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On Shinryu Suzuki Roshi and Becoming Yourself: Audio Dharma Talk by Jiryu Rutchman -Byler (09/13/2025)

Recorded on September 13, 2025 at Boundless Mind Temple, Brooklyn, NY.

Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher and Abiding Abbot of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler visited Brooklyn Zen Center for the launch of the long-awaited book from one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the last century, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. In Becoming Yourself, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi shares simple, warmhearted teachings on a practice that is fundamentally about becoming yourself.

We are honored to share a recording of a Dharma Talk by Sensei Rutschman-Byler who co-edited the book of teachings on the essence of Zen practice.

For more information, visit www.becomingyourselfbook.com


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