CANCELLED: One-day Sitting with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
We are sorry that Zenju has had to cancel this retreat with us due to illness.
We are sorry that Zenju has had to cancel this retreat with us due to illness.
Kokyo Henkel is the resident teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center. Prior to assuming his current position, he practiced at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode […]
This one-day sitting is cancelled in order to focus on the 3-day Rohatsu Sesshin, scheduled for November 30 - December 2. Please consider giving yourself this special treat of setting aside the concerns […]
"I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the […]
Reverend Mary Mocine, Abbess of Vallejo Zen Center aka Clear Water Zendo, will lead this one-day sitting. She trained at San Francisco and Berkeley Zen Centers, and at Tassajara Zen […]
"Accomplishing the work of great peace is without sign" - Tiantong. Since this is so, we can find it everywhere. But some say, "It still eludes my heart/mind." If so, then […]
Upright sitting-Zen is a gesture of healing, a gesture of compassion, a gesture of self-respect. From the vista point of this practice we can see things clearly, as they are, […]
Tenshin Reb Anderson will lead this 2-day retreat. His theme is: "An old time buddha said, 'earth, grass, trees, all living beings are engaged in buddha activity.' Buddha activity is […]
The full title of this retreat is "The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path." Norman will lead us in sitting and walking meditation, and speak on themes […]
"I have discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color---something which exists […]
The Healing Practice of Still Sitting In this time when our usual freedom of movement continues to be abridged, we can arouse the mind and spirit that is not dependent […]
Rohatsu sesshin is a time for bringing light into the dark time of the year and celebrating Buddha’s awakening, which is our awakening too. Our Rohatsu is on Zoom this […]