Tassajara Zen Mountain Center 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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Entering the Samadhi of Buddha’s Radiance A talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community Flower Adornment Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, Katagiri Roshi, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 12 2023 No Abode Hermitage
Sangha Renewal with Practice Period and Sesshin Serial: TL-00798 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Sesshin, Vimalakirti Sutra, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Patience, Berkeley Zen...	Taigen Dan Leighton	May 22 2023 Hybrid
Just Sitting A Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for a gathering of the No Abode community Suzuki Roshi, Suffering, Karma, Confession-and-Repentance, Karmic Consciousness,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 06 2023 AM No Abode Hermitage
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
The Zazen of the Buddhas' Is Great Compassion The zazen of the buddhas is great compassion.The most common type of compassion is compassion towards suffering as it appears to us. It sees living beings and their suffering as independently... Compassion, Han, Pukkasati, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Intimacy...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 10 2022 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
Sojun And JiJuYu Zanmai Samadhi, uchiyama, Ego, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center	Mary Mocine	Mar 13 2021
Practicing With Emptiness Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Berkeley Zen Center, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Hannah Meara	Feb 27 2021
Tail Of The Ox Anger, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lotus Sutra	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Feb 13 2021
Stepping off a Hundred Foot Pole Serial: TL-00688 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Letting Go, Shuso Ceremony, Zoom, Eiheiji, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center	Taigen Dan Leighton, Paul	Feb 02 2021 Zoom
Alive Or Dead Blue Cliff Record, Diversity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bodhisattva Vow...	Peter Overton	Jan 16 2021
Remembering Sojun Serial: BZ-02811 Part of a series of online gatherings where at each meeting three long time students of Sojun Roshi share their memories of him. Berkeley Zen Center, Dokusan, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dragons, Heart Sutra...	Ron Nestor, Baika Andrea Pratt	Jan 15 2021 1 of 5 Zoom
Living On A Mountain Dragons, Zoom, Bodhidharma, Lay Practice, Dharma Transmission, Ordination, Priest,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 24 2020
Undivided Zoom, Duality, Silence, Forgiveness, Peace, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Anger,...	Karen DeCotis	Oct 18 2020
Problems, Prospects Impermanence, Greed, Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Nirvana, Conversation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2020
Dialogue on The Role of the Teacher Serial: TL-00674 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk training, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay, Bodhisattva Vow	Taigen, Paul	Sep 21 2020 Zoom
Historical Context and the Evolution of Buddhist Understanding of Karma Karma, causation, Mahayana, Religion, Greed, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Vow,...	Gerry Oliva	Feb 15 2020
Intention and Letting Go Vow, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, New Year, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Susan Marvin	Jan 04 2020
Don't Wait For Maitreya Discrimination, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Passions, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2019
Untitled Talk Greed, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Hate, Anger, Renunciation, Demons, Gratitude,...	Linda Galijan	Nov 09 2019
Aspects of Practice Class - Paramitas - Part 2 October 10th, 2019, Serial No. 02706 Karma, Mindfulness, Practice Period, Precepts, Instruction, Buddha Nature, Peace,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	Oct 10 2019 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Give Up Hope Hsin Hsin Ming, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Impermanence, uchiyama, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Mary Mocine	Sep 28 2019
Teachings for the Welfare of the World In this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world ... YRB-2019-Summer, Evil, Priest, Balance, American, Building, War, japanese, difficulty...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 30 2019 6/7 The Yoga Room
Sojun Roshi's 90th Birthday Party Building, Dharma Transmission, Lay, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara Zen Mountain...		Jul 20 2019
Beat Zen Square Zen and Zen Monastic Practice, Duality, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, American, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 13 2019
