FEE-BASED EVENTS (Registration required)
ONE-DAY RETREATS
September 25 and October 27
Led by Roshi Eve
Meditation, talk, and face-to-face. Coffee, tea and snacks available.
Fee: Members: $35, non-members: $45. Donations will be requested on behalf of the teacher.
Please note that the October retreat will be a wall-gazing retreat, Bodhidharma style, with no talk or face-to-face.
Contact Dantika to register: dantikapm@gmail.com or 413-588-8053
AWAKEN TO RACIAL PREJUDICE IN OURSELVES:
A FOUR-PART SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS
Saturdays, 10:15 am - 12:15 am
9/22, 10/6, 10/20 and 11/3
led by Senior Student Suzanne Shunryo Webber
Many white people say they don’t see color and they’re not racist, however becoming truly “anti-racist” is a necessary step beyond these ideas. What does it mean to be anti-racist and how do we get there?
In these introductory conversations, designed especially for white people but relevant for all, we will begin to unpack the bags of unearned privilege, look at the concept of race as a social construct designed to maintain an oppressive system, and explore biases in ourselves which arise from this system. This is a class in which to stretch and grow as we acknowledge uncomfortable truths. Respect for all people, including ourselves, is important as we do this work.
In four two-hour sessions we have a lot to uncover and explore. Participants will be expected to read and think about handouts prior to each class. In preparation for the second class, we will watch the one-hour film, White Like Me by Tim Wise.
A strong commitment to participate in all four parts is required. This is not open for drop-ins or occasional attendees. It is necessary to make a commitment to attend the four sessions in order to honor the listening and group intimacy that will support our sharing.
There is a 10-person limit.
Fee: 4-part class: sliding scale $20-$100.
Financial assistance is available.
Pre-registration is required: suzanne@brooksbendfarm.com, 413-367-2281
Bio: Suzanne Shunryo Webber has been sitting with GRZC since 2007. Her training as a Senior Student included a series of talks on the theme Excluding Nothing. She is a student at Antioch University where she is completing training for a MA degree in Mental Health Counseling. Suzanne is a grandmother with two young black granddaughters, and has been doing her own work around race, power and privilege.
ENLIGHTENMENT RETREAT
Thursday 12/6, 8:30 am-Saturday 12/8, 5:00 pm, led by Roshi Eve. Details TBA
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FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
DHARMA SCHMOOZE
with ROSHIS BERNIE GLASSMAN AND EVE MARKO
A Dharma give-and-take with the founder of the Zen Peacemakers and the head teacher of Green River Zen Center, on monthly Thursdays: 9/27, 10/25, and 11/29, beginning at 7:15 pm, followed by tea and snacks. This will take place in their home at 98 Ripley Road, Montague.
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, September 22, 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 September 15, October 20, and November 17, December 15.
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, September 25, October 30, and November 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.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A Reflection on the Zen Peacemakers Precepts, through a circle discussion of a particular precept, will take place on Saturdays, September 8, October 13, and November 10, at 9:00 am following meditation.
ONE-DAY RETREATS
September 25 and October 27
Led by Roshi Eve
Meditation, talk, and face-to-face. Coffee, tea and snacks available.
Fee: Members: $35, non-members: $45. Donations will be requested on behalf of the teacher.
Please note that the October retreat will be a wall-gazing retreat, Bodhidharma style, with no talk or face-to-face.
Contact Dantika to register: dantikapm@gmail.com or 413-588-8053
AWAKEN TO RACIAL PREJUDICE IN OURSELVES:
A FOUR-PART SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS
Saturdays, 10:15 am - 12:15 am
9/22, 10/6, 10/20 and 11/3
led by Senior Student Suzanne Shunryo Webber
Many white people say they don’t see color and they’re not racist, however becoming truly “anti-racist” is a necessary step beyond these ideas. What does it mean to be anti-racist and how do we get there?
In these introductory conversations, designed especially for white people but relevant for all, we will begin to unpack the bags of unearned privilege, look at the concept of race as a social construct designed to maintain an oppressive system, and explore biases in ourselves which arise from this system. This is a class in which to stretch and grow as we acknowledge uncomfortable truths. Respect for all people, including ourselves, is important as we do this work.
In four two-hour sessions we have a lot to uncover and explore. Participants will be expected to read and think about handouts prior to each class. In preparation for the second class, we will watch the one-hour film, White Like Me by Tim Wise.
A strong commitment to participate in all four parts is required. This is not open for drop-ins or occasional attendees. It is necessary to make a commitment to attend the four sessions in order to honor the listening and group intimacy that will support our sharing.
There is a 10-person limit.
Fee: 4-part class: sliding scale $20-$100.
Financial assistance is available.
Pre-registration is required: suzanne@brooksbendfarm.com, 413-367-2281
Bio: Suzanne Shunryo Webber has been sitting with GRZC since 2007. Her training as a Senior Student included a series of talks on the theme Excluding Nothing. She is a student at Antioch University where she is completing training for a MA degree in Mental Health Counseling. Suzanne is a grandmother with two young black granddaughters, and has been doing her own work around race, power and privilege.
ENLIGHTENMENT RETREAT
Thursday 12/6, 8:30 am-Saturday 12/8, 5:00 pm, led by Roshi Eve. Details TBA
_________________________________________________________________________
FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
DHARMA SCHMOOZE
with ROSHIS BERNIE GLASSMAN AND EVE MARKO
A Dharma give-and-take with the founder of the Zen Peacemakers and the head teacher of Green River Zen Center, on monthly Thursdays: 9/27, 10/25, and 11/29, beginning at 7:15 pm, followed by tea and snacks. This will take place in their home at 98 Ripley Road, Montague.
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, September 22, 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 September 15, October 20, and November 17, December 15.
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, September 25, October 30, and November 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.
REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
A Reflection on the Zen Peacemakers Precepts, through a circle discussion of a particular precept, will take place on Saturdays, September 8, October 13, and November 10, 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