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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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Responsible IndependenceSerial: BZ-00421A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Jan 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Inside OutSerial: BZ-00420B Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Demons, Ego, Enthusiasm, Harmonizing, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies,... |
Jan 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Dharma of Mindfulness: Tassajara GathasSerial: BZ-00903A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Gathas, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice,... |
Nov 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing Without Hindrance: Seeing the Absolute and RelativeSerial: BZ-00396A Saturday Lecture Practice, Absolute-and-Relative, Hindrances, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Daily... |
Aug 27 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Developing Your Own Authority to PracticeSerial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Practice, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Doubt,... |
Jun 18 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart Sutra: Gate, Gate, Paragate: The Mantra of Your LifeSerial: BZ-00001A Sesshin Day 5 Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,... |
May 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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WorkSerial: BZ-00035 Saturday Lecture Building, Lay Practice, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Separation, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Aug 14 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record, Case #80: Does a Baby Have the 6th Consciousness?Serial: BZ-00033 Saturday Lecture Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Buddha... |
Jul 31 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Women's PracticeSerial: BZ-00031 Lecture Family Practice, Enthusiasm, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture,... |
May 30 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Pure Effort In Everyday Busy LifeSerial: BZ-00020 Saturday Lecture Posture, New Year Celebration, Pure Effort, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,... |
Jan 02 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unification of Body and MindSerial: BZ-01058A Lecture Religion, Precepts, Buddhism, Priest, Darkness-and-Light, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
May 16 1980 Tassajara |
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Embracing Intuitive Zen Practice Intuition, Interdependence, Lotus Sutra, Ceremony, Pain, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Feb 27 1972 |
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Gyoji: The Heartbeat of Zen Practice Bell, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Discrimination, Chanting, Oneness,... |
Feb 08 1972 |
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Living Like a Diesel Engine Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Intention |
Feb 1972 |
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Nowness: Interconnectedness in Zen Practice Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, confusion, difficulty, Community, Compassion... |
Feb 1972 |
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Beyond Thoughts: Zen's Path to Liberation Pain, Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Hate, Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Dec 06 1971 |
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The Flow of Continuous Awakening Buddha Mind, Discrimination, Liberation, Oneness, Hate, Impermanence, Tassajara Zen... |
Dec 05 1971 |
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Vivid Practice Beyond Understanding Impermanence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Attachment, Realization, Gratitude... |
Dec 02 1971 |
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Seeing Through the Buddha's Eye Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Chanting,... |
Dec 1971 |
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Present Without Projections Consciousness, Separation, Buddha Nature, Monastic Practice, Bell, Discrimination,... |
Nov 27 1971 |
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Reviving Genuine Zen Practices Today Ceremony, Dragons, Mahayana, Building, confusion, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Nov 05 1971 |
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Breaking Self-Centered Chains of Suffering Precepts, Four Noble Truths, Observe, Pain, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Oct 03 1971 |
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Breaking the Chains of Illusion Four Noble Truths, Suffering, Soto Zen, Instruction, Nirvana, difficulty, Tassajara... |
Oct 02 1971 |
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Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of PracticeDogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Pain, Don't Know Mind, Happiness,... |
Aug 21 1971 City Center |
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Wholehearted Bowing, Unveiling Buddha Within Hate, Interdependence, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Breath, Attachment, Pain... |
May 05 1971 |
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Living the Experience of Wisdom Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Building, Instruction, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay,... |
Apr 25 1971 |
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The DriverAnger, Karma, Zazen, difficulty, Freedom, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace,... |
Feb 27 1971 City Center |
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Living Zen: Embodying Dharma Principles Transmission, Meditation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hindrances, Samadhi,... |
Dec 1970 |
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Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in VainSerial: SR-00221 Sandokai Lecture XIII: “Don't Spend Your Time in Vain” [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai:... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, difficulty, Tassajara Zen... |
Jul 06 1970 Tassajara |
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We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too MuchSerial: SR-00222 Sandokai Lecture XII: “It Is Not Always So” [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Koto... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay, Peace, confusion,... |
Jul 04 1970 Tassajara |
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Embarking on the Zen Vessel Hate, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enemies, difficulty, Attachment, Demons,... |
Apr 12 1970 |
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Embracing Genjo: Presence as Practice Realization, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ego, Happiness |
Apr 10 1970 |
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Practice To Be Like A StoneSerial: SF-06125 SR-70-02-28 Sesshin lecture #6 (last lecture) - followed by service #2 for Trudy Dixon Don't Know Mind, Composure, Diversity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
Feb 28 1970 City Center |
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Some QuestionsQuestion-and-Answer, Breath, Buddha Nature, Posture, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Aug 28 1969 Tassajara |
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Eulogy For Trudy Dixon Given During Her Funeral CeremonySerial: SR-00028 Words from the funeral eulogy for Trudy Dixon. Magnanimous mind Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dogen, Buddha Mind, Buddha Mind, Passions, Compassion... |
Jul 11 1969 Sokoji |
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Rinzai Zen and Soto ZenSerial: SR-00033 July 1969 Morning. Dogen, Buddha Nature, Evil, Freedom, Priest, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,... |
Jul 1969 Sokoji |
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Suzuki's 65th BirthdaySerial: SR-00018 Sunday Morning, May 18, 1969 Priest, Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Beginners, Instruction, Anger,... |
May 18 1969 Sokoji |
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Scratching the Itch of Existence Obstacles, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Intention, Vow, Ceremony |
Apr 18 1969 |
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Zen Beyond Imitation and Ritual New Year, Lotus Sutra, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Demons, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen... |
Apr 17 1969 |
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Shosan CeremonyShosan, First Principle, Emptiness, Compassion, Lotus Sutra, Patience, Emotions,... |
Nov 11 1968 Tassajara |
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True PracticeSerial: SF-05133B Evening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin, Zuigan, Fox, Gratitude, Fox, Buddha Nature, Addiction, Discrimination,... |
Dec 01 1967 B Tassajara |
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Unknown Title, Serial 00333, Side B Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture, Offering, Building, War |
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Unknown Title, Serial 00632, Side B Chanting, Don't Know Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bowing, Precepts,... |
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Unknown Title, Serial 00754 Building, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Politics, Commitment,... |
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Unknown Title, Serial 00757, Side BSerial: BZ-00757B Class Practice Period, Attachment, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Karma, Non-duality,... |
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Mountain Seat CeremonySerial: SF-03587 After intermission; at tape turn: Linda: Knock, knock - Darlene: Who's there? - Linda (quickly): Darlene. [laughter] Constancy, Ceremony, Suzuki Roshi, Lay Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination,... |
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Everyday Zen: Living Mindful Transformation Renunciation, Ordination, Daily Life, Ceremony, Enlightenment, Tassajara Zen Mountain... |
Oct 09 1988 |
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Gratitude and Connection in Zen Practice Period, New Year, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building, Gratitude, Lay... |
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Zazen: Resonating Beyond Thought Balance, Uchiyama, Faith, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00128 Building, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Religion, Priest |
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