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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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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00482 Class 4 of 4 Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Doubt, Harmonizing, Ego |
2001 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00483 Class 3 of 4 Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Hate, Offering, Forgiveness,... |
2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00484 Class 2 of 4 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, War, Culture, Instruction, American... |
2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00485 Class 1 of 4 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Conversation, Instruction, Monastic Practice, Bell,... |
2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,... |
Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00160A Polishing Tiles, Sesshin Day 5 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Emotions, Rinzai, Religion, Bodhidharma, Nirvana,... |
Jun 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00056B Sunshine and Shadow, Sesshin Day 4 Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Beginners, Branching Streams,... |
Jun 17 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Karma, Posture, Happiness, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Tassajara Zen... |
Jun 17 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen Granny Rinzai, Concentration, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Nature,... |
May 20 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00161B Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-... |
May 06 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00161A Light and Darkness, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness-and-... |
Apr 29 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sincerity, Perseverance and Zazen Daily Life, Separation, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Posture, Commitment, Tassajara Zen... |
Apr 15 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Apr 10 2000 Green Gulch Farm |
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On Practice Ego, Practice Period, Addiction, Attachment, Sangha, Gratitude, Commitment, Interview... |
Apr 02 2000 Arcata Zen Group |
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Transformative Harmony in Zazen Practice Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Ancestors, Impermanence, Bell... |
Mar 24 2000 |
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Kamikaze Zen Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell, Doubt, Silence, Continuous... |
Mar 18 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Attachment and Death Impermanence, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Practice Period, Tassajara... |
Feb 05 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00197A The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Skillful Paths to Collective Awakening Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, First Principle... |
Sep 19 1999 |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Greed, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Bodhidharma, Liberation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Sep 18 1999 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes)Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Family Practice, Lay, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Monastic... |
Jul 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jan 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Monastic Margins, Spiritual CenterSerial: NC-00150 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 2 - 1990s OSB Cam, Renewal, Realization, Buddhism, Hate, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Jan 02 1999 |
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Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen... |
Dec 16 1998 City Center |
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On His Health & BZC's FutureSerial: BZ-00186 Rohatsu Day 6 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Doubt, Emotions, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Dec 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dana Paramita and Relinquishment Demons, Priest, Interview, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Precepts, Religion, Non-... |
Dec 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Pathways: Embracing Change and Growth Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction,... |
Oct 14 1998 |
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October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side BSerial: BZ-00439B #duplicate-please-hide Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Religion, Priest, Bell, Tassajara Zen... |
Oct 03 1998 |
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Way Seeking Mind/Dharma EntrustmentSerial: BZ-01068 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing,... |
Oct 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Sep 19 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Composure, Posture, Balance, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Silence, Freedom, Observe... |
Aug 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Tassajara And Esselen Indian NeighborsSerial: BZ-00350B Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Esselen, American, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jun 13 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Beginner's Mind, Boundless TransformationSerial: SF-01784 Statements by Students (Part 2 of 2) and Blanche Hartman Suzuki Roshi, Lineage, Lay Ordination, Zazen, Dharma Transmission, Daily Life,... |
May 31 1998 Sati Center |
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Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous... |
May 09 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's Birthday Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
Apr 05 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Silence, Posture, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen... |
Apr 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace, Composure, Bowing,... |
Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen & Sojun on OryokiSerial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Observe, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate,... |
Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #75Serial: BZ-00344A Ukyû's Unfair Blows, Saturday Lecture Ukyu, BCR-75, Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Observe... |
Mar 21 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Community Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,... |
Mar 14 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Money and the Dharma Interdependence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture, Offering, Peace, Emotions,... |
Mar 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Improv Offering, Obstacles, Big Mind, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Feb 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday Lecture Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Practice Period... |
Feb 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Turning Toward The DarkSerial: SF-03641 Sesshin Lecture: The activity is below the ground - the re-enactment of Buddha's enlightenment story Birth-and-Death, Posture, Dragons, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen... |
Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period... |
Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,... |
Jul 30 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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An Appropriate Response Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart Sutra Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Oneness,... |
Jun 28 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic... |
May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,... |
May 22 1997 |