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Fall Student Training Program

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The Zen Center’s three-level Student Training Program is designed to help you deepen your practice and develop your understanding of Zen training and its application to the challenges of our personal lives, our community, and the complex issues of our times. There are three levels: “Exploration,” “Commitment,” and “Resolve.” Each level has a different set of requirements, duration, and applications to meet students where they are in their practice. Read more »

Date: 
Tue, Oct 1, 2019 - 6:00pm - Tue, Nov 19, 2019 - 6:00pm

A New Jukai Class Forming

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Sogen Yamakawa Roshi once spoke about the terms daihi and daiji: to take away others' pain and to bring others happiness. When we live by daihi and daiji, we are no longer being held hostage by the idea of a separate self. This is the true meaning of taking the transformative step of Jukai. Read more »

Date: 
Sun, Jun 1, 2014 - 3:59am

Online Introduction to Zen Meditation

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Join us on Zoom each Wednesday evening for an introduction to zen meditation. We begin with instruction on meditation posture and technique, followed by a brief period of guided meditation. The next period of meditation is self-led. Our last half hour is devoted to questions and answers, as well as discussion regarding the practice.

We offer this class each week, knowing that beginning a consistent meditation practice can be of great support during these challenging times. Read more »

Occurrance: 
Every Wednesday at 7pm

Residential Training at Hoen-ji

The purpose of residential training is to establish stability of practice for the community. In order to do that, we make a sustained, wholehearted commitment to practice. We each support and encourage each other in our training, and by taking responsibility for ourselves, we can extend this to the community and world at large. We work to maintain and sustain an atmosphere of training during our time here. Read more »

Occurrance: 
Resident program; On-going
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