FEE-BASED EVENTS (Registration required)
DHARMA SUPPORT GROUP for CAREGIVERS
Thursdays, May 10 - June 21
7:15 - 8:45 pm
Roshi Eve Myonen Marko is offering a dharma support group for people actively taking care of family members or others in their homes who, due to age or illness, are dependent on them for meeting basic needs and for their wellbeing. The meetings will be 90 minutes long, beginning with a brief reading followed by 25 minutes of meditation. After that the group will go into study, discussion, and council around the issues participants face in their daily life. Our sharing will be characterized by openness and freedom, with full permission to express everything that comes up.
This is not a group for professional caregivers who do this work as part of their job, or for parents raising children. Eve is interested in exploring together what help meditation and the Dharma can give to caregivers whose life at home has changed substantially due to caregiving needs. The group will meet for seven consecutive Thursday evenings beginning on May 10 and ending June 21 at a location in Leverett or Montague. In order to develop trust and openness, this will be a closed group. Participants are asked to commit to all the sessions and no one will be allowed to “drop in.”
No charge, but dana/gifts appreciated, at least to cover tea and snacks.
If you are interested, please call Eve: 413-330-3309.
SPRING RETREAT
Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28
Led by Roshi Eve and Sensei Genyo
see schedule
We will do our spring retreat beginning on Thursday morning, August 26, and continuing till Saturday at 5 pm. The retreat will take place at the Dixon House, our usual meditation home, and will follow the schedule below. This will be an open retreat, which means that you can join any part of it. Of course, you cannot enter the zendo itself in the middle of a sitting period (please sit in adjoining office or in entrance space till the end of period), but other than that you can come whenever you wish. The talks will be given at 5 pm to enable as many people to come as possible. There will be snacks available all day. Please plan to eat breakfast and dinner at home and bring a bag lunch if you join us for lunch. There will be a brief work period every day to clean the Dixon House. Bring comfortable work clothes if you wish. Please remember to be quiet and courteous when you come and go.
FEE: $100 members, $125 nonmembers for entire retreat.
Please pay $35 per day if you’re a member, $45 if you’re a nonmember.
Dana will be asked on behalf of the teachers.
On Saturday Dantika will give her Head Trainee Talk and do dharma combat with all participants. Whether you come to the retreat or not, all are welcome to the talk and dharma combat as a way of supporting Dantika’s practice and appreciating all she has done for the sangha this past winter.
Please register by April 16: dantikapm@gmail.com, 413-588-8053.
You may ask Dantika if you have questions about the schedule.
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FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
HAITI: A VOLUNTEER'S JOURNEY
On Tuesday evening, August 24, at 7:45 pm (meditation at 7:00), Diane Berg will talk to us about her trip to Haiti. She will bear witness to her time there and its effect to this day. All are welcome.SPRING RETREAT SCHEDULE
GRANT COUCH: POLITICS AS PRACTICE
Dharma Talk by Sensei Grant Couch following Tuesday night meditation
April 10
Grant served as Chairman of the Board of Zen Peacemakers and received dharma transmission from Bernie Glassman. For many years he combined a Buddhist practice with high-level corporate management. He has worked with the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which seeks to connect Americans with their members of Congress and promote bipartisan solutions for big environmental challenges, especially global warming. Grant co-founded the Conservative Caucus of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and his talk will focus on the challenges he’s faced from the progressive side of this debate, helping us examine our strong views and prejudices, and their implications for how we bridge political divides in order to implement change. 7:00 pm meditation; 8:00 pm talk
108 DAYS OF MEDITATION
led by Sensei John Genyo Sprague
with entering ceremony on Tuesday, January 9, 8:00 pm (after meditation)
WINTER INTENSIVE
with entering ceremony on Tuesday, January 23, 8:00 pm
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, March 31, 8:30 am-10:00 am
This quarterly offering begins with a reading of Eihei Dogen’s Fukanzazengi, is followed by basic instruction to meditation, and then by discussion/Q&A of meditation practice and how it affects daily life. Led by Sensei Genyo.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy feeding all the hungry ghosts, each month on Saturdays at 9:30 am following meditation. This winter the Gate will be chanted on January 20, February 17, March 17 and April 21.
COUNCIL PRACTICE
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this winter on Tuesdays, January 30, February 27, March 27 and April 24. 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.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A Reflection on the Zen Peacemakers Precepts, through a circle discussion of a particular precept, will take place on Saturdays, January 13, February 10, March 10, and April 14, at 9:00 am following meditation.
