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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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Practicing With Afflictive EmotionsSerial: SF-02722 Antidotes - Shantidvea/Dalai Lama/Hui Hai Forgiveness, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Non-duality, Tassajara, Conversation, Duality... |
Oct 09 1996 Unknown |
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August Sesshin Realization, Impermanence, Funeral, Bowing, Emotions, First Principle, Tassajara... |
Aug 12 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Dogen's Wisdom for Modern Zen Tenzo, Rinzai, Daily Life, Tassajara |
Feb 24 1996 |
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Ascending the MountainSerial: SF-03563 Sunday Lecture - Children's talk - before Blanche Hartman's Installation ceremony - throne and dharma are etymologically connected in Sanskrit - taking your seat in dharma... Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Ceremony, Ordination, Priest, Non-attachment, Dragons,... |
Feb 04 1996 Green Gulch Farm |
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Interview Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Emotions, Gratitude, Tassajara, Conversation |
Jan 21 1996 Unknown |
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Effort Without Gain: The Zen Paradox Practice Period, Tassajara, Hsin Hsin Ming, Non-duality, Non-attachment, Suzuki Roshi... |
Jan 03 1996 Unknown |
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Zen Balance: Engaged Yet Detached Suzuki Roshi, Ego, Big Mind, Zazen, Daily Life, Zazen Mind, Tassajara |
Nov 01 1995 |
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Tokubetsu Sesshin Precepts, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Rinzai, Soto Zen, New Year, Tassajara... |
Mar 25 1995 |
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Embracing Constancy in Buddhist Practice Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara, Karma, Emptiness... |
Feb 22 1995 |
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Embracing Zen: Self and Community Practice Period, Ceremony, Priest, Transmission, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, New Year,... |
Jan 04 1995 City Center |
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The Meeting of American Culture and BuddhismSerial: SF-00103 Lecture Series Right Speech, Tassajara, Half-Smile, Lay Practice, Emptiness, Concentration, Monastic... |
Mar 01 1994 City Center |
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The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism: The ArtsSerial: SF-00008 Lecture Series New Year, Tassajara, Emptiness, Suzuki Roshi, Ceremony, Interdependence, Manjushri... |
Feb 01 1994 City Center |
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Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Transmission,... |
Sep 21 1991 Unknown |
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Goodwill in Action: A Buddhist Perspective Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Zazen, Fundraising, Doubt, Tassajara |
Mar 02 1991 |
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Shuso Way-Seeking Mind TalkSerial: SF-01077 #shuso-talk Conversation, Practice Period, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Zazen, Hate, Tassajara |
Feb 20 1991 Unknown |
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Embodied Enlightenment in Everyday Life Rinzai, Tassajara |
Jul 1990 |
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Pure Effort In Everyday Busy LifeSerial: BZ-00020 Saturday Lecture Posture, New Year Celebration, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period, Concentration,... |
Jan 02 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Children's Talk: Money Tassajara |
Dec 08 1981 Green Gulch Farm |
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Attachment to Form: Positive and Negative Chanting, Tassajara |
Oct 25 1974 City Center |
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Embracing Intuitive Zen Practice Ceremony, Interdependence, Liberation, Lotus Sutra, Tassajara |
Feb 27 1972 |
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Gyoji: The Heartbeat of Zen Practice Ceremony, Chanting, Concentration, Liberation, Nirvana, Tassajara |
Feb 08 1972 |
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Living Like a Diesel Engine Tassajara |
Feb 1972 |
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Nowness: Interconnectedness in Zen Practice Community, Compassion, Realization, Tassajara |
Feb 1972 |
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Beyond Thoughts: Zen's Path to Liberation Birth-and-Death, Hate, Lay Practice, Liberation, Tassajara |
Dec 06 1971 |
