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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FeelingsSerial: BZ-00050B Sesshin Day 4 Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Doubt |
Mar 27 1994 |
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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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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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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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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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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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November 21st, 1993, Serial No. 00660, Side B Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting |
Nov 21 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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October 16th, 1993, Serial No. 00658, Side A Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,... |
Oct 16 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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Tassajara Summer and PracticeSerial: BZ-00107 Lecture Tassajara, Practice, Practice Period, Tassajara, Daily Life, Mundane Life,... |
Jul 21 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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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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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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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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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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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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October 3rd, 1992, Serial No. 00639, Side A Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,... |
Oct 03 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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August 15th, 1992, Serial No. 00634, Side A Manjushri, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Discrimination, Tassajara, Culture, training... |
Aug 15 1992 |
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March 7th, 1992, Serial No. 00686, Side B Emotions, Berkeley Zen Center, Posture, Describe, Separation, Beginners, Sangha,... |
Mar 07 1992 |
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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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November 9th, 1991, Serial No. 00703, Side B American, Building, Heart Sutra, Interview, Tassajara, Posture, Religion, War, Peace... |
Nov 09 1991 |
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The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With JapanSerial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara, Demons, Birth-and-Death, Dharma... |
Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Talk to Tokubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00624 Sesshin Practice Period, Tassajara, Building, Gratitude, confusion, American, Dragons, soto,... |
Oct 13 1991 |
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July 18th, 1991, Serial No. 00623Serial: BZ-00623 Lecture Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Aspects of Practice, Tassajara, Building,... |
Jul 18 1991 Unknown Location |
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Zen and ExcitementSerial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara, Priest, Attachment,... |
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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1991.03.02-serial.00150 Fundraising, Offering, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Mindfulness, Lineage, Tassajara, Describe... |
Mar 02 1991 |
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Appreciating the Different Religions of the WorldSerial: BZ-00699B Saturday Lecture Religion, Religion, Separation, New Year, Subject-and-Object, Tassajara, Politics,... |
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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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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June 22nd, 1990, Serial No. 00514, Side B Birth-and-Death, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Practice Period, Attachment,... |
Jun 22 1990 |
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April 28th, 1990, Serial No. 00507, Side A Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Offering, Soto Zen, soto, uchiyama, Daily Life,... |
Apr 28 1990 |
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Earth DaySerial: BZ-00508 Saturday Lecture Earth Day, Precepts, Happiness, Tassajara, Buddha Nature, Dragons, Commitment, Greed... |
Apr 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 8th, 1989, Serial No. 00378, Side B Tassajara, Enthusiasm, Concentration, Aspects of Practice, Describe, Commitment... |
Jul 08 1989 |
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January 7th, 1989, Serial No. 00330 Practice Period, Hate, Non-duality, Monastic Practice, Ego, Buddha Nature, Duality,... |
Jan 07 1989 |
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December 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01472 Duality, Obstacles, Nirvana, Judgement, Posture, Buddha Nature, resistance,... |
Dec 18 1988 |
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December 14th, 1988, Serial No. 01471 Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Tassajara, Intimacy, Commitment, Practice Period,... |
Dec 14 1988 |