Image Description: A portrait of Taishin, a white man in his thirties with a shaved head and blue eyes, framed with rectangular black glasses. He is smiling serenely at the camera and wearing black robes and a black okesa. His hands are folded in front of him. He has gauges in his ears, smaller earrings, and a nose stud.

Join us online for Zen meditation and a Dharma talk by our new priest, Taishin Michael Augustin.
Taishin started practicing Zen with the Santa Barbara Zen Group in 2012. He received the Bodhisattva precepts during a Jukai ceremony in 2015 at the Santa Barbara Zen Center, and again during a Shukke Tokudo ceremony in 2023 at O-An Zendo. He is a student of Ōshin Jennings, Sensei.
Taishin studies Nyoho-e style sewing in the tradition of Tomoe Katagiri; organizes and leads a Recovery Dharma meeting to support those in recovery from addictions of all kinds (including himself); and writes about the Dharma, recovery, and the intersection of the two for his Substack, “A Phoenix’s Hut.”
He lives in Milwaukee, WI, with his partner and their two cats.

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

Join us on Zoom by following this link here, or copy paste the link below: https://zoom.us/j/778202667?pwd=T0xmSUhIK0h0QmIyUXlIMmJqK1ZmZz09

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.