DHARMA SUPPORT GROUP for CAREGIVERS
Thursdays, May 10 - June 21
7:15 - 8:45 pm
Roshi Eve Myonen Marko is offering a dharma support group for people actively taking care of family members or others in their homes who, due to age or illness, are dependent on them for meeting basic needs and for their wellbeing. The meetings will be 90 minutes long, beginning with a brief reading followed by 25 minutes of meditation. After that the group will go into study, discussion, and council around the issues participants face in their daily life. Our sharing will be characterized by openness and freedom, with full permission to express everything that comes up.
This is not a group for professional caregivers who do this work as part of their job, or for parents raising children. Eve is interested in exploring together what help meditation and the Dharma can give to caregivers whose life at home has changed substantially due to caregiving needs. The group will meet for seven consecutive Thursday evenings beginning on May 10 and ending June 21 at a location in Leverett or Montague. In order to develop trust and openness, this will be a closed group. Participants are asked to commit to all the sessions and no one will be allowed to “drop in.”
No charge, but dana/gifts appreciated, at least to cover tea and snacks.
If you are interested, please call Eve: 413-330-3309.
SPRING RETREAT
Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28
Led by Roshi Eve and Sensei Genyo
see schedule
We will do our spring retreat beginning on Thursday morning, August 26, and continuing till Saturday at 5 pm. The retreat will take place at the Dixon House, our usual meditation home, and will follow the schedule below. This will be an open retreat, which means that you can join any part of it. Of course, you cannot enter the zendo itself in the middle of a sitting period (please sit in adjoining office or in entrance space till the end of period), but other than that you can come whenever you wish. The talks will be given at 5 pm to enable as many people to come as possible. There will be snacks available all day. Please plan to eat breakfast and dinner at home and bring a bag lunch if you join us for lunch. There will be a brief work period every day to clean the Dixon House. Bring comfortable work clothes if you wish. Please remember to be quiet and courteous when you come and go.
FEE: $100 members, $125 nonmembers for entire retreat.
Please pay $35 per day if you’re a member, $45 if you’re a nonmember.
Dana will be asked on behalf of the teachers.
On Saturday Dantika will give her Head Trainee Talk and do dharma combat with all participants. Whether you come to the retreat or not, all are welcome to the talk and dharma combat as a way of supporting Dantika’s practice and appreciating all she has done for the sangha this past winter.
Please register by April 16: dantikapm@gmail.com, 413-588-8053.
You may ask Dantika if you have questions about the schedule.
_________________________________________________________________________
FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
HAITI: A VOLUNTEER'S JOURNEY
On Tuesday evening, August 24, at 7:45 pm (meditation at 7:00), Diane Berg will talk to us about her trip to Haiti. She will bear witness to her time there and its effect to this day. All are welcome.SPRING RETREAT SCHEDULE
GRANT COUCH: POLITICS AS PRACTICE
Dharma Talk by Sensei Grant Couch following Tuesday night meditation
April 10
Grant served as Chairman of the Board of Zen Peacemakers and received dharma transmission from Bernie Glassman. For many years he combined a Buddhist practice with high-level corporate management. He has worked with the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which seeks to connect Americans with their members of Congress and promote bipartisan solutions for big environmental challenges, especially global warming. Grant co-founded the Conservative Caucus of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and his talk will focus on the challenges he’s faced from the progressive side of this debate, helping us examine our strong views and prejudices, and their implications for how we bridge political divides in order to implement change. 7:00 pm meditation; 8:00 pm talk
108 DAYS OF MEDITATION
led by Sensei John Genyo Sprague
with entering ceremony on Tuesday, January 9, 8:00 pm (after meditation)
WINTER INTENSIVE
with entering ceremony on Tuesday, January 23, 8:00 pm
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, March 31, 8:30 am-10:00 am
This quarterly offering begins with a reading of Eihei Dogen’s Fukanzazengi, is followed by basic instruction to meditation, and then by discussion/Q&A of meditation practice and how it affects daily life. Led by Sensei Genyo.
GATE OF SWEET NECTAR
Green River Zen Center chants the Gate of Sweet Nectar, the Zen Peacemakers’ liturgy feeding all the hungry ghosts, each month on Saturdays at 9:30 am following meditation. This winter the Gate will be chanted on January 20, February 17, March 17 and April 21.
COUNCIL PRACTICE
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this winter on Tuesdays, January 30, February 27, March 27 and April 24. 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.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A Reflection on the Zen Peacemakers Precepts, through a circle discussion of a particular precept, will take place on Saturdays, January 13, February 10, March 10, and April 14, at 9:00 am following meditation.
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: Dantika Petriana Monize at dantikapm@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: Dantika Petriana Monize at dantikapm@gmail.com
