🐦 Join Us This Saturday for Talk by Jakuryu and Kids Community Monthly with Misan 🐦

 

THIS WEEK: Saturday Community Talk by Jakuryu

Talk will be given by Tom Jakuryu (寂龍) Huffman, a student of Kwong-roshi, following 10:30 am zazen. Open to the public.   For those who are new to Zen or need a refresher, please register for meditation instruction from 9:00 to 10:00 am (8:50 am check-in at the Sangha House). If you live within driving distance, please register to attend on site! Informal vegetarian lunch will be provided afterwards in the Sangha House. Zen Dust Store will be open from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.   About Speaker

Tom Jakuryu Huffman has been a student of Jakusho Kwong-roshi since 2008 and received Jukai from him in 2012. Since that time, he has worked as a Land Steward at Genjo-ji where the 81 acres of mountains, meadows and creeks has stewarded him. Over the course of his career, he worked as a medical photographer, as an alpha member and caretaker of a large pack of hand raised gray wolves, as a landscaper, as a salt pond water master, and as a lands manager. The last 25 years of his career were spent with California Department of Fish & Game restoring industrial salt ponds and diked Baylands back to tidal salt marshes around northern San Pablo Bay. Jakuryu lives outside the town of Sonoma with his master weaver wife of 47 years, Ellen, and their 3 cats.

Tom Jakuryu preparing to weed wack in his protective suit

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$15 admission per person (Members: Please log in first to receive your discount.)

THIS SATURDAY: Kids Community Monthly

Join us for a delightful morning, watercoloring in the garden here on the mountain. Get inspired by the colors and shapes of the fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Led by our sangha member Kristin 'Misan' Nichols. Please register both kid(s) and accompanying parent(s) together.    About Host

Kristin Misan (未散) Nichols is a German Zen practitioner since 2016 when she was still living in Zurich, Switzerland. Shortly after she left to live at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center studying Zen under Kwong Roshi for one year. Her stay resulted in big live changes: She moved permanently to Sebastopol, got married, had two children, and changed her career from engineering to architectural design. Her children are now 1 and 4 years old, she pursues her architectural license working for MAD Architecture in Petaluma, and she and her husband are renovating their family home according to the most stringent environmental standards.

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$15 admission per child (Members: Please log in first to receive your discount.)

NEXT WEEK: Fall Study Group (Week 2 of 8)

Explore the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and build a foundation for daily practice through discussions on the book “The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui-neng” translated by A. F. Price & Wong Mou-lam.   THE DIAMOND SUTRA. OCTOBER 15 Section 10 through 17 (Page 28–38) OCTOBER 8 SMZC CLOSED OCTOBER 22 Section 18 through 24 (Page 39–45) OCTOBER 29 Section 25 through 32 (Page 46–53)   SUTRA SPOKEN BY THE SIXTH PATRIARCH ON THE HIGH SEAT OF THE TREASURE OF THE LAW. NOVEMBER 5 Autobiography, On Prajna, Q&A (Page 67–93) NOVEMBER 12 Samadhi and Prajna, Dhyana, On Repentance (Page 94–108) NOVEMBER 19 Temperament and Circumstances (Page 109–128) NOVEMBER 26 The Sudden School and the Gradual School, Royal Patronage, His Final Instructions (Page 129–154)

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