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 Serial: BZ-00301 Lecture Sandokai, Fundraising, Lotus Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Mill Valley, Oneness, confusion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1988
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00900B Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Sixth Patriarch, Composure, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 30 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
New Year's Eve Serial: BZ-00902B Priest Ordination, Saturday Lecture Ordination, Priest, Priest, New Year, Commitment, Lay, Practice Period, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 19 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
December 11th, 1987, Serial No. 00306, Side A Serial: BZ-00306A Sesshin Day 4 Ego, Buddha Nature, Peace, resistance, Continuous Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 11 1987 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
No Title Practice Period, Pure Existence, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00906 Saturday Lecture Genjokoan, Intimacy, Daily Life, Bell, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan II Serial: BZ-00908A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Anger, Samsara, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Oneness, Passions, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 04 1987 Berkeley Zen Center
Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Tozan's Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00336 Lecture Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 17 1987
No Title Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative, Family Practice, Aspects of Practice, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 16 1987 Green Gulch Farm
Tenzo Kyokun Pt.III Serial: BZ-01529A Rohatsu Day 3 Tenzo Kyokun, Daily Life, Discrimination, Duality, Emotions, Bowing, Oneness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00894B Lecture Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Family Practice,...	Kathie Fischer	Nov 22 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Refining Your Life Serial: BZ-00883B How to Practice in a Position, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Monastic Practice, Buddha Mind, Practice Position, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
The Buddhist Meaning of Renunciation Serial: BZ-00883A Saturday Lecture Renunciation, Renunciation, Emotions, Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Anger, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 01 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Helping Each Other to Practice in the Absence of Teacher Serial: BZ-00881 Giving and Getting, Saturday Lecture Giving-and-Taking, Practice Period, Practice Position, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 20 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
New Trends in Practice; Empowerment Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Teacher-and-Student, Sanctuary,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 26 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
July 26, 1986, Serial No. 00879B Serial: BZ-00879B Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Sanctuary, Lineage, Peace, training...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 26 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Being in the Moment Serial: BZ-00879A Saturday Lecture Current Events, Gratitude, Bowing, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Building, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #43 Serial: BZ-00878A Hot and Cold Buddha, Sesshin Day 4 Buddha, BCR-43, Hate, Posture, Emotions, Silence, Nirvana, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Make Your Life More Meaningless Posture, War, Daily Life, Lay, Politics, Commitment, Silence, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 11 1986
One Thread of Doubt Serial: BZ-00874B Lecture Doubt, Culture, War, Observe, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Funeral, Sangha,...	Lou Hartman	Mar 08 1986 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Factors of Enlightenment: Part I Serial: BZ-00868B Mindfulness and Effort in Sesshin, Rohatsu Day 4 Enlightenment, Effort, Sesshin, Mindfulness, Posture, Concentration, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
One Month Practice Period at Tassajara Serial: BZ-00868A Rohatsu Day 2 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Awakening of Faith: Thusness and Intersection of Absolute and Phenomenon Serial: BZ-00867A Lecture Commitment, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Sangha, Priest-and-Lay, Culture, Anger,...	Leslie James	Nov 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
After the Bodhisattva Ceremony Serial: BZ-00865B Four Vows and Four Noble Truths, Saturday Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Four Noble Truths, Vow, Precepts, Bodhisattva...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 26 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period (J. Ango) Serial: BZ-00410A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Ango, Study Period, Priest-and-Lay, Practice Period, training, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 17 1985 Berkeley Zen Center
Form is Emptiness Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, resistance, Continuous Practice, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 05 1985 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Dropping the Buddha Bowl Serial: BZ-00407B Combining Sesshin with Outside Work and Family, Rohatsu Sesshin, Daily Life, Repentance, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara Life Serial: BZ-00404A Saturday Lecture Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 24 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Dharma Transmission: Objects of Authority Serial: BZ-00392A Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Priest, training, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 03 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Fourth Paramita: Virya (Effort) Serial: BZ-00391B Saturday Lecture Virya, Patience, Buddha Mind, Concentration, Chanting, Monastic Practice, Subject-and...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 1984 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice: Priests, Monks, Laity Serial: BZ-00395B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Priest-and-Lay, Precepts, Priest, Lay, Bodhisattva Precepts, training,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Conflict Between Intention versus Desire Serial: BZ-00434B "What to do with our Oni (devil)", Sesshin Day 2 Intention, Desire, resistance, training, Daily Life, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Making the Commitment to Practice Serial: BZ-00404B Saturday Lecture Practice, Commitment, Commitment, Obstacles, stubbornness, resistance, Tassajara Zen...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Talk about Practice: Story of the Birds Nest Monk Serial: BZ-00433B Lecture Precepts, Evil, Instruction, Bowing, Chanting, confusion, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 01 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Development of American Buddhism Serial: BZ-00422A Kapleau-rôshi's Visit to SFZC, Saturday Lecture Buddhism, American, Philip Kapleau, Culture, American, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 04 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Responsible Independence Serial: BZ-00421A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Instruction, Practice Period, Sangha, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 21 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Inside Out Serial: BZ-00420B Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Demons, Ego, Enthusiasm, Harmonizing, Intuition, Bowing, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 14 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
Book of Serenity: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00418A The Highest Truth is Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 6 Emptiness, SER-2, Enlightenment, Bodhidharma, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 1983 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dharma of Mindfulness: Tassajara Gathas Serial: BZ-00903A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Gathas, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Practicing Without Hindrance Serial: BZ-00396A Seeing the Absolute and Relative, Saturday Lecture Practice, Absolute-and-Relative, Hindrances, Daily Life, Discrimination, Teacher-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Developing Your Own Authority to Practice Serial: BZ-00399A Saturday Lecture Practice, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, training, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 18 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Gate, Gate, Paragate Serial: BZ-00001A The Mantra of Your Life, Sesshin Day 5 Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 15 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Mind Serial: BZ-00003B Saturday Lecture Building, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Separation, training, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 23 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice is Enlightenment, Ridgepole Ceremony Serial: BZ-00043B Saturday Lecture Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Building, Study Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Japanese Practice/American Practice: Differences Serial: BZ-00039A Saturday Lecture Japan, American, Lay Practice, Family Practice, American, Lay, Lotus Sutra, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Work Sesshin: Building the New Zendo Serial: BZ-00037B One day sitting lecture Study Period, Building, Non-violence, Happiness, Mindfulness, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 21 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Work Serial: BZ-00035 Saturday Lecture Building, Lay Practice, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Separation, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 14 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #80 Serial: BZ-00033 Does a Baby Have the 6th Consciousness?, Saturday Lecture Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 31 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Women's Practice Family Practice, Enthusiasm, Transmission, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 30 1982
Fundraising for the New Zendo Serial: BZ-00007B What is Our Basis?, Sesshin Day 4 Fundraising, Zendo, Berkeley Zen Center, Sangha, Building, Samadhi, Fundraising, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1982 Berkeley Zen Center

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