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!

Presidents Day: Zendo CLOSED

The Zendo will be closed all day in observance of the national holiday on Monday, 18 February. Come rejoin our regular sitting schedule beginning Tuesday, 19 February, bright-and-early at 6:30 a.m.

Guest Speaker: Saturday, 16 February

Please join us this Saturday at 10:15 a.m. 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. We’ll have zazen at 9:25 as usual, and our beloved tea-and-cookies afterwards. Everyone is welcome.