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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Title	Speaker	Date
Zen Transformed: From Celibate to Married Serial: SF-01800 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, Priest, Study Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Richard Jaffe	May 30 1998 Sati Center
Zen Catalyst: Suzuki Roshi's American Journey Serial: SF-01820 Gil (Intro) Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Conversation, Zazen, Cultivation, Bowing...	Yvonne Rand	May 30 1998 Sati Center
Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Impermanence, Separation, resistance, Mindfulness, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi,...	Teah Strozer	May 20 1998 City Center
One-day Sitting Lecture Posture, Precepts, Samsara, Ceremony, Zendo, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Freedom,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	May 16 1998 Green Gulch
Green Gulch History Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zendo, Passions, Politics, Lineage,...	Wendy Johnson	May 10 1998 Green Gulch
Pathways to Zen Generosity Awakening Dragons, Non-duality, Manjushri, Vimalakirti, Duality, Don't Know Mind, Birth-...	Fu Schroeder	Apr 15 1998
Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Silence, Posture, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Apr 01 1998 Green Gulch
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-03942 Friday Ego, Anger, Emotions, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi...	Teah Strozer	Mar 27 1998 Unknown
Spring Sesshin Serial: SF-02728 Thursday Emptiness, Zazen, uchiyama, Letting Go, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 26 1998 Unknown
Just Let Go Serial: SF-03109 Sunday Lecture: (According to the Buddha), the way to be happy is simple: just let go. Letting go is hard to do. Human mind wants to hold. We could say we are nothing but... Letting Go, resistance, Buddha's Birthday, Blue Cliff Record, Attachment,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Mar 08 1998 Green Gulch
Sunday Lecture Precepts, Emptiness, Offering, Bodhisattva Precepts, New Year, Observe, Ceremony,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jan 04 1998 Green Gulch
Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Seminar 2 Serial: SF-03053 Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Evil, Heart Sutra, Hate, Liberation, Bell, Zazen, Emptiness...	Peter Matthiessen	1998 Unknown
Buddhism at Millennium's Edge - Lecture 1 Serial: SF-03063 Copyright 1998 by Peter Matthiessen - Unedited Preview Cassette Evil, Silence, Suzuki Roshi, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell, Priest,...	Peter Matthiessen	1998 Unknown
Precepts Class Serial: SF-03532 Brief Review of Class 1 - the Three Refuges Precepts, Emptiness, Three Treasures, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Oct 27 1997 Green Gulch
Saturday Lecture Two Truths, Attachment, Non-attachment, Separation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Teah Strozer	Oct 25 1997 City Center
Chao Chou's Four Gates Serial: SF-03239 Sunday Lecture: case 9 of the Blue Cliff Record: "What is Chao Chou?" "East gate, west gate, south gate, north gate" Practice Period, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Nature, Blue Cliff Record, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 19 1997 Green Gulch
Attention to Transitions Serial: SF-03632 One-day sitting: transitions as a time you lose balance; time of equinox - going under into dark, gathering in time of transition and change; how to meet forms that wakes up... Precepts, Evil, Suzuki Roshi, Posture, Zendo, Right Speech, true dharma,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 20 1997 Green Gulch
One-day Sitting Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi, Greed,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jun 24 1997 Green Gulch
Think Neither Good Nor Bad Sangha, resistance, Suzuki Roshi, Anger, Nirvana, Offering, Lay, confusion, Peace...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 30 1997 Unknown
The Most Important Thing: Just This As It Is Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 26 1997
Path Beyond Destination: Embracing Infinity Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Zazen, Letting Go, Vimalakirti, Suzuki Roshi,...	Steve Weintraub	Mar 15 1997
Sunday Lecture Big Mind, Ceremony, Buddha Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Practice Period,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 09 1997 Green Gulch
Dogen's Life Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Family Practice, training, Monastic Practice, Rinzai,...	Cathleen Williams	Jan 25 1997 Unknown
Intimacy Serial: SF-02725 Sesshin #1 (Post-it note from Lou "Do you have a tape player? I'd like to check this one more time") Intimacy, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Separation, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 15 1997 Unknown
