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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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Branching Streams Flow in the DarknessSerial: BZ-00197A The Spirit of Practice Period, Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Tassajara, Ego, Precepts,... |
Oct 16 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zen in America (missing first 15 minutes)Serial: BZ-00166B Saturday Lecture Priest-and-Lay, Bell, Enthusiasm, Family Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice, Priest,... |
Jul 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Standing Up In One’s Own Reality Big Mind, Lay, Liberation, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Priest, Priest-and-Lay... |
Jan 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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On His Health & BZC's FutureSerial: BZ-00186 Rohatsu Day 6 Sojun Mel Weitsman, Conversation, Doubt, Emotions, Offering, Practice Period,... |
Dec 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dana Paramita and Relinquishment Demons, Priest, Interview, Tassajara, Precepts, Religion, Non-attachment, War,... |
Dec 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Way Seeking Mind/Dharma EntrustmentSerial: BZ-01068 Saturday Lecture Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Precepts, Tassajara, Bowing, Religion, Priest,... |
Oct 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 3rd, 1998, Serial No. 00439, Side BSerial: BZ-00439B #duplicate-please-hide Bell, Building, Dharma Transmission, Offering, Precepts, Priest, Religion, Tassajara... |
Oct 03 1998 |
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Dharma Transmission Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Practice Period, Lineage, Tassajara, Priest,... |
Sep 19 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tassajara And Esselen Indian NeighborsSerial: BZ-00350B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Esselen, Chanting, Culture, Doubt, Gratitude, Tassajara |
Jun 13 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddhist Images/Bodhisattva Way Heart Sutra, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Vow, Offering, Chanting, Continuous... |
May 09 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Becoming a Priest Priest, Lay, Lay Practice, Tassajara, Peace, Composure, Bowing, Vow, War |
Mar 28 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dogen & Sojun on OryokiSerial: BZ-00344B One-Day Sitting Oryoki, Dogen, Hate, Instruction, Lay, Observe, Priest, Rinzai, Silence, Tassajara... |
Mar 22 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #75Serial: BZ-00344A Ukyû's Unfair Blows, Saturday Lecture Ukyu, BCR-75, Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Observe... |
Mar 21 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Community Precepts Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,... |
Mar 14 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Money and the Dharma Interdependence, Tassajara, Culture, Offering, Peace, Emotions, Karma, Attachment... |
Mar 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Improv Big Mind, Building, Conversation, Culture, Daily Life, Karma, Obstacles, Offering,... |
Feb 07 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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An Appropriate Response Attachment, Bell, Blue Cliff Record, Chanting, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Oneness... |
Jul 19 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Heart Sutra Practice Period, Conversation, Heart Sutra, Tassajara, Oneness, Silence, Addiction,... |
Jun 28 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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PreceptsSerial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic... |
May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,... |
May 22 1997 |
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Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic... |
Jan 22 1997 Unknown |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #17Serial: BZ-00807A Rohatsu Day 6 BCR-17, Bodhidharma, Continuous Practice, Evil, First Principle, Lay, Obstacles,... |
Dec 07 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record: Case #41Serial: BZ-00790B Ashes in the Students' Eyes., Saturday Lecture BCR-41, Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Ego, Hindrances, Lay, Monastic Practice, Oneness... |
Oct 12 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Four Boundless AbodesSerial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,... |
Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Unknown TitleSerial: BZ-00119 Lecture First Principle, Interview, Observe, Obstacles, Offering, Posture, Practice Period,... |
Jul 02 1996 Tassajara |
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Shosan and Shuso Ceremony PreparationSerial: BZ-00800B Appropriate Question and Respons, Sesshin Day 5 Shosan, Shuso, Ceremony, Practice Period, Karma, Commitment, Conversation, Ego,... |
