September 15, 2019
If it is, how would that change our behavior? Each one of us will die someday anyway, so how do we work with that? Jonathan Franzen presents the worst-case scenario, but then there are other points of view.
September 13, 2019
Schedule Change: Teisho on Sunday Roshi will give teisho this Sunday, September 15; John Pulleyn’s Dharma talk has been moved to Sunday, October 27, when Roshi will be giving sesshin in Madison.
September 10, 2019
Dokusan Friday Evening Roshi will be giving dokusan this Friday, September 13, during the evening sitting. JP Dharma Talk This Sunday This Sunday, September 15, John Pulleyn will give a Dharma talk after the usual morning zazen and chanting. Book Club Also This Sunday The book club will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Roshi’s…
September 4, 2019
Roshi Out of Town Roshi leaves tomorrow morning, Thursday, September 5, for Santa Fe and a visit with his family. He’ll be back in a week (late Thursday, September 12). Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit Center member Jennifer Byrnes has passed the following along to us: The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb traveling exhibit from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial…
August 20, 2019
Staff Break A reminder that tonight, Tuesday, August 20, will be the last formal sitting before the Center’s two-week break. We’ll resume on Wednesday, September 4, with early-morning zazen and dokusan. Help with a Move Sangha member Benjamin D. Taylor (who was on staff a few years ago) will be moving to a new house…
August 18, 2019
Teisho by Roshi Philip Kaleau, played on Founder’s Day – August, 18, 2019.
August 15, 2019
“Luncheon of the Boating Party” With the summer marching on, why not take a few hours to savor it in the pastoral setting of Chapin Mill with like-minded others? Come to the former Chapin estate this Saturday to lounge around with humans and dogs relaxing under the spreading branches of sycamores near the lovely Chapin…
August 13, 2019
Sangha Picnic this Saturday Summertime, and picnicking is easy! This year’s potluck picnic is set for this Saturday, August 17, and the weather forecast is looking good. Everyone is invited – Sangha, friends, children, and dogs! We’ll get underway this year at 11 a.m. with some of the games from the Buddha Bazaar that we…
August 11, 2019
Based on a 2017 Tricycle article by Kurt Spellmeyer: “Globalism 3.0: The Secret to World Harmony Isn’t Oneness. It’s multiplicity.”