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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