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This evening will feature a potluck dinner, a family-friendly Dharma Talk, and an opportunity for parents, children and teachers to play games, relax and get to know each other. Please bring a vegetarian dish to… Read more »
Finding your place in the practice of Zen and in a spiritual community is not always easy. Taking Your Seat is a program designed to help newer members of Dharma Rain establish their meditation practice,… 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 »
Each year we study a chapter of the Denkoroku as a way of honoring and learning from our ancestors. See the schedule. For financial assistance, see the scholarship application and contact the shuso. For other… Read more »
Each summer we take a week to study a fascicle of Dogen’s Shobogenzo. The focus of the sesshin is sustaining practice during an intensive period, acting out our Buddhahood in the meditation, disciplines and rituals… Read more »
Especially designed for elders and others who might need accommodation and yet still want to practice Zen, this four-hour Zazenkai provides a welcoming space. The schedule will include about 2½ hours of zazen and kinhin.… Read more »
Our annual vigil-style retreat leads up to people taking the Precepts. During the Jukai ceremony, individuals receive the Bodhisattva precepts and formally become Buddhists. Receiving Jukai at Dharma Rain is a very personal step toward… Read more »
Genko leads a five-class series on Kyogen Carlson’s book Zen in the American Grain. Kyogen was abbot and teacher at Dharma Rain Zen Center for decades until his death in 2014. The book is a… Read more »
This annual class looks at Buddhism’s foundational teachings, covering things like the Buddha’s life, the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, Karma and Rebirth, and on into Dependent Origination, Emptiness, Thusness, and Suchness. A… Read more »
This evening will feature a potluck dinner, a family-friendly Dharma Talk, and an opportunity for parents, children and teachers to play games, relax and get to know each other. Please bring a vegetarian dish to… Read more »