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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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Reflections on Zen Understanding Book of Serenity, Tassajara, Samadhi |
Apr 07 2019 |
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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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Interconnectedness: Embracing the Universal Dharma Observe, Tassajara, Manjushri |
Jul 09 2017 |
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Unveiling Zen's True Essence Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Tassajara |
Aug 12 2012 |
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Intimacy with Birth and Death: The 39th Yearly Memorial for Suzuki Roshi Commitment, Tassajara, Time |
Dec 04 2010 Afternoon |
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Facing the Wall for Nine Years Lotus Sutra, Tassajara |
Sep 18 2010 Morning |
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Zen Simplicity: Suzuki Roshi's Legacy Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, japanese |
May 24 2009 |
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Just Wholeheartedly Sit and Offer Offering, Lotus Sutra, Tassajara |
Dec 08 2007 |
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Intimacy Through Timeless Tales Intimacy, Tassajara, japanese |
May 14 2007 |
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Cultivating Selflessness Through Inner Peace Heart Sutra, Practice Period, Tassajara |
Feb 05 2000 |
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Unweaving the Mind Through Meditation Emptiness, Breath, Tassajara |
Jan 31 2000 |
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Zen's Path Through Decline Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Attachment |
Jun 24 1999 |
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Awakening to Already Present Oneness Oneness, Tassajara, Practice Period |
Dec 10 1998 |
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Zen Presence: Lessons Beyond Words Suzuki Roshi, Tassajara, japanese |
May 31 1998 |
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Zen Rituals: Intimacy and Selflessness Tassajara, Precepts, Practice Period |
Oct 21 1996 |
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Zen Wisdom Through Quiet Reflection Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Tassajara |
Mar 09 1996 |
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Embarking on Enlightenment's Continuous Path Enlightenment, Faith, Tassajara |
Oct 11 1994 Tassajara |
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Zen's Path: Fire and Water Awakening Intimacy, Tassajara, Breath |
Aug 13 1992 |