Day 1 of Rohatsu.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Awakening to Stillness – Rohatsu First Day
Day 1 of Rohatsu.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Understanding Calm and Insight on the Bodhisattva Path
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
Anna Mastantuono Gonzalez, Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth: The Dharma of Relationships
Dharma Talk by Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez. Anna's dharma name is Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth. She is a long-time student of Zen.
Kokyo Henkel, Roshi: Teachings of the Flower Ornament Sutra
Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi, the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center. Kokyo Roshi trained for more than 19 years at San Francisco Zen Center and in Japan before taking up the responsibility of Santa Cruz Zen Center in 2002. He is currently on retreat at Crestone Mountain Zen Center before relocating to Nepal.
Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman: Practice in These Intense Times
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, and a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Lynn Snow, Keisen/Joyful River: Joy Is Right Here
Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology.
Gaelyn Godwin Roshi: Why I am an Activist Trust in Practice
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
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
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.
Rev. Isshin Glen Snyder: Well Being of Self and Other
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.