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Page 21, Prologue: Beginner's Mind from lecture 65-11-11 see Beginner's Mind

Page 25, Posture from lecture 65-08-12 see Posture

Page 29, Breathing from lecture 65-11-04 see Breathing

Page 31, Control from lecture 67-03-23 see Control

Page 34, Mind Waves from lecture 67-01-12 see Mind Waves

Page 36, Mind Weeds from lecture 65-11-18 see Mind Weeds

Page 38, The Marrow of Zen from lecture 66-01-26 see The Marrow of Zen

Page 41, No Dualism from lecture 67-11-02 see No Dualism

Page 43, Bowing from lecture 65-12-02 see Bowing

Page 43, Bowing from lecture 65-12-02-A see Excerpt from the chapter Bowing in ZMBM

Page 46, Nothing Special from lecture 65-10-14 see Nothing Special

Page 53, Single-minded Way from lecture 65-12-16 see Single-Minded Way

Page 55, Repetition from lecture 66-02-09 see Repetition

Page 57, Zen and Excitement from lecture 66-02-24 see Zen and Excitement

Page 59, Right Effort from lecture 67-05-18 see Right Effort

Page 62, No Trace from lecture 66-06-23 see No Trace

Page 65, God Giving from lecture 66-03-03 see God Giving

Page 71, Mistakes in Practice from lecture 67-04-13 see Mistakes in Practice

Page 75, Limiting Your Activity from lecture 65-12-23 see Limiting Your Activity

Page 76, Study Yourself from lecture 65-09-09 see Study Yourself

Page 80, To Polish a Tile from lecture 67-08-31 see To Polish a Tile

Page 83, Constancy from lecture 66-02-17 see Constancy

Page 86, Communication from lecture 67-02-02 see Communication

Page 90, Negative and Positive from lecture 67-09-27 see Negative and Positive

Page 92, Nirvana, the Waterfall from lecture 65-08-19 see Nirvana, the Waterfall

Page 99, Traditional Zen Spirit from lecture 67-01-05 see Traditional Zen Spirit

Page 102, Transiency from lecture 65-09-16 see Transiency

Page 104, The Quality of Being from lecture 66-01-20 see The Quality of Being

Page 107, Naturalness from lecture 67-06-01 see Naturalness

Page 110, Emptiness from lecture 66-00-00-BE see Emptiness

Page 113, Readiness, Mindfulness from lecture 66-00-00-AE see Readiness, Mindfulness

Page 116, Believing in Nothing from lecture 65-12-30 see Believing in Nothing

Page 118, Attachment, Non-attachment from lecture 66-01-06 see Attachment, Nonattachment

Page 121, Calmness from lecture 65-08-26 see Calmness

Page 123, Experience, Not Philosophy from lecture 65-10-07 see Experience, Not Philosophy

Page 125, Original Buddhism from lecture 67-04-06 see Original Buddhism

Page 127, Beyond Consciousness from lecture 66-12-01 see Beyond Consciousness

Page 131, Buddha's Enlightenment from lecture 66-12-08 see Buddha's Enlightenment

Page 133, Epilogue: Zen Mind from lecture 69-11-16 see Epilogue: Zen Mind

Page 5, Calmness of Mind from lecture 71-06-07 see Calmness of Mind

Page 8, Express Yourself Fully from lecture 71-06-07 see Calmness of Mind

Page 12, Freedom from Everything from lecture 71-06-09 see Freedom from Everything

Page 16, Jumping off the 100-Foot Pole from lecture 69-04-20 see Jumping Off the 100-Foot Pole

Page 21, Changing Our Karma from lecture 71-03-09 see Changing Our Karma

Page 25, Enjoy Your Life from lecture 69-07-20 see Enjoy Your Life

Page 29, Walk like an Elephant from lecture 70-08-02 see Walk like an Elephant and Sitting like a Frog, p. 151

Page 35, Letters from Emptiness from lecture 70-03-08 see Letters From Emptiness

Page 40, Brown Rice is just Right from lecture 70-02-01-A see Brown Rice is just Right

Page 42, The Zen of Going to the Rest Room from lecture 70-03-29 see The Zen of Going to the Rest Room

Page 47, Caring for the Soil from lecture 70-01-25 see Caring for the Soil

Page 49, Everyday Life is like a Movie from lecture 70-03-15 see Our Everyday Life Is Like A Movie

