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Title	Speaker	Date
Nobody's Perfect, and There Is Perfection Nobody's perfect but there is perfection. "The Way is perfect and all-pervading" It pervades everywhere including suffering. It is the Non-duality of peace, ease and suffering. Luis... Manjushri, Fayan, Suzuki Roshi, self-improvement, bodhi, Faith, Breath, Zendo,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 04 2023 AM No Abode Hermitage
Temple Opening and a Blade of Grass Serial: TL-00776 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Book of Serenity, Soanka, Zendo, Sanctuary, Zoom, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 04 2022 Hybrid
The Practice of Patience and Healing Serial: TL-00772 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Paramitas, Generosity, Patience, Separation, Zoom, Building, Zendo	Taigen Dan Leighton	Nov 20 2022 Hybrid
Sangha and the Temple Pillars Serial: TL-00731 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Zoom, Letting Go, Buddha Mind, Zendo, Building	Taigen Dan Leighton	Mar 07 2022 Hybrid
Resolution to Speak Truth to the Power of Wholeness and Healing and to Multi-partisanship rather than the false healing of Bi-partisanship Serial: TL-00684 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk New Year, Thich Nhat Hanh, Prajna Paramita, Zendo, Perfect Wisdom	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jan 04 2021 Zoom
The Pandemic and Blossoms on a Withered Tree Serial: TL-00662 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Buddha's Birthday, Sesshin, Zoom, Silent Illumination, Zendo	Taigen Dan Leighton	Apr 12 2020 Zoom
Sangha Response Facing Climate Catastrophe Serial: TL-00617 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Thich Nhat Hanh, Gratitude, Daily Life, Zendo, Politics	Taigen Dan Leighton	Nov 11 2019 ADZG Temple
Wandering Away from Our Original Home in Search of Our Original Home Obstacles, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Silence, Zendo, Priest	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 10 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage
Guidance or Control Control is antithetical to enlightenment; NASA control center and GPS guidance systems; granddaughter's pacifier Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Transmission, Zendo, American, Patience	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 03 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage
Zenki sesshin I: the Whole Works in Zazen undivided and non-separated Serial: TL-00489 ADZG Sesshin, Dharma Talk Zenki, Zendo, Sesshin, Freedom	Taigen Dan Leighton	Oct 13 2017 ADZG Temple
The Flexibility of Zazen Time Serial: TL-00431 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Zendo, Continuous Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Ancestors	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 22 2016 ADZG Temple
The Bodhisattva's Mind of No Abode The Bodhisattva’s Mind of No Abode Tenshin Reb Anderson No Abode, Sept 1, 2012 PM Religion, Zendo, Chanting, Posture, Attachment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 01 2012 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage
2012.08.02-serial.00147 Precepts, Ordination, Soto Zen, Vow, Fundraising, Zendo, Lay, Oneness, zen		Aug 02 2012
2012.08.01-serial.00144 Bodhidharma, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Ego,...		Aug 01 2012
Zen Stories Intimacy, Koan, Interview, difficulty, Zendo	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 28 2011 The Yoga Room
Zen Stories Koan, Attachment, Zendo, Mahayana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 14 2011 The Yoga Room
Awakening Through Zen and Poetry Serial: EB-00226 Joining the Tassajara practice period; reminiscences of the first Tassajara practice period; kitchen practice and the Tenzokyokun; Practice Period, Way-Seeking Mind, Tenzo, Zendo, Ordinary Mind	Edward Brown	Nov 02 2010
Intersection of Zen and Clowning Serial: EB-00230 Being a child in an orphanage; learning to meditate; sitting with negative tendencies; five fears outlined by Buddha; Kinhin, Demons, Zendo, Religion, Bell	Edward Brown	Aug 25 2010
Awakening Authenticity in Zen Practice Serial: EB-00231 Impossible to keep everybody happy with style of teaching; story of coming to Tassajara in 1966; fundraising for the monastery; not hiding negative parts of personality; the... realization, Practice Period, Delusion, Zendo, Samsara	Edward Brown	May 11 2010
Chasing Illusions, Finding Contentment Serial: EB-002284 Chasing after our mental images of things; images of perfection and how reality intervenes; Richard Baker and the events of 1983; David Chadwick at Tassajara, and preserving... Practice Period, Zendo, Thich Nhat Hanh, Money, Don't Know Mind	Edward Brown	Oct 24 2009
Pathways: Embracing Life's Spiritual Journey Priest, confusion, realization, War, Zendo	Edward Brown	Jul 03 2009
Genuine Presence in Zen Journey Bell, Zendo, Lineage, Rinzai	Edward Brown	Jun 29 2009
Zen Living: Mindfulness in Action Practice Period, Zendo, Soto Zen, Baso	Edward Brown	May 12 2009
Zen in the Everyday Kitchen Politics, Zendo, Tenzo, Money, Don't Know Mind	Edward Brown	May 11 2009
Zen Authenticity and Status Dynamics Priest, Mill Valley, Ceremony, Zendo	Edward Brown	May 11 2009
