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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 Cooking

Serial: BZ-00482

Class 4 of 4

Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Doubt, Harmonizing, Ego
2001
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Cooking

Serial: BZ-00483

Class 3 of 4

Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Hate, Offering, Forgiveness,...
2001
3
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Cooking

Serial: BZ-00484

Class 2 of 4

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, War, Culture, Instruction, American...
2001
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Zendo Cooking

Serial: BZ-00485

Class 1 of 4

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Conversation, Instruction, Monastic Practice, Bell,...
2001
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Tenzo Kyokun Class

Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,...
Nov 28 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00160A

Polishing Tiles, Sesshin Day 5

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Emotions, Rinzai, Religion, Bodhidharma, Nirvana,...
Jun 18 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00056B

Sunshine and Shadow, Sesshin Day 4

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Beginners, Branching Streams,...
Jun 17 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

One-day Sitting Lecture

Karma, Posture, Happiness, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Tassajara Zen...
Jun 17 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Zen Granny

Rinzai, Concentration, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Nature,...
May 20 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161B

Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Absolute-and-Relative, Birth-and-...
May 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: BZ-00161A

Light and Darkness, Saturday Lecture

Sandokai, Branching Streams, Light-and-Darkness, Light-and-Darkness, Darkness-and-...
Apr 29 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Sincerity, Perseverance and Zazen

Daily Life, Separation, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Posture, Commitment, Tassajara Zen...
Apr 15 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Apr 10 2000
Green Gulch Farm

On Practice

Ego, Practice Period, Addiction, Attachment, Sangha, Gratitude, Commitment, Interview...
Apr 02 2000
Arcata Zen Group

Transformative Harmony in Zazen Practice

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Ancestors, Impermanence, Bell...
Mar 24 2000

Kamikaze Zen

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell, Doubt, Silence, Continuous...
Mar 18 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Attachment and Death

Impermanence, Attachment, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Practice Period, Tassajara...
Feb 05 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness

Serial: 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

Skillful Paths to Collective Awakening

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Ordinary Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, First Principle...
Sep 19 1999

One-day Sitting Lecture

Greed, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Bodhidharma, Liberation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...
Sep 18 1999
Green Gulch Farm

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

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

Monastic Margins, Spiritual Center

Serial: NC-00150

Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 2 - 1990s

OSB Cam, Renewal, Realization, Buddhism, Hate, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...
Jan 02 1999

Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths

Suzuki Roshi, Transmission, Lineage, Priest, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen...
Dec 16 1998
City Center

On His Health & BZC's Future

Serial: BZ-00186

Rohatsu Day 6

Sojun Mel Weitsman, Doubt, Emotions, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Dec 05 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Dana Paramita and Relinquishment

Demons, Priest, Interview, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Precepts, Religion, Non-...
Dec 03 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Pathways: Embracing Change and Growth

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction,...
Oct 14 1998

October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side B

Serial: BZ-00439B

#duplicate-please-hide

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Religion, Priest, Bell, Tassajara Zen...
Oct 03 1998

Way Seeking Mind/Dharma Entrustment

Serial: BZ-01068

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing,...
Oct 03 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Sep 19 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin Lecture

Composure, Posture, Balance, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Silence, Freedom, Observe...
Aug 22 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Tassajara And Esselen Indian Neighbors

Serial: BZ-00350B

Saturday Lecture

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Esselen, American, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Jun 13 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Beginner's Mind, Boundless Transformation

Serial: 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

Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way

Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous...
May 09 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddha's Birthday

Buddha's Birthday, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Apr 05 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Wednesday Lecture

Practice Period, Silence, Posture, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen...
Apr 01 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Becoming a Priest

Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace, Composure, Bowing,...
Mar 28 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen & Sojun on Oryoki

Serial: BZ-00344B

One-Day Sitting

Oryoki, Dogen, Observe, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate,...
Mar 22 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #75

Serial: 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

Community Precepts

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,...
Mar 14 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Money and the Dharma

Interdependence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture, Offering, Peace, Emotions,...
Mar 07 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Improv

Offering, Obstacles, Big Mind, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Feb 07 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Practice Period...
Feb 01 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Turning Toward The Dark

Serial: 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

One-day Sitting Lecture

Manjushri, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff Record, Sangha, Practice Period...
Nov 15 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Wednesday Lecture

Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,...
Jul 30 1997
Green Gulch Farm

An Appropriate Response

Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Oneness, Chanting, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Jul 19 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra

Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Oneness,...
Jun 28 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-00538

Class 3 of 6

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic...
May 22 1997
3
Berkeley Zen Center

May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,...
May 22 1997

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