Teachings for the Welfare of the World In this summer series, teachings will be offered for those who aspire to embrace and sustain the great earth and all living beings in order to realize peace and freedom in our troubled world. ... YRB-2019-Summer, Letting Go, Karmic Consciousness, Silence, lecture, Enthusiasm,...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 25 2019 1/7 The Yoga Room
About the Shuso Serial: BZ-02688 Sesshin Day 5 Practice Period, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture, Cultivation,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 23 2019
Practice Period 31st Opening Sesshin Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Practice Position, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 11 2019
Generating Energy resistance, Patience, Enthusiasm, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Emotions, Breath...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 09 2019 PM No Abode Hermitage
Three Turnings of the Wheel Mahayana, Bodhisattva Vow, cognitive process, Vow, Gratitude, Four Foundations,...	Laurie Senauke	Jan 26 2019
New Year's Vow Practice: Dogen, Joanna Macy, and Rebecca Solnit Serial: TL-00575 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk New Year, Aspects of Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Book of Serenity,...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Dec 30 2018 ADZG Temple
Silent Sitting & Social Action Zen students often ask how our practice of silence and stillness relates to injustice and our environmental crisis. In this class we explore this question and study the intimate interplay of... YRB-2018-Fall, Silence, Attachment, Daily Life, Desire, Duality, Tassajara Zen...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 27 2018 7 of 7 The Yoga Room
Refuge in Buddha: Don't Run Away from Yourself Serial: TL-00551 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Lay Ordination, Sanctuary, Ordination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Dharma...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Nov 12 2018 ADZG Temple
Silent Sitting and Social Action All compounded phenomena are unworthy of confidence. Compassion to these unstable phenomena is our practice. Zen stories are about enacting awakening within social interactions. Attend to your body,... Compassion, Four Foundations, Practice Period, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Observe...	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 20 2018 PM No Abode Hermitage
Eight Awarenesses of Great Beings (Study Sesshin Part 1) Serial: BZ-02632 Study Sesshin Part 1 Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Concentration, Precepts, true dharma,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 01 2018
Beating the Drum Buddha Ancestors, Practice Period, Confession-and-Repentance, Vow, true dharma,...	Baika Pratt	Aug 11 2018
No Recipe Passions, Mindfulness, Dharma Transmission, Anger, Happiness, Transmission,...	Edward Brown	Jul 21 2018
Preferences, Expectations, Letting Go Serial: BZ-02619 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, Ego, Daily Life, Hindrances, Tassajara...	Ellen Webb	Jun 15 2018
Topography of Bodhisattva Practices: Wisdom Serial: TL-00524 ADZG Sesshin, Dharma Talk Vimalakirti, Oneness, Manjushri, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jun 02 2018 ADZG Temple
The Heart of Priest and Lay Practice Priest, Gaining Mind, Lay, Lay Practice, Ego, Practice Period, Priest-and-Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 2018
Wherever you are Enlightenment is Here Big Mind, First Principle, Commitment, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Ego,...	Gerry Oliva	Oct 14 2017
Wider Views of Self and Relatedness Serial: TL-00488 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renunciation	Taigen Dan Leighton	Oct 09 2017 ADZG Temple
Beyond Calmness of Mind First Principle, Harmonizing, Aspects of Practice, Birth-and-Death, Building,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 07 2017
The Solar Eclipse and Lunar Poems from Saigyo Serial: TL-00481 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Letting Go, Freedom, Liberation, Attachment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 21 2017 ADZG Temple
Sei Jo and Her Soul Are Separated Blue Cliff Record, Daily Life, Forgiveness, Separation, Constancy, Diversity, Oneness...	Mary Duryee	May 13 2017
Joshu Cuts the Cat Duality, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Hate, Demons, Peace, Priest, Evil,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 2017
Eight Aspects of Enlightened Activity Eight Aspects, Discrimination, Right Speech, Concentration, Separation, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 2017
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 Eon-ending Fire and a Trip to California Serial: TL-00430 ADZG Monday Night, Dharma Talk Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Impermanence,...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Aug 08 2016 ADZG Temple
Blanche Hartman: This Little Light Serial: BZ-02000 Saturday Lecture M, Ordinary Mind, Berkeley Zen Center, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Hozan Alan Senauke	May 21 2016 Berkeley Zen Center

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