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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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Authentic Zen: Beyond Enlightenment Myths Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Interview, Soto Zen, Lineage,... |
Dec 16 1998 City Center |
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Awakening to Already Present Oneness Oneness, Tassajara, Practice Period |
Dec 10 1998 |
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On His Health & BZC's FutureSerial: BZ-00186 Rohatsu Day 6 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Conversation, Doubt, Emotions, Offering, Practice Period,... |
Dec 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dana Paramita and Relinquishment Demons, Priest, Interview, Tassajara, Precepts, Religion, Non-attachment, War,... |
Dec 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen Pathways: Embracing Change and Growth Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Instruction, Priest, Hate, Happiness, Tassajara... |
Oct 14 1998 |
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October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side BSerial: BZ-00439B #duplicate-please-hide Bell, Building, Dharma Transmission, Offering, Precepts, Priest, Religion, Tassajara... |
Oct 03 1998 |
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Way Seeking Mind/Dharma EntrustmentSerial: BZ-01068 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara, Bowing, Religion, Priest,... |
Oct 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara, Priest,... |
Sep 19 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sesshin Lecture Composure, Posture, Balance, Tassajara, Silence, Freedom, Observe, Anger, Emotions,... |
Aug 22 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Tassajara And Esselen Indian NeighborsSerial: BZ-00350B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Esselen, Chanting, Culture, Doubt, Gratitude, Tassajara |
Jun 13 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Beginner's Mind, Boundless TransformationSerial: SF-01784 Statements by Students (Part 2 of 2) and Blanche Hartman Gratitude, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission,... |
May 31 1998 Sati Center |
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Zen Presence: Lessons Beyond Words Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, japanese |
May 31 1998 |
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Suzuki Roshi's Transformative Zen JourneySerial: SF-01818 End of afternoon session [Dinner] Gil: Intro - 3 Films Mel Weitsman introducing Phil Wilson, Grahame Petchey, Ed Brown Suzuki Roshi, Time, Tassajara |
May 30 1998 Sati Center |
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Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous... |
May 09 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's Birthday Practice Period, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara |
Apr 05 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Practice Period, Silence, Posture, Three Treasures, Mindfulness, Tassajara,... |
Apr 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War |
Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen & Sojun on OryokiSerial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Hate, Instruction, Lay, Observe, Priest, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara... |
Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #75Serial: 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 |
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Community Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,... |
Mar 14 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Money and the Dharma Interdependence, Tassajara, Culture, Offering, Peace, Emotions, Karma, Attachment... |
Mar 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Improv Big Mind, Building, Conversation, Culture, Daily Life, Karma, Obstacles, Offering,... |
Feb 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Renunciation, Monastic Practice, Karma, Letting Go, Bell, Tassajara... |
Feb 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm |
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Turning Toward The DarkSerial: SF-03641 Sesshin Lecture: The activity is below the ground - the re-enactment of Buddha's enlightenment story Precepts, Monastic Practice, Posture, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Dragons, Book of... |
Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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One-day Sitting LectureManjushri, Sesshin, Prajna Paramita Sutra, Bodhisattva Precepts, Precepts, Blue Cliff... |
Nov 15 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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Wednesday Lecture Karmic Consciousness, Separation, Fasting, Precepts, Karma, Religion, Balance,... |
Jul 30 1997 Green Gulch Farm |
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An Appropriate Response Attachment, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Oneness... |
Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart Sutra Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Oneness, Silence, Addiction,... |
Jun 28 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic... |
May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,... |
May 22 1997 |
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The Most Important Thing: Just This As It Is Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,... |
Apr 26 1997 |
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Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic... |
Jan 22 1997 Unknown |
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IntimacySerial: SF-02725 Sesshin #1 (Post-it note from Lou "Do you have a tape player? I'd like to check this one more time") Suzuki Roshi, Intimacy, Ego, Chanting, Anger, Separation, Oneness, Bowing, Tassajara... |
Jan 15 1997 Unknown |
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On The Dharma Transmission CeremonySerial: SF-03638 Sunday Lecture Transmission, Ceremony, Vow, Intimacy, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature... |
Dec 15 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #17Serial: BZ-00807A Rohatsu Day 6 BCR-17, Bodhidharma, Continuous Practice, Evil, First Principle, Lay, Obstacles,... |
Dec 07 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Die Into Who You AreSerial: SF-02711 Rohatsu Sesshin Chanting, Suzuki Roshi, Realization, Heart Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go,... |
Dec 06 1996 Unknown |
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Zen Rituals Meet Western Minds Four Noble Truths, Ceremony, Evil, Interdependence, Tassajara |
Nov 25 1996 |
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Sandokai Class Evil, Religion, Funeral, Tassajara, Discrimination, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Oneness... |
Nov 25 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Sandokai ClassSerial: SF-03177 Like forward and backwards steps - phenomenon exist like box and cover joining, principle accords like arrows points meeting Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Discrimination, Transmission, Religion, Absolute-and-... |
Nov 19 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Embracing Presence in Zen Practice Bell, Dokusan, Sesshin, Tassajara |
Oct 29 1996 |
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Inconceivable Practice: The Zen Journey Ceremony, Intimacy, Practice Period, Tassajara |
Oct 21 1996 |
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Zen Rituals: Intimacy and Selflessness Tassajara, Precepts, Practice Period |
Oct 21 1996 |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #41Serial: BZ-00790B Ashes in the Students' Eyes., Saturday Lecture BCR-41, Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Ego, Hindrances, Lay, Monastic Practice, Oneness... |
Oct 12 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing With Afflictive EmotionsSerial: SF-02722 Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai Forgiveness, Anger, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara, Offering,... |
Oct 09 1996 Unknown |
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October 7th, 1996, Serial No. 00066 Ceremony, Tenzo, Tassajara, Freedom, Oryoki |
Oct 07 1996 |
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August Sesshin Realization, Instruction, Impermanence, Funeral, Bowing, Emotions, Offering, First... |
Aug 12 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Four Boundless AbodesSerial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,... |
Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00119 Lecture First Principle, Interview, Observe, Obstacles, Offering, Posture, Practice Period,... |
Jul 02 1996 Tassajara |
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Shosan and Shuso Ceremony PreparationSerial: BZ-00800B Appropriate Question and Respons, Sesshin Day 5 Shosan, Shuso, Ceremony, Practice Period, Karma, Commitment, Conversation, Ego,... |
Jun 23 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ComposureSerial: BZ-00801A Sesshin Day 2 Composure, Composure, Anger, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
Jun 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |