Events

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According to tradition, when Dogen Zenji returned from China, he wrote the Fukanzazengi, "Universal Recommendations for Zazen". A few years thereafter he composed his first work in Japanese, Bendōwa, "Discourse on the Practice of the Way". Framed as a series of 19 questions and answers, Bendōwa lays bare the themes he would spend a lifetime […]

Priest Ordination Ceremony You are cordially invited to attend the Shukke Tokudo Ceremony of Junden Gage Myers on August 15, 2026 at 1p CT Commonly called the Priest Ordination Ceremony, shukke tokudo means "Leaving Home and Attaining the Way". In the Old Days, this meant becoming a monk. These days, the "home leaving" represents an […]

We cordially invite you to the Mountain Seat Ceremony of Rev. Dokai Georgesen, where we will ceremonially install him as Abbot in recognition of 20 years of service to the Hokyoji Zen Practice Community as Guiding Teacher. We will then perform a public Eye Opening Ceremony for the New Zendo, Mauss Hall and the Guest […]

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Both zazen and Ikebana ask us to practice in the same essential spirit by abandoning our ideas about the world to meet the world where it is. The Zen practitioner sits, releasing the urge to grasp or fix, simply present with what arises. The Ikebana practitioner empties their mind before the flower, listening for what […]

The liturgy used in any spiritual practice can often become wearisome or flat, a recitation of memorized words or phrases that leave us wondering, “What’s the point? How is this connected to my practice? How does it help to nourish life?” In this autumn online study group, using excerpts from Shohaku Okumura’s “Living by Vow”, […]

Please join us in a retreat of mindful meditation within an environment of deep silence and community. A sitting schedule and silence are the bones of the retreat. The principles guiding the retreat are tranquility, respect, care and harmony. There are no services, lectures, interviews with a teacher or work periods. Meals, silence, sitting and […]

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