May 23, 2023
Thursday, June 29, 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Join our excursion from the Chapin Mill Work Retreat to the birthplace of Jell-O! Meeting at the front entrance of the Chapin Mill Retreat Center, we will carpool to the Jell-O Gallery, then have dinner at a local restaurant. Admission for the Jell-O Gallery is $6. For more…
May 21, 2023
How do we embody the Precepts in our everyday lives? An overview of morality in Zen and the RZC’s Taking the Precepts Ceremony. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
May 20, 2023
Saturday Dokusan, May 20, 9:00 am Saturday-morning dokusans are offered to accommodate members who can’t make it to the regular dokusans held during the week. To participate, take a seat on the left side of the Arnold Park zendo, near the Kannon Room, any time before 9:00 am. An announcement will be made before dokusan…
May 14, 2023
Exploring the intersection between Zen practice and neuroscience on our capacity for experiencing awe in ordinary activities. Commentary on Dacher Keltner’s “The Quiet Profundity of Everyday Awe”, The Atlantic: January 13, 2023. Teisho by Sensei Donna Kowal. Automated Transcript
May 12, 2023
Teisho by Donna-sensei and Extended Sitting, Sunday, May 14 Besides the usual block of zazen and teisho that runs from 8:30 to around 10:30 am, there will be three other blocks of formal sitting, with the first beginning at 6:15 am. Private Instruction will be offered during the third block. Click here for the extended…
May 7, 2023
May 2023 Sesshin, Day 2
Question: Should I try or should I not try? Do I apply effort in practice or do I surrender? Ought there be discipline or should it come naturally? Answer: Yes! Sources: Awakening to Zen by Roshi Philip Kapleau; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart by Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
May 6, 2023
May 2023 Sesshin, Day 1
How to make the most of chanting, talks, and personalized instruction during sesshin. Sharing the teachings of Roshi Philip Kapleau, founder of Rochester Zen Center, on the 19th anniversary of his death. Source: Zen: Merging of East and West by Roshi Philip Kapleau. Dharma Talk by Ven. Jissai Prince-Cherry. Automated Transcript
May 4, 2023
Joining the 2-day Sesshin on Zoom (May 5-7) While sesshin is underway at Chapin Mill, you can still join the in-person sittings at Arnold Park (note: there will be no sitting Friday night, May 5). Refer to the weekly schedule here for the days and times. The regular schedule for morning and evening Zoom sittings…
April 28, 2023
Roshi’s Podcast, New Episode Click here for the latest from Roshi, entitled “The Dalai Lama and the Boy.” Teisho by John-sensei, Sunday, April 30 At 8:30 a.m., we’ll have one extended round of sitting with a bell at the half-way point for a posture change, followed by kinhin, a short chanting service, and then Sensei’s…
April 27, 2023
Bodhin-roshi’s comments on the controversy surrounding the February video of “the Dalai Lama and the boy.” (Correction: the Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959, not 1951 as was stated in the talk.) Talk by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript