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The Starting a Practice workshop offers a way to cultivate insight by looking at our own actions in the light of the Buddhist Precepts. We also look at the forms used at Dharma Rain, including an explanation of… 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 and continue through Sunday evening.… Read more »
The major purpose of the Term Student program is to create a venue in which a group of lay people can go through a practice period together. Because we are not a monastery, it can… Read more »
Is life a little much sometimes? Do you find yourself saying things you wish you wouldn’t? Want to recover your sense of ease and joy? This 2-hr workshop will teach a variety of simple but… Read more »
The Three Robes Sesshin is focused on ‘right effort’ in practice. ‘Right’ effort is different for each of us. The Buddha said that members of the original sangha could wear one, two, or three robes,… Read more »
This weekend silent retreat is designed to have people attend the entire retreat. Please do your best to do so. We will be looking at transition, moving from one state to another, and the space… Read more »
During the Fall Ango term (September 1 through December 12), we increase our zazen time by starting zazen an hour earlier. The service is modified from Full Morning Service, slightly shorter, and alternates between one… Read more »
To meet our children with wisdom and compassion, it’s important that we take the time to care for ourselves. Please join us for this afternoon of peace and rejuvenation. We will come together for zazen,… Read more »
Tuesday through Saturday (with some exceptions) during Fall Ango (September 1 through December 4) we host a midday sit. There is a posture adjustment bell at noon, and closing bells at 12:25pm. It is open… Read more »
Wednesday evenings before class we have a brief recited service and 30 minutes of zazen. 7-7:10pm Evening Service Fukanzazengi 7:10-7:40 Zazen Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82080074209?pwd=VjBEV3IxMzFlRHVhRlQ1aTJiR2N6UT09 Meeting ID: 820 8007 4209 Passcode: 825979
Feel caught by a sense of isolation or anxiety? Want to develop your ability to relate to others and your own self with more warmth and authenticity? This 2-hr workshop will help you access compassion in… Read more »
This date is close to the anniversaries of the deaths of both of our founders, Keido Chisan Koho Zenji (d. November 1, 1969) and Roshi Jiyu Kennett (d. November 6, 1996). There is no leader… Read more »
On the fourth Sunday of each month one of the transmitted teachers examines a different sutra. Free and open to all. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88160779986?pwd=VENaM25GSG4wR2F3SGdjcEU4YzZZQT09
With the help of volunteers, Dharma Rain grows fruit, vegetables, and herbs for the temple’s kitchen as well as for donation to a local food pantry. We also tend ornamental and native plants to create… 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 Zen Buddhism, though meditators from… 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 Zen Buddhism, though meditators from… Read more »