Please join Hokyoji each Sunday morning for a talk and discussion on Zoom featuring guest speakers from the Hokyoji community. All are welcome! LINK to join the live talk. Videos of past talks from Hokyoji are available here.
8:30 a.m. CST – Zazen
8:55 – Walking Meditation (Kinhin)
9:00 – Zazen
9:30 to 10:30 – Dharma Talk and Discussion
Feel free to join the program at any point in the schedule. We hope to see you there!
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August 2, 2026 - Rev. Genjo Conway
Rev. Genjo Sam Conway, MS, LPCC, is a Zen priest in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri Roshi, ordained by his teacher, Byakuren Judith Ragir, Roshi. His practice stands at the confluence of Zen and psychoanalysis, where stillness and speech, emptiness and form, reveal their shared demand for truth. A psychoanalyst by vocation, Rev. Genjo’s work calls for an unflinching intimacy with the real — the courage to face what we most fear and what we most long for. His teaching joins the discipline of zazen with the fierce tenderness of inquiry, each a way of remembering what it means to be fully human. Rooted also in his Irish ancestry, he walks an ancient path, honoring the old ways of land, weather, and kinship with all beings. This ancestral devotion infuses his Zen with earth and myth, wind and song — a reminder that awakening flowers not apart from the world, but intimately within it.
August 9, 2026 - Rev. Dokai Georgesen, Guiding Teacher
Rev. Dokai Georgesen started practicing Zen with Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1974 and was ordained in 1984. He received transmission from Katagiri Roshi in 1989 He is the Guiding Teacher at Hokyoji and has resided there since 2003.
August 16, 2026 - Junden Gage Myers
Junden Gage Myers (Resident Manager) first encountered zen in 2011, with the documentary ‘How to Cook Your Life’; shortly after, he began practising mindfulness – incorporating it especially into his hobbies of hiking, gardening, and cooking. In 2018, Gage found his way to Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC), from his home state of Tennessee – to deepen his practice and connect with sangha. In 2021, he received jukai from Rev. Busshō Lahn; and first visited Hokyoji the same year, returning ever since. Professionally, he has been an environmental archaeologist, worked in IT and non-profit marketing, and did housing maintenance for 7 years. Gage now lives onsite with his affable ginger cat, Tuna-Bear.
August 23, 2026 - Noah Terpening
Noah Terpening (Resident Manager Assistant) began his practice at the Iowa City Zen Center in a time of grief. Finding solace on the cushion, he now serves as Vice President on the board there. He also sits online with the Pamsula Zen Center, lead by Rev. Daiken Nelson. Noah has left his home in Moline, Illinois, to stay and work at Hokyoji. In his youth, Noah was a leader at his local 4-H club, and maintains a love of practical craft and impractical art. A veteran of the IT industry, Noah enjoys long walks in nature, good stories, and bad jokes. He hopes to help cultivate community and promote places to practice for any and all.
August 30, 2026 - Mountain Seat & Eye Opening Ceremonies
There is no dharma talk scheduled for today. Please see the separate schedule for the combined Mountain Seat & Eye Opening Ceremonies
