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Title	Speaker	Date
SF Seminar Serial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. - *Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies, Intuition...*	Dr Edward Conze	Feb 22 1973
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00108 Musical event - *Samsara, Bell*	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 2 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00105 Musical event. - *Attachment, Instruction, Obstacles, Offering, Vow, Anger, Religion*	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 1 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00107 Musical event - Obstacles, Vow, Instruction, Greed, Chanting, Passions, Offering, Attachment, Karma...	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 1 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00106 Musical event -	Allen Ginsberg	Feb 22 1972 2 City Center
Funeral Service for Suzuki Roshi Serial: SR-00171 This is a full recording of Suzuki Roshi's funeral, held nine days after his death. During the funeral service for Suzuki Roshi, various speakers and participants commemorate his life and teachings. This event acknowledges the profound impact Suzuki Roshi had on the dissemination of Zen Buddhism outside of Japan... Ceremony, Funeral, Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen, zen, Ceremony, Vow, Discrimination...	Various	Dec 12 1971 City Center
Wind Stops, But Still Flower Falls Serial: SR-00163 This audio has been improved, so more of the students' questions may be discernible. The talk delves into the Zen understanding of existence and non-existence using the metaphor of natural elements such as wind, flowers, and birds to illustrate the Zen concept of "there is" and "there is not.... Ummon, Faith, Freedom, reality, Dragons, Community, Emptiness, Wisdom, Building, American,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 15 1971 Tassajara
Obon Days Serial: SR-00166 This talk explores the cultural and historical contexts of the Obon festival in Japan, an event honoring ancestral spirits, and how these practices relate to broader Asian cultural and spiritual histories. The discussion provides... Ceremony, Big Mind, Nishiari Bokusan, Offering, Suffering, American, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 12 1971 Tassajara
At the Time of Yakusan Serial: SF-06061 New version of this lecture has been uploaded, which may allow for more of the transcript to be done. - Yaoshan, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1971 Tassajara
Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks Serial: SR-00175 Whatever you do is practice; be careful not to practice for the sake of the self. Zazen as a way to find realization and get used to realization. Whether priest or layperson, practice to develop buddha mind, not the small self. - Practice, Zazen, Bodhisattva, Dogen, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Mind, Faith, Truth, Fasting,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 25 1971 Tassajara
San-Pachi-Nenju Serial: SF-06030 - Ceremony, First Principle, Faith, Non-duality, Diversity, Lay	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 22 1971 Tassajara
Why Then Is It Necessary To Accept Precepts Serial: SF-06031 - Precepts, Precepts, Big Mind, Buddha Nature, training, Religion, Observe, Priest, Zazen,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 17 1971 City Center
It Is Actually Buddha's Practice Serial: SF-06114-B - Sesshin,	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 20 1971 Tassajara
Not Sticking to Enlightenment Serial: SF-05445B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #26, by Shundo David Haye ===== It's not completely clear how this talk dropped off the radar, as the tape had been copied and transcribed previously – indeed, it features in Not... - Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Emptiness	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 12 1971 B City Center
Teisho (Introduced by Jakusho Kwong) Serial: SF-05452-B Mill Valley Zendo, talk by Suzuki Roshi - *Emptiness, Precepts, Observe, Ego, Evil*	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 23 1970 Mill Valley Zendo
Lay Ordination Ceremony Serial: SR-00069-B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #25, by Shundo David Haye ===== This tape, which is unfortunately very poorly recorded, gives us a sense of the lay ordination ceremony that took place at City Center in August 1970. During the... - Precepts, Ceremony, Commitment	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 23 1970 City Center
