Good evening, everybody. If any of you don't know, I'd like to introduce tonight's speaker, Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi. I want to say we're very honored and privileged to have you come here on this trip to speak tonight. I want to thank him, and I also want to say that Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi is the son of our founder, Shogoku Shinryo Suzuki Roshi, and over the many years has come from Japan to America to help us in lots of ways in a very, I think, accurate way. I could say very accurately that you are a teacher to our entire sangha, so we're grateful for that. Michael, that report next talk, told me that maybe over 10 mountain seat ceremonies that you've come and helped us with and officiated at, and that's The ostensible reason that brings you here this time, he just came back from Creston, Colorado, where he oversaw and helped to support Seed Islands, Mountain Seed Ceremony.

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So it's been a blessing for many, many years, for decades, your support. Thank you. Good evening. I came here, this country, for Monty's ceremony, and opened Buddha Hall, Zen Hall, at Corrado, Creston. I came here many times and I am surprised each time.

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This time I am surprised. Colorado Zen Center? Colorado Zen Temple. Ryu... Ryu... Ryu Sanji. Dragon Mountains Temple. Christian High Mountains. They said... It's mountains like dragon. It looks dragon's back, many like that.

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So, Buddha Hall and Zen, Zen Do, Zen Hall. Buddha Hall, circle. Huh? Marui. Circle. Not square. circle. And Buddha also round. Never saw. And a little dark. Mexican, Native American's house made from a house?

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Adobe. [...] and sit, then we... low place, a little high place, to... yes, turn. We sit face-to-face sit. And a little dog. And... Light. Light coming. One... One entrance... From... Sit... Of... Room...

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roof or wall gray gray color and people take black mood is like little more Mono? Monochrome? Yeah. Black and white word. Monochrome. Yeah. And morning, sitting, come up sun, and get coming light from entrance very good good feeling and quiet very quiet it's one I am surprised

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I saw from far away to the temple. I think that it looks like one ship. Ship? Not ship. Both ships. board fence low fence and round building and window and Zen hall like one ship

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This is a ship. A round field. Wide. Looks like ocean. At the time, I think, Sangha. Zen. Sangha is like a boat, a ship. People on that ship and do practice and study and walk. the boat is going, [...] going.

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And to nirvana, to satori. But people don't think about Satori, Nibbana. It's okay. Both going, going, going. We don't worry about Satori. Just on the boat, ship, and just sit.

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At the time, we had practiced Dogen way. Dog and Wade don't think, don't want to satori. Already we put on, we, on the ship already. It's okay. If you Think about other things. Good food. Sweet world. It's okay.

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If you do practice on the board. Dogenzenji's way is Sangha, Dogen and Dogen's way cannot understand without Sangha practice.

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together people together students, monks everyone together and go and do practice we cannot understand Dogenzenji way without sangha, people, together. Because we are together and practice in here.

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as a temple, as a sangha. He is... like a home, like a... NIST. I think so.

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Now I am living with young people, young monks. 250 monks together to practice temple. Now, new monks come to practice, new people, new monks. New monks are always scared. Afraid? Because always something mistake.

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When I go to the AHJ, first time 40 years ago, young age, 25, 23, 25, very young. And I go, this time, 66. I think a little too old. Everything forgot. How to eat. How to service. Young, young, oh, young monk teach me.

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Oh, no, she can do it like that. Please. Please, slowly, slowly, please. Please don't so much talk. Young monk, good teacher. And I said, thank you very much. Thank you, baby. Thank you, baby. This is my way. Thank you, way. Thank you very much, way. Always. I'm sorry. Excuse me.

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Ah. But I do Zazen. Morning Zazen. I go to Zazendo. First one. People come in. Because I forgot everything. Just sitting. This is the memory I know.

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Two times a month, we do question and answer. Morning. Morning, first day, month, first day, each and each. And middle, 15, two times morning. young monk say, question, come. He is excited. He is excited because don't come voice

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And they say, slowly, slowly say. Once again. People, good, good question. many kinds of questions. Somebody said, I cannot memory sutras so much. Too many sutras. My brain cannot take so much. How to

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He said, how to do? And I said, it's okay. You know Sutra to this way already. Know from long time ago. Already you know. He said, thank you very much. Thank you very much. Our body, our body, life in the Chakamuni Buddha, Dharma. It is Dharma. Whole world. All the cosmos, national, is Buddha's teaching, Buddha's Dharma.

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My life, my body, same whole world. Therefore, Sutra is not their way, their other way, other way. Here, Buddha, Buddha's saying, Buddha's teaching, Dharma is my body. Sometimes somebody says, my body is not so good, not so clean.

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Dharma, no clean duty, not just Dharma. Could somebody ask me what is Shikantaza? You know Shikantaza? Just sit. I said Shikantaza meaning is not only sit from We nighttime sleep from the morning and again sleep all day, all life.

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It is Shikantada. Each doing, each doing to the Zazel. How to do for a good Dazel. Morning I wash my face, I taste, I eat, everything to the Dazel. to the good Zazen. Thinking everyday, anyway, anywhere, anytime, thinking about Zazen.

