🌔 Join Us Online | Saturday, May 22nd | Special Online Film Premiere 🌔

 

Join Us Online | Saturday, May 22nd | Special Online Film Premiere

Join us for this special and joyous online event sharing the panel discussion by Roshi, Nyoze, Tim and Kashin at the zendo while being Zoomed live. We will be featuring the online film premiere of “Beyond A Dream: Father & Son Conversations.” It is dedicated to Suzuki-roshi’s 50th anniversary of his passing and transmission of this sacred lineage. It is also to celebrate Vesak (International Buddha’s Birthday) together with our worldwide sangha and to mark our transition into reopening and returning to our on-site practice. Q&A with the sangha following the film. [Watch Trailer]

If you are curious about the authentic practice of Zen, wish to deactivate your mind, and see things as they are, then the intimate and profound reflections shared between Roshi and Nyoze will help you find the way. —Megan Backus These two episodes were a rich conversation about the way-seeking path of a great teacher...and new ways to understand the pain of the pandemic as a container for transformation. Watching this dialogue inspires me to practice. —Annie Hammang

In "Father and Son Conversations" two contemporary Buddhas discuss, share, question, and rest in the "Inconceivable" .... These Buddhas are son and father Zen priests, and the film records their dialogue about their personal history and about how meditation found them and called them forth to teach. —Ed Cadman The videos, photographs and stories took me into a sacred glimpse of the beginnings of Zen in the west...as I witnessed this living and unbroken lineage since the time of the Buddha. I felt my mind and body quiet and my heart open in new ways as I received their profound teachings—a rare and precious gift! —Laury Rappaport

By Registration ($20 Admission) After purchasing your admission ticket, you will be taken to the registration page for your own zoom link.   Register for Zoom Link

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