The SFZC Audio Archive Demo

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Title	Speaker	Date
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00105 Musical event. The talk is a musical homage to Roshi Suzuki, focusing on the chanting of his English translation of the Prajnaparamita, emphasizing the concepts of emptiness, non-duality, and the absence of form, sensation, thought, and... *Attachment, Instruction, Obstacles, Offering, Vow, Anger, Religion*	Allen Ginsberg	1 City Center
Allen Ginsberg and Musicians Serial: SF-00108 Musical event The talk provides a vivid narrative of the humanitarian crisis on Jessore Road during September 1971, amidst millions of refugees fleeing from East Pakistan to Bengal. The description highlights the severe conditions and the... *Samsara, Bell*	Allen Ginsberg	2 City Center
Unity in Zen: A Journey of Self Serial: SF-01771 The talk begins with a moment of meditation for peace, followed by a recounting of a personal journey influenced by family history, social justice advocacy, and an encounter with Zen practice. A narrative intertwines significant... *Practice Period, Peace, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,...*	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 11 Unknown
Why Become Abbot of Zen Center? Serial: SF-00938A The talk centers on a personal narrative exploring gratitude, life's transitions, and the journey towards understanding spiritual concepts, particularly within Zen philosophy. The speaker reflects on personal history, challenges... *Practice Period, Precepts, Gratitude, Vow, Commitment, Bell, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony,...*	Myogen Steve Stücky	Unknown
Awakening Through Non-Dual Identity Serial: SF-01885 Q&A The talk explores an experience of non-duality, described as the realization of identity with what was previously perceived as the "other," specifically in the context of a confrontation with a riot squad. This experience led to... *Evil, Suzuki Roshi, Separation, Peace, Anger, Mill Valley, Impermanence, Tassajara Zen...*	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 11 Unknown
Zendo Lecture Serial: SF-01782 The talk explores the essence of Zen practice and teachings, focusing on ideas presented by Suzuki Roshi in "Not Always So." It highlights the significance of practice beyond formal training, emphasizing living the teachings... Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Practice, Time, Effort	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Tassajara
Dining Room Lecture Serial: SF-01781 This talk centers on the theme of respect within Zen practice, emphasizing the importance of being attentive to posture and breath as means to stay present, and advocating for a broader respect towards the self, others, and the... *Suzuki Roshi, Posture, Mindfulness, Big Mind, Bell, Bowing, Zazen, Concentration...*	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Tassajara
YYYY.02.03-serial.00010 Serial: SO-00010 - *Buddha Nature, Diversity, Impermanence, Ego, Attachment, Happiness, Subject-and-Object,...*
YYYY.02.02-serial.00011 Serial: SO-00011 - *Religion, Emotions, Passions, Culture, Buddha Nature, Soto Zen, confusion, Vow*...
YYYY.02.01-serial.00013 Serial: SO-00013 - *Buddha Nature, Attachment, Samadhi, Culture, Silence, Emotions, Offering*
YYYY.02.01-serial.00014 Serial: SO-00014 - *Concentration, Emotions, Culture, Buddha Nature, causation*
YYYY.01.30-serial.00024 Serial: SO-00024 - Buddha Nature, Interdependence, Fox, Samsara, Dragons, Instruction, difficulty, Culture...
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00092 Serial: SO-00092 - *Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Interview, Offering, Passions, Impermanence*...
Religion and Spirituality Serial: SF-00011 The talk explores the interplay between religion, particularly Christianity, and its preoccupation with sexuality, positing that Western religious traditions impose unique taboos which simultaneously condemn and heighten... *Religion, Impermanence, Evil, Ego, Attachment, Priest, Realization*	Alan Watts
SFZC Service Serial: SF-00014 Early Seventies The transcript consists of repetitive chanting of "Om," related to a service at the San Francisco Zen Center dated to the early 1970s. The repetition suggests a focus on meditative practice and the invocation of sound as a means... *Enemies*	Various	City Center
Mountain Seat Ceremony Serial: SF-03587 After intermission; at tape turn: Linda: Knock, knock - Darlene: Who's there? - Linda (quickly): Darlene. [laughter] The talk centers on the ceremonial installation of a new Abbess at the Zen Center, highlighting the themes of shared leadership, the embodiment of the feminine in spiritual roles, and the connection to Zen tradition through... *Constancy, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Lay Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Tassajara Zen...*	Eijun Linda Cutts	City Center
Mountain Seat Ceremony Serial: SF-03500 Side A: to intermission; Side B: blank - to tape 2 This talk centers around a ceremonial offering involving incense and reverence within the context of Zen Buddhist tradition. Essential figures, such as Shakyamuni Buddha, Daigen Shuri Bodhisattva, Bodhidharma, and a personal... *Gratitude, Vow, Priest*	Eijun Linda Cutts	City Center
