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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-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 Talk Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Gratitude, Practice Period, Precepts, Silence,... |
Mar 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00583 Sesshin Day 4 Karma, Funeral, Death-and-Dying, Global Warming, Tassajara, Practice Period, Bell,... |
Feb 23 2005 Tassajara |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00592 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Silence,... |
Feb 22 2005 Tassajara |
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Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror SamadhiSerial: BZ-00774 Class 4 of 12 Tassajara, Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life,... |
Feb 11 2005 4 Tassajara |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00595 Shuso talk, sesshin 1, day 3 Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Silent... |
Jan 27 2005 Tassajara |
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March 2005 talk, Serial No. 01574 Building, Fundraising, Heart Sutra, Monastic Practice, Posture, Practice Period,... |
2005 |
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Zendo Lecture Practice, Tassajara, Emptiness |
Dec 07 2004 Tassajara |
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NondualitySerial: RA-00427 12/6/04 Tenshin Roshi Sesshin #1 Nonduality All Buddhas and All Beings are one mind Nondual view is that duality and nonduality are nondualDualistic view... Mahayana, Letting Go, Non-duality, Bodhidharma, Enemies, Tassajara, Transmission, Breath,... |
Dec 06 2004 Green Gulch Farm |
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Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being RebornSerial: BZ-01297 Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,... |
Dec 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 5th, 2004, Serial No. 01565 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,... |
Dec 05 2004 |
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Embracing Mistakes for True Insight Continuous Practice, Ceremony, Bodhisattva Way, Letting Go, Tassajara |
Dec 01 2004 |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01899 #shuso-talk Time, Diversity, Tassajara |
Nov 01 2004 Tassajara |
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Unity in Zen: A Journey of Self Practice Period, Peace, Tassajara, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Politics,... |
Sep 11 2004 Unknown |
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Bravo’s DeathSerial: BZ-01245 Sesshin Lecture Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Composure, Manjushri, Monastic Practice, Monkey Mind,... |
Sep 06 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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September 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01575 Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Composure, Manjushri, Monastic Practice, Monkey Mind,... |
Sep 06 2004 |
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Mountains and Rivers of the Immediate PresentSerial: RA-00350 8/22/04 Tenshin Roshi Sesshin 7 Mountains and Rivers of the immediate Present -3 characteristics of all phenomena -Mountains and Waters Sutra -... Suzuki Roshi, Gratitude, Daily Life, Tassajara, Patience, Demons, Bowing, Dragons, Impermanence,... |
Aug 22 2004 Day 7 Green Gulch Farm |
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Hinayana Practice: Calm Your MindSerial: BZ-01241 Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Monkey Mind, Nirvana, Obstacles, Subject-and-Object, Impermanence, Heart... |
Aug 21 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking MindSerial: BZ-01273 Approaching his 75th Birthday (July 9th), Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Building, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Posture,... |
Jul 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Composure: The Shuso Hossen CeremonySerial: BZ-01271 Where the Response Comes From, Sesshin Day 5 Composure, Shuso Ceremony, Composure, Intimacy, Nirvana, Practice Period, Posture,... |
Jun 20 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Hsin Hsin MingSerial: SF-01901 Zendo Lecture Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,... |
Jun 18 2004 Tassajara |
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Everywhere, the Mind's Monastery Practice, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara |
Jun 09 2004 Unknown |
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Witnessing the Universal Dharma Flow Time, Tassajara, Pain |
Jun 08 2004 Tassajara |
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Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen CommunitySerial: BZ-00580 Class 3 of 5 Buddha Ancestors, Building, Commitment, Dragons, Evil, Instruction, Non-duality,... |
Feb 29 2004 3 Chapel Hill Zen Center |
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February 28th, 2004, Serial No. 00158 Duality, Zazen Mind, Manjushri, Tassajara |
Feb 28 2004 |
