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Jizo-An Zen Community fosters mindfulness and compassion through Zen practice, offering meditation, Dharma talks, and community engagement to help individuals explore their inner selves and cultivate peace in daily life.

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Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">&nbsp;join:<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;"> Betsy Gessho Nieves for a discussion on-&nbsp;The Paradox of our Identities How can we understand our identities in ways that allow for growth and expansion? We are born perfect and complete is a statement that we often hear in Buddhism. Why then we show up in ways that do not support this statement? Let&#39;s explore the roadblocks that hold us back in the realization of this truth about our nature. 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Zen Studies with Gessho October 2026

Zen Studies: Genjo &ndash; September 2026The Ceaseless Flow Of Mind &quot;Ash abides in the phenomenal expression of ash, which fully includes future and past. Just as firewood does not become firewood again after it is ash, you do not return to birth after death.&quot; You are not who you were. You have never been static&hellip;.this was Master Dogen&#39;&#39;s meaning about ashes returning to firewood. All life forms are complex manifestations of the many aggregates coming together to create each individual form. Whether it is a mountain or a liver, its uniqueness depends on the life force of the complexity. The dynamic practice of meditation is no different&hellip; except that the complex &quot;I&quot; gets set aside for stillness, which allows one to observe the ceaseless flow of the mind. Jizo-an Zen Community&nbsp;invites you into quiet practice and direct study of how the Dharma shows up in everyday life. Together we sit in Zazen, walk in Kinhin, and chant Sutras, grounding Zen teachings in this present moment. 🪷 This session is guided by Jizo-An Zen Community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and shared inquiry. By registering, you support a practice space where meditation, honest reflection, and community engagement grow side by side. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Genjo September 2026

Zen Studies with Donen&nbsp;The Eight Realizations of Awakened Beings What does it mean to live an awakened life, to live in an awakened way? &nbsp;How do we bring our practice and the Dharma teachings into our everyday lives? &nbsp;How do we realize or actualize our practice in the world? &nbsp;Fortunately for all of us, the Buddha and our many ancestors left us a great treasure trove in the many Dharma teachings, sutras, and commentaries that have been handed down for generations. &nbsp;Those teachings are like a guide map for us, not simply instructing us on exactly what to do, but rather pointing the way toward our own discovery of living an awakened life. Jizo-an Zen Community offers an evening of Zazen, Kinhin, and shared reflection on the teachings of Zen. Together we&rsquo;ll sit in silence, listen, and explore how practice meets everyday life. 🪷 This session supports our community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and steady, grounded practice. All levels are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re new to Zen or returning to deepen your study.

Zen Studies with Donen September 2026

Join Sensei Emyo for our Zen Studies Program:&nbsp;Cultivating Right View Right View is the first aspect of the Noble Eightfold Path. When we take the Dharma to heart, the whole Buddhist path flows out of our application of Right View. When we embrace the components of Right View-the karma we struggle with, the impermanence we&#39;d rather avoid seeing -- we can begin releasing ourselves from fear and aversion, seeing through the cherished opinions we usually take for real. This leads to freedom of mind. &quot;Cultivating Right View&quot; is the theme of our upcoming Fall Ango. An evening of zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and Dharma teaching grounded in everyday life. Together we&rsquo;ll explore how Zen practice supports mindfulness, compassion, and clear seeing. 🪷 Your registration helps us prepare the zendo, texts, and quiet space we share as a community. All levels of experience are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re taking a first step in practice or deepening a long‑held commitment. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Sensei Emyo September 2026

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.This week Reverend Richard Daiko Smykla will offer a Dharma talk on:Maturing through Practice As we move through this life, we tend to exchange old stories for new ones, but always there is a backdrop of old fears like a shadow that haunts us. In order to fully mature, we need to see through these stories, to identify and come to grips with our maladapted behaviors and strategies. Zen practice helps us to surface our perceived shortcomings, and engage the process of transforming them. We commit to sharing our lives and relationships in more ethical and appropriate ways and behaviors. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the sutras and a Dharma talk by one of monks.

Zen Studies with Daiko August 2026

Zen Studies with Donen&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">The Eight Realizations of Awakened Beings What does it mean to live an awakened life, to live in an awakened way? &nbsp;How do we bring our practice and the Dharma teachings into our everyday lives? &nbsp;How do we realize or actualize our practice in the world? &nbsp;Fortunately for all of us, the Buddha and our many ancestors left us a great treasure trove in the many Dharma teachings, sutras, and commentaries that have been handed down for generations. &nbsp;Those teachings are like a guide map for us, not simply instructing us on exactly what to do, but rather pointing the way toward our own discovery of living an awakened life. Jizo-an Zen Community offers an evening of Zazen, Kinhin, and shared reflection on the teachings of Zen. Together we&rsquo;ll sit in silence, listen, and explore how practice meets everyday life. 🪷 This session supports our community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and steady, grounded practice. All levels are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re new to Zen or returning to deepen your study.

Zen Studies with Donen August 2026

Join Sensei Emyo for our Zen Studies Program:&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">2,600 Years of Buddhist History in 26 Minutes In its 2,600-year history, from the time of the Buddha to the present day, Buddhism has grown from a tiny religious community in northern India into a movement that now spans the globe. It has shaped the development of civilizations in India and Southeast Asia and had a major influence on the civilizations of China, Tibet, Korea, and Japan; and today has become a major part of the multi-religious world of Europe and North America. It is a story of the Buddha himself, and the story of generations of people who have used the model of the Buddha&#39;s life to shape not only their own but the societies in which they live. An evening of zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and Dharma teaching grounded in everyday life. Together we&rsquo;ll explore how Zen practice supports mindfulness, compassion, and clear seeing. 🪷 Your registration helps us prepare the zendo, texts, and quiet space we share as a community. All levels of experience are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re taking a first step in practice or deepening a long‑held commitment. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Sensei Emyo August 2026

Zen Studies: Genjo &ndash; July 2026Sutra in the floorboards <p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Studying sutras is one way to awaken this heart/ mind. this big mind as Shunryu Suzuki calls it. And the same goes for our ability to embrace moment to moment awareness. This moment that is free of description and temptations. In my own practice, the floor has become the greatest anchor&hellip;as my eyes fluctuate between closed and partially open the moment I look at the floor, it lifts the haze of the imaginary space, hurling me back to reality. Likewise, when we study sutras as a spiritual practice, the principles of these prayers began to infiltrate our lives and inform us of a different way of being that we can engage. I must engage it. I cannot just think about it. But the thinking is an important beginning.There is no one-sided practice&hellip; that is just more wanting mind. Jizo-an Zen Community&nbsp;invites you into quiet practice and direct study of how the Dharma shows up in everyday life. Together we sit in Zazen, walk in Kinhin, and chant Sutras, grounding Zen teachings in this present moment. 🪷 This session is guided by Jizo-An Zen Community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and shared inquiry. By registering, you support a practice space where meditation, honest reflection, and community engagement grow side by side. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Genjo July 2026

Zen Studies with Donen&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Zen Questions - Spiritual Inquiry and Radical Honesty This phrase, Zen questions, can be viewed not only as a noun, but perhaps even more so as a verb - alive and continuously unfolding. &nbsp;At the heart of Zen and the practice of Zazen, is inquiry. &nbsp;Indeed, the Great Doubt of Zen is precisely about questioning. &nbsp;It is about nurturing the mind of inquiry and openness. &nbsp;There is a timeless history, not only in the Buddhist tradition, but also in most authentic spiritual practices and traditions, of Spiritual Inquiry. &nbsp;This evening we will explore the Zen idea of Doshin, or &quot;Way-seeking mind.&quot; Jizo-an Zen Community offers an evening of Zazen, Kinhin, and shared reflection on the teachings of Zen. Together we&rsquo;ll sit in silence, listen, and explore how practice meets everyday life. 🪷 This session supports our community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and steady, grounded practice. All levels are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re new to Zen or returning to deepen your study.

Zen Studies with Donen July 2026

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">&nbsp;join:<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> Betsy Gessho Nieves for a discussion on-&nbsp;The meaning of Gateless Gate in Zen In Zen we are taught that we have everything within us to be awakened and enlightened. However, we, in our conditioned mind, create barriers that hold us back from tapping into our authentic self and to live how we are meant to. How many times do we miss what is right in front of us? How can we see what we need to see? Let us explore these questions and share our lived experiences on this path. 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font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">

Zen Studies with Gessho July 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">This week Reverend Richard Daiko Smykla will offer a Dharma talk on:<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Pattern and Novelty: Transcending our Stories<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Our lives are constructed of stories. Some are handed down to us, others take form from the outcome of events in our lives. Stories are the stuff of our sense of self, and when habits develop around them, we are constrained, we suffer. To realize new possibilities is how we transform our lives and discover new meaning.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the sutras and a Dharma talk by one of monks.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">

Zen Studies with Daiko June 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Join Sensei Emyo for our Zen Studies Program:&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">A Tribute to Seijaku Roshi<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Five years ago, our founder Seijaku Roshi died. &nbsp;As time passes the number of people who actually knew Roshi steadily decreases. But his presence is still here with us and will always be with us. Last year the Jizo-an Zen Community celebrated its 40-year anniversary. There have been a number of changes since Roshi&#39;s passing, primarily to make the Dharma available to more people. Roshi had a vision of planting the dharma here in South Jersey. &nbsp;Creating a place where community members, students and monks, could come together to train and realize themselves. Please join the monks as we pay tribute to our founder and his vision.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">An evening of zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and Dharma teaching grounded in everyday life. Together we&rsquo;ll explore how Zen practice supports mindfulness, compassion, and clear seeing. 🪷<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Your registration helps us prepare the zendo, texts, and quiet space we share as a community. <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">All levels of experience are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re taking a first step in practice or deepening a long‑held commitment. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Sensei Emyo June 2026

