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The Introduction to Zen Meditation workshop is designed for complete beginners, but it is also recommended for anyone who has not received instruction in the Soto Zen style of zazen.… Read more »
Parents often struggle to find time for practice with a young baby in the house. We’ll explore mindfulness with baby, not in spite of her. Focusing on coming back to… Read more »
Beginning September 1 and ending at the end of Rohatsu Sesshin (December 10 this year), we observe an Ango period of intensified practice. (See the wheel of the year for… Read more »
Following the Founders Vigil, during the time when we would ordinarily do Full Morning Service (9:40-10:10am), we will instead do Founders Ceremony, to honor Keido Chisan and Houn Jiyu, both… Read more »
The Dharma Garden Council is hosting a party for all our kids, families and friends. Please join us for games, crafts, lunch and an open zendo (parents and children, come,… Read more »
The retreat will start earlier on Wednesday and arriving back in the Afternoon on Saturday. Think of this as a sesshin with different forms to suit wilderness practice. Recommended pre-reading… Read more »
The Queer Cohort meets monthly on the last Thursday (with some exceptions) at 7pm in the library. The group is about seeing each other, sharing our lives and practice, enjoying… Read more »
Dharma Rain Zen Center facilitates a monthly support group primarily for prison grads making the transition into life “outside.” This group meets the first Sunday of each month. The group… Read more »
This day-long training focuses on forms used at Dharma Rain. Forms are the behaviors and modes of physically embodying Zen practice that are used collectively and by individuals. Held on… Read more »
During the summer, Wednesday evenings alternate between two formats. This evening we will be following Format B (Discussion). (Alternate weeks will be a double sit.) 7-7:10pm Evening Service (Fukanzazengi) 7:10-7:40pm… Read more »
During the summer, Wednesday evenings alternate between two formats. This evening we will be following Format A (Double Sit). (Alternate Wednesdays will include a discussion.) 7-7:10pm Evening Service (Fukanzazengi) 7:10-7:40pm… Read more »
This silent Zen retreat offers an experience of intimacy with nature, with the other than human world, and ultimately, our own Buddha nature. How does the tame and the wild… Read more »
The newly-formed Queer Cohort plans to meet monthly on the first Thursday at 7pm in the library. Those who attended the first meeting decided that we want a group that… Read more »
If you are searching for stillness through the practice of meditation, please join us for a day of silent, contemplative practice. This retreat will be in the style of Soto… Read more »
Rohatsu commemorates the Buddha’s enlightenment, traditionally December 8th. This is our longest and most intense retreat of the year, and is the culmination of a year of training. Six full… Read more »
Every fall, we hold a Sejiki retreat focused on cleansing karma and releasing attachments to the past, including those who have died. We begin the retreat at 7pm on Wednesday… Read more »