Shasta Abbey

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 4 of 6 in the series …

Rev. Margaret Clyde talks about the practice of silence and its role in monastic life here at Shasta Abbey. 

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Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This talk 1 of 6 in the series (no…

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 3 of 6 in the series …

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 2 of 6 in the series …

Rev. Enya Sapp shares a Jataka Tale, a story about one of the Buddha's previous lives on his way to becoming a Buddha, to talk about the practice of patience in our own lives. 

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Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey, and includes several talks as part…

Rev. Ando Mueller talks about how, in Buddhism, that which is truly 'wise' is equally compassionate. And how important it is to remember this in our practice and in our daily lives. 

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Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck talks about how gratitude transforms our lives. He uses the Avatamsaka scripture, an important Mahayana scripture, to illuminate examples of the many ways Zen Buddhism folds gra…

This is the third talk in a series of lectures done by Rev. Master Jiyu in around the year 1979. In this talk Rev. Master Jiyu begins by commenting on the writing called the 'Shushogi' which is a com…

Rev. Astor Douglas offers some teaching on practicing generosity. As she points out, in Buddhist practice generosity is most importantly an attitude of mind rather than a physical act. 

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Rev. Valora Midtdal gives a Dharma talk on the festival day of Achalanatha. If you are curious to know who Achalanatha Bodhisattva is, Rev. Valora gives a detailed description of the iconography and …

    Happy Wesak! Wesak is the national Buddhist celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment, and Death. Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives some teaching about how as …

Rev. Daishin Yalon uses the old saying 'burying the hatchet' as a springboard to talk about forgiveness and reconciliation. 

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   Rev. Margaret Clyde talks briefly about the Five Hindrances, focusing her talk specifically on the hindrance of Sloth and Torpor. The Five Hindrances are: sensual desire, ill will, sloth and torpo…

   Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about conceit and how, as the Buddha taught, it is fundamentally a delusion. Thinking "I'm better than" or "I'm worse than" or even "I'm equ…

Rev. Jisho Perry talks about karma and its implications for us in our lives and our practice, specifically, how we can do something about cleansing it. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in May of 2…

Rev. Amanda Robertson gives a dharma talk after the annual festival ceremony of Manjusri Bodhisattva, who is the personification of wisdom  in Mahayana Buddhism, offering some reflections on wisdom. …

   Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about the importance of practicing equanimity and offers advice on how to develop this skill in our daily life. This talk was given at Shast…

   Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about making vows and how to approach this practice in our lives. She shares her thoughts about what vows 'are' and 'are not', and how we ca…