Jun 23 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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ComposureSerial: BZ-00801A Sesshin Day 2 Composure, Composure, Anger, Emotions, Don't Know Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
Jun 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Work and PracticeSerial: BZ-00118 Lecture Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara, Continuous Practice, Daily Life,... |
Apr 24 1996 |
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Rite of Passage - Ceremony and RitualSerial: BZ-00813A Saturday Lecture Ceremony, Family Practice, Karma, Tassajara, Repentance, Bell, Religion, Priest,... |
Jan 06 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Future Aspects to Focus On/Transition New Year, Politics, Practice Period, Priest, Religion, Tassajara, Teacher-and-Student... |
Jan 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Images and the Feminine Chanting, Tassajara, Religion, War, Humility, Beginners, Precepts, Priest, Lay... |
Oct 21 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Early Days: Maezumi-rôshi & Suzuki-rôshiSerial: BZ-00977A Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Zoom, Priest, Soto Zen, New Year,... |
May 27 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shush’s Way Seeking Mind Talk Instruction, Practice Period, Obstacles, Bowing, Hindrances, Tassajara, Conversation... |
May 08 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tassajara Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00909B Saturday Lecture Tassajara, Buddha's Birthday, Dharma Transmission, Family Practice, Lineage,... |
Apr 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Takubetsu SesshinSerial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Priest, Soto Zen,... |
Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00742 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Culture, Practice Period, Enemies, Building, Politics,... |
Mar 10 1995 Tassajara |
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Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Work PracticeSerial: BZ-00761 Class 6 of 10 Intuition, Emotions, Buddha Nature, Book of Serenity, Absolute-and-Relative, Duality... |
Mar 04 1995 6 Tassajara |
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Memories of Suzuki Roshi Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Hate, Patience, Practice Period, Tassajara, Transmission... |
Mar 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Finding Space in Your Life: Tassajara ReveriesSerial: BZ-00946B Lecture Practice Period, Tassajara, Study Period, Dependent Origination, Religion, Diversity... |
Jan 28 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji ShingiSerial: BZ-00759 Class 4 of 10 Building, Tassajara, Manjushri, Lineage, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude,... |
Jan 26 1995 4 Tassajara |
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Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji ShingiSerial: BZ-00756 Class 1 of 10 Bell, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Priest, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Tassajara... |
Jan 16 1995 1 Tassajara |
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Sandokai and Soto PracticeSerial: BZ-00947A Lecture Big Mind, Branching Streams, Practice Period, Light-and-Darkness, Oneness, Ordinary... |
Jan 14 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Independence: Interdependence, Renunciation and the Three RealmsSerial: BZ-00941A Lecture Culture, Doubt, Enemies, Hate, Interdependence, Passions, Renunciation, Subject-and-... |
Jul 02 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The PreceptsSerial: BZ-00942B Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Gratitude, Precepts, Priest, Tassajara, Vow, War |
Jun 25 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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FeelingsSerial: BZ-00050B Sesshin Day 4 Emotions, Discrimination, Big Mind, Ego, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Doubt |
Mar 27 1994 Tassajara |
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This Moment's ActivitySerial: BZ-00108A Sesshin Day 1 Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego, Doubt, Building... |
Mar 24 1994 Tassajara |
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Parinirvana Sutra and Suzuki Roshi’s LegacySerial: BZ-00980B Lecture Nirvana Sutra, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Nirvana, Impermanence, Daily Life, Tassajara... |
Feb 12 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Mumonkan: Case #10Serial: BZ-00980A Essence of Mind "Alone and Poor", Saturday Lecture MM-10, Attachment, Buddha Nature, Building, Culture, Greed, Practice Period, Priest,... |
Feb 05 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Finding Your Place in PracticeSerial: BZ-00660B Women's Sitting Posture, Tassajara, Doubt, Intuition, Enemies, Chanting |
Nov 21 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Gateways to Liberation: Dogen’s “Plum Blossoms” and OryokiSerial: BZ-00660A Lecture Big Mind, Buddha Mind, Tassajara, Posture, Anger, Oneness, Discrimination, confusion... |
Nov 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |