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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December 13th, 1988, Serial No. 01492

Offering, Bowing, Daily Life, Tassajara, War
Dec 13 1988

December 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01476, Side A

training, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Tassajara, Practice Period, Precepts...
Dec 09 1988

December 3rd, 1988, Serial No. 00369, Side A

Bowing, American, Instruction, Priest, Humility, Gratitude, Lineage, Tassajara,...
Dec 03 1988

November 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01470

Silent Illumination, Ego, Tassajara, Equanimity, Duality, Peace
Nov 18 1988

October 8th, 1988, Serial No. 00368, Side A

confusion, Tassajara, Fundraising, Priest, Ego, training, Ordination, Patience,...
Oct 08 1988

June 17th, 1988, Serial No. 00891, Side A

Gratitude, Posture, Daily Life, Conversation, Nirvana, Concentration, Tassajara, Hate...
Jun 17 1988

May 7th, 1988, Serial No. 00897, Side A

Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice...
May 07 1988

April 30th, 1988, Serial No. 00898, Side B

Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Triple Treasure, Precepts, Tassajara, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...
Apr 30 1988

February 13th, 1988, Serial No. 00899, Side A

Transmission, soto, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...
Feb 13 1988

Sandokai

Serial: BZ-00301

Lecture

Sandokai, Fundraising, Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Mill Valley, Oneness, confusion...
Feb 04 1988

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00900B

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Sixth Patriarch, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Ego...
Jan 30 1988
Berkeley Zen Center

New Year's Eve

Serial: BZ-00902B

Priest Ordination, Saturday Lecture

Ordination, Priest, Priest, New Year, Commitment, Lay, Practice Period, Attachment,...
Dec 19 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

December 11th, 1987, Serial No. 00306, Side A

Serial: BZ-00306A

Sesshin Day 4

Ego, Buddha Nature, Peace, resistance, Continuous, Tassajara, Religion, American,...
Dec 11 1987

July 6th, 1987, Serial No. 01488

Practice Period, Pure Existence, Happiness, Tassajara, Precepts, Interdependence,...
Jul 06 1987

Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-00906

Saturday Lecture

Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi...
Jun 13 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Genjokoan II

Serial: BZ-00908A

Sesshin Day 1

Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,...
Jun 04 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks

Serial: BZ-00336

Lecture

Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...
May 17 1987

May 16th, 1987, Serial No. 01487

Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Family Practice, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...
May 16 1987

Tenzo Kyokun Pt.III

Serial: BZ-01529A

Rohatsu Day 3

Tenzo Kyokun, Daily Life, Discrimination, Duality, Emotions, Bowing, Oneness,...
Dec 03 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

November 22nd, 1986, Serial No. 00894, Side B

Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara, Family Practice, Attachment, Practice...
Nov 22 1986

Refining Your Life

Serial: BZ-00883B

How to Practice in a Position, Saturday Lecture

Practice Position, Monastic Practice, Buddha Mind, Practice Position, Happiness,...
Nov 08 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation

Serial: BZ-00883A

Saturday Lecture

Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...
Nov 01 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Helping Each Other to Practice in the Absence of Teacher

Serial: BZ-00881

Giving and Getting, Saturday Lecture

Giving-and-Taking, Practice Period, Practice Position, Tassajara, Fundraising,...
Sep 20 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

July 26th, 1986, Serial No. 00880

Practice Period, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Sanctuary, Addiction, Beginners,...
Jul 26 1986

New Trends in Practice; Empowerment

Serial: BZ-00879B

Saturday Lecture

Tassajara, Practice Period, Sanctuary, Lineage, Observe, Peace, training
Jul 26 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Being in the Moment

Serial: BZ-00879A

Saturday Lecture

Current Events, Gratitude, Bowing, Tassajara, Building, Ego
Jun 21 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #43

Serial: BZ-00878A

Hot and Cold Buddha, Sesshin Day 4

Buddha, BCR-43, Hate, Posture, Emotions, Silence, Nirvana, Tassajara, Anger, Ego...
Jun 07 1986
Berkeley Zen Center

March 11th, 1986, Serial No. 01496

Posture, War, Daily Life, Lay, Judgement, Politics, Commitment, Silence,...
Mar 11 1986

March 8th, 1986, Serial No. 00874, Side B

Doubt, Culture, War, Observe, Tassajara, Karma, Funeral, Sangha, Gratitude, Rinzai...
Mar 08 1986

Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part I

Serial: BZ-00868B

Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4

Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,...
Dec 04 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

One Month Practice Period at Tassajara

Serial: BZ-00868A

Rohatsu Day 2

Tassajara, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara, Mindfulness, Nirvana Sutra,...
Dec 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

November 16th, 1985, Serial No. 00867, Side A

Commitment, Tassajara, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger, Soto Zen, resistance,...
Nov 16 1985

After the Bodhisattva Ceremony

Serial: BZ-00865B

Four Vows and Four Noble Truths, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Fifth Precept, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vows, Fifth Precept...
Oct 26 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Study Period (J. Ango)

Serial: BZ-00410A

Saturday Lecture

Study Period, Ango, Study Period, Priest-and-Lay, Practice Period, training, Lay,...
Aug 17 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

March 5th, 1985, Serial No. 01477

Mindfulness, Tassajara, Obstacles, resistance, Continuous, Daily Life, Building,...
Mar 05 1985

Dropping the Buddha Bowl

Serial: BZ-00407B

Combining Sesshin with Outside Work and Family, Rohatsu

Sesshin, Daily Life, Repentance, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...
Dec 08 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara Life

Serial: BZ-00404A

Saturday Lecture

Tassajara, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara, Samadhi, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra,...
Nov 24 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority

Serial: BZ-00392A

Saturday Lecture

Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...
Nov 03 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort)

Serial: BZ-00391B

Saturday Lecture

Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and...
Nov 1984
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, Laity

Serial: BZ-00395B

Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, training,...
Aug 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Conflict Between Intention versus Desire

Serial: BZ-00434B

"What to do with our Oni (devil)", Sesshin Day 2

 

 

Intention, Desire, resistance, training, Daily Life, Tassajara, Demons, Silence, Evil...
May 20 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Making the Commitment to Practice

Serial: BZ-00404B

Saturday Lecture

Practice, Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, stubbornness, resistance, Tassajara, Lay...
Apr 21 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

April 1st, 1984, Serial No. 00433, Side B

Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara, Building...
Apr 01 1984

Development of American Buddhism

Serial: BZ-00422A

Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC, Saturday Lecture

Buddhism, American, Philip Kapleau, Culture, American, Building, Daily Life,...
Feb 04 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Responsible Independence

Serial: BZ-00421A

Saturday Lecture

Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara, Priest...
Jan 21 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Inside Out

Serial: BZ-00420B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Nature, Demons, Ego, Enthusiasm, Harmonizing, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies,...
Jan 14 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Book of Serenity: Case #2

Serial: BZ-00418A

The Highest Truth is Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 6

Emptiness, SER-2, Enlightenment, Bodhidharma, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Practice...
Dec 1983
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

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