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Enjoy kid-friendly activities, great food, and Hokyoji’s wide open spaces. Here is a tentative schedule of events for the weekend: Friday3:00pm – Arrivals & Settling In6:00pm – Dinner7:00pm – Introduction to Hokyoji & Meditation in the Zendo (15 minutes for kids, 40 minutes for adults) Saturday7:30am – Meditation in the Zendo, Morning service8:15am – Breakfast10:00am […]

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Please join us August 10-17 for Hokyoji's Jewel Mirror Sesshin. Hokyoji supports a variety of retreats, each with its own distinctive practice vision, perspective, and teaching style. At the Jewel Mirror Sesshin, zazen is practiced throughout the day, interspersed with formal services, oryoki-style meals, and a work period each afternoon. Three teachers will present teachings […]

Dear Sangha, On Saturday, August 24th at 10:00am Hokyoji will ceremonially inter Keiyu Ken Ford's ashes at the site of Katagiri Roshi's stupa. The ceremony will be officiated by Rev. Shoken Winecoff, founding teacher of Ryumonji Zen Monastery, and Hokyoji's Guiding Teacher Dokai Georgesen.

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Tai Chi & Yoga

You are invited to study Jijuyu Zanmai, written by Menzan Zuiho, with us.  This commentary is a guide offering us ways to pivot towards a more peaceful way of living. The practice of  zazen supports us showing up in our lives with compassion and wisdom. This includes our karmic consciousness, our relationship to each other […]

When the weather begins to change, it’s time to take care of Hokyoji and prepare it for the season ahead. Fall means putting things away for a time of rest and caring for the land: clearing trails, brush, and deadfall, reducing invasive plants, or planting new growth. Work days include morning and evening sitting practice, […]

Please join us in an evolving retreat format, an experiment in dedicated mindful meditation within an environment of deep silence.  A sitting schedule and silence are the bones of the retreat.  There will be no services, no chanting, no dharma talks, no interviews with a teacher, no formal meals, no work periods.  Meals, silence, sitting […]