Almost Not Confused By Self Serial: TL-00184 ADZG One Day Sitting, Dharma Talk Intimacy, Letting Go, Zendo, Bowing	Taigen Dan Leighton	Mar 15 2009 ADZG Temple
2008.05.02-MZMC-am Forgiveness, Desire, Lotus Sutra, Zendo, Buddha Ancestors, Addiction, true dharma,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 02 2008 Minnesota Zen Center
2008.01.23-serial.00113A Four Noble Truths, Don't Know Mind, Samsara, Buddha Ancestors, difficulty, Fox,...		Jan 23 2008
2008.01.23-serial.00113B true dharma, Zendo, Lineage, Freedom, Meditation		Jan 23 2008
2008.01.20-serial.00112C Dependent Origination, Zendo, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Happiness, Demons, Observe,...		Jan 20 2008
Intelligence of the Natural World Serial: SF-00941 Sesshin Lecture: frog chorus; silence and activity; pain and fear of pain; Bodhidharma Bodhidharma, Sesshin, Prajna Paramita, Silence, Buddha Ancestors, Composure, Buddha...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Apr 07 2007 Green Gulch Farm
Being Uncomfortable Serial: SF-01092 Sunday Lecture: What do we do when we become uncomfortable?; comfort - in body, mind, relationships - are focus of our consumerism; suffering = constant need to be fed;... Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Silence, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 25 2007 Green Gulch
Alignment With The Great Way Serial: SF-00944 Sunday Lecture - Children's Lecture: waging peace; taking up a practice Zhaozhou, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Mind, Peace, Ordinary Mind, Zazen, Lineage, Posture,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Mar 04 2007 Green Gulch
One-Day Sitting Lecture Serial: SF-00942 Deshan and the old woman; the distortions of sexism, racism, others; the bodhisattva grandmother; devotion to zazen; bringing attention and support to the natural states/bodily... Deshan, Family Practice, Dragons, Offering, Delusion, Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Vow,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Feb 17 2007 Green Gulch
Embracing Life's True Essence Zendo, Tanka, Chanting, Rumi, Desire	Edward Brown	Jan 21 2007
2006.11.11-ZMC Repentance, Confession-and-Repentance, Faith, Non-duality, lecture, Tassajara Zen...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 11 2006 Tassajara
Stopping and Listening Serial: SF-00945 Sunday Lecture Children's Lecture: Baby beluga; why are you here?; Dogen's Three Minds: joyful mind, kind mind, big mind; mother's love as essence of spirituality (... Big Mind, Bell, Silence, Gratitude, Birth-and-Death, Zendo, Hate, Suzuki Roshi,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Sep 03 2006 Green Gulch
Treasury of Light Serial: SF-00926 Sesshin Lecture: light can't be seen - only reflections off objects; Koun Ejo's Treasury of Light Samadhi; myth of Phaeton and Helios - driving the sun chariot; Yunmen: What is... Lotus Sutra, Bell, Delusion, Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Zendo, Nirvana,...	Kokyo Henkel	Mar 31 2006 Green Gulch
The Great Matter Serial: SF-00085 How awareness of death, and our own mortality, spurs us to greater effort in practice. Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Impermanence, Gratitude, Heart Sutra, Ceremony,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Mar 11 2006 City Center
Practice Period Serial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, resistance,...	Kokyo Henkel	Feb 19 2006
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01000 Day 1 Zendo Lecture Sanctuary, Karma, Ceremony, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons,...	Kosho McCall	Dec 10 2005 Tassajara
Mindful Living Sparks Global Change Conversation, Letting Go, Instruction, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zendo, Vow,...	Marc Lesser	Nov 19 2005 Unknown
Blooming Awareness Through Zen Practice Instruction, Posture, Sangha, training, Zendo	Edward Brown	Oct 09 2005
Dining Room Lecture Posture, Zendo, Mindfulness, training, Big Mind, Bell, Bowing, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 31 2005 Tassajara
Mysticism Beyond Boundaries: Experiential Communion Silent Illumination, Religion, Doubt, Faith, realization, Monastic Practice, Offering...	Ryushin Paul Haller, Brother David Steindl-Rast	Aug 02 2005 Tassajara
Find Out For Yourself Precepts, Duality, Suzuki Roshi, Subject-and-Object, Discrimination, Oneness, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 2005 Tassajara
Manifesting Wholeness: Dogen's Buddha Nature Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hongzhi, Practice Period, Zendo		Jul 11 2005
Mindfulness Embraced Through Mistakes Ceremony, Zendo, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Bowing, Continuous Practice, Commitment...	Rosalie Curtis	Jun 29 2005 Unknown
Zendo Lecture Beginners, Zendo, Chanting, Posture, Delusion, Suzuki Roshi, Sangha, Bell,...	Kosho McCall	Apr 13 2005 Tassajara
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01931 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Freedom, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature...	Leslie James	Mar 29 2005 Tassajara

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