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It is Shikantaza, just only Zazen. We eat, To the bowl, eat. Each time, each time, my mind thinks, bowl, chapstick, spoon. each thing together mindful my mind go to the bowl my mindful eat each and after wash wash bowl

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Just one bore me, my mind, a chapstick. One. Zazen is one. Whole world, my mind, my life, myself, one. Slowly, deep, breathe. And street body.

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And breathe. Go to world. Each time, each time. Suu息を吸い終わるまで、吐く息を吐き終わるまで、それが座禅。 Out breath, no?

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Please, out. And... At the same time, come. And same time, go. It is the time and the world. Please go Zen way.

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Please do practice Zen way. The Zen is come back to home and sit. If you have something ask to me, please. Yeah.

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Yeah. Take it. Are you strict with the most kind of aging? Are you very... Me? No, not. My way, thank you very much. And I sometimes say, you're a good monk. You're a good monk. You're as good monks. That's my way. If we see somebody, about somebody, and you found, found no good, no good point, pick up, and see.

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Yeah, good, yeah. See, big. Take. Sip. No good mank. Almost. It's good. Almost good. Almost good. Good mank. Good mank. It is maybe become much good, much better. Maybe. I hope so. What is...

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How should we develop Zen in America? I know it's a big question for late at night. This question, same age monk, same. how to how to teach teach Zen how to go in Zen way this country日本,日本, Japan now Japan people know that and I went At the time I said, jazen program is not others.

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Jazen program is yours. If you do jazen, a good jazen, it's okay. same time, when you sit again and life and go in, you warm, warm, come out to the other people first. fragrance come up to people. Shakyamuni Buddha's disciple, maybe Mokkenlen, his work

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At the time some other religion students come and see to him and surprise me there. And ask to him, who is your teacher? And he said, Shakyamuni Buddha, just walk, just walk, just walking. Something, something at the same time, something talk. not stand character Dogenzenji way teaching teaching is not

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The teaching cannot be greeted by words or by characters, by writing. Mind to mind. Heart to heart. Not, not, not mine, not mine, not heart. Just beat myself like a wind, like a smell, warm. Zen way problem is, it is my self, my self problem.

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That's no more life. Zen no Zen way problem is about myself. Myself. Myself. Yeah. If I say to a monk, do nothing, do nothing, clean, clean. But no, not, not do that.

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Okay. How do you practice after someone you love dies? The same.

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before, before the die, same. Sometime come, come to mind some something. Don't throw away. Don't forget. With warm practice, with him, with mother, with father, with him, together sit.

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My mother sometimes comes to my... I sit with her. I don't think, nah, I'm a master who doesn't, don't come. It's no good, I think. We sit. If some insane master said, if you come to come up to you, your mind, delusion, bonno, come, it's okay.

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We sit there then. with... with... more... [...] I mean, we are life, still life. And eat, everything, still life. Oh, come, go, come, go. It is life. Because come,

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no problem sit with everything with the whole world sit with cosmos sit with you are safe. This time, my wife was surprised.

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This country is very big. Colorado, big mountain. Deep, deep... Canyon. Canyon? Jogentenji said gotsu [...] Thank you very much.

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Your kindness. It is about Miyazaki Zenji. When he, Zenji comes through front of Mount Fuji, and each time Zenji bow to Mount Fuji. Each time. And ask to Jisha. Ask Jisha. Anja, Jisha. Asked to Jisha, you been to Mount Fuji? Top of Mount Fuji? Jisha, no. I never climbed up Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is not for crime.

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Mount Fuji is just for bow. Don't cry. Just bow. My grandmother, She looked at the TV. This TV is somebody go to the moon. Huh? I don't know where. Maybe Megan, some, no? Yes, Megan. And Walk on the moon. My grandmother, I said, look, TV, look.

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Somebody go to the moon. She said, I don't like TV like that. Moon is... for a bow. Why? Why? Why they walk in the moon? I don't like. She would never see that scene. we don't forget that feeling.

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Everything is wow. Chi, sky, river, everything. This time I mountain snow like a big body Buddha Any question?

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Oh. When someone is being violent, and I feel I want to be violent too. I don't want to, but strong, strong desire to be violent. By arrest. Yeah. I think we still got... I think it can be a fight. Yes, sir. I don't know. If you don't pursue it, why? Just fight. I got you back. Carry on. Takamari Buddha said, if you are afraid, do seven times deep breaths.

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What breaths? Deep, seven times. If you are angry, angry? And precept, precept is say, precept is stop, don't move. Don't move.

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With your mind. Sit with your mind. Angry mind. A free mind with you. Everybody have something. Everybody. Not you only. Only you. Just only you. Yes, this is my program. This is my program.

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These monks, many, many, many monks. Some monks, he... It's no good saying. I don't like somebody. I don't like. But it's...どうすることもできないな. Yeah. But I don't move. Don't move. Ah.

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Try and be or try and respond or correspond with that person in the same way that you do it with other people. You don't agree. Not like that. Okay. Okay. All right. [...] Thank you.

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Thank you.

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