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
Episodes
187 episodes
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 kind of attitude of mind we should encourage i...
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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, 2025YouTube: N/ATwitter/X: @shastaabbey
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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/TYjk1wzHoUUTwitter/X: @shastaabbe...
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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 learn an important lesson about practice. This t...
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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/x7t50G4LK28Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
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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://youtu.be/gmUEpDkhhzYTwitter/...
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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://youtu.be/plh_E1ynMlcTwitter/...
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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://youtu.be/eSI54Ql_-ocTwitter/...
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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 213: https://shastaabbey.org/wp-c...
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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 213: https://shastaabbey.org/wp-c...
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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 213: https://shastaabbey.org/wp-c...
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Trust in the Heart Retreat Introduction
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 213: https://shastaabbey.org/wp-c...
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Dharma Pathways
Rev. Astor Douglas talks about taking Buddhism from the intellectual to the real world of everyday practice.YouTube: N/ATwitter/X: @shastaabbey
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The Game of Life
Rev. Allard Kieres gives advice to a visiting youth group (and all) about helpful qualities to cultivate in life as we grow up and navigate its complex spectrum of conditions. YouTube: https://youtu.be/G7NiEdD4BAATwitter/X: @...
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How Much Is Enough?
Rev. Margaret Clyde gives us advice from Great Master Dogen's Shobogenzo chapter discussing the 'True Adult'. She chooses the aspect of 'how much is enough?' as the question we all need to ask ourselves to approach this ideal.YouTube: ht...
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Wesak Day
Rev. Daishin Yalon gives an inspiring Dharma talk on the celebration day of Wesak which is the annual festival honoring Shakyamuni Buddha's birth, enlightenment, teaching, and death. YouTube: N/ATwitter/X: @shastaabbey
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The Eight Winds
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about training with the 'Eight Winds' which are the major opposites we encounter in daily life: gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, elation and sorrow.YouTube: https...
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Jiyu-Kennett: Always Going On
Rev. Scholastica Hicks shares some personal stories of training with Rev. Master Jiyu and how it shaped her practice. YouTube: https://youtu.be/IyrYIimIUHUTwitter/X: @shastaabbey
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Great Master Keizan: Original and Intuitive Thinker
Rev. Enya Sapp talks about an important Japanese Zen Ancestor: Great Master Keizan Jokin. YouTube: https://youtu.be/-MFwaYiBvlMTwitter/X: @shastaabbey
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Attitude of Gratitude Part 7
Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck concludes his lecture series on gratitude and the teachings of Great Master Dogen. YouTube: https://youtu.be/sjE9lOKbfiQTwitter/X: @shastaabbey
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Manjusri’s Teaching for Us
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives a Dharma talk on the annual festival day for Manjusri Bodhisattva. She talks about Manjusri's vow to realize enlightenment and help all sentient beings, and how we can draw inspiration fro...
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Silence
Rev. Allard Kieres talks about 'silence' in our practice as Buddhist trainees. How does silence, both external and internal silence, help inform and deepen our daily practice and insight into the Dharma.YouTube: https://youtu.be/C3Eu5fHn...
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The Law of Karma: a Fundamental Teaching of the Buddha
Rev. Amanda Robertson encourages Western Buddhists not to so easily disregard the Law of Karma. She encourages us to prove it true for ourselves and offers stories and insights from her own life and other Dharma writings to help try and illumin...
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