Page 53, Resuming Big Mind from lecture 71-02-05 see Resuming Big Mind

Page 58, Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind from lecture 69-03-30 see Ordinary Mind, Buddha Mind

Page 65, Supported from Within from lecture 70-07-12 see Supported from Within

Page 69, Open Your Intuition from lecture 70-07-31 see Open Your Intuition

Page 72, Finding Out for Yourself from lecture 69-03-15 see Find Out for Yourself

Page 77, Be Kind with Yourself from lecture 71-02-23 see Be Kind with Yourself

Page 81, Respect for Things from lecture 70-01-04 see Respect for Things

Page 85, Observing the Precepts from lecture 68-06-29 see Esalen Institute, Second Lecture: Observing the Precepts

Page 89, Pure Silk, Sharp Iron from lecture 69-09-14 see Pure Silk, Sharp Iron

Page 95, Not Always So from lecture 69-08-07 see Not Always So

Page 99, Direct Experience of Reality from lecture 69-06-22 see Direct Experience of Reality

Page 103, True Concentration from lecture 71-01-10 see True Concentration

Page 107, Wherever I Go, I Meet Myself from lecture 71-01-23 see Wherever I Go, I Meet Myself

Page 111, The Boss of Everything from lecture 71-01-16 see The Boss of Everything

Page 115, Sincere Practice from lecture 70-04-28 see Sincere Practice

Page 120, One With Everything from lecture 71-07-20 see One with Everything

Page 127, Wherever You Are, Enlightenment is There from lecture 69-09-00-A see Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There

Page 131, Not Sticking to Enlightenment from lecture 71-02-12-B see Not Sticking to Enlightenment

Page 134, The Teaching Just for You from lecture 71-06-05 see The Teaching Just for You

Page 139, Stand Up by the Ground from lecture 69-09-00-B see Stand Up by the Ground

Page 143, Just Enough Problems from lecture 71-02-12-A see Just Enough Problems

Page 146, Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha from lecture 69-03-09 see Sun-Faced Buddha, Moon-Faced Buddha

Page 151, Sitting like a Frog from lecture 70-08-02 see Walk like an Elephant and Sitting like a Frog, p. 151

Page 25, Things-As-It-Is from lecture 70-05-27 see Things-As-It-Is

Page 37, Warm Hand to Warm Hand from lecture 70-05-30 see Warm Hand to Warm Hand

Page 49, Buddha Is Always Here from lecture 70-06-01 see Buddha Is Always Here

Page 61, The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your Heart from lecture 70-06-03 see The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your Heart

Page 73, Today We May Be Very Happy from lecture 70-06-10 see Today We May Be Very Happy

Page 83, The Boat Is Always Moving from lecture 70-06-13 see The Boat Is Always Moving

Page 95, Without Any Idea of Attainment from lecture 70-06-17 see Without Any Idea of Attainment

Page 109, Within Light There Is Utter Darkness from lecture 70-06-20 see Within Light There Is Utter Darkness

Page 121, The Willow Tree Cannot Be Broken from lecture 70-06-25 see The Willow Tree Cannot Be Broken

Page 135, Suffering Is a Valuable Thing from lecture 70-06-27 see Suffering Is a Valuable Thing

Page 147, A Short Talk During Zazen from lecture 70-06-28 see A Short Talk During Zazen

Page 151, We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules from lecture 70-07-04 see We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too Much

Page 161, Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain from lecture 70-07-06 see Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in Vain

Page 177, We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big Being from lecture 70-06-06 see We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big Being

Page 190, The Sandokai: Compiled Translation by Suzuki Roshi from lecture 70-06-03 see The Blue Jay Will Come Right into Your Heart

Page 3, The Trikaya from lecture 68-10-00-B see Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-3

Page 3, The Trikaya from lecture 68-10-00-C see Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4

Page 3, The Trikaya from lecture 68-10-20 see Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1

Page 3, The Trikaya from lecture 68-10-21 see Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-2

Page 25, One Particle of Dust from lecture 71-07-26 see Blue Cliff Records-61, Fuketsu's One Particle Of Dust

Page 33, The True Dragon from lecture 68-10-12-B see The True Dragon

Page 39, Zazen, Rituals, and Precepts Cannot Be Separated from lecture 70-07-28 see How To Understand Rituals And Precepts

