Join us on Sunday, Oct. 1 from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m for a livestream of the Abbot Retirement Ceremony for Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, who has served as abbot of the Zen Studies Society since Jan. 1, 2011. We will also celebrate Shinge Roshi's 80th birthday. Her leadership and tireless efforts have been essential to ZSS and to the fostering of Zen in America. Read more »
Join Shinge Roshi and the Sangha this Sunday for an in-person Mandala Day celebration at 10 a.m., followed by kinhin and a period of zazen. At 11:55 a.m., Shinge Roshi will offer a teisho in the zendo, concluding at 12:30 p.m. You may also join online—see meeting link below.
If you wish to attend in person at Hoen-ji, please email admin@hoenji.org before Saturday, June 18. Read more »
Please join us for a special online event at Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji: A Conversation with Ruth Ozeki and and Shinge Roshi on The Book of Form and Emptiness.Read more »
On July 13, 2020, Shinge Roshi was interviewed in the podcast series "Sit, Breathe, Bow" hosted by the Kwan Um Online Sangha. Click here to tune in to this insightful interview.
Shinge Sherry Chayat Roshi, Abbot of the Zen Center of Syracuse, will teach the basic principles of meditation and present a talk on its benefits in everyday life.
After meditating on her own as a child, she began a formal practice in 1967 at the Zen Studies Society in New York City. She trained under Eido Shimano Roshi, Hakuun Yasutani and S?en Nakagawa. Read more »
Shinge Sherry Chayat Roshi, Abbot of the Zen Center of Syracuse, will teach the basic principles of meditation and present a talk on its benefits in everyday life.
