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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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Wallace Stevens and Emptiness Lotus Sutra, Separation, Five Ranks, Evil, Tassajara, Uchiyama, Politics, Intimacy,... |
Mar 20 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 3Serial: BZ-00589 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Building, Priest, Tassajara, Monastic Practice... |
Mar 14 2005 |
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March 14th, 2005, Serial No. 01570 Monastic Practice, Priest, Building, Tassajara, Soto Zen, Lay, Heart Sutra, Practice... |
Mar 14 2005 |
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Way Seeking Mind Pt. 2Serial: BZ-00590 Lecture Sojun Mel Weitsman, Way-Seeking Mind, Monastic Practice, Priest, Fundraising,... |
Mar 13 2005 |
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Zendo Talk Practice Period, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Vow, Precepts, Gratitude, Silence... |
Mar 08 2005 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00583 Sesshin Day 4 Karma, Funeral, Death-and-Dying, Global Warming, Tassajara, Practice Period, Bell,... |
Feb 23 2005 Tassajara |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00592 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Silence,... |
Feb 22 2005 Tassajara |
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Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror SamadhiSerial: BZ-00774 Class 4 of 12 Tassajara, Five Ranks, Posture, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Daily Life,... |
Feb 11 2005 4 Tassajara |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00595 Shuso talk, sesshin 1, day 3 Blue Cliff Record, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Way, Silent... |
Jan 27 2005 Tassajara |
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March 2005 talk, Serial No. 01574 Monastic Practice, Building, Priest, Fundraising, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Practice... |
2005 |
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Life Is Like Sesshin: Use of Kyusaku: Being RebornSerial: BZ-01297 Forgiveness. Renewal for the New Year, Rohatsu Day 7 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,... |
Dec 05 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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December 5th, 2004, Serial No. 01565 New Year, Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara, Renewal, Forgiveness, Dragons,... |
Dec 05 2004 |
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Bravo’s DeathSerial: BZ-01245 Sesshin Lecture Big Mind, Practice Period, Monkey Mind, Renewal, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara,... |
Sep 06 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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September 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01575 Big Mind, Practice Period, Monkey Mind, Renewal, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara,... |
Sep 06 2004 |
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Hinayana Practice: Calm Your MindSerial: BZ-01241 Saturday Lecture Mahayana, Monkey Mind, Nirvana, Obstacles, Subject-and-Object, Impermanence, Heart... |
Aug 21 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking MindSerial: BZ-01273 Approaching his 75th Birthday (July 9th), Saturday Lecture Way-Seeking Mind, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Dharma Transmission, War, Transmission, Priest... |
Jul 03 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Composure: The Shuso Hossen CeremonySerial: BZ-01271 Where the Response Comes From, Sesshin Day 5 Composure, Shuso Ceremony, Composure, Intimacy, Nirvana, Practice Period, Posture,... |
Jun 20 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen CommunitySerial: BZ-00580 Class 3 of 5 Buddha Ancestors, Dragons, Building, Evil, Offering, Commitment, Non-duality,... |
Feb 29 2004 3 Chapel Hill Zen Center |
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Digging Deep: Getting to the Bottom of the Soup PotSerial: BZ-01250 Getting to the Bottom of Ourselves, Sesshin Day 3 Buddha Nature, Happiness, Dragons, confusion, Bowing, Liberation, Discrimination,... |
Feb 16 2004 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eihei Shingi: The KaninSerial: BZ-01374 The Kanin, Rohatsu Day 5 Eihei Shingi, Buddha Ancestors, Evil, Monastic Practice, confusion, Dragons, Birth-... |
Dec 05 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Eihei Shingi: The KaninSerial: BZ-01373 Rohatsu Day 4 Eihei Shingi, Buddha's Birthday, Tassajara, New Year, Lay Practice, Offering,... |
Dec 04 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Practice of LoveSerial: BZ-01372A Rohatsu Day 3
Practice Period, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Separation, Duality, Vow, Ego, Attachment,... |
Dec 03 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Oryoki InstructionSerial: BZ-01371 Rohatsu Day 2 Oryoki, Instruction, Don't Know Mind, Bell, Tassajara, Priest |
Dec 02 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of StillnessSerial: BZ-01362 Saturday Lecture Posture, Bell, Tassajara, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity, Emotions, Manjushri... |
