Tassajara Zen Mountain Center 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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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 Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period, Silence, Zendo, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen,...
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 Zen...
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 Zen Mountain Center, resistance,...
Feb 19 2006

January 25th, 2006, Serial No. 04101

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Lay Practice, Faith, Commitment,...
Jan 25 2006
Unknown

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: SF-01000

Day 1 Zendo Lecture

Sanctuary, Karma, Ceremony, Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Demons,...
Dec 10 2005
Tassajara

November 19th, 2005, Serial No. 00975

Conversation, Letting Go, Instruction, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Zendo, Vow,...
Nov 19 2005
Unknown

Dining Room Lecture

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Birth-and-Death, Posture, Instruction...
Sep 03 2005
Tassajara

Zendo Lecture

training, Instruction, Attachment, Equanimity, Impermanence, Lovingkindness,...
Aug 24 2005
Tassajara

Dining Room Lecture

Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Separation, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
Jun 24 2005
Tassajara

Zendo Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Big Mind, Diversity, Bowing, Ego,...
Jun 10 2005
Tassajara

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: SF-01931

Sesshin 3 Day 7

Practice Period, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Freedom, Suzuki Roshi, Buddha Nature...
Mar 29 2005
Tassajara

On Race

Serial: SF-03568

Sesshin 3 Day 7

Diversity, Lay, Hate, Discrimination, Soto Zen, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Bell,...
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,...
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,...
Mar 26 2005
Tassajara

Zendo Lecture

Practice Period, Impermanence, Balance, Five Ranks, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...
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 Zen Mountain Center, Interview, Suzuki Roshi, Mill Valley, Daily Life, Koan...
Mar 20 2005
Green Gulch Farm

Way-Seeking Mind

Zendo, Priest, Suzuki Roshi, Dharma Transmission, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen...
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,...
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" -...

Three Treasures, Vow, Suzuki Roshi, Samsara, Discrimination, Patience, Separation,...
Feb 27 2005
Green Gulch

Sesshin Lecture

Serial: SF-01929

Sesshin 2 Day 4

Karma, Funeral, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Global Warming, Practice Period,...
Feb 23 2005
Tassajara

February 19th, 2005, Serial No. 01010

Suzuki Roshi, Commitment, Practice Period, Koan, Letting Go, Patience, Interview,...
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,...
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,...
Jan 27 2005
Tassajara

Sink and Swim

Serial: SF-03561

Sesshin 1 Day 2

Precepts, Manjushri, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Suzuki Roshi,...
Jan 26 2005
Tassajara

Zendo Lecture

Emptiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Separation, Practice Period, Zendo,...
Dec 07 2004
Tassajara

Shuso Talk

Serial: SF-01098

#shuso-talk

Book of Serenity, Diversity, Practice Period, Happiness, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Nov 10 2004
Green Gulch

Shuso Talk

Serial: SF-01899

#shuso-talk

Diversity, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Religion, Conversation, Gratitude, Priest-...
Nov 01 2004
Tassajara

August 4th, 2004, Serial No. 03489

Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice, Suzuki Roshi,...
Aug 04 2004
Tassajara

Hsin Hsin Ming

Serial: SF-01901

Zendo Lecture

Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,...
Jun 18 2004
Tassajara

June 9th, 2004, Serial No. 04081

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Zazen, Posture, Sixth...
Jun 09 2004
Unknown

June 8th, 2004, Serial No. 01928

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Suzuki Roshi, Balance, Karma, Hate, Zazen, Vow, Priest...
Jun 08 2004
Tassajara

March 24th, 2004, Serial No. 01039

Dharma Transmission, Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Ceremony, Tassajara Zen...
Mar 24 2004
City Center

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