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The Flow of Continuous Awakening Buddha Mind, Conversation, Hate, Impermanence, Liberation, Tassajara |
Dec 05 1971 |
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Vivid Practice Beyond Understanding Gratitude, Impermanence, Realization, Tassajara |
Dec 02 1971 |
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Seeing Through the Buddha's Eye Buddha Mind, Ceremony, Chanting, Gratitude, Realization, Tassajara |
Dec 1971 |
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Present Without Projections Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Separation, Suffering, Tassajara... |
Nov 27 1971 |
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Reviving Genuine Zen Practices Today Ceremony, Dragons, Funeral, Mahayana, Suffering, Tassajara |
Nov 05 1971 |
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Breaking Self-Centered Chains of Suffering Four Noble Truths, Patience, Precepts, Tassajara |
Oct 03 1971 |
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Breaking the Chains of Illusion Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Suffering, Tassajara |
Oct 02 1971 |
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Wherever You Are, We Have Zen Way Of PracticeDogen, Shobogenzo, Genjokoan, Suffering, Don't Know Mind, Happiness, Tassajara,... |
Aug 21 1971 City Center |
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Wholehearted Bowing, Unveiling Buddha Within Hate, Interdependence, Tassajara |
May 05 1971 |
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Living the Experience of Wisdom Ceremony, Compassion, Lay Practice, Perfect Wisdom, Tassajara |
Apr 25 1971 |
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The DriverKarma, Zazen, Tassajara, Posture, War |
Feb 27 1971 City Center |
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Living Zen: Embodying Dharma Principles Transmission, Tassajara, Hindrances, Samadhi, Concentration, Posture |
Dec 1970 |
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Do Not Pass Your Days and Nights in VainSerial: SR-00221 Sandokai Lecture XIII: “Don't Spend Your Time in Vain” [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai:... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Hui-neng, Dogen, Death, Tassajara |
Jul 06 1970 Tassajara |
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We Should Not Stick to Words or Rules Too MuchSerial: SR-00222 Sandokai Lecture XII: “It Is Not Always So” [This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai: Koto... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Lay Practice, Tassajara |
Jul 04 1970 Tassajara |
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Shunryu Suzuki talking from Zen in America (video) Tassajara |
Jun 1970 Tassajara |
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Embarking on the Zen Vessel Demons, Happiness, Hate, Tassajara |
Apr 12 1970 |
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Embracing Genjo: Presence as Practice Ego, Happiness, Realization, Tassajara |
Apr 10 1970 |
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Practice To Be Like A StoneSerial: SF-06125 SR-70-02-28 Sesshin lecture #6 (last lecture) - followed by service #2 for Trudy Dixon Composure, Diversity, Don't Know Mind, Tassajara |
Feb 28 1970 City Center |
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Some QuestionsQuestion-and-Answer, Buddha Nature, Concentration, Posture, Tassajara |
Aug 28 1969 Tassajara |
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Eulogy For Trudy Dixon Given During Her Funeral CeremonySerial: SR-00028 Words from the funeral eulogy for Trudy Dixon. Magnanimous mind Tassajara, Dogen, Buddha Mind, Buddha Mind, Compassion |
Jul 11 1969 Sokoji |
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Rinzai Zen and Soto ZenSerial: SR-00033 July 1969 Morning. Dogen, Buddha Nature, Ego, Priest, Tassajara, Transmission |
Jul 1969 Sokoji |
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Suzuki's 65th BirthdaySerial: SR-00018 Sunday Morning, May 18, 1969 Posture, Priest, Tassajara |
May 18 1969 Sokoji |
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Scratching the Itch of Existence Ceremony, Obstacles, Tassajara |
Apr 18 1969 |
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Zen Beyond Imitation and Ritual Buddha Nature, Demons, Lotus Sutra, New Year, Precepts, Tassajara |
Apr 17 1969 |
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Shosan CeremonyShosan, First Principle, Compassion, Demons, Emotions, Emptiness, Lotus Sutra,... |
Nov 11 1968 Tassajara |
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True PracticeSerial: SF-05133B Evening Sesshin Lecture Sesshin, Zuigan, Gratitude, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Doubt |
Dec 01 1967 B Tassajara |