Tassajara 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 feet (1,549 m) high Chews Ridge via a narrow, steep, 13.7 miles (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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August 15th, 1992, Serial No. 00634, Side A Manjushri, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Discrimination, Tassajara, Culture, training... |
Aug 15 1992 |
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August 29th, 1992, Serial No. 00635, Side B Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition,... |
Aug 29 1992 |
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October 3rd, 1992, Serial No. 00639, Side A Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,... |
Oct 03 1992 |
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Zendo Opening Ceremony Lay Practice, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Ceremony, Offering, Practice Period, Priest... |
Nov 22 1992 Green Gulch |
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November 28th, 1992, Serial No. 00644, Side B Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara, Zoom,... |
Nov 28 1992 |
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February 20th, 1993, Serial No. 00286, Side B Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vows... |
Feb 20 1993 |
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April 17th, 1993, Serial No. 00112Serial: BZ-00112 Lecture Practice Period, Commitment, Daily Life, Tassajara, Gratitude, resistance,... |
Apr 17 1993 Unknown Location |
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Dogen's Fukanaazengi: Zazen InstructionsSerial: BZ-00653A Sesshin Day 1 Fukanzazengi, Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Anger, Tassajara, Instruction, Doubt,... |
Jun 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 26th, 1993, Serial No. 00670, Side B Karma, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Echo, Greed, Describe, Tassajara, Conversation,... |
Jun 26 1993 |
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July 3rd, 1993, Serial No. 00669, Side B Mill Valley, Observe, Culture, Describe, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Conversation,... |
Jul 03 1993 |
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July 3rd, 1993, Serial No. 01515, Side B Mill Valley, Observe, Culture, Describe, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Conversation, Hate,... |
Jul 03 1993 |
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Tassajara Summer and PracticeSerial: BZ-00107 Lecture Tassajara, Practice, Practice Period, Tassajara, Daily Life, Mundane Life,... |
Jul 21 1993 |
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How to Do Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, training, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture,... |
Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 16th, 1993, Serial No. 00658, Side A Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,... |
Oct 16 1993 |
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November 13th, 1993, Serial No. 00660, Side A Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Oneness, Discrimination, confusion... |
Nov 13 1993 |
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November 21st, 1993, Serial No. 00660, Side B Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting |
Nov 21 1993 |
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The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The ArtsSerial: SF-00008 Lecture Series New Year, Tassajara, Emptiness, Lineage, Anger, Suzuki Roshi, Faith, Ceremony,... |
Feb 01 1994 City Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #10Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture MM-10, Attachment, Greed, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Culture,... |
Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 12th, 1994, Serial No. 00980, Side B Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara... |
Feb 12 1994 |
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The Meeting of American Culture and BuddhismSerial: SF-00103 Lecture Series Right Speech, Tassajara, Fox, Half-Smile, Lay, Emptiness, Concentration, Monastic... |
Mar 01 1994 City Center |
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This Moment's ActivitySerial: BZ-00108A Sesshin Day 1 Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego, Doubt, Building... |
Mar 24 1994 |
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FeelingsSerial: BZ-00050B Sesshin Day 4 Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Doubt |
Mar 27 1994 |
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June 25th, 1994, Serial No. 00942, Side B Vows, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Tassajara, training, Bodhisattva Ceremony, American... |
Jun 25 1994 |
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July 2nd, 1994, Serial No. 00941, Side A Renunciation, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Tassajara, Passions, Culture,... |
Jul 02 1994 |
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1995.01.04-serial.00065 Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Practice Period, Ceremony, Zazen,... |
Jan 04 1995 City Center |
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January 14th, 1995, Serial No. 00947, Side A Big Mind, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Ordinary... |
Jan 14 1995 |
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January 16th, 1995, Serial No. 00756 Priest, soto, Soto Zen, Bell, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Precepts, Aspects... |
Jan 16 1995 |
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January 26th, 1995, Serial No. 00759 Building, Tassajara, Manjushri, Lineage, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude,... |
Jan 26 1995 |
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January 28th, 1995, Serial No. 00946, Side B Practice Period, Tassajara, Study Period, Dependent Origination, Religion, Diversity... |
Jan 28 1995 |
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1995.02.22-serial.00076 Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Constancy, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara, Karma... |
Feb 22 1995 |
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March 4th, 1995, Serial No. 00761 Intuition, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality... |
Mar 04 1995 |
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March 4th, 1995, Serial No. 00912, Side A Buddha Nature, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Echo, Patience, resistance, Tassajara,... |
Mar 04 1995 |
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March 10th, 1995, Serial No. 00742Serial: BZ-00742 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Culture, Practice Period, Enemies, Judgement, Building... |
Mar 10 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Priest, New Year, Rinzai, Religion, Ceremony, Tassajara, training, soto, Transmission... |
Mar 25 1995 |
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Takubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Transmission, American, Tassajara, Priest, Monastic Practice,... |
Apr 05 1995 |
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Tassajara Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Dharma Transmission, American, Practice Period, Transmission, Family... |
Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 8th, 1995, Serial No. 00976, Side A Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara, Conversation... |
May 08 1995 |
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Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-00977A Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, soto, New Year, Lay... |
May 27 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01121 #shuso-talk Greed, Delusion, Hate, Ceremony, Daily Life, Perfect Wisdom, Repentance, Chanting,... |
Jun 24 1995 Unknown |
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July 26th, 1995, Serial No. 00919 Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Echo, Tassajara, Zazen, Global Warming, Letting Go, Practice... |
Jul 26 1995 Unknown |
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Our Bodies and Our PracticeSerial: SF-03528 Wednesday Lecture Mindfulness, Evil, Impermanence, Anger, Mill Valley, New Year, Instruction, Zendo,... |
Sep 20 1995 Green Gulch |
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October 21st, 1995, Serial No. 00820, Side B Chanting, Tassajara, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts, Priest, Lay... |
Oct 21 1995 |
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1995.11.01-serial.00003 Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Big Mind, Letting Go, Zazen Mind, Zazen, Ego, Enthusiasm,... |
Nov 01 1995 |
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Buddhism and ScienceSerial: SF-02689B From the BZC archive Suzuki Roshi, Heart Sutra, Zazen, Tassajara, training, Transmission, Silence, Posture... |
Nov 11 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 30th, 1995, Serial No. 04043 New Year, Six Realms, Karma, Religion, Renewal, Fasting, Beginners, Samsara, Chanting... |
Dec 30 1995 Unknown |
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January 3rd, 1996, Serial No. 02706 Practice Period, Tassajara, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Non-attachment, Suzuki Roshi... |
Jan 03 1996 Unknown |
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January 4th, 1996, Serial No. 00781, Side B Religion, New Year, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Aspects of Practice, Practice... |
Jan 04 1996 |
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Rite of Passage - Ceremony and RitualSerial: BZ-00813A Saturday Lecture Ceremony, Family Practice, Karma, Tassajara, Repentance, Bell, Religion, Priest,... |
Jan 06 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Interview Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Practice Period, Intuition, Instruction, Emotions, Gratitude,... |
Jan 21 1996 Unknown |
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Ascending the MountainSerial: SF-03563 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk - before Blanche Hartman's Installation ceremony - throne and dharma are etymologically connected in Sanskrit - taking your seat in dharma... Ceremony, Tassajara, Attachment, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Ordination, Precepts, Dragons... |
Feb 04 1996 Green Gulch |