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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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Watch the Set-Up CarefullyListening to each others' stories; Scheherazade and the Thousand and One Nights; Avalokiteshvara, Bodhidharma, Tassajara |
Nov 11 2017 PM No Abode Hermitage |
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November 11th, 2017, Serial No. 04397 American, Tassajara, Observe |
Nov 11 2017 |
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June 6th, 2015, Serial No. 04217 Ceremony, Tassajara |
Jun 06 2015 |
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December 5th, 2014, Serial No. 04182 difficulty, Tassajara, Bodhisattva Way |
Dec 05 2014 |
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August 12th, 2012, Serial No. 03987 Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Tassajara |
Aug 12 2012 |
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December 4th, 2010, Serial No. 03804 Commitment, Tassajara, Time |
Dec 04 2010 |
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September 18th, 2010, Serial No. 03767 Lotus Sutra, Tassajara |
Sep 18 2010 |
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July 29th, 2010, Serial No. 03758 Concentration, Patience, Tassajara |
Jul 29 2010 |
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May 24th, 2009, Serial No. 03661 Suzuki Roshi, Japan, Tassajara |
May 24 2009 |
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December 8th, 2007, Serial No. 03507 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Tassajara |
Dec 08 2007 |
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October 21st, 1996, Serial No. 02838 Work, Practice, Tassajara |
Oct 21 1996 |
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October 11th, 1994, Serial No. 02820 Faith, Tassajara, Delusion |
Oct 11 1994 |