September 26, 2019
Burning House Department This just in: There is a second theme to tomorrow’s downtown rally and march (Rochester Climate Strike). It turns out that after the initial climate-change rally at Rochester’s City Hall (3:30 – 4:00 pm), people will be invited to march up Main Street to the Rochester Gas & Electric building, on East…
September 25, 2019
Rochester Climate Strike This Friday, September 27 From Roshi: Alarmed at our overheated planet and governmental failure to address climate change? Dreading the world we could be leaving for our descendants? Come join Sangha members – and probably hundreds of others – for the local Rochester Climate Strike this Friday afternoon. It’s sponsored by a…
September 22, 2019
The dichotomy of science and religion, empiricism and direct experience, falls apart in the practice of Zen. Curiosity, wonder, investigation–these are the essentials of both science and the mystical spiritual traditions such as Zen.
September 20, 2019
Opportunity to Participate in Interfaith Response to Climate Change An impromptu Sangha conversation took place last Sunday over brunch, following Roshi’s teisho about the implications of climate change and Zen practice “off the mat.” Those who participated expressed interest in learning about and supporting local interfaith community activities on this critical issue. Rochester Area Interfaith…
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…