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will <span fr-original-style="font-family: Roboto;" style="font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week two of Jizo-an&#39;s students<strong fr-original-style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">, Peter Jasko &amp; Barbara Seishin Patrizzi<strong fr-original-style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">&nbsp;will offer for discussion...<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Peter&rsquo;s presentation is titled Mokugyo - &nbsp;The Wooden Fish and will attempt to answer the question: How can a little fish save sentient beings from suffering (dukkha)? &nbsp;A form so simple, yet highly symbolic in Buddhism, to waking up our True (Buddha) Nature. &nbsp;Peter will provide an introduction to the mokugyo, its history, legend, symbolic purpose, and why a fish? The mokugyo asks but a simple question each time it sounds: &quot;Are You Awake&quot;?<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Seishin&#39;s talk will focus on the ancient story of Bahiya Understands Urgency.In ancient times, storytelling served as the vehicle to communicate Buddhist teachings to those outside the monastic community. We will hear one of the most retold stories from the Pali Canon and reflect on its message which still resonates today across time and space.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">

Zen Studies--Student Presentations

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Zen Studies with Donen&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Living in a Paradox - Holding Space for All We Experience.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Paradox is both a powerful word and an important aspect of Zen practice. &nbsp;We often don&#39;t feel very comfortable with paradox. &nbsp;We prefer to have our life neatly arranged and packaged. &nbsp;But, Zen points to a very different way of being. &nbsp;The reality is that we live much of our entire life in the midst of paradox. &nbsp;Thich Nhat Hanh taught that life is both terrifying and beautiful all at once. &nbsp;Zen teaches us to embrace this great paradox in our everyday life, and to be fully present for all of it.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Jizo-an Zen Community offers an evening of Zazen, Kinhin, and shared reflection on the teachings of Zen. Together we&rsquo;ll sit in silence, listen, and explore how practice meets everyday life. 🪷<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">This session supports our community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and steady, grounded practice. <strong fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">All levels are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re new to Zen or returning to deepen your study.

Zen Studies with Donen May 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Zen Studies: Genjo &ndash; May 2026<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">All beings wish for happiness; All beings wish to be free from harm.<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">It is more important to find our commonalities than our differences and yet our world is delighted by the differences. This is what it makes easy to harm another&hellip;for if I don&#39;t see myself in the other, I create a mental no-connection and that no-connection is created and sustained by a belief system based off the perception of a &#39;me&#39; and &lsquo;you&rsquo;.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">The Buddha saw clearly that there is no &#39;I&#39; and &#39;other&#39; that it was nothing more than a mental construct based off of a small comprehension of the whole. Simply understanding this intellectually is not enough to bring about actual change in one&#39;s actions&hellip;it must be made real through throwing oneself into experiential fire.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Jizo-an Zen Community&nbsp;invites you into quiet practice and direct study of how the Dharma shows up in everyday life. Together we sit in Zazen, walk in Kinhin, and chant Sutras, grounding Zen teachings in this present moment. 🪷<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">This session is guided by Jizo-An Zen Community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and shared inquiry. By registering, you support a practice space where meditation, honest reflection, and community engagement grow side by side. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Genjo May 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Join Sensei Emyo for our Zen Studies Program:&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Taking Refuge in the Sangha<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Traditionally sangha referred to the community of ordained monks and nuns, but today the term sangha, includes all Buddhist practitioners, lay and ordained. The Buddha taught that each of us is responsible for our own journey of awakening &quot;Be an island unto yourself.&quot; But at the same time, the Buddha left us a precious legacy, the teachings (dharma) and the community (sangha). We are never alone if we embrace the three refuges. The existence of Sangha is what makes Buddhism a living, applied spiritual tradition rather than a mere philosophy. We support and are supported by each other.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">An evening of zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and Dharma teaching grounded in everyday life. Together we&rsquo;ll explore how Zen practice supports mindfulness, compassion, and clear seeing. 🪷<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Your registration helps us prepare the zendo, texts, and quiet space we share as a community. <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">All levels of experience are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re taking a first step in practice or deepening a long‑held commitment. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Sensei Emyo May 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">This week <u fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Denise Kyosei&nbsp; will share a Dharma talk on:<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">&quot;The Mysterious Principle of Linji Yixuan&quot;<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><div data-noir-inline-caret-color="" data-noir-inline-color="" dir="auto" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; --noir-inline-caret-color: #e8e6e3; --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; --noir-inline-caret-color: #e8e6e3; --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">The &quot;mysterious principle&quot; Master Linji Yixuan (the founder of Rinzai Zen) is centered on direct, spontaneous awareness. &nbsp;He taught us to stop seeking enlightenment outside of ourselves in scriptures, Buddha figures, or even the concept of Nirvana and to recognize our own true unconditioned nature. &nbsp;There is nothing to gain, no path to follow, and nothing special to achieve. True liberation is simply having enough confidence in yourself to stop looking for it and live in awareness as an ordinary person.</div><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">

Zen Studies with Kyosei April 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">This week Reverend Richard Daiko Smykla will offer a Dharma talk on:<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Becoming Intimate with Impermanence<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Everything we encounter&mdash;our bodies, relationships, thoughts, and circumstances&mdash;is in constant flux. Yet much of our suffering arises from resisting this truth or attempting to secure what cannot be held. Accepting impermanence opens the door to a more intimate, compassionate, and vivid way of being. Rather than leading to detachment or despair, this intimacy with change allows us to meet each moment with freshness and care&mdash;because it will not come again in the same way.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the sutras and a Dharma talk by one of monks.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">

Zen Studies with Daiko April 2026

<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Join Sensei Emyo for our Zen Studies Program: The Heart Sutra: The Swiss Army Knife of Zen. The Heart Sutra, possibly the best known text of Mahayana Buddhism, is said to be the pure distillation of wisdom (prajna). Perhaps because of both its profundity and brevity, the Heart Sutra is the most familiar of all the original teachings of the Buddha. An English translation can easily be printed on one side of a piece of paper. Also the Sino-Japanese version of the Sutra lends itself well to chanting. The Heart Sutra seeks to cut our dualistic thinking at the root.<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">An evening of zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and Dharma teaching grounded in everyday life. Together we&rsquo;ll explore how Zen practice supports mindfulness, compassion, and clear seeing. 🪷<p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><br fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;"><p fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">Your registration helps us prepare the zendo, texts, and quiet space we share as a community. <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text;">All levels of experience are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re taking a first step in practice or deepening a long‑held commitment. 🕯️

Zen Studies with Sensei Emyo April 2026

Zen Studies with Donen offers an evening of Zazen, Kinhin, and shared reflection on the teachings of Zen. Together we&rsquo;ll sit in silence, listen, and explore how practice meets everyday life. 🪷 This session supports our community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and steady, grounded practice. All levels are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re new to Zen or returning to deepen your study.

Zen Studies with Donen Mar 2026

Zen Studies: Genjo &ndash; March 2026 invites you into quiet practice and direct study of how the Dharma shows up in everyday life. Together we sit in Zazen, walk in Kinhin, and chant Sutras, grounding Zen teachings in this present moment. 🪷 This session is guided by Jizo-An Zen Community&rsquo;s commitment to mindfulness, compassion, and shared inquiry. By registering, you support a practice space where meditation, honest reflection, and community engagement grow side by side. 🕯️

Join Sensei Emyo for our Zen Studies Program, an evening of zazen, walking meditation, chanting, and Dharma teaching grounded in everyday life. Together we&rsquo;ll explore how Zen practice supports mindfulness, compassion, and clear seeing. 🪷 Your registration helps us prepare the zendo, texts, and quiet space we share as a community. All levels of experience are welcome&mdash;whether you&rsquo;re taking a first step in practice or deepening a long‑held commitment. 🕯️

Zen Studies Program- Sensei Emyo Mar 2026

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">&nbsp;join:<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> Betsy Gessho Nieves for a discussion on-&nbsp;Why The Practice Works For Me? When we embrace a practice like Zen, we realize how difficult it can be to stay on a path that is so radically different from how we have been conditioned to show up. &nbsp;Deep inside, we know that we are not truly being our authentic selves and we consciously decide to search for something that can lead us to be who we naturally are. This practice is not for our personal development or growth. However, that is something that naturally happens. This practice offers the opportunity to show up in the world the way we are truly meant to, and when we do this, we are transformed and liberated. 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Zen Studies with Gessho Feb 2026

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.This week Reverend Orlando Donen Nieves will offer a Dharma talk on:Samsara and Nibbana - Understanding Our Suffering and Our Happiness As human beings, we all wish for happiness and peace in our lives, and we wish not to suffer. &nbsp;Yet, we experience so much sorrow, discontent, and suffering, and we are often left feeling hopeless or helpless, unable to comprehend this suffering. &nbsp;The Buddha&#39;s teachings are about liberation from suffering. &nbsp;But what does it really mean to be liberated? &nbsp;Perhaps the fundamental obstacle is that we do not really understand our suffering, nor how to truly cultivate happiness. &nbsp;This evening, we will look at suffering, happiness, peace, and liberation - how to see them more clearly. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting, a dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies with Donen Feb 2026

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week Sensei Richard Emyo Bizub will share a Dharma talk on:&quot;Hui-Neng - Know Your Mind, See Your True Nature&quot;&nbsp;The Platform Sutra of Hui-Neng, the sixth patriarch of Chinese Zen is one of the most influential texts of Chan Buddhism. &nbsp;According to Hui-Neng, Buddha nature is the true nature of all beings. We therefore don&#39;t need to purify our minds, rather we need to shift our perspective so we can see our true nature. Hui-Neng was an illiterate woodcutter who attained enlightenment, and who went on to demonstrate the depth and clarity of this insight. His example has demonstrated to generations of Zen students and spiritual seekers that awakening is attainable in this lifetime regardless of education or social standing. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program- Sensei Emyo Feb 2026

