January 10, 2021
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell.
January 9, 2021
Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede. Readings from Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin (mostly the Introduction) and The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Both translated by Norman Waddell.
January 8, 2021
Joining the 7-day Rohatsu Sesshin (January 8-15) The regular schedule of morning and evening Zoom sittings is cancelled during sesshin. However, to remind people who are not attending sesshin, you are welcome to join any parts of the sesshin (though without dokusan). If you do, please enter before the block of sitting begins or during…
January 3, 2021
Atlantic writer George Packer sees the new year as a “plastic hour,” a rare chance for the U.S. to transform sickness and dysfunction into renewal. This mirrors the catalytic potential of personal dis-ease to lead us to spiritual practice.
December 30, 2020
New Year’s Eve Schedule, December 31, 2020 Here is the schedule for tomorrow night’s New Year’s Eve Ceremonies. You’re welcome to join any or all parts of the evening. Post-New Year’s Schedule: This Weekend Once 2020 is mercifully behind us, our Zoom sittings will resume on Friday evening, January 1, 7:00 to 8:00. The Center’s…
December 29, 2020
This year, in the midst of the pandemic, we’re grateful we can come together with Sangha to welcome the New Year. We’ll begin (via Zoom) with zazen at 8 pm and follow a modified schedule that will take us to midnight. Whether you plan to sit with us all night or just for one or…
December 27, 2020
Dharma talk by John Pulleyn. A look at a neuroscientist’s explanation of how our brain creates the hallucination we take for reality and a modern day Stoic’s approach to the fix that puts us in.
December 20, 2020
2020 put many of us in a time warp that will run well into 2021. What’s going on, really? And how does daily Zen practice help us ride the waves?
December 18, 2020
CoronaCast This Week: December 17, 2020. This Just In: Teisho A change in schedule: Roshi will squeeze in a teisho this Sunday, December 20, at the usual time, 9:30 am. Topic: pandemic melting and freezing of time. Center Closed Next Week (December 20 -26) The Center’s annual one-week break starts this Sunday, December 20, after…
December 17, 2020
Roshi’s weekly podcast on the pandemic.