Shasta Abbey

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a retreat during the week of August 20, 2023. The retreat is focused on a discourse delivered by the 8th century monk named Shantideva called 'Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra '  or in English, 'The Way of the Bodhisattva'. This is talk 3 of 6 (not including the introduction). YouTube: https://youtu.be/R5OwG3AsT6Y Twitter: @shastaab...

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a retreat during the week of August 20, 2023. The retreat is focused on a discourse delivered by the 8th century monk named Shantideva called 'Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra '  or in English, 'The Way of the Bodhisattva'. This is talk 4 of 6 (not including the introduction). YouTube: https://youtu.be/541rLTpQQ48 Twitter: @shastaab...

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a retreat during the week of August 20, 2023. The retreat is focused on a discourse delivered by the 8th century monk named Shantideva called 'Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra '  or in English, 'The Way of the Bodhisattva'. This is talk 2 of 6 (not including the introduction). YouTube: https://youtu.be/UaVh487nX3s Twitter: @shastaab...

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a retreat during the week of August 20, 2023. The retreat is focused on a discourse delivered by the 8th century monk named Shantideva called 'Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra '  or in English, 'The Way of the Bodhisattva'. This is talk 1 of 6 (not including the introduction). YouTube: https://youtu.be/v-yLdp9M-gs Twitter: @shastaab...

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, leads a retreat during the week of August 20, 2023. The retreat is focused on a discourse delivered by the 8th century monk named Shantideva called 'Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra '  or in English, 'The Way of the Bodhisattva'.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/i-foGFWRUwA Twitter: @shastaabbey

Rev. Margaret Clyde shares a quote from the monastic ordination ceremony which reads, "The merit of first mind is the widest and most completely fathomless. Even if Buddhas explain it fully, such explanation can never be enough." Whatever our path, lay or monastic, this 'first mind' is essential in our practice, as Rev. Margaret explains. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on...

Rev. Daishin Yalon gives a talk at Shasta Abbey on July 30, 2023 at the end of the Exploring Monastic Life Retreat. He talks about the Sangha Refuge and how Rev. Master Jiyu and other important masters of our times encouraged training with others. Twitter: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 5 of 6 in the series (not including the introduction). YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 6 of 6 in the series (not including the introduction). YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about how to practice with a grumpy mind and convert it into a mind of gratitude. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on July 2, 2023. Twitter: @shastaabbey  YouTube: https://youtu.be/YW8Zc9rqpi0

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 4 of 6 in the series (not including the introduction). YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Margaret Clyde talks about the practice of silence and its role in monastic life here at Shasta Abbey.  YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This talk 1 of 6 in the series (not including the introduction).  YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 2 of 6 in the series (not including the introduction). YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey. This is talk 3 of 6 in the series (not including the introduction). YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Enya Sapp shares a Jataka Tale, a story about one of the Buddha's previous lives on his way to becoming a Buddha, to talk about the practice of patience in our own lives.  YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey

Rev. Daishin Yalon leads a retreat during the week of June 18, 2023 on the Buddha's teachings from the Pali Cannon. This week long retreat was held at Shasta Abbey, and includes several talks as part of the retreat series.  YouTube: N/A Twitter: @shastaabbey 

Rev. Ando Mueller talks about how, in Buddhism, that which is truly 'wise' is equally compassionate. And how important it is to remember this in our practice and in our daily lives.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/TkLCcRiqdmg Twitter: @shastaabbey

Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck talks about how gratitude transforms our lives. He uses the Avatamsaka scripture, an important Mahayana scripture, to illuminate examples of the many ways Zen Buddhism folds gratitude into our daily practice. Twitter: @shastaabbey YouTube: https://youtu.be/sB52W18Hfvs

This is the third talk in a series of lectures done by Rev. Master Jiyu in around the year 1979. In this talk Rev. Master Jiyu begins by commenting on the writing called the 'Shushogi' which is a combination of Great Master Dogen's teachings. She starts by emphasizing that true peace can only be found in practice and not in any external thing. Rev. Master then continues on to talk a...

Rev. Astor Douglas offers some teaching on practicing generosity. As she points out, in Buddhist practice generosity is most importantly an attitude of mind rather than a physical act.  Twitter: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

Rev. Valora Midtdal gives a Dharma talk on the festival day of Achalanatha. If you are curious to know who Achalanatha Bodhisattva is, Rev. Valora gives a detailed description of the iconography and aspects of training that Achalanatha embodies in our Buddhist practice. Rev. Valora shares some reflections about how these aspects of training have helped her in her own practice.  Twitter: @shastaabb...

    Happy Wesak! Wesak is the national Buddhist celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment, and Death. Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives some teaching about how as Buddhists it is important to consider all aspects of 'life' as this includes death. Some people might consider it strange that Buddhists would celebrate the death of an honored teacher,...

Rev. Daishin Yalon uses the old saying 'burying the hatchet' as a springboard to talk about forgiveness and reconciliation.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/ai7xeWcvfJs Twitter: @shastaabbey 

   Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, talks about conceit and how, as the Buddha taught, it is fundamentally a delusion. Thinking "I'm better than" or "I'm worse than" or even "I'm equal to" are all a delusion: because it is seeing the world from the point of view of a self.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/Sf239HQQx2U Twitter: @shastaabbey