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   Rev. Master Daishin Yalon talks about the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra after the annual Sunday ceremony dedicated to Samantabhadra. He also uses an old song 'Desert Pete' as a spring board to talk ab…

   Rev. Master Ando Mueller talks about the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (O.B.C.), which is the umbrella organization for the Buddhist order of which Shasta Abbey is a part. This talk was given a…

Rev. Master Jiyu continues with her lecture series on meditation and Soto Zen. She talks about various aspects of Buddhist religious practice and how we can navigate the difficulties of training in o…

Rev. Allard Kieres offers some thoughts about celibacy and its importance for the monastic life. 

NOTE: Rev. Allard refers to 'Rev. Master Oswin' during the talk; this monk is his teacher.  

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    This is Rev. Allard, I am the monk here at Shasta Abbey in charge of uploading talks for the podcast. I want to thank you for your support of this project to make the Dharma more acc…

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives a talk after the Festival of the Buddha's Parinirvana (death). Rev. Master Meian talks about what it is that 'dies' and what it is that 'does n…

Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck talks about the monastic practice of living on alms and details about its origin during the Buddha's time. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 19, 2023.

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Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, shares her thoughts on compassion and how it influences our Buddhist practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on February 12, 2023.

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Rev. Margaret Clyde shares her thoughts from her study of a chapter in a book called 'The Sound of Silence' by Ajahn Sumedho. The focus being what we perceive as our 'identity' and how this is not th…

Rev. Daishin Yalon talks about training and the many misconceptions we can have about it. There is a saying that, 'we don't do the training, the training does us'. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey…

Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck looks at gratitude as one of the most important aspects of life and training. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on June 12, 2022.

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Rev. Jisho Perry talks about seeing through the 'unreality of self'. When we let the self dissolve, we can see 'That which remains'. A monk once said, "You definitely exist. But don't make the mistak…

Rev. Master Meian Elbert shares some general thoughts about monastic life. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in July 2022. 

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Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about the spiritual practice of listening. 

Rev. Amanda Robertson gives a Dharma Talk about her recent experience with a serious atrial fibrillation episode. She uses a poem from Dogen's 'Instructions to the Chief Cook', which can be found in …

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about how from the Buddhist perspective the universe is full of light. She references the Avatamsaka Scripture, which is one of the main script…

This is a talk from a retreat that Rev. Shiko Rom led in June of 2020. 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeL4RR5kV-E
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The late Rev. Chosei Swann gives a Sunday dharma talk on Founder's Day 2015. Founder's Day is traditionally celebrated on the first of November and honors a temple's 'Founder', the monk who started t…

Rev. Allard introduces a series that will be called 'Exploring Monastic Life'. He lists and briefly talks about some unique topics that pertain to monastic life. Shasta Abbey hopes to record full tal…

Rev. Daishin Yalon talks about the proverb, "The church is near but the road is icy. The tavern is far: I will walk carefully" as a way of describing our own relationship to training and cautions us …