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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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Illumination of ZazenSerial: BZ-01099 Absorption in the Treasury of Light, Rohatsu Day 1 Zazen, Blue Cliff Record, Silent Illumination, Light-and-Darkness, Samadhi, Manjushri... |
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 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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Meditation in Action: The Crosses of LafayetteSerial: BZ-00991 Saturday Lecture Chanting, War, Patience, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Aug 25 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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Way Seeking MindSerial: BZ-01446 Monday morning talk Politics, Religion, Practice Period, Enemies, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture... |
Jul 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Fundraising History of Berkeley Zen Center DevelopmentSerial: BZ-01438 Saturday Lecture Fundraising, Building, Fundraising, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enthusiasm... |
Jun 02 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ethics in our SanghaSerial: BZ-01417 Monday Morning Talk Practice Period, Vow, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Feb 05 2007 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
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, Sangha, Bowing,... |
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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Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo)Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission... |
Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Three Topics: Flowers Instead of Incense; Use of the “Wake-up” Stick; Mel’s Trip to BhutanSerial: BZ-01180 Saturday Lecture Culture, Offering, American, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, War, Lay... |
Aug 25 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John KingSerial: BZ-01178 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,... |
Aug 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice PeriodSerial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Dongshan, Dogen, Rumi, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara Zen... |
Feb 19 2006 Green Gulch Farm |
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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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From "Not Always So"Serial: BZ-01198 "Find Out For Yourself", Saturday Lecture Instruction, Monastic Practice, Ego, Intuition, Big Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 12 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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“Not Always So” from Not Always SoSerial: BZ-01037A Class 2 of 4 Conversation, Vow, Precepts, Zoom, Beginners, Composure, Enemies, Evil, Tassajara Zen... |
Nov 03 2005 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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Our Women AncestorsSerial: BZ-01190 Women's Sitting Lineage, Chanting, Rinzai, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student,... |
Sep 25 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Book of Serenity Case #7: On Thinking “Inside the Box”Serial: BZ-01187 Saturday Lecture Bowing, Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Fox, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Sep 10 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dining Room LectureTassajara, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Tassajara... |
Sep 03 2005 Tassajara |
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The Path to Transmission and Beyond (Kid Zendo): The Same Rituals But Different IntentionsSerial: BZ-01342 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Commitment, Priest, Addiction,... |
Aug 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan Case #9: Wash Your Bowls—ZBA Zen Business Associates Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Humility, Intimacy, Greed, Culture... |
Aug 06 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00575 Lecture Precepts, Obstacles, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature,... |
Jul 16 2005 Tassajara |
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Bodhidharma and Buddha Nature Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hongzhi, Practice Period |
Jul 11 2005 Tassajara |
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Bodhidharma and Buddha NatureGenjokoan, Book of Serenity, Buddha Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Nirvana,... |
Jul 10 2005 Tassajara |
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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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Zazen TipsSerial: BZ-01330 Dealing with Pain and Sitting in a Chair, Sesshin Day 2 Zazen, Pain, Posture, Discrimination, Don't Know Mind, Non-discrimination,... |
Jun 23 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eight Practices of Bodhisattva, Tibetan Tradition, Bodhisattva Song and Kid Zendo DaySerial: BZ-01328 Saturday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jun 18 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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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On RaceSerial: BZ-00601 Sesshin Day 7 Diversity, Culture, Lay, Discrimination, Hate, Soto Zen, Silence, confusion, Bell,... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00584 Sesshin day 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Zoom, Demons... |
Mar 29 2005 Tassajara |
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Teacher-Student RelationshipsSerial: BZ-00599 Hierarchy, Sesshin Day 5 Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Anger, Intimacy, Practice Period... |
Mar 27 2005 |
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Precepts, Student-Teacher RelationshipSerial: BZ-00598 Sesshin Day 4 Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Observe, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Big Mind... |
Mar 26 2005 Tassajara |
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DongshanSerial: BZ-00593 Sesshin Day 3 Three Treasures, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Buddha Mind, Soto Zen, Lotus... |
Mar 25 2005 Tassajara |
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Zendo Lecture Practice Period, Impermanence, Balance, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Mar 21 2005 Tassajara |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00585 Zendo Lecture Practice Period, Impermanence, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vow, Bowing... |
Mar 21 2005 Tassajara |
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Zen Of Business AdministrationSerial: SF-00036 Sunday Talk. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life, Koan... |
Mar 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wallace Stevens and Emptiness Lotus Sutra, Separation, Five Ranks, Evil, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Uchiyama,... |
Mar 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 3Serial: BZ-00589 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Building, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Mar 14 2005 |
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March 14th, 2005, Serial No. 01570 Monastic Practice, Priest, Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Soto Zen,... |
Mar 14 2005 |
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Way Seeking MindSerial: SF-00044 The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi. Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,... |
Mar 13 2005 2 Tassajara |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 2Serial: BZ-00590 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Monastic Practice, Priest, Fundraising,... |
Mar 13 2005 |
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Zendo Talk Practice Period, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Vow, Precepts, Gratitude, Silence... |
Mar 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00583 Sesshin Day 4 Karma, Funeral, Death-and-Dying, Global Warming, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Feb 23 2005 Tassajara |