To Be Honest And Sincere In Its True Sense It Is Necessary to Push Yourself Into Some Very Strong Hard Rule Serial: SF-06121-B Sunday, August 16, 1970 San Francisco [This is the second of two lectures with this date. This lecture began mid-way on Side A of the original tape after a prior lecture ended. This lecture appears to be complete.] Newly... - *Faith, Hate, Doubt*	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 16 1970 B City Center
Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson Serial: SR-00069-A Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript. - Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview, Gratitude, Karma...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 09 1970 City Center
Zazen Practice and Listen to the Right Teacher Serial: SF-05631 ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #24, by Shundo David Haye ===== In the last years of Suzuki Roshi's life, very few talks were lost from the collections. The previously available recording for this date was incomplete - it... - Sesshin, Dogen, Bodhidharma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Observe, Precepts, Faith,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 03 1970 City Center
Observation of Precepts and Practice of Zazen is Same Thing Serial: SF-06049 Sesshin Lecture No. 1 Saturday, August 1, 1970 San Francisco - Sesshin, Precepts, Precepts, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Ordination, Lay, Religion...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 01 1970 City Center
Open Your Intuition Serial: SF-05587-B Sesshin Meeting Friday, July 31, 1970 San Francisco - Sesshin, Intuition, Instruction, Beginners	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 31 1970 City Center
Ekō Lecture 2 Serial: SR-00229 The Second Morning Eko, Part 1 of 3Friday Evening, July 10, 1970Tassajara [This is the second in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted at the conclusion of morning services at San Francisco Zen Center and... - Eko, Chanting, Chanting, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, heart, Karma, Meditation, Doubt,...	Suzuki Roshi	Jul 10 1970 Tassajara
Way of Zazen Serial: SF-00017 Lecture given in Japanese with translation - *Evil, training, Faith*	Yoshida Roshi	Jun 07 1970 City Center
Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Serial: SF-05995 This is the bulk of the ceremony, with speakers other than Suzuki Roshi, in Japanese and English - *training, Gratitude, Zoom, Ceremony, Obstacles, Observe, Silence, Enemies, Evil, Precepts...*	Various	Apr 25 1970 City Center
How To Have Sincere Practice Serial: SR-00145 Suzuki Roshi edited from longer recording. - *Building, Community, Meditation, Zendo, Obstacles, Interview, Silence, Breath, training, zen...*	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 A City Center
Remarks at the Ceremony Officially Opening Beginner's Mind Temple Serial: SF-05996 These are Suzuki Roshi's words, edited together out of longer recording of ceremony. - Ceremony, Offering	Suzuki Roshi	Apr 25 1970 City Center
Way-Seeking Mind Serial: SF-05361 Saturday Lecture Of March Sesshin Saturday, March 28, 1970 San Francisco - Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Monastic Practice, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 28 1970 City Center
Practice To Be Like A Stone Serial: SF-06125 SR-70-02-28 Sesshin lecture #6 (last lecture) - followed by service #2 for Trudy Dixon NB - is 1970 despite the year added to the photos - Don't Know Mind, Composure, Diversity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, training...	Suzuki Roshi	Feb 28 1970 City Center
Rules Serial: SF-06038 - Dogen, Posture, Balance, Doubt, Faith	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 18 1970 City Center
Ordination Ceremony: Bill Kwong and Silas Hoadley Serial: SR-00069-C - Ceremony, Priest, Ceremony, American	Suzuki Roshi	Jan 11 1970 City Center
Shosan Ceremony Serial: SF-05964 Friday, December 5, 1969 Previously described as intranscribable - now clearer ----- File name: 69-12-05N: untitled level low. [Verbatim transcript not available. (Sound problem.)] - Ceremony, Shosan, Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Letting Go, Separation, Attachment, Dragons,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 05 1969 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-6 Serial: SF-06005 Third Lotus Sutra Series Thursday Evening, October 30, 1969 Zen Mountain Center - Lotus Sutra, Beginner’s Mind, Politics, Interview, Concentration, Precepts, Freedom, Doubt...	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 30 1969 Series 3, Talk 6 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. III-5 Serial: SF-06006 Third Lotus Sutra Series Tuesday Evening, October 28, 1969 Zen Mountain Center - Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Skandas, Balance	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 28 1969 Series 3, Talk 5 Tassajara
