TOMORROW: Shuso Opening Ceremony - Join Us On Site or Online

 

THIS SATURDAY: Join Us for Shuso Opening Ceremony

Join us for Winter Ango - Shuso Opening Ceremony by Mitchell Hoden Katzel.   10:30 - 11:00am Zazen 11:00 - 11:45am Opening Ceremony   Open to the public: If you live within driving distance, please attend on site! Informal vegetarian lunch will be provided at noon. Zen Dust Store will be open 12:00 - 1:30 pm.   About Shuso

Mitchell travelled from the east coast to the west after finishing college to be a student at San Francisco Zen Center in 1977. He was a resident at the city center and later at Green Gulch Farm until 1987. After returning to school to complete graduate studies at UC Berkeley in 1990, he established a career as a fluvial geomorphologist restoring rivers throughout California. Mitchell met Kwong-roshi in 2008 and received jukai a year later. He currently resides with his wife in Sonoma Valley at the foot of Sonoma Mountain.

ON SITE or ONLINE | $15 Admission

Saturday, January 28th to Saturday, February 25th SMZC's Winter Practice Period begins. (Ango schedule begins Saturday, January 28 at 2:15pm.) To attend all Ango events on site or online, register via the Winter Practice Period page. Please email your commitment form to office@smzc.org by next Saturday, February 4. Shuso will contact you to set up an interview during the Winter Ango.

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Join SMZC Wisteria Wind Sangha Today SMZC is a lay residential training practice center, relying on membership dues, income from our programs, and your contributions to support and maintain the Dharma on this ancient mountain. Please consider joining SMZC Wisteria Wind Sangha today. Your generosity makes it possible for us to survive and serve. Visit our website for a detailed list of membership benefits.

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In order to continue to offer these programs and ensure the future of SMZC, we are asking for your support. Your donation is tax deductible. Sonoma Mountain Zen Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Tax ID #23-7304793

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TOMORROW: Sangha Gathering - Join Us On Site or Online

THIS SATURDAY: Join Us for Sangha Gathering

We are hosting an informal get-together for Sonoma Mountain Zen Center's sangha members, families and friends. This is an opportunity to connect, give feedback and hear about Nyoze's upcoming Shinsanshiki (Mountain Seat Ceremony) on Septermber 2. Discussion about what's needed to prepare and Q&A about Shinsanshiki. Engagement, help and support from the sangha is crucial for this monumental event to be successful this fall. Open to the public: If you live within driving distance, please attend on site! Light lunch will be provided at noon. Zen Dust Store will be open 12:00 - 1:30 pm.

ON SITE or ONLINE | Free Admission

Join SMZC Wisteria Wind Sangha Today SMZC is a lay residential training practice center, relying on membership dues, income from our programs, and your contributions to support and maintain the Dharma on this ancient mountain. Please consider joining SMZC Wisteria Wind Sangha today. Your generosity makes it possible for us to survive and serve. Visit our website for a detailed list of membership benefits.

JOIN NOW

In order to continue to offer these programs and ensure the future of SMZC, we are asking for your support. Your donation is tax deductible. Sonoma Mountain Zen Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Tax ID #23-7304793

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TODAY: Join Us Online at 7:30pm PST for Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi's Talk

Join Us Today for Special Online Guest Teacher Talk Tuesday, January 17, 7:30–9:00 pm PST Special Evening Dharma Talk by Rev. Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi Join us for Special Guest Teacher talk by Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi. Zoomed from Rinso-in in Japan. Translated by Rev. Gyokei Yokoyama, Kokusai Fukyoshi (International Missionary) of Sozenji Buddhist Temple, Montebello, California. If you live within driving distance, please sign up for on-site Zoom viewing with SMZC residents in Genjo Building. Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi is the Dharma heir of his late father, Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, and held the position of tanto and godo at Eiheiji, the head of Soto Zen training monastery. He has been the abbot of Rinso-in temple in Yaizu City, Shizuoka, Japan since 1966. After his father’s death, he gave Dharma transmission to Jakusho Kwong-roshi in 1978. Hoitsu currently resides at Rinso-in with his wife Chitose.   Register to Attend Online ON SITE or ONLINE: $20 admission / 10-20% member discount (Join Now). Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi, Jakusho Kwong-roshi, Uji Markiewicz, and his sangha celebrating the 20th year of Kannon Sangha in Warsaw, Poland during Summer Ango in 2008 Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi making calligraphy for Polish sangha in 2008 Hoitsu Suzuki-rosh at Hossenshiki Ceremony for Nyoze Kwong in 2014 Hoitsu Suzuki-roshi at the Shunryu Suzuki-roshi's stupa in 2019 Hoitsu Suzuki-rosh, his wife Chitose, and SMZC residents in front of the Sangha House in 2019 Screenshot from the Dharma talk on Zoom in 2021 6367 Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404 (707) 545-8105 Share on social www.smzc.org