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Simplicity
May 3, 2026
18m 02s
Meditation and Soto Zen #9
Apr 26, 2026
1h 31m 03s
True Training
Apr 19, 2026
26m 43s
Meditation and Soto Zen #8
Apr 12, 2026
1h 30m 49s
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Apr 5, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/3/26 | Simplicity✨ | simplicityspirituality+4 | Rev. Master Meian Elbert | Shasta AbbeyTwitter/X+2 | — | simplicityBuddhism+4 | — | 18m 02s | |
| 4/26/26 | Meditation and Soto Zen #9 | Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett gives and explanation of the Denkoroku and how to study this particular text. This includes a look at what the traditional 'Transmission' is about. This talk is part of a lecture series given in 1979. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 1h 31m 03s | ||||||
| 4/19/26 | True Training | Rev. Master Koten Benson, Prior of Lions Gate Buddhist Priory in B.C., Canada, and Head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, talks about the fundamentals of Buddhist practice. This talk was given at Lions Gate Buddhist Priory on October 17, 2025. YouTube: N/A | 26m 43s | ||||||
| 4/12/26 | Meditation and Soto Zen #8 | Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett continues with study and commentary of the Shushogi, picking up where the previous lecture left off. She then enters into a detailed explanation of the daily scriptures. There are questions and answers at the end. This talk is part of a lecture series given in 1979. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 1h 30m 49s | ||||||
| 4/5/26 | Founder’s Day | The late Rev. Chosei Swann gives a talk on Founder's Day and talks about how Shasta Abbey's found is not actually Rev. Master Jiyu, but actually her teacher Keido Chisan, and also other important points of teaching. | 35m 56s | ||||||
| 3/29/26 | What’s Important Now | Rev. Scholastica Hicks shares some reflections from her life as a monk and specifically as an elderly woman. We never know how much time we have left in this world. This brings up the important question, "what's important now"? This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 22nd, 2026. YouTube: https://youtu.be/CeufxBpaSAY?si=XkEf0HLcuiacbhYg Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 34m 15s | ||||||
| 3/22/26 | Trusting with Wisdom | Rev. Daishin Yalon talks about trust in Buddhist practice. How do we as Buddhists approach and practice trust? What is it not? And what did the Buddha have to say on the matter? This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday December 29, 2019. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 32m 09s | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | Prajnaparamita & Great Wisdom Part 3C Iconography: Manjusri | Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck continues his lecture series on iconography. In this talk he focuses on how the gender switched from Compassion as male in India to female in China. And how Wisdom switched from female in India to male in China. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 15, 2026. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 47m 47s | ||||||
| 3/8/26 | Goodwill | Rev. Daishin Yalon encourages us to practice Metta (goodwill) towards others during this difficult time of war and violence in the world. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 8, 2026. YouTube: https://youtu.be/Na3qC5AbenM Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 20m 48s | ||||||
| 3/1/26 | Boundless Merit | Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks after a Transfer of Merit Ceremony about how being still and offering our love and well wishes to the world is an important and helpful part of our practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday March 1, 2026. YouTube: https://youtu.be/yi24vgWwFwY Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 14m 40s | ||||||
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| 2/22/26 | Ever Present Light of Buddha | Rev. Ando Mueller gives a detailed look at the Festival of the Buddha's Parinirvana, describing the details and symbolism of the ceremony. Parinirvana is the festival of the Buddha's death. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 22, 2026. YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cv8ceOA5NgU Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 26m 07s | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | Reflection on the Three Refuges | Rev. Amanda Robertson discusses what the Three Refuges are and what they mean to us in our daily practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 15, 2026. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 25m 02s | ||||||
| 2/8/26 | Avatamsaka: The Great Scripture | Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives a talk on the annual Avatamsaka festival day. She talks about what the scripture is and why we hold it in such high regard. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 8, 2026. YouTube: https://youtu.be/n8AA1VsdFww Twitter/X: @shastaabbey | 19m 56s | ||||||
| 2/1/26 | Understanding the Source of Our Delusion | The late Rev. Jisho Perry talks about the Shurungama Sutra and its core teaching. This fundamental teaching is what we in our practice hear over and over again—we are not trying to 'get' something, we are trying to let go of something. The heart of the scripture, as Rev. Jisho discusses, is how to convert our ignorance into understanding. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday December 24, 2017. YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey | 37m 06s | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | Maitreya | 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 | 16m 13s | ||||||
| 1/11/26 | Meditation and Enlightenment | 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 | 23m 23s | ||||||
| 1/4/26 | Prajnaparamita and Great Wisdom 2B | 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 | 46m 52s | ||||||
| 12/28/25 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 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 | 17m 54s | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | In and Out | 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 | 23m 30s | ||||||
| 12/14/25 | Put Your Slippers Straight | 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 | 25m 42s | ||||||
| 12/7/25 | Cultivating Trust in the Buddha’s Teaching | 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 | 28m 25s | ||||||
| 11/30/25 | The Adamantine Buddha Nature | 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 | 29m 07s | ||||||
| 11/23/25 | The Spider’s Silver Thread | 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 | 20m 09s | ||||||
| 11/16/25 | Living and Dying | 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 | 24m 57s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | Prajnaparamita and Scripture of Great Wisdom Iconography 2A | 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 | 58m 20s | ||||||
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