Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Talks
The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center is the oldest Japanese Buddhist Sōtō Zen monastery in the United States. It is on the border of the Ventana Wilderness and within the Los Padres National Forest, southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The center is only accessible over 5,082-foot-high (1,549 m) Chews Ridge via a narrow, steep, 13.7-mile (22.0 km) one-lane dirt road from Jamesburg. During the winter months the center can be inaccessible due to snow and rain. Practitioners live and study on site. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the center is open to day and overnight guests. The natural hot springs have been developed into Japanese-style baths. A steam bath is built over a hot spring in Tassajara Creek. The center is the first Zen monastery established outside Asia.
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December 7th, 2007, Serial No. 01104, Side B Renunciation, Monastic Practice, Book of Serenity, Peace, Bell, War, Ego, Greed,... |
Dec 07 2007 |
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Illumination of ZazenSerial: BZ-01099 Absorption in the Treasury of Light, Rohatsu Day 1 Zazen, BCR-, Silent Illumination, Light-and-Darkness, Samadhi, Manjushri, Intuition,... |
Dec 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Great Vow of Wholeheartedness and Taking Care of Our StoriesGreen Gulch Farm Sunday Dharma Talk zen meditation, Rumi, Emotions, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Money |
Oct 21 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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"Cooking Your Life" (Uchiyama and Dogen): Meeting the SourceSerial: BZ-00992 Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Practice Position, Intuition, Discrimination,... |
Sep 01 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 25th, 2007, Serial No. 00991 War, Patience, Practice Period, training, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Aug 25 2007 |
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BCR: Case #74: "Kingyu Osho-Rice Pot" (Dear Bodhisattvas)Serial: BZ-00988 BCR: Case #93: "Taiko's 'You For Devil'", Saturday Lecture BCR-74, Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Fox, Monastic Practice, Dogen, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Aug 04 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 2nd, 2007, Serial No. 01446 Politics, Religion, Practice Period, Enemies, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture... |
Jul 02 2007 |
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Fundraising History of Berkeley Zen Center DevelopmentSerial: BZ-01438 Saturday Lecture Berkeley Zen Center, Fundraising, Building, Fundraising, Priest, Tassajara Zen... |
Jun 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Being UncomfortableSerial: SF-01092 Sunday Lecture: What do we do when we become uncomfortable?; comfort - in body, mind, relationships - are focus of our consumerism; suffering = constant need to be fed;... Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Silence, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,... |
Mar 25 2007 Green Gulch |
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February 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01417 Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Feb 05 2007 |
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Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right"Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Pure Existence, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch... |
Nov 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Precepts - Minor Precepts as AttitudeSerial: BZ-01398 Our own Vinaya that will help our Practice, Monday Morning Precepts, Vinaya, Precepts, Humility, Bodhisattva Precepts, Emotions, Vinaya,... |
Nov 13 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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2006.11.11-ZMC Repentance, Confession-and-Repentance, Faith, Non-duality, lecture, Tassajara Zen... |
Nov 11 2006 Tassajara |
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Sojun Gives Doan and Kokyo Training: Chanting and BellsSerial: BZ-01046 Class Bell, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind, training, Sangha,... |
Oct 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eventual Transition of AbbacySerial: BZ-01389 Practice Positions Complete Practice; Small and Large Equal, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Transmission, Practice Position, Dharma Transmission, Ego,... |
Sep 30 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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September 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01386 Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission... |
Sep 16 2006 |
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August 23rd, 2006, Serial No. 01180 Culture, Offering, American, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, War, Lay... |
Aug 23 2006 |
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August 12th, 2006, Serial No. 01178 Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,... |
Aug 12 2006 |
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Yes!Serial: SF-01100 Sesshin Lecture: just sitting with no technique or theme; monk: what about when not carrying anything? Zhaozhou: put it down; Shakyamuni holding up the flower; zazen in... uchiyama, Zazen, Freedom, Duality, Impermanence, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen... |
Apr 02 2006 Green Gulch |
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Practice PeriodSerial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, resistance,... |
Feb 19 2006 |
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January 25th, 2006, Serial No. 04101 Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay Practice, Faith, Commitment,... |
