Join us online for Zen meditation and a Dharma talk by our Guiding Teacher, Ōshin Jennings.

And remember when you join us bring your tea and sweets for the celebration!

We will have 2 periods of Zen meditation (30 minutes each), followed by a Dharma talk.

Beginning instruction in Zen meditation is available by request, please contact us in advance to set up a meeting before the event.

All are welcome! This Dharma talk will be in ASL and ASL-English interpreters are provided for this event. For additional accommodations or for more information please contact us.

Check back here before the event in case there are any updates.

Book Club
We will be reading and discussing Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 4 (pages 17-29).

https://www.abebooks.com/9780861716593/Hidden-Lamp-Stories-Twenty-Five-Centuries-0861716590/plp

Need support obtaining a copy contact us? ASL interpreter provided, for other accommodations contact us.

Dawn Zazen on Wednesday Mornings

Our Wednesday mornings offer a quiet, intentional space to deepen our Buddhist practice together. We begin with a 30-minute period of silent meditation (zazen), followed by chanting the Robe Chant and a short service. Afterward, we will hold an open study hour where you are invited to explore Buddhist texts at your own pace, ask questions of Ōshin Sensei, or simply reflect. Come for as much or as little as you like.

Schedule (all times in EST):
7:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
7:30 AM – Robe Chant
7:40 AM – Service
8:00 AM – Open Study Hour
9:00 AM – Break

Later, join us at 10:00 AM EST for our Weekday Morning Sit as part of our regular meditation practice.
As we continue to develop our liturgy and explore accessible forms of practice, we warmly welcome you to participate in this time of community and quiet reflection.

Each month we come together as a community for the Full Moon Ceremony. This ancient ceremony, enacted for thousands of years, is our opportunity to explore our interconnectedness. You are welcomed to join us, just as you are, for an evening of bowing and chanting followed by a community exploration of the precepts.

“The moon, which arises and sets, reflects [our] many, many states of existence.” -Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi

Follow this link here, or copy paste the link below:
https://zoom.us/j/778202667?pwd=T0xmSUhIK0h0QmIyUXlIMmJqK1ZmZz09

ASL-English interpretation will be provided. For more information or other accommodations please contact us.

Dawn Zazen on Wednesday Mornings

Our Wednesday mornings offer a quiet, intentional space to deepen our Buddhist practice together. We begin with a 30-minute period of silent meditation (zazen), followed by chanting the Robe Chant and a short service. Afterward, we will hold an open study hour where you are invited to explore Buddhist texts at your own pace, ask questions of Ōshin Sensei, or simply reflect. Come for as much or as little as you like.

Schedule (all times in EST):
7:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
7:30 AM – Robe Chant
7:40 AM – Service
8:00 AM – Open Study Hour
9:00 AM – Break

Later, join us at 10:00 AM EST for our Weekday Morning Sit as part of our regular meditation practice.
As we continue to develop our liturgy and explore accessible forms of practice, we warmly welcome you to participate in this time of community and quiet reflection.

David Loy (http://www.davidloy.org) is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Zen Buddhism. His articles regularly appear in the pages of Buddhist magazines, including Tricycle, Lion’s Roar, and Buddhadharma, as well as in a variety of scholarly journals. David’s most recent book is Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis (Wisdom publications, 2018). He teaches nationally and internationally on various topics, focusing primarily on the encounter between Buddhism and modernity: what each can learn from the other. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues.

We will have 2 periods of Zen meditation (30 minutes each), followed by a Dharma talk.

Beginning instruction in Zen meditation is available by request, please contact us in advance to set up a meeting before the event.

All are welcome! This Dharma talk will be in English and ASL-English interpreters are provided for this event. For additional accommodations or for more information please contact us.

Check back here before the event in case there are any updates.

Dawn Zazen on Wednesday Mornings

Our Wednesday mornings offer a quiet, intentional space to deepen our Buddhist practice together. We begin with a 30-minute period of silent meditation (zazen), followed by chanting the Robe Chant and a short service. Afterward, we will hold an open study hour where you are invited to explore Buddhist texts at your own pace, ask questions of Ōshin Sensei, or simply reflect. Come for as much or as little as you like.

