RETREATS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Our special events are supported though fees and donations; we also offer scholarships and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds. Please speak to the registrar about this when registering for an event if you would like financial support to attend a program. Contact Dantika to register at dantikapm@gmail.com or by phone: 413-588-8053
ONE-DAY RETREATS:
Last Saturday of every month: May 28, June 25, July 30
9 am - 5 pm, led by Roshi Eve Marko 5/28 and 6/25, and by Dharma Holder Suzanne Shunryo Webber 7/30.
ONE-DAY RETREAT: BUDDHAS FOREVER
June 25, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Led by Founding Teacher, Roshi Eve Marko
On zoom and also in person at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, Deerfield
The retreat will include meditation, a dharma talk, and an opportunity for individual study with Roshi Eve. You may attend the whole or half-day.Dana will be requested on behalf of our Founding Teacher. Fee is $25/members, $35/non-members for whole or half-day. Please pay by June 25 on Paypal or by sending a check to PO Box 247 Montague, MA. 01351. Scholarships are available; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Let Dantika know when you register if you would like assistance. Please register by 5pm, June 22 by contacting Dantika: dantikapm@gmail.com, or call: 413-588-8053. The retreat schedule and zoom link will be sent to those who register.
SUMMER RETREAT
SKULLCUP AND TEACUP SESSHIN
August 24-28
Led by Roshis Genro Gauntt and Fleet Maull
We recommend all to participate in this annual retreat run by Windhorse Hill Retreat Center and led by Roshis Genro Gauntt and Fleet Maull.
Registration information: directly through Windhorse Hill. The link will be posted here soon.
PRECEPTS CLASS
Beginning in September 2022
All those wishing to study the Zen Peacemaker Precepts are invited to contact Dharma Holder Suzanne Shunryo Webber who will co-teach with Lily Myokan Perkins as senior students of GRZC. Precepts study will begin in the fall of 2022 and will lead to Jukai for anyone wishing to take refuge in the three treasures, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. suzanne@brooksbendfarm.com
FREE EVENTS IN REGULAR SCHEDULE
FACILITATED DISCUSSION ON ASPECTS OF PRACTICE
First Tuesday of each month, a discussion about an aspect of practice will be facilitated by a Senior student or Teacher. May 3, June 7, July 5 and August 2. In these discussions we learn from each other.
COUNCIL
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this season on May 31, June 28 and July 26. 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 9:40 am following meditation. This season the Gate will be chanted on May 21 and July 23.
RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on Tuesdays, May 17 and July 12. All are invited to participate.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A guided reflection, on how we as individuals are observing the precepts, will take place on Saturdays, Jun 11 and August 20
MEMBERSHIP IN GREEN RIVER ZEN CENTER
Do you consider yourself part of the sangha? If so, please consider becoming a member and making monthly financial commitments to help support basic operations at the Zendo. You can also do service in lieu of some of the membership fee.
As a member, you will receive reductions in retreat prices. Most important, you will be supporting the flowering of the sangha’s practice.
For more information, please see Membership Program, or contact: Tom Crean, Treasurer at tcrean0@gmail.com
Do you consider yourself part of the sangha? If so, please consider becoming a member and making monthly financial commitments to help support basic operations at the Zendo. You can also do service in lieu of some of the membership fee.
As a member, you will receive reductions in retreat prices. Most important, you will be supporting the flowering of the sangha’s practice.
For more information, please see Membership Program, or contact: Tom Crean, Treasurer at tcrean0@gmail.com