Brad Warner: Living Time Being Time

Dharma Talk by Brad Warner, Author, blogger, documentarian, musician, Zen teacher.

Brad returns to Houston Zen Center! But not yet in person. This will be a zoom talk and discussion.

Brad Warner is the author of Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Hardcore Zen, Sit Down and Shut Up, Don’t Be a Jerk, and several other books. He was ordained a Zen Buddhist monk by Gudo Nishijima Roshi. He grew up in Akron, Ohio and Nairobi, Kenya.

He has practiced Zen for over 30 years. He plays bass in the hardcore punk band Zero Defex. For 11 years, he worked in Japan for the company founded by creator of Godzilla. He’s appeared in the film Zombie Bounty Hunter M.D. and there is a documentary about him titled Brad Warner’s Hardcore Zen.

Brad Warner

Brad Warner

Eileen Dwyer: My WaySeeking Mind

Dharma Talk by Eileen Kyōgetsu Dwyer, Vice President of the Board of HZC. Eileen is a Founding Partner of the Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality; a former member of the Board of Annie’s List, and a speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. Eileen’s dharma name means Moonlight Mirror.

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Rev. Isshin Glen Snyder: Well Being of Self and Other

Isshin Glen and Abbot Gaelyn Godwin

Isshin Glen and Abbot Gaelyn Godwin

Dharma Talk by Zen Priest and senior member of HZC, Isshin Glen Snyder. Isshin (Whole Hearted) was ordained at Houston Zen Center in 2012. He currently lives in Tokyo, where he has been based for 6 years. He completed Ango (training period) at Toshoji monastery in Japan. He works on research, and guides other researchers, at Gakushuin University in Tokyo and at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo. He served in many roles at HZC, including Ino, and lived in residence at the temple before moving to Japan.

Zengetsu Vicki Glenn: Real Attunement in the Body Not Virtual

Zen Priest Zengetsu Vicki Glenn leads a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice. The cut off date for signing up is Friday morning October 2, at 11 am. Otherwise, it is not possible to guarantee sending the zoom link to late sign ups.

The day will be focused on zazen and the practice of opening the mind and heart. Zazen can ground and support us, everyone around us, and the whole world, allowing us to open to the teachings of wisdom and compassion. The day includes zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a dharma talk with discussion, and breaks for meals.

Rev. Dōjin Sarah Emerson: Living in the Reality of Relationship

Dharma Talk by Zen Priest Dōjin Sarah Emerson, the co-Head Priest of Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, California. Rev. Dōjin trained at Tassajara and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center from 1997-2007. She was ordained at Houston Zen Center in 2007 and served as Shuso/Head Monk in 2013-2014. She received Dharma Transmission, recognition as a fully ordained dharma successor from Abbot Gaelyn, in 2015. She is now the co-head teacher of Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, CA, but returns to teach at Houston Zen Center every year.

Unzan Mako Voelkel: Going for Refuge with a Trembling Heart

Dharma Talk by Unzan Mako Voelkel, the Head Priest of Austin Zen Center. Rev. Voelkel began Zen practice in 1997 and became a full-time monastic resident at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. She lived and worked for ten years at Tassajara serving in several temple positions including Work Leader, Head Cook, Fire Marshal, Head of the Meditation Hall and Director. She was ordained as a Zen priest in 2009 by Ryushin Paul Haller and received Dharma Transmission in 2019.