Willingness To Be With Our Difficulties Hate, Four Noble Truths, Suzuki Roshi, Right Speech, Conversation, resistance,...	Fu Schroeder	Dec 28 1996 Unknown
Die Into Who You Are Serial: SF-02711 Rohatsu Sesshin Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 06 1996 Unknown
Be Completely Who You Are Serial: SF-02709B Rohatsu Sesshin Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Happiness, Anger, Emotions, Zazen, Ceremony	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 05 1996 Unknown
Expound the Dharma with This Body by Letting Life Bloom Through You Serial: SF-02710B Rohatsu Sesshin Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, Hate, Zazen	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 03 1996 Unknown
Expounding the Dharma with This Body Serial: SF-02710A Rohatsu Sesshin Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Patience, Gratitude, Observe, Balance, Anger	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 02 1996 Unknown
Sandokai Class Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 25 1996 Green Gulch
Sandokai Class Serial: SF-03177 Like forward and backwards steps - phenomenon exist like box and cover joining, principle accords like arrows points meeting Oneness, Suzuki Roshi, Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 19 1996 Green Gulch
Effort - While You're Already Perfect Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Nov 13 1996 Unknown
Sandokai Class Oneness, Interdependence, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Politics, Delusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 29 1996 Green Gulch
Practicing With Afflictive Emotions Serial: SF-02722 Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Oct 09 1996 Unknown
Witnessing the Mind: A Shared Path Happiness, Suzuki Roshi, Rinzai, Demons, Lineage, Letting Go, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Katherine Thanas	Sep 21 1996 Unknown
Resting in the Sisyphus Cycle Suzuki Roshi, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Aspects of Practice, Zazen, Emptiness,...	Steve Weintraub	Sep 21 1996 Unknown
Awakening Compassion Through Non-Duality Serial: SF-00084 Wednesday talk. Patience, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Letting Go, confusion, Demons, Absolute-and-...	Ane Pema Chödrön	Sep 11 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Saturday Lecture Passions, Religion, Light-and-Darkness, Suzuki Roshi, Politics, Platform Sutra, Zazen...	Lou Hartman	Aug 17 1996 City Center
Making Distinctions Serial: SF-03113 Sunday Lecture Balance, Hsin Hsin Ming, Suzuki Roshi, Lay, training, Conversation, Emotions,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Aug 11 1996 Green Gulch
Cultivating A Spiritual Curiosity Serial: SF-03937 Sunday Lecture - that helps us see clearly what's in front of us - inside and outside Observe, Conversation, Happiness, Equanimity, Cultivation, Anger, Suzuki Roshi,...	Yvonne Rand	Jul 07 1996 Green Gulch
Zen and the Art of Being Dragons, Suzuki Roshi, Silence, Priest, Funeral, Zazen, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen...	Lou Hartman	May 18 1996 Unknown
Breathing Intimacy: Zen's Path to Self Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Intimacy, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Dharma...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 24 1996 Unknown
Fearlessness - What Is It? Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Transmission, Absolute-and-Relative, realization, Ceremony...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 02 1996 Tassajara
Ascending the Mountain Serial: SF-03563 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk - before Blanche Hartman's Installation ceremony - throne and dharma are etymologically connected in Sanskrit - taking your seat in dharma... Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Attachment, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Ordination...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Feb 04 1996 Green Gulch
Interview Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Practice Period, Intuition, Instruction, Emotions, Gratitude,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 21 1996 Unknown
Effort Without Gain: The Zen Paradox Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Non-...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jan 03 1996 Unknown
Rohatsu Sesshin Serial: SF-03575 Duplicate Suzuki Roshi, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Funeral, Zazen, Obstacles, Renewal,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 14 1995 Unknown
Rohatsu Sesshin Suzuki Roshi, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Zazen Mind, Funeral, Zazen, Renewal,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 04 1995 Unknown
The Greater Discourse and the Destruction of Craving Serial: SF-03231 Sunday Lecture Anger, Silence, Letting Go, Bell, Happiness, confusion, Suzuki Roshi, Bodhisattva...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 19 1995 Green Gulch

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