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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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Work and PracticeSerial: BZ-00118 Lecture Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara, Continuous Practice, Daily Life,... |
Apr 24 1996 |
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Reminiscences of Suzuki RoshiSerial: RA-00770 GGF Sunday dharma talk Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Composure, Tassajara, Desire |
Mar 10 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Zen Wisdom Through Quiet Reflection Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Tassajara |
Mar 09 1996 |
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Dogen's Wisdom for Modern Zen Tenzo, Rinzai, Freedom, Daily Life, Tassajara |
Feb 24 1996 |
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Ascending the MountainSerial: SF-03563 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk - before Blanche Hartman's Installation ceremony - throne and dharma are etymologically connected in Sanskrit - taking your seat in dharma... Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Ceremony, Ordination, Priest, Attachment, Non-attachment,... |
Feb 04 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Interview Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Practice Period, Intuition, Instruction, Emotions, Gratitude,... |
Jan 21 1996 Unknown |
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Rite of Passage - Ceremony and RitualSerial: BZ-00813A Saturday Lecture Ceremony, Family Practice, Karma, Tassajara, Repentance, Bell, Religion, Priest,... |
Jan 06 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Future Aspects to Focus On/Transition New Year, Politics, Practice Period, Priest, Religion, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student... |
Jan 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Effort Without Gain: The Zen Paradox Practice Period, Tassajara, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Non-attachment, Suzuki Roshi... |
Jan 03 1996 Unknown |
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Zen Balance: Engaged Yet Detached Suzuki Roshi, Ego, Big Mind, Zazen, Letting Go, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Enthusiasm,... |
Nov 01 1995 |
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Images and the Feminine Chanting, Tassajara, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts, Priest, Lay... |
Oct 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embrace Presence, Transcend Judgment Bodhisattva Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Evil, Tassajara |
Aug 11 1995 |
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Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-00977A Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, Soto Zen, New Year,... |
May 27 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara, Conversation... |
May 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tassajara Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Buddha's Birthday, Dharma Transmission, Family Practice, Lineage,... |
Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Takubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Priest, Soto Zen,... |
Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Precepts, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Religion, Rinzai, Soto Zen, New Year,... |
Mar 25 1995 |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00742 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Culture, Practice Period, Enemies, Building, Politics,... |
Mar 10 1995 Tassajara |
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Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Work PracticeSerial: BZ-00761 Class 6 of 10 Intuition, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality... |
Mar 04 1995 6 Tassajara |
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Memories of Suzuki Roshi Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Hate, Patience, Practice Period, Tassajara, Transmission... |
Mar 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing Constancy in Buddhist Practice Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Constancy, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara, Karma... |
Feb 22 1995 |
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Finding Space in Your Life: Tassajara ReveriesSerial: BZ-00946B Lecture Practice Period, Tassajara, Study Period, Dependent Origination, Religion, Diversity... |
Jan 28 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji ShingiSerial: BZ-00759 Class 4 of 10 Building, Tassajara, Manjushri, Lineage, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude,... |
Jan 26 1995 4 Tassajara |
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Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji ShingiSerial: BZ-00756 Class 1 of 10 Bell, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Priest, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Tassajara... |
Jan 16 1995 1 Tassajara |
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Sandokai and Soto PracticeSerial: BZ-00947A Lecture Big Mind, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Ordinary... |
Jan 14 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Embracing Zen: Self and Community Practice Period, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, New Year,... |
Jan 04 1995 City Center |
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Sesshin Day 1 Practice Period, Tassajara, Separation, Happiness, Doubt |
Dec 11 1994 Tassajara |
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Embarking on Enlightenment's Continuous Path Enlightenment, Faith, Tassajara |
Oct 11 1994 Tassajara |
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Independence: Interdependence, Renunciation and the Three RealmsSerial: BZ-00941A Lecture Culture, Doubt, Enemies, Hate, Interdependence, Passions, Renunciation, Subject-and-... |
Jul 02 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The PreceptsSerial: BZ-00942B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Precepts, Priest, Tassajara, Vow, War |
Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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FeelingsSerial: BZ-00050B Sesshin Day 4 Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Doubt |
Mar 27 1994 Tassajara |
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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 Tassajara |
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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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Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s LegacySerial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara... |
Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #10Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture MM-10, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Building, Culture, Greed, Practice Period, Priest,... |
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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Finding Your Place in PracticeSerial: BZ-00660B Women's Sitting Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting |
Nov 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Gateways to Liberation: Dogen’s “Plum Blossoms” and OryokiSerial: BZ-00660A Lecture Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Oneness, Discrimination, confusion... |
Nov 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it FeelSerial: BZ-00658A Lecture Concentration, Dharma Transmission, Lay Ordination, Mindfulness, Ordination, Priest,... |
Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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How to Do Chanting PracticeSerial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Bell, Chanting, Five Ranks, Hate, Heart Sutra, Instruction, Lay Practice,... |
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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Chaos Theory, Hierarchy Theory and Buddhism Mill Valley, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Conversation, Building, War |
Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chaos Theory, Hierarchy TheorySerial: BZ-01515B Lecture Mill Valley, Observe, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara, Conversation, Hate, Religion,... |
Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Getting What You DeserveSerial: BZ-00670B Lecture Karma, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Tassajara, Conversation, Hate, War... |
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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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00112 Lecture Commitment, Daily Life, Duality, Gratitude, Mindfulness, Offering, Practice Period,... |
Apr 17 1993 Tassajara |
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Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZCSerial: BZ-00286B Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Vow,... |
Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Nurturing the Jewel Essence WithinSerial: BZ-00644B Lecture Bell, Buddha Ancestors, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Posture, Precepts, Silence,... |
Nov 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The ParamitasSerial: BZ-00639A One day sitting Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,... |
Oct 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record Case #27: Leaves Fall, Body Exposed to the Golden WindSerial: BZ-00635B Lecture Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition,... |
Aug 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |