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 feet (1,549 m) high Chews Ridge via a narrow, steep, 13.7 miles (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
Being Uncomfortable Serial: SF-01092 Sunday Lecture: What do we do when we become uncomfortable?; comfort - in body, mind, relationships - are focus of our consumerism; suffering = constant need to be fed;... Tassajara, Practice Period, Silence, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Religion, Humility,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 25 2007 Green Gulch
Yes! Serial: SF-01100 Sesshin Lecture: just sitting with no technique or theme; monk: what about when not carrying anything? Zhaozhou: put it down; Shakyamuni holding up the flower; zazen in... uchiyama, Zazen, Freedom, Duality, Impermanence, Practice Period, Tassajara, Delusion...	Daigan Lueck	Apr 02 2006 Green Gulch
Practice Period Serial: SF-00034 Origins of PP, meaning of 'ango'; Dogen's essay; resistance; hermit Jim; Rumi poems. Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors, Zazen, Tassajara, resistance, Bell, Duality,...	Kokyo Henkel	Feb 19 2006
January 25th, 2006, Serial No. 04101 Practice Period, Tassajara, Lay Practice, Faith, Commitment, Priest, Zazen, Ceremony...	Rosalie Curtis	Jan 25 2006 Unknown
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01000 Day 1 Zendo Lecture Sanctuary, Karma, Ceremony, Practice Period, Tassajara, Demons, Zendo, Anger...	Kosho McCall	Dec 10 2005 Tassajara
November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 00975 Conversation, Letting Go, Instruction, Tassajara, Zendo, Vows, Posture, Suzuki Roshi...	Marc Lesser	Nov 19 2005 Unknown
Dining Room Lecture Practice Period, Tassajara, Birth-and-Death, Posture, Instruction, Suzuki Roshi,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Sep 03 2005 Tassajara
Zendo Lecture training, Instruction, Attachment, Equanimity, Impermanence, Lovingkindness,...	Gil Fronsdal	Aug 24 2005 Tassajara
Dining Room Lecture Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Separation, Tassajara, Happiness, Hate, Doubt...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Jun 24 2005 Tassajara
Zendo Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Big Mind, Diversity, Bowing, Ego, Discrimination, Hate,...	Kosho McCall	Jun 10 2005 Tassajara
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01931 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Practice Period, Tassajara, Freedom, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Zendo, Faith...	Leslie James	Mar 29 2005 Tassajara
On Race Serial: SF-03568 Sesshin 3 Day 7 Diversity, Lay, Hate, Discrimination, soto, Tassajara, Bell, confusion, Freedom,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 29 2005 Tassajara
Hierarchy Serial: SF-03579 Sesshin 3 Day 5 Teacher-student relationship Teacher-and-Student, Precepts, Anger, Intimacy, Buddha Nature, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 2005 Tassajara
Precepts Serial: SF-03499 Sesshin 3 Day 4 Teacher-student relationship Precepts, Observe, Ego, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 26 2005 Tassajara
Zendo Lecture Practice Period, Impermanence, Balance, Five Ranks, Tassajara, Letting Go, Vows,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Mar 21 2005 Tassajara
Zen Of Business Administration Serial: SF-00036 Sunday Talk. Life at Green Gulch in the 1970s; giving, fearlessness; improv; no mistakes; parenting. Tassajara, practicing generosity, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life,...	Marc Lesser	Mar 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm
Way-Seeking Mind Zendo, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Dharma Transmission, Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Heart...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 2005 Tassajara
Way Seeking Mind Serial: SF-00044 The route to becoming a zen monk; growing up Jewish and hanging out with the beats; meeting Suzuki Roshi. Monastic Practice, Japan, Way-Seeking Mind, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 13 2005 2 Tassajara
Small Potatoes Serial: SF-01093 Sunday Lecture: "Just to be alive is enough" (Suzuki Roshi) - dissatisfaction even when we "have everything" - acedia/noonday sickness - spiritual dryness - "small potatoes" -... Triple Treasure, Vows, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara, Discrimination, Patience, Separation,...	Daigan Lueck	Feb 27 2005 Green Gulch
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-01929 Sesshin 2 Day 4 Karma, Funeral, Tassajara, Global Warming, Practice Period, Echo, Chanting, Bell, Don...	Leslie James	Feb 23 2005 Tassajara
February 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01010 Suzuki Roshi, practicing generosity, Commitment, Practice Period, Koan, Letting Go,...	Marc Lesser	Feb 19 2005 Unknown
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-03651 Sesshin 1 Day 4 (date on cassette - 1.29 - is inconsistent with the previous dates in this sesshin) Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Bell, Zendo, Passions, Posture, Emptiness, Rinzai,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 28 2005 Tassajara
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01924 #shuso-talk Sesshin 1 Day 3 - Practice Period led by Sojun Roshi Practice Period, Bell, Lotus Sutra, Blue Cliff Record, Silent Illumination,...	Zenshin Greg Fain	Jan 27 2005 Tassajara
Sink and Swim Serial: SF-03561 Sesshin 1 Day 2 Precepts, Manjushri, Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Precious Mirror,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 2005 Tassajara
Zendo Lecture Emptiness, Tassajara, Karma, Separation, Practice Period, Zendo, Faith, Concentration...	Leslie James	Dec 07 2004 Tassajara
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01098 #shuso-talk Book of Serenity, Diversity, Practice Period, Happiness, Tassajara, Ordination, Karma...	Zesho Susan O'Connell	Nov 10 2004 Green Gulch
Shuso Talk Serial: SF-01899 #shuso-talk Diversity, Tassajara, Religion, Conversation, Gratitude, Priest-and-Lay, training,...	Jisan Tova Green	Nov 01 2004 Tassajara
August 4th, 2004, Serial No. 03489 Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Continuous, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 04 2004 Tassajara
Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: SF-01901 Zendo Lecture Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,...	Darlene Cohen	Jun 18 2004 Tassajara
June 9th, 2004, Serial No. 04081 Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Zazen, Posture, Sixth Patriarch, Practice...	Lew Richmond	Jun 09 2004 Unknown
June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 01928 Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Balance, Karma, Hate, Zazen, Vows, Priest, Ceremony,...	Leslie James	Jun 08 2004 Tassajara
March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039 Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara, Intimacy...	Kosho McCall	Mar 24 2004 City Center
February 4th, 2004, Serial No. 04104 Practice Period, Chanting, Tassajara, Bell, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Religion, Intuition...	Rosalie Curtis	Feb 04 2004 City Center
2003.11.19-serial.00156 Serial: SF-00156 Wednesday talk. Ecopsychology; desires, needs, narcissism; nurturing through zazen. Karma, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Echo, Ceremony, Buddha Ancestors, Ego,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 19 2003
Sesshin Lecture Practice Period, Greed, Sanctuary, Hate, Freedom, Chanting, Tassajara, Hindrances,...	Leslie James	Oct 28 2003 Tassajara
2003.08.10-serial.00079 Serial: SF-00079 Zendo Lecture Birth-and-Death, Separation, Letting Go, Intimacy, Liberation, Tassajara, Beginners,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 10 2003
Wednesday Lecture Serial: SF-00948 Buffalo passing through window koan. Farm and draft horses at GGF Tassajara, Commitment, Monastic Practice, confusion, Practice Period, Conversation,...	Marc Lesser	Jul 09 2003 Green Gulch
Sesshin Lecture Fox, Practice Period, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Tassajara, Attachment, Karma,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 2003 Tassajara
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-01101 Daigan's dream last night. Way to listen to a dharma talk. Practice period. Why people come. Things. Material things. Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Delusion, Priest,...	Daigan Lueck	Feb 23 2003 Green Gulch
November 6th, 2002, Serial No. 01064 Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Teacher-and-Student...	Marc Lesser	Nov 06 2002 City Center
2002.10.19-serial.00059 Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature, Zazen, Manjushri, Practice Period, Buddha Ancestors,...	Steve Weintraub	Oct 19 2002 City Center
October 10th, 2002, Serial No. 00973 Tassajara, Practice Period, Mill Valley, training, Rumi, Vows, Intimacy, Commitment,...	Marc Lesser	Oct 10 2002 City Center
June 29th, 2002, Serial No. 04021 Freedom, Birth-and-Death, Duality, Separation, realization, Obstacles, Absolute-and-...	Teah Strozer	Jun 29 2002 City Center
Way-seeking Mind Serial: SF-04024 Tanto job, informal very ZC (?) Suzuki Roshi, Letting Go, Doubt, Daily Life, Practice Period, Tassajara, confusion,...	Teah Strozer	Jun 12 2002 City Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-04071 Mothers' Day, women in Buddhism, the feminine in spirituality, story of Buddha - loss of mother, women's place in early Buddhist hierarchy, meditating on death, Buddha as a... Birth-and-Death, Intimacy, Suzuki Roshi, Priest, Tassajara, Emptiness, Zendo, Big...	Lew Richmond	May 12 2002 Green Gulch
Transmission of the Light Class Serial: SF-01086 Tuesday: Breaking through the conceptual veil, Kasyapa, nothing to be transmitted, investigate the conventional world to the limit, Kukkutapada Transmission, realization, Sixth Patriarch, Book of Serenity, Ceremony, Monastic...	Daigan Lueck	May 07 2002 Green Gulch
Arbor Day Serial: SF-01071 Sunday Lecture Commitment, Tassajara, Non-violence, Nirvana, Practice Period, Continuous,...	Wendy Johnson	Feb 10 2002 Green Gulch
2001.07.25-serial.00073 Serial: SF-00073 Wednesday night. Anger, Mill Valley, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Hate,...	Myogen Steve Stücky	Jul 25 2001
Tenzo Kyokun Class Practice Period, Attachment, Offering, Letting Go, Bodhisattva Way, Emptiness,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 28 2000 Green Gulch

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