Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and will be leading the 2022 Entering the Path of Practice Program.
Gayle Jika Klaybor: The Treasure of Sangha
Dharma Talk by Gayle Jika Klaybor, most recent former Shuso / Head Student, and current co-Head of Practice of HZC.
Shinji Mary Carol Edwards: How To Know The Path As You Walk 2
How to Know the Path as You Walk
In this Zen retreat, we will include the practices of walking the land, opening awareness to sky and clouds, and sitting together in stillness.
Grass, trees, walls, tiles, and pebbles all engage in Buddha activity. We will join our practice with the surrounding landscape, a landscape of trees, grasses and sentient beings. The schedule for each day alternates sitting and walking meditation, including walking outdoors, and mindful meals. All accommodations are shared. Meals and accommodations are included in the price.
Shinji Mary Carol Edwards: How To Know The Path As You Walk 1
How to Know the Path as You Walk
In this Zen retreat, we will include the practices of walking the land, opening awareness to sky and clouds, and sitting together in stillness.
Grass, trees, walls, tiles, and pebbles all engage in Buddha activity. We will join our practice with the surrounding landscape, a landscape of trees, grasses and sentient beings. The schedule for each day alternates sitting and walking meditation, including walking outdoors, and mindful meals. All accommodations are shared. Meals and accommodations are included in the price.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin: Conditions for Transformation
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
Guo Gu: Silent Illumination
Dharma Talk by Guo Gu, founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida. Join the Cloud Zendo Dharma Talk here.
Our natural awakening—or buddha-nature—is inherent within all of us and waiting to be realized. Buddha-nature has the qualities of both silence and illumination, and by working with silent illumination meditation you can find your own awakening. Guo Gu introduces you to the significance and methods of this practice through in-depth explanations and guided instructions. To help establish a foundation for realizing silent illumination, he has translated twenty-five teachings from the influential master Hongzhi Zhengjue into English, accompanied by his personal commentary. Silent Illumination will be an indispensable resource for meditators interested in beginning or deepening their silent illumination practice.
Guo Gu is a Chan teacher, author, and Buddhist scholar. He is the founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida and founder of the socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization, Dharma Relief (DharmaRelief.org). As one of the few teachers carrying on the living wisdom of Chan Buddhism in the West and as the trainer of all Western Dharma teachers in the Dharma Drum Lineage of Master Sheng Yen (1931-2009), Guo Gu has a unique ability to bring profound Buddhist doctrines to life through concrete methods of practice. His teachings have touched the hearts of many students across the globe where he leads multi-day, intensive Chan retreats in different countries. His personal website is www.guogulaoshi.com.
Shop for a copy of Silent Illumination from Shambhala Publications, here.
Andrew Chaney, Doshin Kyokei, Earth Spirit, Abiding in Joy: Way Seeking Mind
Dharma Talk by Doshin Andrew Chaney. Andrew's dharma name is Doshin, Earth Spirit. He serves on the Board of Directors of HZC, and assists the head sewing teacher in the instruction of those who are preparing to receive the Bodhisattva Precepts.
Anna Mastantuono Gonzalez, Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth: Understanding Our Mind
Dharma Talk by Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez. Anna's dharma name is Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth. She is on the Board of Directors of HZC, and is a long-time student of Zen.
Teijo Munnich: Reaching Resolution
Dharma Talk by Teijo Munnich, founder of Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple. Join the Cloud Zendo Dharma Talk here.
Reverend Teijo Munnich is a Dharma Heir of Dainin Katagiri Roshi and a certified Soto Zen Priest, ordained in 1981. She received formal training at Hokyoji in Minnesota, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California, and Hosshinji Sodo in Japan.
About 1983, she began to envision a residential practice center and community and at its heart, a zen residential practice for women. This came to be Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple, incorporated in 2004. After an exacting search, a location was found with suitable space, and Great Tree opened her doors in 2005 in Alexander, NC. She also serves as teacher for the Zen Center of Asheville and the Charlotte Zen Meditation Society.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin: New Year Song of the Jewel Mirror
Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.