Schedule (all times in EST):
7:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
7:30 AM – Robe Chant
7:40 AM – Service
8:00 AM – Open Study Hour
9:00 AM – Break

Later, join us at 10:00 AM EST for our Weekday Morning Sit as part of our regular meditation practice.
As we continue to develop our liturgy and explore accessible forms of practice, we warmly welcome you to participate in this time of community and quiet reflection.

Dawn Zazen on Wednesday Mornings

Our Wednesday mornings offer a quiet, intentional space to deepen our Buddhist practice together. We begin with a 30-minute period of silent meditation (zazen), followed by chanting the Robe Chant and a short service. Afterward, we will hold an open study hour where you are invited to explore Buddhist texts at your own pace, ask questions of Ōshin Sensei, or simply reflect. Come for as much or as little as you like.

Schedule (all times in EST):
7:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
7:30 AM – Robe Chant
7:40 AM – Service
8:00 AM – Open Study Hour
9:00 AM – Break

Later, join us at 10:00 AM EST for our Weekday Morning Sit as part of our regular meditation practice.
As we continue to develop our liturgy and explore accessible forms of practice, we warmly welcome you to participate in this time of community and quiet reflection.

Please join us this morning for Zazen and a Way Seeking Mind Talk by NBZ Sangha member, Rentai J. Parrish Lewis. In this particular type of talk, Rentai will share his own personal journey towards Zen practice and how he applies it to daily life. We welcome everyone to reflect on their own journeys as well, perhaps seeing how similar we all are at heart.

Schedule (all times in EST):
10:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
10:30 AM – Robe Chant, BREAK
10:40 AM – Zazen
11:10 AM – Way Seeking Mind Talk

Book Club
We will be reading and discussing Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8 (pages 30- ).

https://www.abebooks.com/9780861716593/Hidden-Lamp-Stories-Twenty-Five-Centuries-0861716590/plp

Need support obtaining a copy contact us? ASL interpreter provided, for other accommodations contact us.

Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He is a Dharma heir of Tenshin Anderson Roshi, in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.

We will have 2 periods of Zen meditation (30 minutes each), followed by a Dharma talk.

Schedule (all times in EST):
10:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
10:30 AM – Robe Chant and mindful break
10:40 AM – Zazen
11:10 AM – Break
9:00 AM – Break

Beginning instruction in Zen meditation is available by request, please contact us in advance to set up a meeting before the event.

All are welcome! This Dharma talk will be in English and ASL-English interpreters are provided for this event. For additional accommodations or for more information please contact us.

Check back here before the event in case there are any updates.

Book Club
We will be reading and discussing Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8 (pages 30- ).

https://www.abebooks.com/9780861716593/Hidden-Lamp-Stories-Twenty-Five-Centuries-0861716590/plp

Need support obtaining a copy contact us? ASL interpreter provided, for other accommodations contact us.

Colin Beaven, JDPSN.
More info coming soon..

We will have 2 periods of Zen meditation (30 minutes each), followed by a Dharma talk.

Schedule (all times in EST):
10:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
10:30 AM – Robe Chant and mindful break
10:40 AM – Zazen
11:10 AM – Break
9:00 AM – Break

Beginning instruction in Zen meditation is available by request, please contact us in advance to set up a meeting before the event.

All are welcome! This Dharma talk will be in English and ASL-English interpreters are provided for this event. For additional accommodations or for more information please contact us.

Check back here before the event in case there are any updates.

​Ben began Zen practice at MZMC in 2001, was ordained in 2009, and received dharma transmission in 2015. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on intersectional liberation, racial justice, and climate justice. Ben travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author for Wisdom Publications of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures", and Mindfulness and Intimacy. Click here to find out more about Ben's books.

We will have 2 periods of Zen meditation (30 minutes each), followed by a Dharma talk.

Schedule (all times in EST):
10:00 AM – Zazen (Silent Meditation)
10:30 AM – Robe Chant and mindful break
10:40 AM – Zazen
11:10 AM – Break
9:00 AM – Break

Beginning instruction in Zen meditation is available by request, please contact us in advance to set up a meeting before the event.

All are welcome! This Dharma talk will be in English and ASL-English interpreters are provided for this event. For additional accommodations or for more information please contact us.

Check back here before the event in case there are any updates.