rules

Serial: 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
9:00am
Sokoji

If You Understand Bodhisattva Mind In A Dualistic Way

Serial: 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
C
Sokoji

Lunch Instruction

Serial: 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
12:00
Sokoji

Forgotten the Value of Religion

Serial: 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
1:00pm
Sokoji

In Our Way of Zen, We Emphasize the Way-Seeking Mind

Serial: 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, training, Faith
Jul 27 1965
6:00pm
Sokoji

Religious Problems Concerning Such As Psychology Or LSD

Serial: 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
1:00pm
Sokoji

Why We Should Practice Zazen

Serial: 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
6:15pm
Sokoji

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