On Zen Center History, Personal History, and Nona Ransom Serial: SF-05610 Interview of Suzuki Roshi by Peter Schneider - Interview, Transmission, Priest, Hate, Suzuki Roshi, training, Enemies, Passions, Bell,...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969 1 of 2
Interview of Suzuki by Peter Schneider Serial: 69-09-16-IB Entered onto disk by DC 1996 or soRevised by Bill Redican 9/01 [I dated this 69-09-16 to go with other Peter Schneider interview and lecture of that date. Transcription was difficult with much time spent making sure -- or maybe... - Interview, First Principle,	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 16 1969
Sesshin, Third Night Lecture Serial: SR-00130 TassajaraSeptember, 1969 - *Sesshin, Emptiness, reality, Passions, Intuition, Bell, Forms, American, difficulty...*	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There Serial: SF-05184A Sesshin: First Night Lecture, “I Don't Know Zazen”September 1969Tassajara Knowing that we have buddha nature even while we are in the dualistic world of good and bad. Analogy with various parts of a meal. Analogy... - Dogen, Buddha Nature, Enlightenment, Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Composure, Emotions, Doubt...	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Stand Up By The Ground Serial: SF-05209 Protection Master "Suzuki Roshi summer sesshin 1969 2nd night lecture Sesshin, Second Night LectureSeptember, 1969Tassajara - Sesshin, Dogen, Time, Continuous Practice, Freedom, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 1969 Tassajara
Our Practice And Our Everyday Activity Serial: SF-05396 Saturday, August 30, 1969 Newly uploaded recording should be clearer to transcribe - *Concentration, Composure, Gratitude, Fundraising, Posture, training, Faith*	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 30 1969 Tassajara
Some Questions Serial: SR-00133 - Question-and-Answer, Breath, Buddha Nature, Posture, sitting, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 28 1969 Tassajara
Our Way To Attain Liberation Serial: SF-05087-B Monday Evening, August 18, 1969 Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering student questions. Dan Gourley reel #4 - Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Aspects of Practice, Discrimination, Faith,...	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 18 1969 Tassajara
Emptiness is Form Serial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 San Francisco Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting throughout. - *Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Current Events, Balance, Faith, Beginners, Continuous Practice...*	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 29 1969 Tassajara
Yakusan did not give lectures for a long time Serial: SF-05961 June 1969Tassajara Story of Yakusan saying he was not a teacher to give lectures. Making effort, and paying attention. What is right effort? - *Priest, Freedom*	Suzuki Roshi	Jun 1969 Tassajara
Nansen's “Everyday Mind Is Dao” Serial: SR-00010 - *Truth, Birth-and-Death, Wisdom, zen, Pain, Death, difficulty, Composure, Sutra*...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 10 1969
At The End Of The Year We Clean Up Our House Serial: SF-05970-B Dec 1968 New Year Lecture - Beginner’s Mind, Dogen, Japan, New Year, Beginners, Transmission, Instruction, Priest, Faith...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 29 1968 Sokoji
untitled Serial: SR-00007 Newly reprocessed recording should be a little clearer - Lotus Sutra, Monks, Breath, Building	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 24 1968 Sokoji
True Happiness and Renewal of Practice at Year's End Serial: SF-05970-A Newly uploaded recording of this talk. - Happiness, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Composure	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 21 1968 Sokoji
Shosan Ceremony Serial: SR-00075 - Shosan, First Principle, Emptiness, Compassion, Lotus Sutra, Patience, sitting, Emotions,...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 11 1968 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1 Serial: SF-05681 [Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968] Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968 Zen Mountain Center - Lotus Sutra, Vow, Enemies, Conversation, Karma, Emotions	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 20 1968 Tassajara
The True Dragon Serial: SF-05239 - *Dogen, Baso, Dragons, Freedom, Soto Zen, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Instruction, Zazen...*	Suzuki Roshi	Oct 12 1968 B Sokoji

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