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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
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Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, teaches about who Maitreya Bodhisattva is on his annual festival day. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on January 1, 2026. YouTube: https://youtu.be/cIv3RhjCIgg Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Margaret Clyde starts by sharing the information that Buddhists celebrate Shakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment during the month of December. And she offers us her advice and encouragement for our own practice of meditation. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday December 28, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/jjvV9V8gNTw Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck continues his lecture series on Prajnaparamita. In this talk he guides us on an imaginative journey as to how ancient religion might take the respected qualities of a leader and convert them into the iconography we encounter today. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday December 21, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/cyBaH2m9Yl0 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Allard Kieres talks about working meditation and how the practice of being with, and seeing the value in, all our daily work, is of prime importance to our spiritual practice and basic mental health. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday December 14th, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/WNKqeq6vUAs Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Daishin Yalon shares a teaching from Rev. Master Jiyu which is that, "first we train for self, then we train for others, and eventually we come to a place where we train for training's sake". This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday November 23, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/sgrapDe4aak Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Margaret Clyde gives a Dharma talk at the end of an introductory retreat and poses the question to the audience, "what did you come here for?". Rev. Margaret shares her own experience in trying to answer that question for herself and how she eventually encountered the first teaching of Zen which is to 'set your slippers straight'. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday November 16, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/9OsaLAVJOmE Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Enya Sapp talks about the Three Refuges and how they act as a foundation for us in our practice to open ourselves up to the Buddha's Teaching. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday November 9, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/b17mT2fLJ3Q Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Ando Mueller, on the occasion of Rev. Master Jiyu's yearly memorial, speaks on some of Rev. Master Jiyu's teachings. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on November 2, 2025. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Amanda Robertson shares the parable of the Spider's Silver Thread. The story which emphasizes sharing whatever merit we encounter with others. This story was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday October 26, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/b31qRkc-BJ4 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about living and dying and how we engage with the two through the grounded lens of our Buddhist practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday October 19, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/NNCc-0B24B4 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck begins a new lecture series about Prajnaparamita who is the personification of the Scripture of Great Wisdom. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday October 12, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/xXxDGtvqRTE Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about the importance of impermanence and how it helps us to 'see' clearly. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday October 5th, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/5UiV7sli11g Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Astor Douglas shares some personal stories that highlight how we must endeavor to move forward in our practice even when we can't see the path. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday September 28, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/5Tge9F2A5g0 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Allard Kieres encourages us to find peace in our lives through finding and knowing deeply for ourselves what our True Refuge is. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday September 21, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/DdvfWa8qe50 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Valeria Allison explores a line from Great Master Dogen that reads, "Will is the secret of life and words are its key". This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday September 14, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/5CHkwVKZyzI Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, explores an old Buddhist saying, "All acceptance is the key that unlocks the gateless gate". This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday September 7, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ud6pN4Rbi4 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Ando Mueller gives a Dharma talk after a monthly memorial honoring Rev. Master Jiyu. She draws on some of Rev. Master Jiyu's teachings that encourage us to have faith and be still within the current conditions of the world that many find difficult and troubling. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday August 31, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/GhBAH0H9b7I Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck introduces a new lecture series where he will be exploring the Scripture of Great Wisdom and what it means to us in our practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday August 17, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/QiLWIqNHqog Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about transferring merit. She encourages us to offer merit universally to all beings starting with ourselves, our loved ones and friends, and certainly our enemies and those we do not like. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday August 10, 2025, YouTube: https://youtu.be/jLEuS7ArrMc Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck gave this talk during a Continuing Practice Retreat at Shasta Abbey in July 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/XA0UeQ2VIY8 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey
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