John Wark moved to California in 2013. He practices koan introspection with Zen Master Bomun (George Bowman) in the Single Flower Sangha tradition, associated with the Kwan Um School of Zen and also Boundless Way Zen. For the past few years he has also studied koans with Tenshin Reb Anderson at No Abode Hermitage. Â He […]
Laura Burges, a lay entrusted Buddhist teacher in the Soto Zen tradition, lectures and leads retreats at different practice centers in Northern California. A teacher of children for 30 years, she trains other teachers to bring mindfulness practice into the elementary classroom. Laura co-founded the Sangha in Recovery program at San Francisco Zen Center.
The ceremony is an affirmation of the vow to live for the benefit of all beings. In the Zen tradition we associate the full moon with the ideal of awakening.