Untitled Serial: SR-00252C This could be Katagiri Roshi speaking, end of talk only.Talking about concentration camps. The talk concludes with reflections on the themes of sacrifice, faith, and eternal freedom, illustrated through the story of Maximilian Kolbe, a prisoner in Auschwitz. Kolbe's selfless act of offering his life to save another... *Sangha, War, Freedom*	Unknown	C Unknown
Seminar on Taoism Serial: SR-00275A Alan Watts on Taoism, session 1 The talk explores the essence of Taoism through the teachings of Laozi and Zhuangzi, emphasizing the concept that the Tao cannot be fully articulated, but must be experienced directly through a state of wise ignorance or non-... Forms, Silence, Obstacles, Lay, Bell, Continuous Practice, Consciousness, Breath...	Alan Watts	A Unknown
Seminar on Taoism Serial: SR-00275B Alan Watts talk - session 2 The talk discusses the distinction between the "world as is" and the "world as described," through the lens of Taoist philosophy, particularly via the work of Lao Tzu. Emphasizing the idea that naming is the creation of all... *Consciousness, Pain, Forms, Hate, Zoom, Obstacles, Ego, Lay*	Alan Watts	B Unknown
Ekos Serial: SF-00013A The talk focuses on the recitation and exploration of the Ārya-prajñā-pāramitā-hridaya-sūtra, also known as the Heart Sutra, emphasizing its significance in understanding emptiness and the Bodhisattva path. The recurring... *Sandokai*	Tatsugami Roshi
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Morning Service Serial: SF-00016 Mid-Seventies The talk centers on the Heart Sutra, emphasizing the concept of emptiness shared in Mahayana Buddhism. The text delves into the idea that form and emptiness are inseparable and expounds that in emptiness, conventional... *Emptiness, Suffering, Consciousness*	Various	City Center
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00098A Serial: SO-00098A The talk explores the concept of Buddha nature, emphasizing its inherent presence in all forms and actions. The discussion focuses on the dichotomy of conditioned and unconditional aspects of Buddha nature, drawing from Zen... *Practice, Buddha Nature, Buddha*
YYYY.01.31-serial.00005 Serial: SO-00005 The talk discusses the historical and doctrinal aspects of the Buddhist robes (kashaya) and the Vinaya in the context of Mahayana Buddhism's developments in India, China, and Japan. It differentiates between the three main types... *Vinaya, Buddha, Precepts*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00098B Serial: SO-00098B The talk delves into the exploration of Zen teachings, focusing on a dialogue from a Zen text involving figures like Nansen and Obaku, with references to the importance of balancing dhyana (meditation) and prajna (wisdom). It... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Wisdom*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00097 Serial: SO-00097 The talk explores Dogen's interpretation of "Buddha nature" as described in Zen texts, focusing on the contrasting views between Dogen and other Zen masters regarding the presence or absence of Buddha nature in sentient beings.... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Dogen*
YYYY.01.19-serial.00033 Serial: SO-00033 The talk explores Dogen's interpretation of time and reality, particularly through the lens of the "Shobogenzo Uji" and various poems about Mount Roo by Su Shi, Wanshi, and Katagiri Roshi. It contrasts Western philosophical... *Dogen, Buddha, Time*
YYYY.01.15-serial.00040 Serial: SO-00040 The talk expounds on the complexities of Dogen's interpretation of the "ten suchness" from the Lotus Sutra, emphasizing the concept of ultimate identity and the nature of reality. The discussion asserts that true reality is... *Buddha, Practice, Dogen*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00096 Serial: SO-00096 The talk examines the concept of Buddha nature, drawing on the teachings of Dogen Zenji and the symbolism of figures like Rokya Ujjara and Daijizaiten. The presentation emphasizes the roles of Buddha and bodhisattva forms in... *Buddha, Buddha Nature, Desire*
YYYY.01.19-serial.00034 Serial: SO-00034 The talk centers on a critique and comparison of past and contemporary Zen masters through the lens of Dogen's experience in China. Key points include Dogen's critical evaluation of historical figures like Yin-Yang and Ng-an, and... *Time, Buddha, Practice*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00095 Serial: SO-00095 The talk extensively explores the concepts within Zen Buddhism, focusing on the application of Buddha nature across the themes of form and formlessness, individual existence, and the interconnectedness of beings as explained... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Practice*
YYYY.01.18-serial.00035 Serial: SO-00035 The talk examines the Zen Master's critique of another practitioner's understanding of enlightenment, focusing on the concept of "arising mind" and "moving thought." Key elements include the debate over the nature of emptiness... *Dogen, Buddha, Practice*
