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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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How to Do Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture, Tassajara... |
Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tassajara Summer and PracticeSerial: BZ-00107 Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Jul 21 1993 |
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Chaos Theory, Hierarchy Theory and Buddhism Mill Valley, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Conversation,... |
Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chaos Theory, Hierarchy TheorySerial: BZ-01515B Lecture Mill Valley, Observe, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Getting What You DeserveSerial: BZ-00670B Lecture Karma, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jun 26 1993 |
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Dogen's Fukanaazengi: Zazen InstructionsSerial: BZ-00653A Sesshin Day 1 Fukanzazengi, Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Anger, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jun 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00112 Lecture Practice Period, Commitment, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Gratitude,... |
Apr 17 1993 Tassajara |
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Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZCSerial: BZ-00286B Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech... |
Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Nurturing the Jewel Essence WithinSerial: BZ-00644B Lecture Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The ParamitasSerial: BZ-00639A One day sitting Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,... |
Oct 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #27: Leaves Fall, Body Exposed to the Golden WindSerial: BZ-00635B Lecture Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition,... |
Aug 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan Case #42: What is a Zen Student? Manjusri and the Young Woman in SamadhiSerial: BZ-00634A Lecture Manjushri, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Aug 15 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Keeping Your Eyes Open and Staying in the WorldSerial: BZ-00686B Saturday Lecture Emotions, Posture, Separation, Beginners, Sangha, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center... |
Mar 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Continuous ZazenSerial: BZ-00684B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Priest, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Intimacy, Instruction, Liberation, Equanimity... |
Feb 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wonderful Ramblings on Zen in AmericaSerial: BZ-00703B Lecture American, Building, Heart Sutra, Interview, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture,... |
Nov 09 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With JapanSerial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons, Birth-... |
Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Talk to Tokubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00624 Sesshin Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building, Gratitude, confusion,... |
Oct 13 1991 |
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Saturday Lecture Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony,... |
Sep 21 1991 Unknown |
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July 18th, 1991, Serial No. 00623Serial: BZ-00623 Lecture Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building,... |
Jul 18 1991 Tassajara |
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Zen and ExcitementSerial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest... |
Jul 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Suffering and IntentionSerial: BZ-00968A Sesshin Day 5 Suffering, Intention, Emotions, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Lay, Tassajara... |
Jun 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What is Sesshin?Serial: BZ-00967B Sesshin Day 4 Sesshin, Pure Existence, Building, Peace, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Karma, Happiness... |
Jun 29 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Goodwill in Action: A Buddhist Perspective Fundraising, Offering, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Mindfulness, Lineage, Tassajara Zen... |
Mar 02 1991 |
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Shuso Way-Seeking Mind TalkSerial: SF-01077 #shuso-talk Suzuki Roshi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zazen, Conversation, Practice... |
Feb 20 1991 Unknown |
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Appreciating the Different Religions of the WorldSerial: BZ-00699B Saturday Lecture Religion, Religion, Separation, New Year, Subject-and-Object, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Dec 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00698A Firewood and Ash, Rohatsu Day 6 Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Peace, Impermanence, Liberation,... |
Dec 07 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embodied Enlightenment in Everyday Life Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Letting Go, Peace, Rinzai |
Jul 1990 |
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Lay OrdinationSerial: BZ-00513B White Bird in the Snow, Sesshin Day 5 Lay Ordination, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Bodhisattva Way, Lay... |
Jun 24 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Ungan and YakusanSerial: BZ-00514B Sesshin day 3 Birth-and-Death, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Practice Period, Attachment,... |
Jun 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo Kyokun by Dogen: Monastic Life in Everyday LifeSerial: BZ-00507A Lecture Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Offering, Soto Zen, Uchiyama, Daily Life,... |
Apr 28 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Earth DaySerial: BZ-00508 Saturday Lecture Earth Day, Precepts, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Nature, Dragons... |
Apr 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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April 2nd, 1990, Serial No. 00131, Side B Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Doubt |
Apr 02 1990 |
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January 27th, 1990, Serial No. 00089 Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Religion, Priest |
Jan 27 1990 |
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Effort and TrustSerial: BZ-00378B Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enthusiasm, Concentration, Commitment |
Jul 08 1989 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00330 Sunday Talk Practice Period, Hate, Non-duality, Monastic Practice, Ego, Buddha Nature, Duality,... |
Jan 08 1989 Green Gulch Farm |
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December 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01472Serial: BZ-01472 Final talk of the Fall Practice Period at Tassajara. Duality, Nirvana, Posture, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Dec 18 1988 Tassajara |
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December 14th, 1988, Serial No. 01471Serial: BZ-01471 Seventh day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Intimacy, Commitment,... |
Dec 14 1988 7 of 7 Tassajara |
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December 13th, 1988, Serial No. 01492Serial: BZ-01492 Day six of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Offering, Bowing, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, War |
Dec 13 1988 6 of 7 Tassajara |
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December 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01476, Side ASerial: BZ-01476A Sojun Roshi gives the Dharma talk on the second day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Genjokoan, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Dec 09 1988 2 of 7 Tassajara |
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Suzuki Roshi Memorial service Bowing, American, Instruction, Priest, Humility, Gratitude, Lineage, Tassajara Zen... |
Dec 03 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ZenshinjiSerial: BZ-01470 Lecture, sesshin day 3 Silent Illumination, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Duality, Peace... |
Nov 18 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ConfusionSerial: BZ-00368A Saturday Lecture confusion, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Fundraising, Priest, Ego, Ordination,... |
Oct 08 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Trust Yourself to YourselfSerial: BZ-00891A Lecture, sesshin day 3 Gratitude, Posture, Daily Life, Conversation, Nirvana, Concentration, Tassajara Zen... |
Jun 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Life and DeathSerial: BZ-00897A Lecture Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen... |
May 07 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00898B Lecture Vow, Three Treasures, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bodhisattva Ceremony,... |
Apr 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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TransmissionSerial: BZ-00899A Lecture Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study... |
Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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SandokaiSerial: BZ-00301 Lecture Sandokai, Fundraising, Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Mill Valley, Oneness, confusion... |
Feb 04 1988 |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00900B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Sixth Patriarch, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Ego... |
Jan 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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New Year's EveSerial: BZ-00902B Priest Ordination, Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, New Year, Commitment, Lay, Practice Period, Attachment,... |
Dec 19 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 11th, 1987, Serial No. 00306, Side ASerial: BZ-00306A Sesshin Day 4 Ego, Buddha Nature, Peace, Continuous Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Dec 11 1987 Tassajara |