Oct 18 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Things Change: ButchSerial: BZ-01359 Women's Sitting Blue Cliff Record, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Renewal, Repentance, Transmission... |
Sep 21 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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KarmaSerial: BZ-01351 Saturday Lecture Karma, Karma, Conversation, Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Teacher-and-... |
Jul 26 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Yinyan Sweeps the Ground: Wallace and GrommetSerial: BZ-01345B Sesshin Day 3 Peace, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Observe, Tassajara, Religion, Zoom, Bowing,... |
Jun 20 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00135B Monday morning talk Heart Sutra, Religion, Politics, Tassajara, Practice Period, Conversation,... |
May 12 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan Case #38 Buffalo Tail: What Does it Mean to Pass Through Something Completely?Serial: BZ-00134A Lecture Tassajara, Practice Period, War, Fox, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Fundraising,... |
Mar 29 2003 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Suzuki-rôshi Almost DrowningSerial: BZ-00175 From "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 5 Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Happiness, Teacher-and-Student, Perfect Wisdom, Bell,... |
Dec 06 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Readings from “Windbell” the BookSerial: BZ-00154B Lecture Tassajara, Dragons, Big Mind, Hate, Instruction, Soto Zen, War, Enemies, Peace... |
Jul 20 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Being TimeSerial: BZ-00149A Lecture Bowing, Chanting, Tassajara, Doubt, Ego |
Jun 08 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Instructions for the Cook: Tenzo KyokunSerial: BZ-00452 Class 4 of 5 Dragons, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Concentration, Chanting, Bowing... |
Jun 06 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 6th, 2002, Serial No. 01013, Side A Dragons, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Addiction, Ego,... |
Jun 06 2002 |
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May 30th, 2002, Serial No. 01012, Side B Offering, Practice Period, Lotus Sutra, War, Lay, Bodhisattva Way, Building,... |
May 30 2002 |
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Instructions for the Zen Cook: Tenzo Kyokun; Zen Cook, TenzoSerial: BZ-00449 Class 1 of 5 Composure, Daily Life, Tassajara, Offering, Posture, Emotions, Attachment,... |
May 16 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 16th, 2002, Serial No. 01010, Side A Soto Zen, Composure, Daily Life, Tassajara, Offering, Emotions, Rinzai, Attachment,... |
May 16 2002 |
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Tenzo KyokunSerial: BZ-00147A One-Day Sitting Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Practice Period, Tassajara, Instruction, Big Mind,... |
May 11 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sounding Mokugyo BellSerial: BZ-00144A Bring Out the Voice of the Bell, One-Day Sitting Bell, Chanting, Zazen, Bell, Culture, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Tassajara, Mindfulness... |
Apr 07 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Aspects of Practice: Suzuki RoshiSerial: BZ-00477 Class 1 of 4 War, Bell, Priest, Tassajara, Precepts, Posture, Branching Streams, Soto Zen,... |
Oct 04 2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |
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AltarsSerial: BZ-00092A Lecture Offering, Avalokitesvara, Manjushri, Patience, Bowing, Passions, Tassajara, Vow,... |
Sep 29 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo's Awakening from Eihei ShingiSerial: BZ-00104B Sesshin Day 2 Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Ego, Five Ranks, Tassajara,... |
Jun 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Treating Everything as a Subject from Eihei ShingiSerial: BZ-00104A Sesshin Day 1 Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Bell, Subject-and-Object, Duality, First Principle, Non-duality... |
Jun 20 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Four Noble Truths and Prison Food Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Concentration, Mindfulness,... |
Jun 02 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practicing with Impermanence: Reference to Maylie’s Illness Rumi, Priest, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Instruction, Emotions, Lineage,... |
May 05 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #36Serial: BZ-00099A Meeting a Person of the Way, One-Day Sitting BCR-36, Silence, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Enemies, Bell, Intimacy, Demons,... |
Mar 18 2001 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00482 Class 4 of 4 Bell, Tassajara, Doubt, Harmonizing, Ego |
2001 4 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00483 Class 3 of 4 Bell, Tassajara, Practice Period, Hate, Offering, Forgiveness, Interview, confusion... |
2001 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00484 Class 2 of 4 Tassajara, Practice Period, War, Culture, Instruction |
2001 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zendo CookingSerial: BZ-00485 Class 1 of 4 Tassajara, Conversation, Instruction, Monastic Practice, Bell, War, Manjushri,... |
2001 1 Berkeley Zen Center |