Schedule for May-July, 2021
Visit the special events page for more information on retreats and special events.
For now, we are still doing all programs on Zoom. We hope to re-open the zendo on Windhorse Hill, in Deerfield, MA, as soon as safety allows.
Our regular schedule Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5775528085
All times are shown in Eastern Standard Time.
Our regular schedule is free and open to all - donations are requested; see our donations page for information
Morning Zen Meditation
Monday through Friday 5:30-6:25 am
Tuesday Evenings, 7:00-8:30 pm:
Sitting meditation 7:00-7:30 pm
Dharma talk 7:30-8:30 pm
Council: 5/25, 6/29, 7/27 7:30-8:30 pm
Renewal of Vows: 5/11, 7/20 7:30-8:30 pm
Saturday Mornings, 8:30-10:00 am:
Sitting meditation 8:30-9:30 am
Service 9:30-10:00
Face-to-face by Roshi Eve and Dharma Holder Shunryo will be given weekly. For information and to join our mailing list, email greenriverzencenter@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE: There is NO regular schedule on the following dates:
DHARMA TALKS
Usually given on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm, after zazen at 7:00 pm. This spring/early summer, Roshi’s and Sensei’s talks will focus on the Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness, part of our regular liturgy, written a millennium ago in China, probably by Tung-shan Liang-chieh. It’s a brilliant and heartful exposition of how our day-to-day experiences weave in and out of the boundless essence of all life.
On Juneteenth, Saturday morning, June 19, we will have Reflections on Dharma and Racism at 9:00 am, following zazen at 8:30, and on Tuesday, July 6, at 7:30 pm we will have a talk by Rev. Tom Daijo Redden on the possibilities of Buddhist politics in the United States.
COUNCIL
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this spring/summer on Tuesdays, May 25, June 29, and July 27. Council is a circle practice of listening and speaking from the heart. Its foundation is consonant with the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers: Not-knowing, bearing witness, and loving action.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center usually chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy feeding all the hungry ghosts, on the third Saturday of each month at 9:30 am following meditation. This spring/summer the Gate will be chanted on May 15, June 12, and July 17.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on Tuesdays, May 12 and July 20. All are invited to participate.
FEE EVENTS
(We have scholarships and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Please speak to the registrar about this.)
ONE-DAY RETREATS:
Saturdays, May 29 and July 31, 9:00-5:00, led by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko.
Saturday, June 26, 9:00-5:00, led by Dharma Holder Shunryo Webber.
Meditation, talk, and face-to-face with teacher.
Cost: $30 Members; $35 nonmembers.
SUMMER RETREAT
GRZC’s annual summer retreat will take place in August. Specific dates will soon be announced. During that retreat Suzanne Shunryo Webber will be recognized as a lay preceptor.
Visit the special events page for more information on retreats and special events.
For now, we are still doing all programs on Zoom. We hope to re-open the zendo on Windhorse Hill, in Deerfield, MA, as soon as safety allows.
Our regular schedule Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5775528085
All times are shown in Eastern Standard Time.
Our regular schedule is free and open to all - donations are requested; see our donations page for information
Morning Zen Meditation
Monday through Friday 5:30-6:25 am
Tuesday Evenings, 7:00-8:30 pm:
Sitting meditation 7:00-7:30 pm
Dharma talk 7:30-8:30 pm
Council: 5/25, 6/29, 7/27 7:30-8:30 pm
Renewal of Vows: 5/11, 7/20 7:30-8:30 pm
Saturday Mornings, 8:30-10:00 am:
Sitting meditation 8:30-9:30 am
Service 9:30-10:00
Face-to-face by Roshi Eve and Dharma Holder Shunryo will be given weekly. For information and to join our mailing list, email greenriverzencenter@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE: There is NO regular schedule on the following dates:
- During retreats: Saturdays 5/29, 6/26, and 7/1, and during our August retreat (dates TBA)
- Saturday, July 3
- August 3 until September 7 for our annual summer break
DHARMA TALKS
Usually given on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm, after zazen at 7:00 pm. This spring/early summer, Roshi’s and Sensei’s talks will focus on the Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness, part of our regular liturgy, written a millennium ago in China, probably by Tung-shan Liang-chieh. It’s a brilliant and heartful exposition of how our day-to-day experiences weave in and out of the boundless essence of all life.
On Juneteenth, Saturday morning, June 19, we will have Reflections on Dharma and Racism at 9:00 am, following zazen at 8:30, and on Tuesday, July 6, at 7:30 pm we will have a talk by Rev. Tom Daijo Redden on the possibilities of Buddhist politics in the United States.
COUNCIL
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this spring/summer on Tuesdays, May 25, June 29, and July 27. Council is a circle practice of listening and speaking from the heart. Its foundation is consonant with the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers: Not-knowing, bearing witness, and loving action.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center usually chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy feeding all the hungry ghosts, on the third Saturday of each month at 9:30 am following meditation. This spring/summer the Gate will be chanted on May 15, June 12, and July 17.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on Tuesdays, May 12 and July 20. All are invited to participate.
FEE EVENTS
(We have scholarships and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Please speak to the registrar about this.)
ONE-DAY RETREATS:
Saturdays, May 29 and July 31, 9:00-5:00, led by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko.
Saturday, June 26, 9:00-5:00, led by Dharma Holder Shunryo Webber.
Meditation, talk, and face-to-face with teacher.
Cost: $30 Members; $35 nonmembers.
SUMMER RETREAT
GRZC’s annual summer retreat will take place in August. Specific dates will soon be announced. During that retreat Suzanne Shunryo Webber will be recognized as a lay preceptor.