Suzuki Roshi Talks
Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shōgaku Shunryū 祥岳俊隆, often called Suzuki Roshi; May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.
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Authentic Dharma: Journey Through Zen Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Bodhisattva Vow, Soto Zen,... |
Jan 11 2003 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture New Year, Hate, Bodhidharma, Vow, Peace, Delusion, Cultivation, Harmonizing, Offering... |
Dec 29 2002 Green Gulch |
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Exploring Zen's Paradoxical Path Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Zendo, Ordinary Mind, Bell, Emptiness,... |
Dec 09 2002 City Center |
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Embracing Suffering for Spiritual Growth Mindfulness, Separation, Hindrances, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Greed, Commitment,... |
Dec 08 2002 City Center |
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Passions Passions, Priest, Evil, Enemies, Heart Sutra, Hate, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana,... |
Dec 01 2002 Tassajara |
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Gratitude For This PracticeSerial: SF-04042 Sunday Lecture: Fear - fear is spawning ground for negative emotions. Attention to breath. How to work with difficult mental states. Walking and attention to breath. Busyness... Anger, Emotions, training, Cultivation, Impermanence, Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Nov 24 2002 Green Gulch |
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Not Always So Class Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Religion,... |
Nov 18 2002 Tassajara |
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Prajna Path: Wisdom in Zen Life Ordinary Mind, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Letting Go, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,... |
Nov 16 2002 City Center |
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Embracing Challenges Through Zen Innovation Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind,... |
Nov 06 2002 City Center |
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Not Always So Class Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Offering, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Demons, Continuous... |
Oct 30 2002 Tassajara |
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The Process of Peace Peace, Freedom, Attachment, Five Ranks, Zazen, Delusion, Offering, Zendo, Karma,... |
Oct 26 2002 City Center |
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Energizing Purpose Through Buddhist Practice Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom, Mill Valley, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,... |
Oct 23 2002 City Center |
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Embrace Openness Through Zazen Practice Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Oct 19 2002 City Center |
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Posture Posture, Instruction, Branching Streams, Zendo, Zazen, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death,... |
Sep 14 2002 Unknown |
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Path to Enlightenment Through Threefold Training Precepts, Liberation, Delusion, training, Emptiness, Samadhi, Greed, Hate, Letting Go... |
Aug 24 2002 City Center |
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Embracing Life's Present Unity Instruction, Buddha Nature, Separation, Oneness, Nirvana Sutra, realization, Birth-... |
Aug 10 2002 City Center |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-00981 Buddhist culture rooting in California, purpose of ZC, banana in his back pocket, Puccini, motherhood, livelihood, Buddhahood, statuary invoking our higher purpose, Bodhisattva... Bodhisattva Precepts, Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Perfect Wisdom, Three... |
Jul 21 2002 Green Gulch |
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Way-seeking MindSerial: SF-04024 Tanto job, informal very ZC (?) Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Doubt, Daily Life, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Jun 12 2002 City Center |
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Sunday LectureSerial: SF-04071 Mothers' Day, women in Buddhism, the feminine in spirituality, story of Buddha - loss of mother, women's place in early Buddhist hierarchy, meditating on death, Buddha as a... Birth-and-Death, Intimacy, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
May 12 2002 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting LectureSerial: SF-01018 Lotus Sutra (Heart Sutra), seals our mind with Buddha's mind, basics of the middle way are covered (in the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings), power of joy and compassion, devotion... Lotus Sutra, First Principle, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Nirvana, Four Noble... |
May 11 2002 Green Gulch |
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Embracing Impermanence with Compassion Impermanence, Blue Cliff Record, Hate, Non-violence, Birth-and-Death, Vow, Precepts,... |
Apr 13 2002 City Center |
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Zen and Poetry Class Silence, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Interdependence, Politics, Impermanence, Bell, Evil... |
Mar 12 2002 Green Gulch |
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Embrace Perseverance Through Basic Goodness Vow, Practice Period, Delusion, Letting Go, Attachment, Suzuki Roshi, Equanimity,... |
Jan 30 2002 City Center |
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Beyond Silence: The Zen Connection Heart Sutra, Posture, Avalokiteshvara, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, training, Dragons,... |
Jan 26 2002 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Impermanence, Enemies, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Faith, Bell,... |
Oct 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Karmic Consequences, Peace, Daily Life, Rumi, Silence, Delusion, Hate, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Sep 22 2001 Green Gulch |
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Zazen: Harmony Through Non-Duality Soto Zen, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Lineage, Bowing, Silence, Duality, Birth-... |
Aug 18 2001 City Center |
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Walking in Beauty Through Zen FarmingSerial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Anger, Mill Valley, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing, Heart... |
Jul 25 2001 |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Global Warming, training, Impermanence, Anger, Cultivation, resistance... |
Jun 03 2001 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Concentration, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Zendo, Samadhi, Vow,... |
May 23 2001 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Freedom, training, Bell, Beginners, Discrimination, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, confusion... |
Mar 04 2001 Green Gulch |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion,... |
Feb 28 2001 Green Gulch |
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Solitude and Fulfillment in Zen Insight Soto Zen, Five Ranks, Emptiness, Nirvana, Renunciation, Oneness, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Jan 03 2001 |
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Sunday Lecture Buddha Nature, New Year, Right Effort, Conversation, Vow, Practice Period, Suzuki... |
Dec 31 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Posture, Balance, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Intuition, Gratitude, Instruction, Lay, Karma... |
Dec 17 2000 Green Gulch |
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Hindrances: Fear Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Letting Go, Dana, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Dec 03 2000 City Center |
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Sunday Lecture Ceremony, Attachment, Dragons, Commitment, Letting Go, Zazen, Big Mind, Greed, Suzuki... |
Nov 26 2000 Green Gulch |
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Embracing Abundance Through Selfless Giving Ceremony, Gratitude, Emptiness, Separation, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 22 2000 City Center |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Don't Know Mind, Mindfulness, realization, Mill... |
Nov 07 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Six Realms, Ceremony, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Ancestors, Soto... |
Oct 29 2000 Green Gulch |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class true dharma, Practice Period, Instruction, Soto Zen, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind,... |
Oct 24 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Conversation, Doubt, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Faith, Letting Go... |
Oct 08 2000 Green Gulch |
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Zen Balance: Authentic Life Path confusion, Four Noble Truths, Interdependence, Renunciation, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Sep 23 2000 Unknown |
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Women Ancestors Class Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lay, Ceremony, Silence, Freedom, Practice Period,... |
Aug 15 2000 Unknown |
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The Tenth PreceptSerial: SF-03571 Wednesday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Priest-and-Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts... |
Aug 09 2000 Green Gulch |
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Saturday Lecture Right Speech, Dana, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Intimacy, Duality, Non-... |
May 20 2000 City Center |
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Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Liberation, Zazen... |
May 03 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Three Treasures, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Zendo, Composure, Practice Period, Interview, true dharma, Chanting,... |
Apr 13 2000 Green Gulch |