Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi TO BE HONEST AND SINCERE IN ITS TRUE SENSE IT IS NECESSARY TO PUSH YOURSELF INTO SOME VERY STRONG HARD RULE Sunday, August 16, 1970 San Francisco Lecture B Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 70-08-16B [This is the second of two lectures with this date. This lecture began mid-way on Side A of […] The post August 16th, 2nd Talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 2 Monday Morning, October 21, 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-21 [The Lotus Sūtra] … which was told by a historical Buddha. But some people may be disappointed who believe in historical Buddha. This is not a characteristic of any religion except Buddhism. Only Buddhism […] The post October 21st, 1968 first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 1 [Second Lotus Sūtra series in 1968] Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-20 This sūtra titled Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra was supposed to be told by Buddha, but actually this sūtra appeared maybe after two or three hundred years after Buddha passed away. So […] The post October 20th, 1968 first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 15 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-00 N Page eight. “Then rose in the mind of the Bodhisattva Mahāsattva Maitreya this thought: Oh, how great a wonder does the Tathāgata display! What maybe the cause, what the reason of the Lord producing so great […] The post October, 1968 9th talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 14 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-00 M Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi: We have here—we had here various names of bodhisattvas, and the next ones were the devas—devas, or gods, or supernatural beings. [Begins reading from Lotus Sūtra, Kern translation, p. 4, Line 18.] —further Shakra, […] The post October, 1968 8th talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE No. 13 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-00 L … bodhisattvas and arhats. Subhuti, the Venerable Rahula.” Rahula is, as you know, Buddha’s son. “With them yet other great disciples, as Venerable Ananda, still under training, and two thousand other monks, some of whom still […] The post October, 1968 7th talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 10 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-00 I As Zen Buddhists, it is necessary for us to understand the Second Patriarch Mahākāshyapa. He is famous for his zudagyo, or in Sanskrit, dvadasa dhutagunah. We count twelve zudagyo [juni‑zuda = twelve zuda; gyo = practice], […] The post October 1968, 6th talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 8 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-00 G Buddha’s disciples were very good people, generous and honest and sincere, but they were, I think, very tough guys, and his followers were very strong people. For instance, as you know, the Diamond Sutra was recited […] The post October, 1968 5th talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.
Shunryū Suzuki-rōshi LOTUS SŪTRA, LECTURE NO. 7 Fall 1968 Zen Mountain Center Listen to this talk: Suzuki-roshi 68-10-00 F Yesterday I told you about Ājñāta-Kaundinya, one of the five earliest disciples[1] of Buddha. As I told you, when Buddha gave up the practice of asceticism, they continued practicing asceticism at the Deer Park. After Buddha […] The post October, 1968 4th talk first appeared on Suzuki Roshi Dharma Talks.