This is the fifth meditation talk given by Rev. Koten during his retreat: To View the Morning Star. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Friday June 28, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/kilzfkRBCKY

This is the fourth meditation talk given by Rev. Koten during his retreat: To View the Morning Star. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Thursday June 27, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/kilzfkRBCKY

This is the third meditation talk given by Rev. Koten during his retreat: To View the Morning Star. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Wednesday June 26, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/topG_k51NPw

This is the second meditation talk given by Rev. Koten during his retreat: To View the Morning Star. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Tuesday June 25, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/yRIvptdgbOE

This is the first meditation talk given by Rev. Koten during his retreat: To View the Morning Star. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Monday June 24, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/XynnzwB-Ddk

Rev. Koten Benson, visiting Prior from Lion's Gate Buddhist Priory in Lytton B.C. Canada, leads a week long retreat at Shasta Abbey during the week of June 23, 2024. His focus is on the founder of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives and Shasta Abbey, Rev. Master Jiyu Kennett. Rev. Koten shares stories about Rev. Master Jiyu's life in Japan, her training as a Zen priest, and her establishing of practice in the West. He especially draws attention to how Rev. Master Jiyu went against the grain ...

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about compassion as foremost in our daily life practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday May 19, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/eEDKnGPk-h4

Rev. Margaret Clyde shares some stories from her own life, both as a monk and before, where she had to notice and sit still with the complaining mind. She talks about how she began to notice this habit of mind and realized she needed to convert it. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday May 26, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/SAKrqz8oxYI

Rev. Astor Douglas takes up the topic of simplicity. She leads us into looking at how we get drawn into the busy-ness of life and what we can do to stop and find our still center. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday May 12, 2024.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: https://youtu.be/eFI6DGC0VMw

Rev. Valora Midtdal suggests that taking responsibility for our suffering is, "ceasing to blame others for our difficult mind states...and looking clearly at how our own actions of body, speech, and mind contribute to our own distress."This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday April 21, 2024.YouTube: https://youtu.be/fRlBZWO8Y9MTwitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives a general talk on practice. "Putting the Dharma into practice: we can read about it, we can hear about it, how do we actually practice it?" How do we bridge the gap between an intellectual understanding of practice and the actual DOING of practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday April 14, 2024.YouTube: https://youtu.be/UKtGJeE-YucTwitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck continues with his 'Attitude of Gratitude' series. He encourages us that, “living the life of a Bodhisattva is a noble thing to do”, and illuminates how we can achieve this way in our daily lives. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday May 5, 2024.YouTube: https://youtu.be/j_kUQUE7eUoTwitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Scholastica Hicks gives a dharma talk on the teaching of No Self.This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday April 7, 2024YouTube: https://youtu.be/x1-83Y5kUMETwitter/X: @shastaabbey

The late Rev. Jisho Perry talks about Rev. Master Jiyu Kennett. Rev. Master Jiyu was the first Abbess and Founder of Shasta Abbey. Rev. Jisho talks about her training in Japan and what she found during her time there. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in 2012.YouTube: N/ATwitter/X: @shastaabbey

This is the fourth talk in a series of lectures done by Rev. Master Jiyu in around the year 1979. In this talk Rev. Master Jiyu talks about How To Grow a Lotus Blossom in order to round out our understanding of Great Master Dogen's 'Shushogi' as spoken on in the previous episode. SHUSHOGI: https://www.shastaabbey.org/pdf/bookZel.pdf pg.94Link to talk#3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046795/episodes/12945071-it was uploaded May 30, 2023Link to talk#2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2046795/ep...

RM Daishin talks about daily practice and the goal of 'Nirvana'. He encourages us to see that Nirvana is not an end goal but an ever ongoing flow of practice: now.  Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

Rev. Kodo Kay talks about the practice of transferring Merit and how our practice has a deep impact upon the world. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in 2018. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

The late Rev. Chosei Swann talks about general themes of practice and religious conviction in our lives. He encourages us to not give up and to make practice the foundation of our lives. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in 2015. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

Rev. Shiko Rom gives a talk about faith and how we must start by having faith in ourselves. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 24, 2024.  Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

Rev. Amanda Robertson talks about her life over the past six months and the difficulty she has had after sustaining injuries from a bad fall. She encourages us to see through the difficulties that life presents us with in order to realize that, fundamentally, we have everything we need. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 17, 2024. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

Rev. Daishin Yalon shares some reflections and advice from his fifty years as a Buddhist monastic. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 10, 2024. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZxlzO299m1Y

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, quotes a line from Great Master Dogen's 'Shushogi' that states, "our daily life should be spent constantly in selfless activity with no waste of time whatsoever". She discusses how we should understand this statement and make it a reality in our life and practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 3, 2024. YouTube: https://youtu.be/LllwIzMYUaE  Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

   Rev. Enya Sapp encourages us to explore through our practice that place which is beyond the opposites. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 25, 2024. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: https://youtu.be/f7Jh_6OLaH8

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about Buddhism with a 'big B' (in contrast to buddhism with a little b). This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 18, 2024 YouTube: https://youtu.be/P8ZYCazkTS0 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Allard Kieres talks about how we are all already Buddhas. He uses the movie Kung Fu Panda and other Zen stories to portray this idea and try to help us see that we already have everything we need. And although the journey to realizing this for ourselves is necessary, we paradoxically begin right back where we started: Buddha. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 11, 2024. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey