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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
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00197A The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara, Ego, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes) Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Bell, Enthusiasm, Family Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Lay, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Priest, Priest-and-Lay...	Mary Mocine	Jan 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
On His Health & BZC's Future Serial: BZ-00186 Rohatsu Day 6 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Conversation, Doubt, Emotions, Offering, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Dana Paramita and Relinquishment Demons, Priest, Interview, Tassajara, Precepts, Religion, Non-attachment, War,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Dec 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Way Seeking Mind/Dharma Entrustment Serial: BZ-01068 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara, Bowing, Religion, Priest,...	Maylie Scott	Oct 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side B Serial: BZ-00439B #duplicate-please-hide Bell, Building, Dharma Transmission, Offering, Precepts, Priest, Religion, Tassajara...		Oct 03 1998
Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara, Priest,...	Maylie Scott, Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 19 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Tassajara And Esselen Indian Neighbors Serial: BZ-00350B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Esselen, Chanting, Culture, Doubt, Gratitude, Tassajara	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous...	Rebecca Mayeno	May 09 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen & Sojun on Oryoki Serial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Hate, Instruction, Lay, Observe, Priest, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #75 Serial: BZ-00344A Ukyû's Unfair Blows, Saturday Lecture Ukyu, BCR-75, Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Observe...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Community Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Mar 14 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Money and the Dharma Interdependence, Tassajara, Culture, Offering, Peace, Emotions, Karma, Attachment...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Mar 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Improv Big Mind, Building, Conversation, Culture, Daily Life, Karma, Obstacles, Offering,...	Karen DeCotis	Feb 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
An Appropriate Response Attachment, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Oneness...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Oneness, Silence, Addiction,...	Ross Blum	Jun 28 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Serial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center
May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,...		May 22 1997
Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12 Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1997 Unknown
Blue Cliff Record: Case #17 Serial: BZ-00807A Rohatsu Day 6 BCR-17, Bodhidharma, Continuous Practice, Evil, First Principle, Lay, Obstacles,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #41 Serial: BZ-00790B Ashes in the Students' Eyes., Saturday Lecture BCR-41, Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Ego, Hindrances, Lay, Monastic Practice, Oneness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Boundless Abodes Serial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Unknown Title Serial: BZ-00119 Lecture First Principle, Interview, Observe, Obstacles, Offering, Posture, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 02 1996 Tassajara
Shosan and Shuso Ceremony Preparation Serial: BZ-00800B Appropriate Question and Respons, Sesshin Day 5 Shosan, Shuso, Ceremony, Practice Period, Karma, Commitment, Conversation, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Composure Serial: BZ-00801A Sesshin Day 2 Composure, Composure, Anger, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Work and Practice Serial: BZ-00118 Lecture Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara, Continuous Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 24 1996
Rite of Passage - Ceremony and Ritual Serial: BZ-00813A Saturday Lecture Ceremony, Family Practice, Karma, Tassajara, Repentance, Bell, Religion, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 06 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Future Aspects to Focus On/Transition New Year, Politics, Practice Period, Priest, Religion, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Images and the Feminine Chanting, Tassajara, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts, Priest, Lay...	Rebecca Mayeno	Oct 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshi Serial: BZ-00977A Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, Soto Zen, New Year,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 27 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara, Conversation...	Myoan Grace Schireson	May 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Tassajara Practice Period Serial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Buddha's Birthday, Dharma Transmission, Family Practice, Lineage,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Takubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Priest, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00742 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Culture, Practice Period, Enemies, Building, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1995 Tassajara
Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Work Practice Serial: BZ-00761 Class 6 of 10 Intuition, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 1995 6 Tassajara
Memories of Suzuki Roshi Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Hate, Patience, Practice Period, Tassajara, Transmission...	Rebecca Mayeno	Mar 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Space in Your Life: Tassajara Reveries Serial: BZ-00946B Lecture Practice Period, Tassajara, Study Period, Dependent Origination, Religion, Diversity...	Maylie Scott	Jan 28 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi Serial: BZ-00759 Class 4 of 10 Building, Tassajara, Manjushri, Lineage, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 1995 4 Tassajara
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi Serial: BZ-00756 Class 1 of 10 Bell, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Priest, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1995 1 Tassajara
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 Culture, Doubt, Enemies, Hate, Interdependence, Passions, Renunciation, Subject-and-...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jul 02 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00942B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Precepts, Priest, Tassajara, Vow, War	Angie Boissevain	Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Feelings Serial: BZ-00050B Sesshin Day 4 Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Doubt	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 1994 Tassajara
This Moment's Activity Serial: BZ-00108A Sesshin Day 1 Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego, Doubt, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 1994 Tassajara
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, Buddha Nature, Building, Culture, Greed, Practice Period, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Finding Your Place in Practice Serial: BZ-00660B Women's Sitting Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting	Kosei 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, Posture, Anger, Oneness, Discrimination, confusion...	Kathleen Gustin	Nov 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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