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Suzuki Roshi Talks
Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shōgaku Shunryū 祥岳俊隆, often called Suzuki Roshi; May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.
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Plunge Into Sangha Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen |
Jul 18 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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It’s Not What You Think (Day 5 Sesshin) Ceremony, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi |
Jun 14 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Thinking, Not-thinking, Non-thinking (Day 4 Sesshin) Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen |
Jun 13 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Form of Zazen as Actualization of True Reality (Day 2 Sesshin) Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen |
Jun 11 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tending the Garden of Sesshin Practice (Day 1 sesshin) Suzuki Roshi, Enlightenment, Koan |
Jun 10 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The 10,000 Marks of Existence (Women’s Sit) Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Study |
Mar 29 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Caring for Zazen Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature |
Feb 07 2026 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to practice with what comes up Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Emotions |
Dec 05 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Satipatthana Sutta #3 Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Mahayana |
Dec 04 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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I Love ZAZEN Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period |
Dec 02 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Satipatthana Sutta #1 Suzuki Roshi, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Impermanence |
Dec 01 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Thus Have I heard Sojun Roshi Suzuki Roshi, Suffering, Nirvana |
Nov 15 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects Class 4 of 4 on The Sandokai Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Sangha |
Nov 06 2025 Class 4 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects Class 3 of 4 on The Sandokai Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Emptiness |
Oct 30 2025 Class 3 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Double-consciousness, racial melancholy, and meditation Consciousness, Politics, Suzuki Roshi |
Oct 18 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects Class 1 of 4 on the Sandokai Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Enlightenment |
Oct 17 2025 Class 1 of 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Great Robe of Liberation Suzuki Roshi, Okesa, Ceremony |
Oct 04 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha Ancestors, Past, Present and Future Suzuki Roshi, Suffering, Zazen |
Sep 20 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Engaging Today’s Chaos With A Beginner’s Mind Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony |
Aug 16 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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the meditative factors of enlightenment Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Posture |
Aug 02 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dōkan – The Circle of the Way Zazen, Enlightenment, Suzuki Roshi |
Jul 19 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Becoming YourselfSerial: BZ-03215 Talk given by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler honoring Sojun Roshi’s role as coeditor of the new Suzuki Roshi book, Becoming Yourself. Jiryu worked closely with Sojun Roshi and others to... Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Zazen |
Jul 18 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sixteen Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath BCR 78 #2 Bodhisattva, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi |
Jun 14 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Is Eternal Life Lotus Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen |
Jun 13 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Impermanence Suffering, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence |
Apr 12 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Taking Refuge – Mutual Affinity with the Three Treasures Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Soto Zen |
Feb 01 2025 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Vows of Old Ancestor Eihei Dogen Dogen, Doubt, Suzuki Roshi |
Dec 05 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Falling Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Virya |
Dec 04 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Think Not Thinking Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Sekito Kisen |
Dec 03 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Abbot’s Update Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, Community |
Nov 23 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Be Yourself Suzuki Roshi, Effort, Zazen |
Aug 24 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Objects and Altars Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Delusion |
Jun 29 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On Spiritual Friendship Sangha, Suzuki Roshi, War |
Jun 22 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Letting Go Patience, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi |
Jun 14 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Light Brings You to Practice; Practice Reveals the Light Enlightenment, Suzuki Roshi, Suffering |
May 18 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zazenkai/Center of the Universe Practice Period, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi |
May 04 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Radical Acceptance Big Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Suffering |
Mar 02 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Cooperating with the Universe War, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi |
Feb 10 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Living with Uncertainty Suzuki Roshi, Sangha, Community |
Feb 03 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Niagara River Compassion, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen |
Jan 20 2024 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Birth & Death Suzuki Roshi, Separation, Suffering |
Dec 16 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Returning Home After Sesshin Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen |
Dec 10 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha’s Enlightenment Enlightenment, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi |
Dec 09 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Freedom in Zazen – Instructions for an Awakened Life Zazen, Effort, Suzuki Roshi |
Dec 08 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What Are We Doing Here? Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, Priest |
Dec 05 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects Class Genjo Koan 2 of 4 Enlightenment, Suzuki Roshi, Dogen |
Oct 26 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The ‘This’ of Just This Suzuki Roshi |
Sep 30 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Coming to Zen Parctice Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Sangha |
Sep 09 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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In Faith that we are Buddha Suzuki Roshi, Effort, Tassajara |
Aug 19 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Play in The Fields of Zen Happiness, Suzuki Roshi, Suffering |
Jul 15 2023 Berkeley Zen Center |