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Digging Deep: Getting to the Bottom of the Soup PotSerial: BZ-01250 Getting to the Bottom of Ourselves, Sesshin Day 3 Buddha Nature, Happiness, Dragons, confusion, Bowing, Liberation, Discrimination,... |
Feb 16 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eihei Shingi: The KaninSerial: BZ-01374 The Kanin, Rohatsu Day 5 Eihei Shingi, Buddha Ancestors, Evil, Monastic Practice, confusion, Dragons, Birth-... |
Dec 05 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eihei Shingi: The KaninSerial: BZ-01373 Rohatsu Day 4 Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara, New Year, Lay Practice, Offering,... |
Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Practice of LoveSerial: BZ-01372A Rohatsu Day 3
Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Separation, Duality, Vow, Ego, Attachment,... |
Dec 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Oryoki InstructionSerial: BZ-01371 Rohatsu Day 2 Oryoki, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Tassajara, Priest |
Dec 02 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen and the Eco-Consumer CodeSerial: SF-00156 Wednesday talk. Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Precepts, Ego, Ceremony, Karma,... |
Nov 19 2003 |
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Breathing Into Compassionate Wisdom Bodhidharma, Happiness, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Discrimination |
Oct 26 2003 |
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Zen Pathways to Compassionate Wisdom Bodhidharma, Community, Tassajara, Discrimination, Evil |
Oct 26 2003 |
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Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of StillnessSerial: BZ-01362 Saturday Lecture Bell, Ego, Emotions, Equanimity, Instruction, Manjushri, Posture, Soto Zen, Tassajara... |
Oct 18 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Things Change: ButchSerial: BZ-01359 Women's Sitting Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission... |
Sep 21 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Beginner's Mind, Infinite EnlightenmentSerial: SF-00079 Zendo Lecture Birth-and-Death, Separation, Letting Go, Intimacy, Liberation, Tassajara, Beginners,... |
Aug 10 2003 |
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KarmaSerial: BZ-01351 Saturday Lecture Karma, Karma, Conversation, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Teacher-and-... |
Jul 26 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wednesday LectureSerial: SF-00948 Buffalo passing through window koan. Farm and draft horses at GGF Time, Koan, Tassajara |
Jul 09 2003 Green Gulch Farm |
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Yinyan Sweeps the Ground: Wallace and GrommetSerial: BZ-01345B Sesshin Day 3 Peace, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Tassajara, Religion, Zoom, Bowing,... |
Jun 20 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00135B Monday morning talk Conversation, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Karma, Politics, Practice Period, Religion,... |
May 12 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan Case #38 Buffalo Tail: What Does it Mean to Pass Through Something Completely?Serial: BZ-00134A Lecture Tassajara, Practice Period, War, Fox, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Fundraising,... |
Mar 29 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Fox, Practice Period, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara, Attachment, Karma,... |
Mar 2003 Tassajara |
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Suzuki-rôshi Almost DrowningSerial: BZ-00175 From "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 5 Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Happiness, Teacher-and-Student, Perfect Wisdom, Bell,... |
Dec 06 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Alchemy: Turning Obstacles Into Growth Tassajara, Obstacles, Practice |
Nov 06 2002 City Center |
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Embrace Openness Through Zazen Practice Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors,... |
Oct 19 2002 City Center |
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Zen Awakening through Life's Journey Time, Practice, Tassajara |
Oct 10 2002 City Center |
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Readings from “Windbell” the BookSerial: BZ-00154B Lecture Tassajara, Dragons, Big Mind, Hate, Instruction, Soto Zen, War, Enemies, Peace... |
Jul 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Being TimeSerial: BZ-00149A Lecture Bowing, Chanting, Tassajara, Doubt, Ego |
Jun 08 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo KyokunSerial: BZ-00452 Class 4 of 5 Dragons, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Concentration, Chanting, Bowing... |
Jun 06 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 30th, 2002, Serial No. 01012, Side B Bodhisattva Way, Building, Lay, Lotus Sutra, Monastic Practice, Offering, Practice... |
May 30 2002 |
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Instructions for the Zen Cook: Tenzo Kyokun; Zen Cook, TenzoSerial: BZ-00449 Class 1 of 5 Composure, Daily Life, Tassajara, Offering, Posture, Emotions, Attachment,... |
May 16 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center |