Shasta Abbey – Details, episodes & analysis

Rev. Leon Kackman gives his fifth meditation talk of the retreat. He continues exploring the vows of Samantabhadra focusing on how we can actively study WITH the Buddhas here and now: today. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Friday August 23, 2024.

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Rev. Leon Kackman gives his fourth meditation talk of the retreat. He continues exploring the vows of Samantabhadra focusing on the vow to 'make offerings to the Buddhas'. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Thursday August 22, 2024.

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This is the sixth and last meditation talk given by Rev. Koten during his retreat: To View the Morning Star. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Saturday June 29, 2024.

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Hey Everyone!
    This is Rev. Allard, I am the monk here at Shasta Abbey in charge of uploading talks for the podcast. I want to thank you for your support of this project to make the Dharma more accessible to people and hope that you continue to find it helpful and nourishing. Please continue to share, like, subscribe, and especially leave reviews in whatever podcast app you are using.
    I am going to be away for the month of March on retreat and so will not be uploading the Sunday talks. I will upload several new talks for you all to listen to, but then March will be quiet as far as the podcast goes. But you can of course still visit Shasta Abbey's website and YouTube channel to hear the Sunday Dharma Talks. Links for those locations will be placed in the show notes below. 
    When I get back from retreat at the beginning of April, I will upload the Sunday talks that were missed. So if you don't go elsewhere to listen, you can look forward to hearing them in April! May you all be well, and take care of yourselves. See you in a month!
   -With Bows, 
            Rev. Allard

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Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, gives a talk after the Festival of the Buddha's Parinirvana (death). Rev. Master Meian talks about what it is that 'dies' and what it is that 'does not die'; and how we can find this true for ourselves in our own training. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 26, 2023.

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Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck talks about the monastic practice of living on alms and details about its origin during the Buddha's time. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on Sunday February 19, 2023.

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Rev. Master Meian Elbert, Abbess of Shasta Abbey, shares her thoughts on compassion and how it influences our Buddhist practice. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on February 12, 2023.

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Rev. Margaret Clyde shares her thoughts from her study of a chapter in a book called 'The Sound of Silence' by Ajahn Sumedho. The focus being what we perceive as our 'identity' and how this is not the concrete thing we think it is. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on February 5, 2023.

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Rev. Daishin Yalon talks about training and the many misconceptions we can have about it. There is a saying that, 'we don't do the training, the training does us'. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey in August of 2019.

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Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck looks at gratitude as one of the most important aspects of life and training. This talk was given at Shasta Abbey on June 12, 2022.

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