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.This week Reverend Richard Daiko Smykla will offer a Dharma talk on:Acknowledging Our Silent Metamorphosis How can we let go of judgments and self-judgments, living only in the present moment? Can we see this moment as sacred, accepting ourselves and others as they are, accepting and letting go of the past? We&#39;re both separate and together, perfect and complete, revealing right here, right now. What are we waiting for? We will examine these questions, these koans together.&nbsp; Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the sutras and a Dharma talk by one of monks.

Zen Studies — Daiko

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.This week Reverend Orlando Donen Nieves will offer a Dharma talk on:An Appropriate Response - Living with Skillful Means. Upaya, or skillful means, is a hallmark of not only Zen practice and training, but of the entirety of the Buddha&#39;s teachings. &nbsp;How do we live skillfully, moment by moment, in a world on fire, a world with so much division, injustice, and strife? &nbsp;The Buddha&#39;s teachings are a prescription for how to liberate ourselves from this pervasive suffering. &nbsp;However, it is not a blanket, one-size-fits-all prescription, but a way of living skillfully with the ever changing circumstances, causes and conditions of life. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting, a dharma talk and discussion.

ZEN STUDIES PROGRAM — Donen

<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Zen Student M&oacute;nica Coughlin presents:&nbsp;Zen and the Japanese Garden:Zen philosophy and principles as applied to Japanese landscaping:&nbsp; Zen philosophy, principles, and teachings have influenced the art of Japanese gardens and landscaping for centuries, and can be seen throughout Japan and all over the world. &nbsp;I will be sharing Inspirations from Zen temple abbot and landscape architect Shunmyo Masuno.

Student Presentation: Zen and the Japanese Garden

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week KEVIN GENJO LEBLANC will share a Dharma talk on:The Hypocrisy Of Desire <p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">In simple terms: we crave more, different and new. When one learns how to &#39;look&#39; desire is constantly there, knocking and knocking like a sales man who has exactly what you want yet knows you don&#39;t need. This seems to be true whether it&#39;s for more love or more cars or more fear. The reality is that desire creates this constant conflict within us. This is why most humans breathe very shallowly&hellip;like a boa constrictor that&#39;s tight enough to hold you down but not tight enough to cut off the flow of air. The hypocrisy comes to life as we all become so well versed at pretending it&#39;s not so. The white lie is the art of withholding the truth&hellip;while the extreme side of dishonesty has many faces and usually easy to recognize, the subtle forms of dishonesty remain quietly hidden behind a genuine smile or friendly offer. This is not about right and wrong but simply to notice a common flaw of ego&#39;s voice&hellip;it tricks us in 10,00 ways. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program—Genjo

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week two of Jizo-an&#39;s students<strong fr-original-style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227);">, Nancy &amp; Dan Scheingold<strong fr-original-style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit;" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227);">&nbsp;will offer Dharma Talks...<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Nancy&#39;s presentation is titled Abiding in Emptiness and will explore the Zen sensibility of emptiness. It will attempt to describe what &quot;emptiness&quot; means in lived practice rather than as a philosophical abstraction. In doing so, it will touch on how this perspective informs our understanding of experience and the nature of mind.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> Dan&#39;s talk will focus on Tao and Zen: The Similarities Between Tao, Ch&#39;an and Zen, and will examine the connections between Chan/Zen and Taoism, and how Taoist philosophy might have influenced or seeped into Buddhist philosophy and teachings when it arrived from India to China.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">

Zen Studies--Student Presentations (Dan & Nancy)

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.This week Reverend Richard Daiko Smykla will offer a Dharma talk on:Choosing Gratitude:Our social contract is based on mutual respect and recognition of our common&nbsp;interest. There are those who have become quite adept at pitting ourselves against ourselves; against each other when we are all truly dependent on each other. There are some who find advantage in focusing on superficial differences rather than our profound shared identity. The Eye of the Heart knows better- we all share a common heritage in the earth, the sea and the stars. We must vow to reinvigorate a view of the sacredness in all things if we are to if we are to survive and even thrive in this life. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the sutras and a Dharma talk by one of monks.

Zen Studies with Daiko

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.This week Reverend Orlando Donen Nieves will offer a Dharma talk on:THE CHANGING CHORDS IN THE FLOWING RHYTHM OF LIFE..Much like creating music, life is of the nature of change and flow. Just as chord changes and progressions constantly create and re-create the flowing rhythms of music, life too unfolds and is constantly in processes according to the ever changing nature of life&#39;s flowing rhythms. When we wrestle against that unfolding flow, then life, like music, becomes stagnant and its natural evolution and creativities are diminished within us. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Dai Segaki and reading the names of the deceased.