Jan 25 2006 Unknown |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-01000 Day 1 Zendo Lecture Sanctuary, Karma, Ceremony, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons,... |
Dec 10 2005 Tassajara |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #86: "Everyone Has Their Light"Serial: BZ-01205 Temple Storehouse, Temple Gate, Rohatsu Day 5 Ummon, BCR-86, Doubt, Buddha Nature, Darkness and Light, Buddha Ancestors, Hindrances... |
Dec 02 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 00975 Conversation, Letting Go, Instruction, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zendo, Vow,... |
Nov 19 2005 Unknown |
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From "Not Always So"Serial: BZ-01198 "Find Out For Yourself", Saturday Lecture Instruction, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Ego, Intuition, Big Mind,... |
Nov 12 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 3rd, 2005, Serial No. 01037, Side A Vow, Precepts, Zoom, Beginners, Composure, Enemies, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 03 2005 |
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An Ordination HistorySerial: BZ-01192 Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Lay, Renunciation,... |
Oct 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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September 25th, 2005, Serial No. 01190 Lineage, Chanting, Rinzai, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Sep 25 2005 |
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September 10th, 2005, Serial No. 01187 Bowing, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Fox, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Sep 10 2005 |
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Dining Room Lecture Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Birth-and-Death, Posture, Instruction... |
Sep 03 2005 Tassajara |
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Zendo Lecture training, Instruction, Attachment, Equanimity, Impermanence, Lovingkindness,... |
Aug 24 2005 Tassajara |
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August 20th, 2005, Serial No. 01342 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,... |
Aug 20 2005 |
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August 6th, 2005, Serial No. 01340 Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Humility, Intimacy, Greed, Culture... |
Aug 06 2005 |
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July 16th, 2005, Serial No. 00575Serial: BZ-00575 Lecture Precepts, Obstacles, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,... |
Jul 16 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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July 11th, 2005, Serial No. 00774 Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life, Platform Sutra,... |
Jul 11 2005 |
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July 11th, 2005, Serial No. 06992 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hongzhi, Practice Period, Zendo |
Jul 11 2005 |
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July 10th, 2005, Serial No. 07015 Buddha Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Nirvana, Practice Period, Bodhidharma... |
Jul 10 2005 |
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Reflections on My LifeSerial: BZ-01335 76th Birthday, Saturday Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Priest, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Jul 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shuso CeremonySerial: BZ-01333 Tips for Questioners and Shuso, Sesshin Day 5 Shuso Ceremony, Intuition, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Commitment... |
Jun 26 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dining Room Lecture Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Separation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jun 24 2005 Tassajara |
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Zazen TipsSerial: BZ-01330 Dealing with Pain and Sitting in a Chair, Sesshin Day 2 Zazen, Pain, Posture, Discrimination, resistance, Don't Know Mind, Non-... |
Jun 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 18th, 2005, Serial No. 01328 Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jun 18 2005 |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-01035A Class 5 of 5 Daily Life, Offering, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen... |
Jun 16 2005 5 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 16th, 2005, Serial No. 01551 Offering, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Nirvana,... |
Jun 16 2005 |
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Zendo Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Big Mind, Diversity, Bowing, Ego,... |
Jun 10 2005 Tassajara |
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Sesshin LectureSerial: SF-01931 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Freedom, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara |
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On RaceSerial: SF-03568 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Diversity, Lay, Hate, Discrimination, Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell,... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara |
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March 29th, 2005, Serial No. 00584Serial: BZ-00584 Sesshin day 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Zoom, Demons... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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On RaceSerial: BZ-00601 Sesshin Day 7 Diversity, Culture, Lay, Discrimination, Hate, Soto Zen, Silence, confusion, Bell,... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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HierarchySerial: SF-03579 Sesshin 3 Day 5 Teacher-student relationship Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Anger, Intimacy, Buddha Nature, Practice Period,... |
Mar 27 2005 Tassajara |