Tenshin Reb Anderson, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center, and the founder of Houston Zen Center gives the second Dharma Talk of the retreat in May 2017.
Reb Anderson Roshi: The Pivotal Activity of All Buddhas 1
Tenshin Reb Anderson, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center, and the founder of Houston Zen Center gives the first Dharma Talk of the retreat in May 2017.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Avalokitishvara Bodhisattva
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, May 21st.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Balance and the Precepts
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi gives the Dharma Talk on Sunday, May 7th, 2017.
Tricia McFarlin: The Host Within the Host
The Dharma Talk today is given by Tricia McFarlin, the President of the Board of Directors of HZC. Tricia also teaches American Literature at Awty International School.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Dharma Banners, Activism & Poetry
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.