The Hartford Street Zen Center Sangha is continuing its Council group. We’ve formed it with the intention and hope of building a forum to continue to talk of and discuss with each other – and with the sangha at large – issues, concerns, questions and conflicts which have been challenging – or downright hard – to talk about. We’ll use a practice model of working with each other with the most skillful speech we can access.
Our second meeting will be on Saturday afternoon, June 16 at 12:30pm. We’ll be meeting for 180 minutes.
We’re building a format that will be flexible enough for a diversity of needs. The group will be facilitated by Beata Chapman, a long time member and Board president of the Santa Cruz Zen Center. She is knowledgeable about many aspects of zen communities. The scaffold we’ll be working from is based on the Council process developed by the Ojai Foundation.
You do not need to have an ‘issue’ or overt concern to attend. Council is sangha building. All are welcome!
If you have questions regarding this, call Peter Goetz at 510.595.1281. If you’d like a copy of the Ojai Foundation guidelines for Council process, email Peter at goetzpj@aol.com