Shunryu Suzuki Lecture Index
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Shunryu Suzuki Lecture Indexes by year. This page 1961-64.
1965------1966------1967------1968------1969------1970------1971
| V=verbatim transcript U=not verbatim W=notes I=interview X=forget it ZC-link to SFZC.org presentation of lecture |
Transcripts ZM=zmbm/ TD =Trudy Dixon's folder/ NAS=Not Always So/ SDK= Branching Streams/ * = Nothing Special selection |
AUDIO MP3s 16kbps SS talk=only S. Suzuki talking, Other audio deleted or, if whole or of any import saved to Other- B=Baker/E=end/chant=at first |
TITLES AND FIRST LINES to transcripts | n=tape noise, nn=more noise ns=slight noise z=audio exists transcript notes 8pt like this |
transcript collection year added 2=2002 etc |
| LECTURE FILE NAME | BOOKS Selections | Light Edits |
MP3 SS talk |
MP3 SS talk2 | Other not SS | TITLES AND FIRST LINES | |||
| 61-12-00-wb ZC | Teacher and Disciple - Emptiness does not mean annihilation | see 62-03-00 | 4 | ||||||
| 62-00-00-BCR.3U ZC | LE | [This is an abbreviated version of the SSL database] | this is 62-10-wb but there are two versions - see Les | ||||||
| 62-00-BCR.6UX SFZC | this is 62-11-wb | ||||||||
| 61-12-00-wb | same | True Zen - If you want to meditate, you must have instruction of right teacher, | also 01to09 in one file | 9 | |||||
| 62-02-00-wb | same | What is Zen? - To study Zen is to particularize the essence of mind | 9 | ||||||
| 62-03-00-wb | same | Square Zen - The idea of emptiness does not mean annihilation. | see 61-12-00. This is an abbreviated version. | 9 | |||||
| 62-04-00-wb | same | A Buddha Story - In an old scripture told by Buddha there are four lands, | 9 | ||||||
| 62-05-00-wb | same | What is the Law - One day the World Honored One mounted the pulpit, | 9 | ||||||
| 62-06-00-wb1 | same | On Zazen - While you do zazen you will come to understand yourself completely… | 1 and 2 on same file | 9 | |||||
| 62-06-00-wb2 | with above | same | The Shinsanshiki Ceremony - On May 20th Roshi Suzuki was installed as Master of Sokoji… | 9 | |||||
| 62-07-00-wb | same | On Obon - Originality and universality are the same thing for a sincere student. | 9 | ||||||
| 62-08-00-wb | same | To Tame a Tiger - A government official named Shiba visited Hyabujo Mountain and was taken by the great beauty there. | 9 | ||||||
| 62-09-00-wb | same | Bodhidharma's Zen - The Emperor Wu built many temples, | 9 | ||||||
| 62-10-00-wb | LE | BCR3-The principal character in this model subject is Baso Dōitsu | was 62-00-bcr3 | 2 | |||||
| 62-11-00-wb | LE | BCR6-Um-mon Bun-en (Yun-men Wen-yen) was a disciple of Sep-pō | was 62-00-bcr6 | 2 | |||||
| 62-12-00-wb | LE | Religious Activity - The more we attempt to manage religious activity, the more we lose our fundamental way. | 2 | ||||||
| 63-01-00-wb | LE | Blue Cliff Record No. 14 and 15: A traveling monk asked Ummon-zenji: "What is this first teaching?" | 2 | ||||||
| 63-02-13-wb | LE | BCR-18 - Nanyo Echu Kokushi was a famous disciple of the Sixth Patriarch | 9 | ||||||
| 63-03-00-wb | LE | Blue Cliff Record No. 19: Gutei's Lifting up One Finger. Gutei lived in a small hermitage to be free from the fierce persecution | 2 | ||||||
| 63-04-00-wb | LE | BCR20- Zen may be said to be the practice of cultivating our mind to make it deep and open enough to accept the various seeds of ideas | 2 | ||||||
| 63-07-00-wb | LE | BCR25-Engo introducing the subject said, "If a man comes to a standstill at some stage, | 2 | ||||||
| 63-09-00-wb | LE | BCR30-Attention! A monk asked Jōshū, "I hear by rumor that you were at one time closely associated with Nansen. | 2 | ||||||
| 63-11-00-wb | LE | BCR36-Attention! One day Cho-sha went for a walk. When he returned to the gate, the gate-keeper asked, | 2 | ||||||
| 63-12-00-wb | LE | BCR40-Attention! While conversing with Nansen, the official Rikko said, "Sōjō said that heaven and earth and I are the same root | 2 | ||||||
| 64-02-00-wb | LE | BCR46-Attention! Kyo-sei asked a monk, "What is the sound outside the door?" The monk said, "It is the sound of raindrops." | 2 | ||||||
| 64-03-00-wb | LE | BCR49-Attention! Sancho asked Seppo: "What [Why?] does a mysterious golden-scaled carp escaped from the fishing net cast?" | 2 | ||||||
| 64-04-00-wb | LE | BCR52-Jōshū (personal name: Sramanera [?]) of this subject was a native of Northern China. | 2 | ||||||
| 64-05-00-wb | LE | BCR53-Introducing Engo said, "Obtaining the sole existing independent body, the total free activity takes place." | 2 | ||||||
| 64-06-00-wb | LE | BCR51-Seppo was a good example of a well-trained Zen Master. "Three times a visitor to Tosu and nine times an attendant to Tozai | 2 | ||||||
| 64-08-00-wbW | LE | Zen Center's annual week Sesshin [Trudy Dixon's summary of SS sesshin lectures] | 2 | ||||||
| 64-11-00-wb | LE | BCR73-Introducing, he said: "The true preaching of Dharma goes beyond preaching or not | 2 | ||||||
| 64-12-00-wb | LE | BCR75-The treasure sword always is present [beyond oneness and duality]. | 2 |