Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, April 23rd.
Flowering Plum and Camellia, six-fold screen by Suzuki Kiitsu, c. 1850s, ink, color and gold on paper, Japanese
David Loy: Why Buddhism & the Modern World Need Each Other
Zen Center is honored to host Professor David Loy for a free public lecture on Friday April 21. David is one of the founding members of the new Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado.
David lectures nationally and internationally, 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. A popular recent lecture appears in Tikkun: “Healing Ecology: A Buddhist Perspective on the Eco-crisis”, which argues that there is an important parallel between what Buddhism says about our personal predicament and our collective predicament today in relation to the rest of the biosphere. You can hear David's podcast interview with Wisdom Publications here. Presently he is offering workshops on “Transforming Self, Transforming Society” and on a recent book. He also leads meditation retreats. Please visit the Ecodharma website for more information about the new retreat center. An article about the Center recently appeared in the Daily Camera, which you can read here.
Lynn Murphy: Transformation and Circumstance
Lynn Murphy
Keikō Lynn Murphy, a long-time member of HZC, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday April 16th.
Lynn is an individual, child and parent psychotherapist currently in private practice. She will be co-teaching Zen Parenting at the Center beginning in September.
Mary Carol Edwards: One Who Is Not Busy
Shinji Mary Carol Edwards, assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, landscape designer, and wetlands restoration expert, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday April 9th.
Rev. Kokyo Henkel: The World Honored One
Zen Priest Kokyo Henkel returns to Houston Zen Center to offer a dharma talk on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017.
Rev. Kishin Eric Arbiter: Beethoven and Dogen
Zen Priest and senior member of Houston Zen Center, Rev. Eric Arbiter gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, March 26th.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: The Middle Way
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, March 19th.
Rev. Jiryu Rutschman-Byler: Enacting Interdependence
Zen Priest Jiryu Rutschman-Byler gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, March 12th 2017.
Jiryu is a teacher at San Francisco Zen Center, based at Green Gulch Farm. He also leads the prison sangha at San Quentin Prison in San Rafael, California.
Rev. Jiryu Rutschman-Byler: Why You Want to Sit
Zen Priest Jiryu Rutschman-Byler gives the Dharma Talk at the one day sitting on Saturday, March 11th 2017.
Jiryu is a teacher at San Francisco Zen Center, based at Green Gulch Farm. He also leads the prison sangha at San Quentin Prison in San Rafael, California.
Terry Conrad: Naturally Virtuous
Terry Conrad, Vajrayana Teacher and founder of Project Clear Light, gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday March 5th, 2017.