Shasta Abbey
Teachings about Buddhist practice in the Serene Reflection Meditation (Soto Zen) tradition from the monks at Shasta Abbey Buddhist Monastery.Learn more at: shastaabbey.orgVideo recordings of talks are uploaded to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShastaAbbeyDharmaTalksfind us on twitter: @shastaabbeyfacebook & instagram
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 196
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 7
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 6
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 5
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 4
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 3
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 2
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Lankavatara Sutra Retreat Talk 1
Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this …
Appreciating Serenity
Rev. Margaret Clyde continues with her analysis of Great Master Dogen's chapter "Hachi Dainingaku" or "On the Eight Realizations of a Great One" (Chapter 96 in the Shasta Abbey translation of the Sho…
On Life and Death
Rev. Valora Midtdal addresses the common cultural fear of death in society and how our Buddhist practice can help us find peace within an unpredictable universe. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey o…
Relinquishment
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, speaks about letting go in our practice. She emphasizes the word 'relinquishment' in contrast to 'renunciation' and explains the two words and what k…
The Slippery Slope of Right Speech
Rev. Enya Sapp talks about the Noble Eightfold Path and takes up 'Right Speech' specifically. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday July 13, 2025
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Teachings of Reverend Master Jiyu
Rev. Daishin Yalon talks about Rev. Master Jiyu and her teachings after a memorial festival honoring her. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday July 6, 2025.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/TYjk1wz…
The Gift of the Golden Robe
Rev. Amanda Robertson shares a story about the Buddha's mother Mahaprajapati who offers her son, after his enlightenment, a golden robe. The Buddha uses skillful means in order to help his mother lea…
Turning the Stream of Compassion Within
Rev. Ando Mueller explains how, through practice, we heal ourselves in order to help heal the world. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on June 15, 2025.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/x7t50G4LK28
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Trust in the Heart Retreat Talk 6
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a week long retreat on Great Master Kanshi Sosan's poem "That Which is Engraved Upon the Heart That Trusts to the Eternal".
YouTube: https://yo…
Trust in the Heart Retreat Talk 5
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a week long retreat on Great Master Kanshi Sosan's poem "That Which is Engraved Upon the Heart That Trusts to the Eternal".
YouTube: https://yo…
Trust in the Heart Retreat Talk 4
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a week long retreat on Great Master Kanshi Sosan's poem "That Which is Engraved Upon the Heart That Trusts to the Eternal".
YouTube: https://yo…
Trust in the Heart Retreat Talk 3
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a week long retreat on Great Master Kanshi Sosan's poem "That Which is Engraved Upon the Heart That Trusts to the Eternal".
Poem found on page …
Trust in the Heart Retreat Talk 2
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a week long retreat on Great Master Kanshi Sosan's poem "That Which is Engraved Upon the Heart That Trusts to the Eternal".
Poem found on page …
Trust in the Heart Retreat Talk 1
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a week long retreat on Great Master Kanshi Sosan's poem "That Which is Engraved Upon the Heart That Trusts to the Eternal".
Poem found on page …