Reb Anderson's Dharma Talks
    
    
              
              
 
            
    
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      Tenshin Reb Anderson was born in Mississippi, grew up in Minnesota, and left advanced study in mathematics and Western psychology to come to Zen Center in 1967. He practiced with Suzuki Roshi, who ordained him as a priest in 1970 and gave him the name Tenshin Zenki ("Naturally Real, The Whole Works"). He received dharma transmission in 1983 and served as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center's three training centers (City Center, Green Gulch Farm, and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center) from 1986 to 1995. Tenshin Reb Anderson continues to teach at Zen Center, living with his family at Green Gulch Farm. He is author of Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation and Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts. Published in 2012: The Third Turning of the Wheel: Wisdom of the Samdhinirmocana Sutra, a guidebook to the workings of consciousness and compassionate awakening.
        
    
      
 
    
        
            
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        2000-05-02
            Being Realised By All Things 
    
        2006-09-01
            Birth Does Not Turn Into Death 
    
        2009-09-04
            Closing Session for Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower 
    
        2010-08-28
            Day 1 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        2002-01-01
            Day 1:  Confessing And Repenting 
    
        1999-05-08
            Day 1: Evening Talk 
    
        2005-08-06
            Day 1: Initiation And Commitment 
    
        2001-06-09
            Day 1: Opening Talk 
    
        2010-08-29
            Day 2 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        2002-01-02
            Day 2:  Intimacy And Renunciation 
    
        2001-06-10
            Day 2: Appropriate Response 
    
        1999-05-09
            Day 2: Evening Talk 
    
        1999-05-09
            Day 2: Morning Talk 
    
        2005-08-07
            Day 2: Sunday Session 
    
        2010-08-30
            Day 3 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        2002-01-03
            Day 3:  Creativity And Play 
    
        2001-06-11
            Day 3: Bodhisattvas And Buddhas 
    
        1999-05-10
            Day 3: Evening Talk 
    
        1999-05-10
            Day 3: Morning Talk 
    
        2005-08-09
            Day 4 Session 
    
        2010-08-31
            Day 4 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        2002-01-04
            Day 4:  Leaving Home For The Benefit Of All Beings 
    
        1999-05-11
            Day 4: Evening Talk 
    
        2001-06-12
            Day 4: Mind Dwelling Nowhere 
    
        1999-05-11
            Day 4: Morning Talk 
    
        2010-09-01
            Day 5 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        2002-01-05
            Day 5:  Precepts And Renunciation 
    
        1999-05-12
            Day 5: Evening Talk 
    
        1999-05-12
            Day 5: Morning Talk 
    
        2001-06-13
            Day 5: Riding Bare Back 
    
        2005-08-11
            Day 6 Session 
    
        2010-09-02
            Day 6 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        2002-01-06
            Day 6:  Renunciation To Nirvana And Beyond 
    
        2001-06-14
            Day 6: Dreg Slurpers 
    
        1999-05-13
            Day 6: Evening Talk 
    
        1999-05-13
            Day 6: Morning Talk 
    
        2002-01-07
            Day 7 
    
        2010-09-03
            Day 7 Talk from Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts Retreat 
    
        1999-05-14
            Day 7: Evening Talk 
    
        1999-05-14
            Day 7: Morning Talk 
    
        2001-06-15
            Day 7: Resetting The Table 
    
        2001-06-16
            Day 8: Untitled 
    
        2001-06-17
            Day 9: Four Kinds Of Horses 
    
        2009-09-03
            Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower, the Facicle of Dogen Part One 
    
        2008-08-29
            Eighth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2000-05-03
            Endangering One's Truth 
    
        2008-08-26
            Fifth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2006-08-30
            Finding Your Place Where You Are 
    
        2008-08-25
            Fourth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2006-08-29
            Genjo Koan of Delusion 
    
        2006-08-31
            Grandmother Mind 
    
        2000-05-01
            Intro Talk: Self As Story 
    
        2006-08-28
            Linji's Great Enlightenment 
    
        2000-05-04
            Non-Complaining Buddha 
    
        2008-08-22
            Opening Talk for the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2010-08-27
            Opening Talk for Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts 
    
        2007-08-24
            Opening Talk from Forming and Transforming the World 
    
        2008-08-23
            Second Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2008-08-28
            Seventh Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2008-08-27
            Sixth Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2007-08-30
            Talk Seven from Forming and Transforming the World 
    
        2007-08-29
            Talk Six from Forming and Transforming the World 
    
        2007-08-26
            Talk Three from Forming and Transforming the World 
    
        2009-09-02
            The Lotus Sutra and Grandson Stories 
    
        2009-08-29
            The Lotus Sutra Chapter One 
    
        2009-08-31
            The Lotus Sutra Chapter Ten 
    
        2009-08-30
            The Lotus Sutra Chapters Two and Three  The Parable of the Burning House 
    
        2008-08-24
            Third Talk from the Teaching of Totality 
    
        2006-08-26
            When All Events Are Illuminated 
    
 
         
     
    
        
            
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        1999-05-08
            Retreat with Reb Anderson 
    
        2000-05-01
            Retreat with Reb Anderson 
    
        2001-06-09
            Retreat with Reb Anderson 
    
        2002-01-01
            Retreat with Reb Anderson and Sharda Rogell 
    
        2005-08-06
            Retreat with Reb Anderson 
    
        2006-08-25
            The Zen Koan of Immediate Experience 
    
        2007-08-24
            Forming and Transforming the World 
    
        2008-08-22
            The Teaching Of Totality 
    
        2009-08-28
            Dharma Flower Turning Dharma Flower 
    
        2010-08-27
            Zen Koans and Bodhisattva Precepts