SOLD OUT Meditation, Movement, Arts, & Nature Please join us for this year's True Heart Women's Retreat! This year's Women's Retreat will take place June 1-4, 2023. Activities will include regular periods of zazen and group arts activities such as singing, writing, and painting. We'll enjoy delicious vegetarian meals, mindful outdoor walks, and yoga. We'll […]
Please contact CiWZC for more information: https://cloudsinwater.org/
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 […]
Please join us August 19-26 for Hokyoji's Jewel Mirror Sesshin. The text we’ll be studying this year is Hōkyō Zanmai, Jewel Mirror Awareness, traditionally associated with the 9th-century Chinese founder of the Caodong School, Dongshan Liangjie (J. Tōzan Ryōkai). The term Hōkyō in Hōkyō Zanmai, 宝鏡三昧, is the same as that in Hokyoji's name, 宝鏡寺, […]
Compassionate Ocean Sesshin, please contact Compassionate Ocean: https://www.oceanzen.org/
A contemporary style retreat, please contact MZMC for more information: https://www.mzmc.org/
Tuesday October 17th to Sunday October 22nd 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 […]
Dear Sangha, On Sunday, October 29th at 9:30am Hokyoji will honor the memory of long-time and dedicated practitioner Keiyu Ken Ford with a special service. The timing of this service corresponds to being about 49 days after Keiyu’s passing. Keiyu was a very special person for Hokyoji as he was for many other Buddhist and […]
All wisdom traditions point to the same truth. Peace and cooperation are found byunderstanding the nature of reality, our naturally awake state of being. Most suffering stemsfrom a felt sense of separation. We self-identify with the content of life, our thoughts andperceptions, and ignore or remain unaware of the context of life, which is a […]