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Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this text to his disciples saying, "this is all you need". However its profound teaching is often abandoned for other texts which feel more accessible to practitioners. Rev. Enya seeks to help us...

Rev. Enya Sapp leads a retreat on the Lankavatara Sutra in August 2025. This sutra is one of the most important Zen texts and also one of the most obscure. Legend has it that Bodhidharma handed this text to his disciples saying, "this is all you need". However its profound teaching is often abandoned for other texts which feel more accessible to practitioners. Rev. Enya seeks to help us...

Rev. Margaret Clyde continues with her analysis of Great Master Dogen's chapter "Hachi Dainingaku" or "On the Eight Realizations of a Great One" (Chapter 96 in the Shasta Abbey translation of the Shobogenzo).  Shasta Abbey Shobogenzo translation: https://www.shastaabbey.org/pdf/shoboAll.pdf YouTube: https://youtu.be/4AjpfZhSXI4 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Valora Midtdal addresses the common cultural fear of death in society and how our Buddhist practice can help us find peace within an unpredictable universe. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday July 27, 2025.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/HuGQkxnvHq0 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey 

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 in exploring this teaching. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday July 20, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/u7NnKqdnkX8 Twitter/X:...

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, 2025 YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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/TYjk1wzHoUU Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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 talk was given at Shasta Abbey on June 22, 2025. YouTube: https://youtu.be/UHwp4fHuNg0 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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/x7t50G4LK28 Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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/gmUEpDkhhzY Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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_E1ynMlc Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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_-oc Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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-content/uploads/2022/06/Buddhist-Writings-scan.pdf YouTube: https://youtu.be/wjKyfoVLnjk Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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-content/uploads/2022/06/Buddhist-Writings-scan.pdf YouTube: https://youtu.be/wjKyfoVLnjk Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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-content/uploads/2022/06/Buddhist-Writings-scan.pdf YouTube: https://youtu.be/wjKyfoVLnjk Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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-content/uploads/2022/06/Buddhist-Writings-scan.pdf YouTube: https://youtu.be/wjKyfoVLnjk Twitter/X: @shastaabbey  

Rev. Astor Douglas talks about taking Buddhism from the intellectual to the real world of everyday practice. YouTube: N/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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/G7NiEdD4BAA Twitter/X: @shastaabbey   

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: https://youtu.be/5GC7f57IUGU Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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/A Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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://youtu.be/VVjraEfhSOo Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Scholastica Hicks shares some personal stories of training with Rev. Master Jiyu and how it shaped her practice.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/IyrYIimIUHU Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Enya Sapp talks about an important Japanese Zen Ancestor: Great Master Keizan Jokin.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/-MFwaYiBvlM Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck concludes his lecture series on gratitude and the teachings of Great Master Dogen.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/sjE9lOKbfiQ Twitter/X: @shastaabbey

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 from his excellent example. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: https://youtu.be/mX2joSSFMks