ZEN STUDIES PROGRAM- with Donen

ZEN STUDIES PROGRAM—Donen

DAI SEGAKIJoin us for a special ceremony honoring the deceased and all those suffering in the realm of the Hungry Ghost. Bodhicitta is the raising of the heart and mind to all sentient beings of the past, present and future and it is accomplished through several practices; chanting being one of them. Chantings purpose is less about the words and meanings, then it is about the raising of the heart and mind...and so our voices become a vessel through time and space. Imagine if every human, at the same time sang together for all those who suffer to be released!!!please join the monks of Jizo-an for this beautiful ceremony Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Dai Segaki and reading the names of the deceased.

Dai Segaki- Ceremony for the Deceased and those suffering in the realm of the Hungry Ghosts

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week Denise Kyosei&nbsp; will share a Dharma talk on:&quot;Leave no Trace&quot; <div dir="auto" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">To &ldquo;Leave No Trace&rdquo; refers to an ideal of effortless, spontaneous activity that is completely absorbed in the present moment. The action is fully and completely expended, leaving nothing behind to cling to. Dogen described this process as a continuous, endless stream of &quot;no-trace,&quot; signifying a life of complete, selfless engagement.&nbsp;To &ldquo;leave no trace&rdquo; is not to erase ourselves, but to release our attachment to needing to be remembered, validated, or praised. It is to act purely, without clinging to outcome. It is to serve, to love, to walk through this life without demanding that the world bow to our ego.</div> Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program- Kyosei

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week KEVIN GENJO LEBLANC will share a Dharma talk on:The Lankavatara Sutra- The Form and Formless &quot;You are Buddha, you are perfect and complete&quot;. Most of us would vehemently disagree... for good reason too. We spend lifetimes unconsciously creating phantasy&#39;s about who we think we are. Just like if you took a dog and trained it to be a killer, there would be no surprise if that were to actually occur. But the dog&#39;s true essence is not a killer. We too have &#39;trained&#39; ourselves to see life through certain filters and so our actions turn out to be direct responses to the distorted lens that we unconsciously created. To understand this, one simply needs a new way of looking. Zazen was created for this exact purpose...it is the ability to recognize the formlessness in the form.Right here, right now, a mental formation...does it contain anything at all? Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program- Genjo

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week Sensei Richard Emyo Bizub will share a Dharma talk on:&quot;Becoming the Mountains and Rivers&quot;&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; float: none; display: inline !important;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">Eihei Dogen, the great master of Soto Zen taught that when we know something intimately, it ceases to exist in the old way and as a result, so do we. Dogen was a lover of nature. He built his monastery deep in the mountains near streams. In the Mountains and Rivers Sutra he wrote about the mountains and rivers, the wind and clouds, as direct expressions of the great body of the Buddha, the whole earth body as well as your body, and my body. These mountains and rivers of the present are the manifestation of the way of the buddhas and ancient sages. Each abides in its own, dharma state, exhaustively fulfilling its virtues. What Dogen is pointing to is the immediate, non-dual experience of our lives using the language of our natural world.&nbsp; Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program- Sensei Emyo

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week Richard Daiko Smykla will share a Dharma talk on:&nbsp;&quot;The Wisdom of Zen Master Shitou&quot; What does it mean to practice the Noble Eightfold Path&#39;s &#39;Right View&#39;? How do we walk the Buddha&#39;s teaching of the Middle Way?&nbsp;Master Shitou shared his deep insight into these questions with two profound poems that became the foundation of the Soto Zen School: The &#39;Sandokai&#39; and the &#39;Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage&#39;A look into maintaining this life of balancing the Absolute and the Relative, not two. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program with Daiko

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week Orlando Donen Nieves will share a Dharma talk on:&nbsp;&quot;Herding the Ox- Maturing on the Path of Practice&quot; How does one practice without attachments to goals or gaining anything? Zen does not place an emphasis on advancing through stages or expectations of achieving anything, but when one embraces this path wholeheartedly, we mature as a result of the open heart.&nbsp;Unobstructed, the primordial mind naturally sees the Way. The Ten Ox Herding Pictures poetically captures this transformation of mind to heart as we travel along this path. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program with Donen

Join us for our monthly Zen Studies Program...This week Sensei Richard Emyo Bizub will share a Dharma talk on:&nbsp;&quot;The Great Zen Masters- &quot;Animals&quot; &quot;From a Zen perspective, animals teach profound spiritual and philosophical lessons like living fully in the present moment, unconditional love, natural joy, letting go of past hurts and the wisdom of rest.&nbsp;Through their honest communication and mindful presence, they encourage us to be more patient, compassionate and to find peace through letting go and existing in the present moment. In addition, confronting the suffering of animals enables us to develop renunciation and Bodhichitta, so that we are ever more strongly motivated to train in all the Buddhist vows that will lead to lasting mental freedom for our sake and sake of all beings. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma talk and discussion.

