JUNE 2020 SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 6/2
7:00 pm Zen Meditation
7:30-8:30 Householder Koans with Roshi Eve: Roshi will give a brief talk and then open discussion of the koan, Jackie Gives a Gift, p.
                50, in: The Book of Householder Koans.
Saturday, 6/6
8:30 am Zen Meditation
9:30-10:00 Service
Tuesday, 6/9
7:00 pm Zen Meditation
7:30-8:30 Talk by Roshi Eve

Saturday, 6/13
8:30 am Zen Meditation
9:00 Reflection on Precepts

Tuesday, 6/16
7:00 pm Zen Meditation
7:30-8:30 Talk by Sensei Sonen

Saturday, 6/20
8:30 am Zen Meditation
9:00-10:00 Politics and Society at the Time of the Buddha,
        by Prof. Tom Daijo Redden
        First in series of two talks
                Daijo will describe the physical environment of the Buddha’s community (dense and dangerous forests); the intellectual
                environment (the Buddha’s stiff competition from other ascetic movements, in addition to Brahmanism); the social/economic  
                dynamics (urbanization, a money economy, new technologies), and a growing culture of individualism and materialism. The
​                society in which Buddhism developed was full of complexity, violence, wealth and uncertainty.  A very different world? 

Tuesday, 6/23
7:00 pm Zen Meditation
7:30 Talk by Dharma Holder Suzanne Shunryo Webber

Saturday, 6/27
9:00 am -12:00 pm Mini Retreat:
Gate of Sweet Nectar (service feeding all the hungry spirits)
Zen Meditation
Talks by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko and Sensei Sally Sonen Kealy

Tuesday, 6/30
7:00 pm Zen Meditation
7:30 pm Council, held monthly: speaking and listening from the heart.


Please also view the Zen Center's special events.