Page 11, Sharing the Feeling from lecture 70-03-01 see Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting Class

Page 15, Concentrating the Whole Body from lecture 71-06-12 see Precepts as Original Nature

Page 17, Including Everything from lecture 71-06-19 see Sewing and Wearing the Buddhist Robes and How It Relates to Our Practice

Page 19, Just to Sit as Yourself from lecture 68-07-24 see To have complete understanding of our school

Page 25, Don't Try to Figure Out Who You Are from lecture 71-02-07 see Wherever you go, you will see yourself

Page 27, Understanding Your Mind from lecture 67-09-08-B see Using Various Stones

Page 31, Finding Yourself from lecture 71-02-07 see Wherever you go, you will see yourself

Page 33, Don't Put Another Head on Top of Your Own from lecture 71-02-07 see Wherever you go, you will see yourself

Page 35, Budda Nature from lecture 65-07-29-A see Purpose of practice is to have direct experience of buddha

Page 39, The Great Sages Are You Yourself from lecture 71-06-12 see Precepts as Original Nature

Page 41, Being Myself in Buddhist Robes from lecture 71-06-12 see Precepts as Original Nature

Page 45, Taking Care of Yourself from lecture 71-02-27 see The Driver

Page 49, No Self from lecture 70-12-20 see What Is Self? What Is Our Practice?

Page 51, Questions About Anger and Being Yourself from lecture 68-07-24 see To have complete understanding of our school

Page 53, Questions About Sitting from lecture 70-03-01 see Lecture To Prof. Lewis R. Lancaster's Visiting Class

Page 61, Harmony from lecture 67-09-08-B see Using Various Stones

Page 65, Problems from lecture 67-08-00 see long time since I saw you all

Page 67, Respect from lecture 68-10-00-I see Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-10

Page 71, Humor from lecture 71-02-09 see humor is more real than reality

Page 75, Desire from lecture 69-04-08 see The Only Desire That Is Complete Is Buddha's Desire

Page 77, Money from lecture 70-05-24 see Money And Labor

Page 81, Naturalness from lecture 64-03-00-B see Blue Cliff Records-49 (Q&A)

Page 83, Your Skin Is the Robe from lecture 71-06-20 see sewing sesshin

Page 87, Small Mind and Buddha Mind from lecture 71-07-25 see Universal Practice for Laymen and Monks

Page 91, The Garuda's Discernment from lecture 71-02-09 see humor is more real than reality

Page 95, Every Day Is a Good Day from lecture 71-08-15 see wind stops, but still flower falls

Page 103, Ethics Are Our Nature from lecture 71-06-12 see Precepts as Original Nature

Page 107, Just Being Yourself from lecture 71-07-02 see Real Precepts Are Beyond Words

Page 111, Beyond Moral Rules from lecture 66-06-19-C see ten precepts

Page 115, "I Will Do It!" from lecture 69-04-29 see how to take our bodhisattva's vow

Page 119, There Is Only One Way for You to Go from lecture 71-06-12 see Precepts as Original Nature

Page 123, Zazen Is Precepts from lecture 70-05-17 see How To Observe Precepts

Page 127, Great Effort from lecture 65-12-11-A see Most of you are beginners

Page 131, Ideal and Reality from lecture 68-06-29 see Esalen Institute, Second Lecture: Observing the Precepts

Page 135, No Rules from lecture 68-06-29 see Esalen Institute, Second Lecture: Observing the Precepts

Page 143, Taking Refuge in Buddha from lecture 67-06-11 see Sesshin Lecture: Three Treasures

Page 147, Three Interpretations of the Three Treasures from lecture 67-06-11 see Sesshin Lecture: Three Treasures

Page 151, The Three Collective Pure Precepts from lecture 67-06-12 see continue the lecture about Shi-sho-ku

Page 153, The Ten Prohibitory Precepts from lecture 67-06-12 see continue the lecture about Shi-sho-ku

Page 157, Do Not Kill from lecture 70-07-28 see How To Understand Rituals And Precepts

Page 161, Do Not Sell Liquor from lecture 67-08-00 see long time since I saw you all

Page 163, Do Not Become Angry from lecture 67-09-12 see The Practice of Constancy

Page 175, Why I Came to America from lecture 69-09-16 see Why I Came to America