Suzuki Roshi Lecture Transcripts Index Page 1 Using the Suzuki Roshi Transcripts Index When the original transcripts were compiled they did not have continuous page numbering, but were organized by year and then by lecture date within each year. Each lecture has a file number that can be read on the bottom right corner of each page, for example 68-07-24V (1968-July-24). These file numbers are the numbers show in the following index. These numbers also correspond to the file numbers on the CD of the lecture transcripts. If a topic was mentioned more than once in a lecture, you will not be able to tell by looking at the index. One entry may indicate that the heading was discussed once or at length. An entry followed by Q&A indicates that this will be found in the question and answer section at the end of the lecture. When Bill Redican compiled the paper copies of the lectures, he added various access points. For example he has a table of first lines and these can also be used to get a broader sense of the content of the texts. I made entries for items that I thought might be a phrase or word Suzuki-roshi’s students might remember. For example he once used the phrase “Apple Practice”. Japanese names are alphabetized by 'first' name, e.g. Daiko Eno is under 'D' not 'E'. Western names are alphabetized by 'last' name, e.g. Edward Conze would be under 'C' not 'E' in the index. Chinese masters’ main entries are under the Japanese Romanji system. They are cross- referenced with their Pinyin Chinese translation. At the back of the index there is a list of all the Chinese Zen masters Suzuki-roshi mentions with their names listed using the Romanji, Pinyin and Wade-Giles systems. The Shobogenzo fascicles are listed by the Japanese name of the chapter only: there is no cross reference with the English title. For example: "Sanshikyo - Shobogenzo " would be the listing for the Mountains and Rivers chapter not "Mountains and Rivers". Suzuki Roshi may have talked about the Shobogenzo more than indicated. I tried to identify fascicles that were not named and include those comments in the index. I have included a chart at the end of the index showing all the Dogen texts that I was able to identify as source material for Suzuki-roshi's lectures. This table includes the Page 2 English translations of the titles. Of course, my ability to do that depended upon my knowledge of the Shobogenzo and other texts by Dogen , so there are missed references. This is also true for references to koans. Koans are listed several ways. They appear as the key phrase, as in ‘One Finger’; under the koan’s name, as in, 'Gutei’s One Finger Zen'; and as the case number under the reference within a the collection: for example: Hekiganroku, case #19. I tried to cross reference all of these entries. There is also a table in the back listing the koans by name and number which I hope will enable you to cross reference the koans more easily. If you know the name of the koan I would start there first - or you can use the table in the back. The name should show all of the collections a koan appears in – then you can go to those collections and find the lectures that refer to the koan you are looking for. The main entry will be under the Japanese name for the koan collection which is subdivided by the number of each koan. Each page has two columns. Please read from the bottom of the first column to the top of the second. From the end of the second column please begin at the top of the first column on the next page. Each alphabetical letter begins a new section. I hope that you will find this index useful in accessing Suzuki Roshi’s thoughts on practice. I apologize for any mistakes or omissions. Kokai Roberts, 2003 Page 3 Table of Contents Index to Suzuki- roshi archives pages 5-65 Appendices: A: Zen Masters Mentioned by Suzuki-roshi in Transcribed Lectures in Romanji-Japanese Order page 68 B: Zen Masters Mentioned by Suzuki-roshi in Transcribed Lectures in Pinyin Alphabetical Order page 69 C: Zen Masters Mentioned by Suzuki-roshi in Transcribed Lectures in Wade-Giles Alphabetical Order page 70 D: Dogen Zenji's Writings Mentioned by Suzuki-roshi in the Transcribed Lectures page 71 E: Koans Used by Suzuki-roshi from Various Collections page 72 Page 4 A Accept Everything As It Is, 69-12-01V see Things As It Is 69-12-02V Accepting Ourselves, 69-12-04V 65-08-28-BV 69-12-21AV 65-12-11-AU 70-02-28V 69-08-01V 70-03-01V 69-09-00.AV 70-04-12V 70-02-01-AV 70-07-08V QA 71-01-10V 70-07-19V 71-01-16V 