Zen Studies Program with Sensei Emyo

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Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">&nbsp;join:<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;"> Kevin Genjo LeBlanc for a discussion on-&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Specters in poem, entangled in rhymes. Zen Poetry <span fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">For those touched by awakening, the complexities of existence allow for words to be molded like clay&hellip; and so poetry lends itself to the wonderful mysteries of what lies beyond the temporal and transitory&hellip;not allowing the reader to fully put their finger on it, for it would just be another case of the finger pointing at the moon. Each time the Dharma is composed into intellectual and coherent vocabulary, it wrangles the reader into a fury of grasping at concepts and the tangible world. Poetry on the other hand, invites curiosity and depth as well as an openness that allows room to breathe. Join us for an evening of Zazen, (seated meditation) Kinhin (walking mediation) chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma discussion...both in-person and online.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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-webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">

Zen Studies with Genjo

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">&nbsp;join:<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;"> Orlando Donen Nieves for a discussion on-&nbsp;The Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers- A Framework for responding skillfully in a divisive world.In 1994, the late American Zen master, Roshi, Bernie Glassman founded the Zen peacemakers; an organization of practitioners and teachers that has grown globally. He also established the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers, a path of practice to relieve the suffering of all beings through contemplative social action. Those three tenants &ndash; Not Knowing, Bearing Witness and Compassionate Action are a framework to work towards a more compassionate and enlightened society a wounded world that appears so divided and in need of healing. Join us for an evening of Zazen, (seated meditation) Kinhin (walking mediation) chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma discussion...both in-person and online.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;'> <p fr-original-style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;"> <p fr-original-style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;'> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;'> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; 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color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">

Zen Studies with Donen

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">&nbsp;join:<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;"> Betsy Fujin Nieves for a discussion on-&nbsp;The Significance of Taking Refuge-&nbsp;When we begin walking this path, we start the process of taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Then, we may come to the realization that we are ready to take formal refuge as we experience the &nbsp;transformation that naturally happens when we make the genuine commitment to fully embrace this way of being in the world. Let&#39;s explore the meaning of the powerful statement and action of taking refuge Join us for an evening of Zazen, (seated meditation) Kinhin (walking mediation) chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma discussion...both in-person and online.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;'> <p fr-original-style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;"> <p fr-original-style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;'> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;'> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">

Zen Studies with Gessho

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">&nbsp;joinREVEREND RICHARD DAIKO SMYKLA&nbsp; for one of our monthly Dharma talks... Eight Qualities of an Awakened Life...First, the Buddha, and then Dogen Zenji, in their final lessons to us, described eight qualities to guide us as Bodhisattvas in training. These eight are necessary to develop if we are to become true adults and to step past the un-resolved, erratic emotions that continue in the unconscious mind, so that we may actualize the Buddha field in our everyday life. Join us for an evening of Zazen, (seated meditation) Kinhin (walking mediation) chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma discussion...both in-person and online.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3; 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--noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">

Zen Studies with Daiko – July 2025

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">&nbsp;joinREVEREND ORLANDO DONEN NIEVES for one of our monthly Dharma talks... Poison or Antidote&mdash;The Kleshas (Poisons) Are They Just Foes, Or Friends?In Buddhism, the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance are regarded as mental, afflictions, that cloud the mind, and are the root cause of our suffering and discontentment. Our conditioned reaction is to see these poisons simply as enemies that must be avoided or eliminated. But, what if we see them as our teachers and the very springboard to insight and awakening?Learning to see these poisons within ourselves, to embrace them and work with them and to ultimately transfer them into understanding and wisdom, is at the heart of the Buddha&#39;s teaching. Join us for an evening of Zazen, (seated meditation) Kinhin (walking mediation) chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma discussion...both in-person and online.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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Zen Studies with Donen — July 2025

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);"> <p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">This week<strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">&nbsp;Sensei Richard Emyo BIzub&nbsp;will offer a Dharma Talk: <strong data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="color: rgb(15, 14, 91); --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0; background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2);">&nbsp;Bowing: The Expression of the Physical and Spiritual Laws of the Universe<div fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(17, 21, 23); border-color: rgba(140, 130, 115, 0.2); color: rgb(232, 230, 227); width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> </div>In Zen we do a lot of bowing. But there is so much more to a bow than just bending. Bowing is a practice of gratitude and non-duality. It is a physical expression of the Buddha&#39;s teaching. The dropping away of the ego and its myriad attachments. A bow represents the merging of heart and mind, compassion and wisdom. Join us for an evening of Zazen, (seated meditation) Kinhin (walking mediation) chanting of the Sutras and a Dharma discussion...both in-person and online.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); --noir-inline-color: #e8e6e3;' style='margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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Zen Studies with Sensei - July 2025

