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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Title	Speaker	Date
Sandokai and Soto Practice Serial: BZ-00947A Lecture Big Mind, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Ordinary...	Fran Tribe	Jan 14 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Independence: Interdependence, Renunciation and the Three Realms Serial: BZ-00941A Lecture Renunciation, Interdependence, Subject-and-Object, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 02 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00942B Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Vow, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, training, Bodhisattva...	Angie Boissevain	Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Feelings Serial: BZ-00050B Sesshin Day 4 Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 1994 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
This Moment's Activity Serial: BZ-00108A Sesshin Day 1 Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 1994 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s Legacy Serial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #10 Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture MM-10, Attachment, Greed, Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Your Place in Practice Serial: BZ-00660B Women's Sitting Posture, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting	Laurie Senauke	Nov 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Gateways to Liberation: Dogen’s “Plum Blossoms” and Oryoki Serial: BZ-00660A Lecture Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture, Anger, Oneness,...	Kathleen Gustin	Nov 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
What We Bring to Practice: Dharma Transmission, Being on the Path; Waking Up; How’s it Feel Serial: BZ-00658A Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Mindfulness, Ordination, Lay Ordination, War,...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Do Chanting Practice Serial: BZ-00629A Sesshin Day 3 Chanting, Chanting, Bell, Heart Sutra, training, Lay Practice, Five Ranks, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Tassajara Summer and Practice Serial: BZ-00107 Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 21 1993
Chaos Theory, Hierarchy Theory and Buddhism Mill Valley, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Conversation,...	Kathie Fischer	Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Chaos Theory, Hierarchy Theory Serial: BZ-01515B Lecture Mill Valley, Observe, Culture, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Kathie Fischer	Jul 03 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Getting What You Deserve Serial: BZ-00670B Lecture Karma, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Greed, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Michael Wenger	Jun 26 1993
Dogen's Fukanaazengi: Zazen Instructions Serial: BZ-00653A Sesshin Day 1 Fukanzazengi, Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Anger, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 09 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-00112 Lecture Practice Period, Commitment, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 1993 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Dogen’s Instructions to the Tenzo, Tenzo Kyokun: Opportunities for Lay Practice at BZC Serial: BZ-00286B Lecture Lay Practice, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Instruction, Lay, Right Speech...	Rebecca Mayeno	Feb 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Nurturing the Jewel Essence Within Serial: BZ-00644B Lecture Buddha Ancestors, American, Don't Know Mind, Peace, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Kathleen Gustin	Nov 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00639A One day sitting Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Oct 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #27: Leaves Fall, Body Exposed to the Golden Wind Serial: BZ-00635B Lecture Four Noble Truths, Book of Serenity, Big Mind, Greed, Happiness, War, Intuition,...	Michael Wenger	Aug 29 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #42: What is a Zen Student? Manjusri and the Young Woman in Samadhi Serial: BZ-00634A Lecture Manjushri, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Lin Zenki	Aug 15 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Keeping Your Eyes Open and Staying in the World Serial: BZ-00686B Saturday Lecture Emotions, Berkeley Zen Center, Posture, Separation, Beginners, Sangha, Bell,...	Les Kaye	Mar 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Zazen Serial: BZ-00684B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Priest, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Intimacy, Instruction, Liberation, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Wonderful Ramblings on Zen in America Serial: BZ-00703B Lecture American, Building, Heart Sutra, Interview, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Posture,...	Philip Whalen	Nov 09 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
The Fire, Suffering, and Relationship With Japan Serial: BZ-00702B Saturday Lecture Japan, Current Events, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 26 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Talk to Tokubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00624 Sesshin Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building, Gratitude, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 13 1991
July 18th, 1991, Serial No. 00623 Serial: BZ-00623 Lecture Intuition, Buddha Nature, Discrimination, Aspects of Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1991 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Zen and Excitement Serial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Suffering and Intention Serial: BZ-00968A Sesshin Day 5 Suffering, Intention, Emotions, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Religion, Lay, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 30 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
What is Sesshin? Serial: BZ-00967B Sesshin Day 4 Sesshin, Pure Existence, Building, Peace, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Karma, Happiness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 29 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Appreciating the Different Religions of the World Serial: BZ-00699B Saturday Lecture Religion, Religion, Separation, New Year, Subject-and-Object, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00698A Firewood and Ash, Rohatsu Day 6 Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Peace, Impermanence, Liberation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Ordination Serial: BZ-00513B White Bird in the Snow, Sesshin Day 5 Lay Ordination, Priest, Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Ordination, Bodhisattva Way, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 24 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Ungan and Yakusan Serial: BZ-00514B Sesshin day 3 Birth-and-Death, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Practice Period, Attachment,...	Fran Tribe	Jun 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun by Dogen: Monastic Life in Everyday Life Serial: BZ-00507A Lecture Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Offering, Soto Zen, uchiyama, Daily Life,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 28 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Earth Day Serial: BZ-00508 Saturday Lecture Earth Day, Precepts, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Buddha Nature, Dragons...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 22 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort and Trust Serial: BZ-00378B Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Enthusiasm, Concentration, Aspects of Practice,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 08 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00330 Sunday Talk Practice Period, Hate, Non-duality, Monastic Practice, Ego, Buddha Nature, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1989 Green Gulch Farm
December 18th, 1988, Serial No. 01472 Serial: BZ-01472 Final talk of the Fall Practice Period at Tassajara. Duality, Nirvana, Posture, Buddha Nature, resistance, Discrimination, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 18 1988 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 14th, 1988, Serial No. 01471 Serial: BZ-01471 Seventh day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Teacher-and-Student, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Intimacy, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 14 1988 7 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 13th, 1988, Serial No. 01492 Serial: BZ-01492 Day six of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Offering, Bowing, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, War	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 13 1988 6 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
December 9th, 1988, Serial No. 01476, Side A Serial: BZ-01476A Sojun Roshi gives the Dharma talk on the second day of Rohatsu sesshin at Tassajara. Genjokoan, training, Priest, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 1988 2 of 7 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Suzuki Roshi Memorial service Bowing, American, Instruction, Priest, Humility, Gratitude, Lineage, Tassajara Zen...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 03 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Zenshinji Serial: BZ-01470 Lecture, sesshin day 3 Silent Illumination, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Duality, Peace...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 18 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Confusion Serial: BZ-00368A Saturday Lecture confusion, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Fundraising, Priest, Ego, training,...	Les Kaye	Oct 08 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Trust Yourself to Yourself Serial: BZ-00891A Lecture, sesshin day 3 Gratitude, Posture, Daily Life, Conversation, Nirvana, Concentration, Tassajara Zen...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Jun 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Life and Death Serial: BZ-00897A Lecture Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Fasting, Nirvana, Evil, Heart Sutra, Tassajara Zen...	Shosan Victoria Austin	May 07 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00898B Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Vow, Three Treasures, Precepts, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission Serial: BZ-00899A Lecture Transmission, Soto Zen, Priest, Dharma Transmission, Precepts, Rinzai, Bowing, Study...	Ananda Dalenberg	Feb 13 1988 Berkeley Zen Center

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