Events

Please join us for this year’s True Heart Women’s Retreat led by Kyoku Tracey Walen and Toku Cynthia Scott. Activities will include silent and guided meditation, group sharing and discussion, and individual creative expressions such as writing, artwork, and photography. We will enjoy nourishing vegetarian meals, mindful nature walks and yoga and there will be […]

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Please join us in an evolving retreat format of mindful meditation within an environment of deepsilence and communty. A sitting schedule and silence are the bones of the retreat. The principlesguiding the retreat are tranquility, harmony and respect. These principles apply to both ourselves(internally) and to others (externally) through our actions. There are no services, […]

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Cancelled The Practicing the Way Retreat has been cancelled. Please join us for Practicing the Ways Retreat in November or please go back to the Calendar to see our other offerings. "Therefore flowers fall even though we love them; weeds grow even though we dislike them. Conveying oneself toward all things to carry out practice-enlightenment […]

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The theme for this year’s Jewel Mirror Sesshin is “Guidelines for Studying the Way” (Gakudo Yojinshu) by Dogen Zenji.  “Guidelines” is a collection of ten aspects of practice and enlightenment completed in 1234 and often thought of as a companion piece to his “A Universal Recommendation for Zazen” (Fukanzazengi). Fukanzazengi is a shorter work with […]

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