Guest Speaker: Sat. 23 March – Rev. 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) at 9:25 a.m., with the talk to follow, and stay for tea-and-cookies in the living room afterwards. All are welcome!

Guest Speaker, Saturday 16 March: Rev. Steven Tierney

Please join us for a Dharma talk by Rev. Steven, priest-ordained by Rev. Dairyu Michael Wenger, and who is a psychotherapist and frequent consultant to 12-step programs, as well as group facilitator for our Issan-ji Sangha (community of practitioners). We’ll have zazen (seated meditation) as usual at 9:25, with the talk to follow at 10:15, and afterwards tea and cookies will be on offer in the living room. Everyone is welcome!

Guest Speaker, Saturday 2 March: Rev. Peter van der Sterre

Come and hear a Dharma talk this Saturday by our friend Rev. Peter, a long-time Zen practitioner and business owner, and a Dharma heir of Rev. Zoketsu Norman Fischer. There will be seated meditation (J. zazen) as usual at 9:25 a.m., and tea-and-cookies in the living room following the 10:15 a.m. talk. Everyone is welcome.

Buddha’s Parinirvana – Sat. 23 February

 

We will have a simple ceremony commemorating the death of Śākyamuni Buddha this coming Saturday, following the 9:25 a.m. period of zazen and a Dharma talk at 10:15. Tea and cookies in the living room afterwards, as usual. Everyone is welcome!