70-08-01V 71-06-05V 70-08-16AV 71-06-07V 70-08-25V 70-06-19U Am. Shingi, 69-11-22V 71-08-01U improvement of, 71-01-23V 71-08-03V QA independence of, 71-07-25V QA 71-08-07V QA memorial services in, accepting others, 70-06-06V 70-07-15V accepting sickness, 69-11-16V nine bows in, 66-06-00U having a warm heart, 71-02-23V stay at home, 71-07-17V in zazen, 70-01-31V too much choice in, 71-06-22V rely on oneself, 70-07-13V v. Japan, self improvement, 71-01-23V 70-05-03V Ajatasattu, 70-05-05V 68-10-00-MU 70-12-13V 68-10-00-LU 70-12-20V Altar, 70-12-23V symbolism of, 70-01-18V 71-06-20V QA American Zen, study in Japan, 65-07-28-CV 70-08-02V 65-07-30-CV who is Buddhist, 71-06-12V 65-12-11-AU 67-04-22-AV Ananda, 67-12-05-AV 68-10-00-LU 67-12-06-BV Anderson, Reb, 68-07-21V ordination ceremony, 70-08-09V 69-05-18V Anger, 69-06-17V 65-07-29-CV 69-07-01V 67-04-22-BV 69-08-07V 67-06-12U 69-08-29V 68-07-24V Q&A 69-09-00-CV 69-07-08V 69-09-16V 69-07-28V 69-11-16V 69-08-01V Archives Project SR Transcripts Index Page 5 Compiled by Kokai Roberts, 2003 69-08-06V 70-02-25V 70-03-15V 70-06-13V 70-07-10V 71-02-27V 71-06-22V QA w/students, 71-08-05V QA 71-08-07V Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, 68-10-00-NU 69-11-11V Appearance of the National Teacher's Monument, see Shoyoroku #85 Apple Practice, ripening, 71-02-12-AV Appreciation, see Gratitude Appropriate Statement, see Blue Cliff Record #14 Arhatship, 68-10-00-OU 68-10-00-GU Q&A 68-10-00 – NU ` 69-10-25V 70-07-10V Arrogance, see Pride Arrow Points Meeting, 70-06-27V Asahina Sogen, 66-05-26V Ash, see Genjo Koan Astrology, 71-02-09V Attachment, see Clinging Avalokiteshvara, 65-10-16-AU 65-10-16-BU 68-10-00-LU 68-10-12-AV 70-08-23V 70-08-25-BU 71-01-10V in Lotus Sutra 69-10-20V Avatamsaka Sutra , see Kegon Sutra Archives Project SR Transcripts Index Page 6 Compiled by Kokai Roberts, 2003 B Baizhang Huaihai, Bendowa, Shobogenzo , see Hyakujo Ekai 69-04-08V Bajiao Huiqing, see Basho Esei 71-02-09V Bamboo, Big Mind, 71-06-22V 64-06-BCR51U Baoche, see Mayoku Hotetsu 65-07-28-DV Bao’en Xuanze, 65-12-11-AU see Hoon Gensoku 66-06-19-AV Baofu Congzhan, see Hofuku Juten 66-08-18-BV Basho, see Matsuo Basho 67-03-22U Baso and the Hundred Negations, 67-03-26U see Hekiganroku #73 67-12-01-AV Baso Doitsu, 68-04-23-AU 62-00-BCR3U 69-04-20V Q&A 64-05-BCR53U 69-08-18V 64-11-BCR73U 69-09-00.DV 65-08-28-BV 69-11-13V – As Sky 65-10-16-BU 69-11-16V 67-12-02V 70-05-27V 68-10-12-BV 70-08-04V 69-03-09V 71-01-16V 70-07-06V 71-02-05V 71-03-09V 71-07-26V 71-07-21V mistakes, 71-08-17V 71-08-03V practice, 71-07-25V Baso’s “Sun-faced Buddha, Moon-faced rely on, Buddha”, see Hekiganroku #3 71-07-17V Bees Gathering Flowers… 71-07-21V QA 71-03-09V settle on oneself, 71-01-03V Begging, warm heart, 71-02-23V 68-10-00-IU Blind Man/Elephant Parable, 69-08-06V 66-08-18-AV 71-07-29V 68-10-12-BV Beginner's Mind, Blind Staff, 65-10-16-BU 64-12-BCR75U 67-04-02U Blind Tortoise, 69-10-30V 63-03-BCR19U 69-12-21-BU 64-04-BCR52U Bell, to hit, Blue Cliff Record , see Hekiganroku symbolism, 70-06-03V QA Board, Carrying on Shoulder, Bell or Wind? 71-08-13V 69-09-00.CV Bodaisatta-shishobo, Shobogenzo , 69-09-00.DV 67-12-06-AV Archives Project SR Transcripts Index Page 7 Compiled by Kokai Roberts, 2003 69-12-03V 70-08-04V Bodhidharma, Buddha, 69-04-29V 63-01-BCR14-15U karma, 68 Wind Bell insert 63-04-BCR20U 69-10-14V 64-11-BCR73U precepts, 71-07-17V 65-07-30-BV three bodies of, 66-08-18-BV 68 Wind Bell insert 68-07-21V Bodhisattvas in the Bath, 68-07-24V see Hekiganroku #78 68-11-11V Body-mind, 70-05-17V 69-08-12V 70-08-02V 69-09-00.CV 71-07-24V 69-11-11V 71-08-05V 70-06-28-no tape ceremony, 71-08-04V enlightenment, 71-06-09V doll, 71-01-16V Book of Serenity , Bodhidharma's Emptiness, see Shoyoroku see Shoyoroku #2 Bowing, Bodhi-mandala, 67-05-17U 69-10-25V 69-03-09V 69-10-30V 69-07-15V Q&A Bodhisattva Ceremony, 69-08-12V see Ryaku Fusatsu 69-12-03V Bodhisattva Mind or Practice 1, 70-07-28V see Way Seeking Mind 71-07-25V Bodhisattva Vow, children, 67-04-26U 65-10-16-BU gassho, 69-12-21AV 67-04-22-BV Kishizawa-roshi, 69-10-20V 67-06-12U nine bows, 66-06-00U 67-09-08-BU to idols, 71-07-06V 68-04-23-BV to teachers, 70-07-13V 68-07-21V Box and Cover, 68-07-24V Q&A 70-06-27V 68-10-20U Breathing, 2 69-04-29V 65-11-00-Bu 69-06-22V 66-05-26V 69-07-00V 66-06-00U 69-07-15V 66-08-15-AV 69-08-12V 67-04-26U 69-12-01V 68-01-12V Q&A 69-12-02V 69-03-15V Q&A 70-05-10V 70-07-06V QA 2 2 In 1969 Suzuki-roshi told everyone that they must count their breaths during zazen.