<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">This week&nbsp;Reverend Kevin Genjo LeBlanc&nbsp;will offer a Dharma Talk: &nbsp;THERE IS BUT ONE REALITY WITH TWO POSSIBILITIES....<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> These two possibilities are relative and absolute or if you like, awareness and ignorance&hellip;the point of speaking about the one reality is to help an individual pull himself out of the one-sided relative reality that 99% of us live in&mdash;me and you.Like everything in life, this requires balance, diligence, and effort. just as a seesaw works best when the two weights are similar, our lives find balance when we live in a way that brings harmony to the world around us. So, awareness has the ability to recognize the stories that keep relative beliefs alive, and in that process absolute reality becomes more and more apparent.<p fr-original-style='margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);' style='margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New 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91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;" style="color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 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Zen Studies with Genjo — June 2025

<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">This week&nbsp;Reverend Orlando Donen Nieves&nbsp;will offer a Dharma Talk: &nbsp;EFFORTLESS EFFORT - THE DHARMA GATE OF EASE AND JOY....<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> We have largely been conditioned to believe that we need to constantly push ourselves very hard and make strenuous efforts to attain, achieve, or become this or that. &nbsp;We often bring this same mentality to our spiritual practice, believing that we must make strenuous efforts to awaken and realize our true nature. Dogen Zenji described practice as the dharma gate of ease and joy. &nbsp;He emphasized diligent and wholehearted effort, just sitting, not trying to become or attain anything. &nbsp;In Zen, this is often referred to as wise effort or effortless effort. &nbsp;We will examine this dharma gate of ease and joy. 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Zen Studies with Donen — June 2025

<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5;">This week&nbsp;Sensei Richard Emyo BIzub&nbsp;will offer a Dharma Talk: &nbsp;GREAT DETERMINATION - There is No APP for This!...<div fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> </div><p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">There is a frequently quoted Zen saying - Seven times knocked down, eight times get up - that speaks to a core aspect of practice and training: namely, the cultivation of unflagging perseverance, even in the midst of the most difficult circumstances. The dharma points to the essential nature of great determination on the spiritual path because it recognizes the necessity for deep resolve in our ever changing lives and surroundings.<p fr-original-style='margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-variant-emoji:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-variation-settings:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);' style='margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New 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91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;" style="color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 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Zen Studies with Sensei — June 2025

<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;">This week&nbsp;Reverend Richard Daiko Smykla&nbsp;will offer a Dharma Talk: &nbsp;BREATHING INTO SILENCE<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;" style="width:100%;margin:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);-webkit-user-drag:auto;-webkit-user-select:text;line-height:1.5;"> Attending to the breath is the simplest of instructions for marshaling our attention into the current moment. Yet we tend to fall back again and again into thinking about, musing, judging and projecting our wants and needs upon our experience of it. Fortunately we can train the mind with a simple hint to maintain our focus and deepen our practice of zazen &mdash; stealing our attention back from the wandering mind and into the silent source of being. 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Zen Studies Program — Daiko

<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">This week two of Jizo-an&#39;s students, Zach Keijin Nickerson &amp; Monica Coughlin&nbsp;will offer for discussion...<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">Keijin&#39;s presentation is titled Shojin Ryori-Zen Temple Cuisine. Shojin Ryori is a form of cuisine based on principles of non-violence, simplicity, following the rhythms of the seasons, and non-wastefulness, making a spiritual practice of the everyday acts of cooking and consuming food. This cuisine is prepared by the tenzo in Zen monasteries, and at restaurants and inns attached to the temples that are aimed at visiting pilgrims.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> Monica&#39;s talk is titled Ikebana-Offerings Of Love, Reverence, And Remembrance. Flowers have been an offering since time immemorial. &nbsp;We have offered them to express our love, our reverence, and as remembrance. &nbsp;Flowers are given as a token of devotion and &nbsp;placed on altars. &nbsp;They are offered to the departed, and are part of our celebrations, our seasons, and our decor. Ikebana began in Japan as an art form beginning with monks in temples, and spread to a wider audience of nobles, wealthy citizens and then the wider community. Like Zen it is subtle and simple, and like Zen, at times, not subtle, not simple.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">

Zen Studies Student Presentations Oct 2026

Join us for our Wednesday Evening Zen Studies.A Dharma Presentation by Brown Robe Denise Kyosei Alvarez titled...MushotokuMushotoku is the art of seeking nothing &ndash; of just sitting, breathing, and letting the present moment be enough. &nbsp;Zen practice is wholehearted presence where we practice without seeking anything in return. &nbsp;A key phrase of the Heart Sutra says, &quot;There is no goal. &nbsp;There is nothing to obtain.&quot; &nbsp;This is the essence of Mushotoku. &nbsp;Join us for a discussion of how this important concept aids us in acting with total presence and sincerity, free from the ego&#39;s constant desire to get something out of every situation. Our evening begins with seated meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) followed by chanting of the sutras and a Dharma talk by one of monks.

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