THIS WEEKEND: Join Us for Shuso Talk & Sesshin - Join Us On Site or Online

 

THIS WEEKEND: Join Us for Shuso Talk & Sesshin

Join us for Winter Ango - Saturday Community Talk by Mitchell Hoden Katzel.   10:30 - 11:00am Zazen 11:00 - 11:45am Shuso Talk   Open to the public: If you live within driving distance, please attend on site! Formal oryoki lunch will be provided at 12:15pm by request (contact office). 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 | 10-20% Member Discount* *Please log in first to get a member discount applied on check-out.

Sesshin, literally “to touch the Mind,” is a period of time set aside for an intensive meditation retreat to let go of the conditioned self and resume our original nature. This special time of practice will allow us to dive into the core of Zen training. A silent meditation intensive to still the mind from moment to moment, manifesting the realization of the Way; for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. A rigorous schedule that begins at 5:00 a.m. includes 11 periods of meditation, chanting, mindful work, and a Dharma Talk. Days end at 9pm. View Sesshin Schedule.   Retreat begins Sunday, February 12 at 7:30pm and ends Sunday, February 19 at 4:45pm. You are welcome to attend partially but are encouraged to close the sesshin with us on Sunday, February 19.

ON SITE $85/night & up | ONLINE $40/day | 10-20% Member Discount* *Please log in first to get a member discount applied on check-out.

Winter Practice Period until Saturday, February 25th SMZC's Winter Practice Period continues. 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 if you have not done so. Shuso will contact you to set up an interview during the Winter Ango.

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