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 |
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December 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01476, Side A training, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Tassajara, Practice Period, Precepts... |
Dec 09 1988 |
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December 3rd, 1988, Serial No. 00369, Side A Bowing, American, Instruction, Priest, Humility, Gratitude, Lineage, Tassajara,... |
Dec 03 1988 |
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November 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01470 Silent Illumination, Ego, Tassajara, Equanimity, Duality, Peace |
Nov 18 1988 |
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October 8th, 1988, Serial No. 00368, Side A confusion, Tassajara, Fundraising, Priest, Ego, training, Ordination, Patience,... |
Oct 08 1988 |
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June 17th, 1988, Serial No. 00891, Side A Gratitude, Posture, Daily Life, Conversation, Nirvana, Concentration, Tassajara, Hate... |
Jun 17 1988 |
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May 7th, 1988, Serial No. 00897, Side A Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice... |
May 07 1988 |
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April 30th, 1988, Serial No. 00898, Side B Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Triple Treasure, Precepts, Tassajara, Bodhisattva Ceremony,... |
Apr 30 1988 |
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February 13th, 1988, Serial No. 00899, Side A Transmission, soto, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study... |
Feb 13 1988 |
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SandokaiSerial: BZ-00301 Lecture Sandokai, Fundraising, Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Mill Valley, Oneness, confusion... |
Feb 04 1988 |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00900B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Sixth Patriarch, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Ego... |
Jan 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center |
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New Year's EveSerial: BZ-00902B Priest Ordination, Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, New Year, Commitment, Lay, Practice Period, Attachment,... |
Dec 19 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 11th, 1987, Serial No. 00306, Side ASerial: BZ-00306A Sesshin Day 4 Ego, Buddha Nature, Peace, resistance, Continuous, Tassajara, Religion, American,... |
Dec 11 1987 |
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July 6th, 1987, Serial No. 01488 Practice Period, Pure Existence, Happiness, Tassajara, Precepts, Interdependence,... |
Jul 06 1987 |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00906 Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi... |
Jun 13 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Genjokoan IISerial: BZ-00908A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,... |
Jun 04 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five RanksSerial: BZ-00336 Lecture Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Aspects of Practice, Anger,... |
May 17 1987 |
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May 16th, 1987, Serial No. 01487 Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Family Practice, Aspects of Practice, Anger,... |
May 16 1987 |
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Tenzo Kyokun Pt.IIISerial: BZ-01529A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Daily Life, Discrimination, Duality, Emotions, Bowing, Oneness,... |
Dec 03 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 22nd, 1986, Serial No. 00894, Side B Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara, Family Practice, Attachment, Practice... |
Nov 22 1986 |
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Refining Your LifeSerial: 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 |
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The Buddhist Meaning of RenunciationSerial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,... |
Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Helping Each Other to Practice in the Absence of TeacherSerial: BZ-00881 Giving and Getting, Saturday Lecture Giving-and-Taking, Practice Period, Practice Position, Tassajara, Fundraising,... |
Sep 20 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 26th, 1986, Serial No. 00880 Practice Period, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student, Sanctuary, Addiction, Beginners,... |
Jul 26 1986 |
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New Trends in Practice; EmpowermentSerial: BZ-00879B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Practice Period, Sanctuary, Lineage, Observe, Peace, training |
Jul 26 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Being in the MomentSerial: BZ-00879A Saturday Lecture Current Events, Gratitude, Bowing, Tassajara, Building, Ego |
Jun 21 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #43Serial: 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 |
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March 11th, 1986, Serial No. 01496 Posture, War, Daily Life, Lay, Judgement, Politics, Commitment, Silence,... |
Mar 11 1986 |
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March 8th, 1986, Serial No. 00874, Side B Doubt, Culture, War, Observe, Tassajara, Karma, Funeral, Sangha, Gratitude, Rinzai... |
Mar 08 1986 |
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Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part ISerial: BZ-00868B Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4 Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,... |
Dec 04 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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One Month Practice Period at TassajaraSerial: BZ-00868A Rohatsu Day 2 Tassajara, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara, Mindfulness, Nirvana Sutra,... |
Dec 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 16th, 1985, Serial No. 00867, Side A Commitment, Tassajara, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger, Soto Zen, resistance,... |
Nov 16 1985 |
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After the Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: 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 |
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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 |
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March 5th, 1985, Serial No. 01477 Mindfulness, Tassajara, Obstacles, resistance, Continuous, Daily Life, Building,... |
Mar 05 1985 |
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Dropping the Buddha BowlSerial: 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 |
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Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara LifeSerial: BZ-00404A Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara, Samadhi, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra,... |
Nov 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dharma Transmission: Objects of AuthoritySerial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,... |
Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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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 |
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Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, LaitySerial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, training,... |
Aug 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Conflict Between Intention versus DesireSerial: 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 |
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Making the Commitment to PracticeSerial: BZ-00404B Saturday Lecture Practice, Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, stubbornness, resistance, Tassajara, Lay... |
Apr 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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April 1st, 1984, Serial No. 00433, Side B Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara, Building... |
Apr 01 1984 |
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Development of American BuddhismSerial: 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 |
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Responsible IndependenceSerial: BZ-00421A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara, Priest... |
Jan 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Inside OutSerial: BZ-00420B Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Demons, Ego, Enthusiasm, Harmonizing, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies,... |
Jan 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Book of Serenity: Case #2Serial: 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 |