October 15, 2022
Thanksgiving & Jukai 2022 Thursday November 17 7:00 p.m. Zazen and Famine Relief Ceremony: A fast day for Zen Center residents, and others are welcome to join in. Monetary offerings collected during the ceremony are donated to RMAN (Rochester Mutual Aid Network). Sunday November 20 8:30 a.m. Zazen at 8:30 followed by Ceremony of Gratitude…
October 12, 2022
Zen Teacher Sanctioning Ceremony, October 16 The sanctioning ceremony for Donna Kowal will take place this Sunday at Chapin Mill. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. It’s relatively short, and light refreshments will follow. There are no sittings scheduled in the zendos at Arnold Park, Chapin Mill, or on Zoom on Sunday. Dharma Reflections…
October 10, 2022
Join together with RZC Sangha members from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 19, to silently read Uprooting Racism’s Community-Read book, for companionship and “moral support”! The book is Justin Murphy’s Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York, available on the table in the Arnold Park third-floor library…
October 10, 2022
Our next Term Intensive (TI) runs October 5 – 26, 2023. The Term Intensive offers us a supportive structure in which to extend our practice efforts for a set period of time. Participants pledge to uphold a schedule of increased sitting and, if they wish, other aspects of discipline that relate directly or indirectly to…
October 9, 2022
How Zen practice deconstructs the self while the Dharma nourishes the Self, with a commentary on the koan “Linji’s Blind Donkey”. Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript
October 8, 2022
This Morning: Ordination of Scott and Dené Redding Today, at 10:30 a.m., Roshi will formally ordain the Reddings as Zen priests. The ceremony will take place in the Buddha Hall and will be broadcast on Zoom. Refreshments will be served afterward in the dining room and back yard. For those attending, robes may be worn,…
October 5, 2022
On Tuesday, October 10, the zendo and adjoining areas will be set up for the annual ceremony honoring Bodhidharma, the “bearded barbarian” who founded Zen in China. Beginning at 7 p.m., we’ll sit for two short rounds, and the ceremony will follow (no dokusan, private instruction, or group instruction that night). Beginners: Come check out…
October 4, 2022
Amala-sensei Giving Dokusan Tonight, Tuesday, October 4 Sensei John Pulleyn, who usually gives dokusan on Tuesday evening, is unavailable this week. Instead, Sensei Amala Wrightson will be offering dokusan this evening. Ordination of the Reddings This Saturday, October 8, at 10:30 a.m., Roshi will formally ordain Scott and Dené Redding as Zen Buddhist priests. The…
September 30, 2022
Announcement: The Center’s Nonviolent Communication Group is currently filled to capacity. We regret that we have temporarily had to close it to new members. We will make an announcement when the group reopens. The Center’s weekly Zoom group is for Members and Friends who wish to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC). What is NVC?…
September 30, 2022
September 2022 Sesshin, Day 6
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Automated Transcript