🪷 Unbalanced Composure: Practicing Harmony Amidst Polarization

An Eight-Week Zen Practice Intensive 🪷
March 2 – April 27

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Plunge into the essence of Zen with our eight-week Practice Intensive. The intensive is designed to deepen your zazen and cultivate connection with community. We will offer a variety of ways to stretch your practice and engage with our Sangha. The Sunday Sangha Teas are for registered Practice Intensive participants only. All other events are open to everyone.

See the practice intensive schedule here.

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Practice Intensive Offerings

🍵 Sangha Teas: Share in the warmth of community during our Sangha teas on Sunday mornings. Mark your calendars for 3/16, 4/20, following regular service. These gatherings promise a blend of serene companionship and sharing. To formally be part of Practice Intensive, we ask that at a minimum you commit to attending one of the two teas.

🧘‍♀️ Weekday Morning Zazen: Start your day with clarity and peace by joining us for two periods of zazen at beginning at 6 am, or join us at 6:40 am for one period. The daily practice of zazen is the heart of Zen, offering a space to cultivate intimate awareness and grounded presence.

☯️ Tuesday Night Zoom Class with Eden on Shitou’s “Merging of Difference and Unity”: Over the course of six Tuesday evenings, we will explore the insightful teachings of Shitous’s renowned teaching poem, “Sandokai.” Also known as “Harmony of Identity and Oneness,” we will explore the poem’s history and its provocations for our understanding and practice. See our Merging of Difference & Unity resource page.

🌳 Women Buddhist Ancestors Study Group: Our Spring Ancestor Study will take a look at how two Ryonens, 13th-century Ryonen and 17th-century Ryonen Genso, navigated limitations imposed upon them by the cultural and historical contexts of their respective times in Japan, and how they transcended them to become our Zen Ancestors.

☸️ Dharma Talks and More: Engage with the teachings and insights of Dharma through talks that encourage understanding and practice. Josho and Eden will give Dharma talks. Dates TBA.

This intensive is a precious chance to extend your practice within a supportive and vibrant community. Whether you are looking to deepen your meditation practice, understand Zen teachings more thoroughly, or simply find a community of inquiry-minded individuals, this intensive is for you.

Registration and Contact:
To register for Practice Intensive, fill out this form. For more information, please contact Eden.