FEE-BASED EVENTS (Registration required)
SUMMER RETREAT
The summer retreat will take place in August, led by Roshi Eve. Details will be announced soon.
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.
ONE-DAY RETREATS
Saturday, May 26, 9:00 am–3 pm, led by Roshi Eve
Saturday, June 30, 9:00 am-3:00 pm, led by Sensei Genyo.
Meditation, talk, and private study. Coffee, tea and snacks available. Fee: Members: $25, non-members: $35. Donations will be requested on behalf of the teacher.
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FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
HEART TO HEART IN HAITI - A FUNDRAISER
Friday, May 11, 6:00-7:30 pm
Northampton Center for the Arts
33 Hawley St., Northampton
There is no entry fee and donations will be requested. All proceeds to benefit Partners in Development Haiti Outreach.
Featuring a presentation of work with hypertension patients in southern Haiti with photography by Ben Frey and a short film by local videographer Richard Wagner.
On April 24, GRZC member Diane Berg described to the sangha her experience working as a volunteer with Heart to Heart, treating and delivering medications to Haitians in remote locales with no access to critical hypertension treatment. She was inspired to return and in In May she and GRZC member Nancy Inzan Eichenlaub will return there to continue that work.
Appetizers, wine and beer served. Haitian art available for purchase.
Please support these efforts and attend this information and fundraising evening to support critical medical treatment for Haitians.
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, July 28, 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 May 19, June 16, and July 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, May 29, June 26, July 31. 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, May 12, June 9, and July 14, at 9:00 am following meditation.
SUMMER RETREAT
The summer retreat will take place in August, led by Roshi Eve. Details will be announced soon.
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.
ONE-DAY RETREATS
Saturday, May 26, 9:00 am–3 pm, led by Roshi Eve
Saturday, June 30, 9:00 am-3:00 pm, led by Sensei Genyo.
Meditation, talk, and private study. Coffee, tea and snacks available. Fee: Members: $25, non-members: $35. Donations will be requested on behalf of the teacher.
_________________________________________________________________________
FREE EVENTS, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED (donation appreciated):
HEART TO HEART IN HAITI - A FUNDRAISER
Friday, May 11, 6:00-7:30 pm
Northampton Center for the Arts
33 Hawley St., Northampton
There is no entry fee and donations will be requested. All proceeds to benefit Partners in Development Haiti Outreach.
Featuring a presentation of work with hypertension patients in southern Haiti with photography by Ben Frey and a short film by local videographer Richard Wagner.
On April 24, GRZC member Diane Berg described to the sangha her experience working as a volunteer with Heart to Heart, treating and delivering medications to Haitians in remote locales with no access to critical hypertension treatment. She was inspired to return and in In May she and GRZC member Nancy Inzan Eichenlaub will return there to continue that work.
Appetizers, wine and beer served. Haitian art available for purchase.
Please support these efforts and attend this information and fundraising evening to support critical medical treatment for Haitians.
BEGINNERS MIND
Saturday, July 28, 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 May 19, June 16, and July 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, May 29, June 26, July 31. 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, May 12, June 9, and July 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