YYYY.01.16-serial.00039 Serial: SO-00039 The talk primarily addresses the exploration of true reality within the context of Zen teachings, considering Dogen's use of expressions from the Lotus Sutra in the "Shobo Genzo" text. The discussion emphasizes the concepts of... *Time, Buddha, Dogen*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00100 Serial: SO-00100 The talk explores the relationship between language, reality, and Zen practice, emphasizing the importance of understanding and using words without becoming entangled in them. This is linked to Zen teachings on reality, using the... *Buddha Nature, Karmic Consciousness, Buddha*
YYYY.01.30-serial.00066 Serial: SO-00066 The talk focuses on the concept of "entire being" as articulated by Dogen, emphasizing its nature beyond definitions typically attributed to being, such as emergent, original, or conditioned being. The discussion highlights Dogen... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Dogen*
YYYY.01.14-serial.00042 Serial: SO-00042 The talk explores the interconnectedness of Zen practice and Buddhist teachings, emphasizing the non-duality of perception and existence through texts like the Genjo Koan and Shobogenzo by Dogen, as well as Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka... *Buddha, Dogen, Time*
YYYY.01.17-serial.00036 Serial: SO-00036 The talk explores the Zen concept of liberation and reality, primarily focusing on the teachings of Seppo and Dogen's elaboration on them. It examines the idea that the entire world is a gate of liberation, reflecting on the... *Dogen, Time, Practice*
Full Moon Bodhisattva Ceremony - Suzuki Roshi Memorial Serial: SF-00004 Pat Phelan, Layla Bockhorst, Steve Weintraub, Robert Lytle, Tatsugami Roshi The transcript reflects a rendition of a ceremony or litany that combines phrases of gratitude, praises, and religious invocations using a contemplative tone interspersed with elements of popular devotional expressions.... *Love, Vow, Buddha*	Various
YYYY.01.30-serial.00022 Serial: SO-00022 The talk focuses on the understanding of 'entire being' within Zen philosophy as articulated by Dogen Zenji. It emphasizes that 'entire being' encompasses everything yet transcends dualistic concepts like being and non-being,... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Dogen*
YYYY.01.29-serial.00016 Serial: SO-00016 The talk explores the concept of the Twelve Links of Causation within Buddhist thought, contrasting the established form with older versions from scriptures like the Dhammapada and Sutta Nipata. It highlights Dogen Zenji's... *Practice, Buddha, Dogen*
YYYY.05.DD-serial.00207 Serial: SO-00207 The talk explores Dogen's commentary on a conversation between Gensha and a monk, examining how the ten direction world is like a bright jewel. Emphasis is placed on the interplay between understanding and non-understanding as a... *Dogen, Karmic Consciousness, Discrimination*
YYYY.01.15-serial.00041 Serial: SO-00041 The talk centers on an exploration of Dogen's writings, particularly addressing the notions of true reality and all beings as discussed in "Shoho Jissō" and how every moment and action contain the complete essence of Buddha... *Buddha, Time, Practice*
YYYY.01.28-serial.00001 Serial: SO-00001 The talk discusses Dogen Zenji's multifaceted teachings and works, emphasizing the rigor in his practical and philosophical writings, and the seeming contradiction between his strict discipline and the concept of Sunyata or... *Dogen, Buddha, Buddhism*
YYYY.01.16-serial.00038 Serial: SO-00038 This talk delves into the interrelationship between life and death, practice and enlightenment, and the unification of samsara and nirvana in Zen tradition. Central to the discussion is the continuity of Dharma transmission... *Buddha, Practice, Nirvana*
YYYY.01.14-serial.00043 Serial: SO-00043 The talk explores the interpretation of the "Ten Suchnesses" from the Lotus Sutra, particularly through Tendai Buddhism and Dogen's writings, highlighting Chi'i's rearrangement of the order of these terms. The discussion... *Buddha, Lotus Sutra, Emptiness*
YYYY.01.28-serial.00002 Serial: SO-00002 The talk discusses the complexities of translating and understanding the essence of Dogen Zenji's teachings, particularly through the lens of the "Kesa Verse" from the Shōbō Genzō Kesakudoku. It explores the nuanced meaning of "... *Vow, Love, Practice*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00099A Serial: SO-00099A The talk explores the elusive and dynamic nature of Buddha nature, using metaphors such as "gold floating on the water" and "a jewel in the sunlight" to convey its indefinable characteristics. Emphasizing concepts put forth by... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Joshu*
YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00099B Serial: SO-00099B The talk examines Dōgen Zenji's unique interpretation of the "Dog and Buddha Nature" koan, contrasting it with the traditional interpretations in the "Mumonkan" and the "Shōyōroku." Dōgen's emphasis is on a non-dual understanding... *Buddha Nature, Buddha, Dogen*
YYYY.01.17-serial.00037 Serial: SO-00037 The talk explores the concept of "expedient means" (upaya) in Mahayana Buddhism, focusing on its role as a tool for engaging with the ultimate truth through practical actions and practices, highlighting its presence and necessity... *Buddha, Practice, Bodhisattva*

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