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Six Week Study Group Online: Instructions to the Cook – January 2018
January 9 - February 20, Tuesday nights at 7:00 eastern time. Wear your slippers, bring your book and a cup of tea, and settle in to explore Soto Zen practice and the basic teachings of Buddhism as a foundation and inspiration for daily practice in a six week course. We'll make it easy for you to […]
Precepts Class – Spring 2018
The Ethical Precepts are the foundation of Zen life. The precepts are practices that remind us to always come back to our intentions to reduce harm, relieve suffering, and to live lives that encourage others and allow them to flourish. This program is free and open to anyone who would like to participate, whether you […]
Precepts Study Group – Spring 2019
The Ethical Precepts are the foundation of Zen life. The precepts are practices that remind us to always come back to our intentions to reduce harm, relieve suffering, and to live lives that encourage others and allow them to flourish. This program is free and open to anyone who would like to participate, whether you […]
Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness – February 2020
Saturday February 29, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Kyodo Sinclair For this afternoon, we will explore one of the core texts of Buddhist meditation practice: The Satipatthana Sutta. We will dive into this sutra with teaching, discussion and some themed meditation sessions. Kyodo Sinclair lives mainly in England and serves as a Prison […]
Introduction to the Brahma Viharas (2 Sessions)
Introduction to The Brahma Viharas or How to Befriend Everything (2 sessions) Online program by zoom: Sunday May 3, 11:00 am Eastern time (session 1) AND Sunday May 24, 11:00 am Eastern time (session 2) There are four virtues mentioned in Buddhist teachings that are said to epitomize the highest expression of humanity and to be the ideal mode […]
Teaching on Our Lineage with Genzan Quennell
On Monday August 10 Genzan Quennell Sensei will teach us more about the White Plum Lineage. The teaching will be on zoom and starts at 7:00pm Eastern Time and will take 1.5 hours From Shakyamuni Buddha Daiosho - Bodaidaruma Daiosho - Eihei Dogen Daiosho - Koun Taizan Daiosho to Baisen Tetsugen Daiosho And from Mahaprajapati to Jishu Angyo Holmes […]
You Can’t Fall Off The Path – August 2020
All your paths are superintended, you have always been on the Path. You can’t fall off it. Everything is conspiring to lead you home to experience your true nature. Everything you are doing now, including all the mess-ups and screw-ups and mistakes are exactly the right thing for you to learn what you need to […]
