Kokyo currently residing in Crestone, Colorado has served as Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center. He has been practicing zen since 1990 in residence at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained a priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010.
Kokyo’s interests include looking at how the classic original teachings of Buddha-Dharma from ancient India, China, and Japan are still very much alive and useful in present-day America to bring peace and harmony to this troubled world.
You may join us in person or the Zoom meeting for meditation (zazen) any time starting at 9 a.m. for socializing and to check-in on how you are doing. Zazen begins at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Dharma talk at 10:30am am, followed by Q&A as well as an another opportunity to check in and see how you are doing and for those in person followed by treats and tea.