We hope that you continue to be safe and sound through our very complicated and concerning times. Please enjoy the gentle shift of daylight hours and join us for our offerings when you can.
This Saturday our Abbot Rev. Myō Lahey will offer our talk.
Guest Speaker: Sat. 11 September 2021 – Rev. Fugan, Gene Bush
Fugan Eugene Bush began formal Zen practice in 1982 and received Dharma transmission from the late Rev. Katherine Thanas in 2010. Gene serves as one of the Practice Leaders of Santa Cruz Zen Center.
He also became a teacher for the Arcata Zen Group in 2013, with occasional forays to Hartford Street Zen Center and to Queer Dharma at San Francisco Zen Center.
Join us for zazen (seated meditation), with the talk to follow, we offer in-person distanced attendance for those vaccinated fully + 2 weeks with mask worn inside temple; We also will continue to offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. 9:30 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) for 40 minutes and a Dharma talk at 10:25am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.
New zoom login details for Saturdays!
Our series of zoom meetings expired. Please note the new details by going here.
Thank you
*** If not otherwise noted in our update section, Saturday Dharma talks will still occur outside guest speaker, and the Speaker will be our Abbot, Rev. Myō Lahey***
28 August 2021 @ 10:25am – a talk offered by Rev. Daigan Gaither
Please join us for a way seeking mind talk offered by Rev. Daigan Gaither.
Daigan began Buddhist practice in 1995 as a Vipassana practitioner, and began to study Zen in 2003 with Ryushin Paul Haller. He received Lay Ordination in 2006 and Priest Ordination in 2011. His work and practice include many hours devoted to community service as one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (since 1995) and a volunteer caregiver with Zen Hospice Project (since 2003). He has spoken nationwide on sex, sexuality, queer identity, and gender and has sat on a number of boards of community organizations serving marginalized communities. He has lectured at colleges as well as conferences and is featured in Sex, Sin and Zen by Brad Warner.
Please join us for this wonderful event!
Saturday mornings we offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. 9:30 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) for 40 minutes and a Dharma talk at 10:25am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing. — If you have a full series of vaccinations and can and do wear a mask while inside the temple you can also join us in-person. — Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.
*** If not otherwise noted in our update section, Saturday Dharma talks will still occur and the Speaker will be our Abbot Rev. Myō Lahey***
Guest Speaker Sat. 08/14 –Rev. Ryuei, Michael McCormick
Please on the 14th of August, Saturday morning for a Dharma talk by Rev. Ryuei, Michael McCormick, who was ordained to the Nichiren-shū (Lotus Sutra School) ministry in 2001 by Rev. Ryusho Matsuda, of the San Jose Nichiren Temple.
Rev. McCormick is also a long-time practitioner of zazen (seated meditation) and a student of the writings of Dōgen-zenji.
Saturday mornings we offer in-person distanced attendance for those vaccinated fully + 2 weeks with mask worn inside temple; We also will continue to offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. 9:30 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) for 40 minutes and a Dharma talk at 10:25am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.
Changing Covid 19 restrictions
Please visit our current offerings page here to stay abreast of the temple protocol.
Thank you, and we hope to see you soon and for health, safety and wellbeing to engulf the world in the near future.
Guest Speaker: Sat. 7/31 – 10:25am – Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt
Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt is a Dharma Heir of the late Rev. Zenkei Blanche Hartman in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock.
She is a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Soto Zen training began at Tassajara monastery where she lived from 2002-2005, after which she practiced monastically in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Based at San Francisco Zen Center, Liên also teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and other Bay Area groups.
Saturday mornings we offer in-person distanced attendance for those vaccinated fully + 2 weeks; We also will continue to offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. 9:30 zazen (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize) for 40 minutes and a Dharma talk at 10:25am, followed by Q&A as well as an opportunity to check in and see how you are doing. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering.
Special Announcement about our Abbot – Myō – he begins a new decade!
We wanted to take a few moments to recognize and celebrate in our hearts & minds that our Abbot: Rev. Myō Lahey began a new decade of life devoted for much, maybe all in encouraging and teaching the Dharma. A very special congratulations to Myō and our gratitude for your loving guidance. – Happy Birthday! –
Here is a pre-Myō share, guess is pre two decades?
