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RETREATS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Covid vaccination is required to sit with us in-person, with proof shown when visiting for the first time and for retreats.  Masks are optional.

Our retreats and special events are supported though fees and donations payable on PayPal, or at the event, or by check mailed to POBox 247 Montague, MA 01351. We offer financial assistance, 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 the month: 
     January 28, February 25, March 25


March 25: led by Head Teacher, Roshi Eve Myonen Marko
     
9:00am - 5:00pm at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center and on Zoom
      
Register by 3/23 with Dantika: dantikapm@gmail.com or by phone: 413-588-8053
      Fee: $25 members, $35 non-members; half day possible for same fee.  

      If at Windhorse Hill, vaccinations are required, masks are optional.
      Please bring a bag lunch.  Coffee, tea and snacks provided. 


February 25, Many Paths, One Treasure: A Mindfulness Retreat
     9:00am - 4:00pm,
 Led by Sensei John Kealy and Pastor Lee Barsow
     At Windhorse Hill Retreat Center 595B River Rd, Deerfield, and on Zoom.  Join us for a day of teaching, meditation, and
     conversation drawn from sister traditions, including traditional Zazen and Centering Prayer.

     Led by: John Kealy: former Catholic priest, zen practioner for 40 years, dharma successor of Roshi Robert Kennedy, physician
     Lee Barstow: pastor of Leverett Congregational Church, meditator for 48 years
     Suggested donation: $25, payable on site or by PayPal. Please bring a sack lunch. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.                   Pre-register to receive the Zoom link and show proof of vaccination: email: dantikapm@gmail.com
     Vaccinations are required by Windhorse, with proof shown when register. Masks are optional.

January 28:  Offering face-to-face with Roshi Eve, and an interactive presentation on zoom by Nancy Mujo Baker: Opening to                     Oneness with the Zen Precepts. Roshi Baker is a dharma successor of Bernie Glassman Roshi. Please register with Dantika by
     Jan. 25: dantikapm@gmail.com. (important: If you plan to attend by zoom, you must also register at                                                     https://zenpeacemakers.org/events/ in order to receive the link from ZPI for the free dharma talk by Roshi Baker).     




SPRING SESSHIN
Led by Roshi Eve Marko
April 19-23 at Windhorse Hill and on Zoom  (in-person strongly suggested when possible) 
Vaccinations required, masks optional at Windhorse Hill.  Details to come.

PRECEPTS DISCUSSION GROUP
Open monthly discussions to consider our life situations through a lens of the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts

Second Thursdays: January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13
On zoom, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Fee: Requested donation in any amount to GRZC 

Open to all who have had some formal study of the Bodhisattva Precepts, and who wish to continue to explore life through the Zen Peacemaker Precepts.  Attendance is not required for all weeks, however, to begin, please contact Preceptor and Dharma Holder Suzanne Shunryo Webber
suzanne@brooksbendfarm.com who will co-facilitate with Lily Myokan Perkins as senior students of GRZC.


FREE EVENTS IN REGULAR SCHEDULE

COUNCIL
Green River Zen Center does a monthly council practice on the last Tuesday of every month. It will take place this season on Jan. 31, Feb. 28, March 28. 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 the month at 9:40 am following meditation. This season the Gate will be chanted on Jan. 7, March 18, April 22

RENEWAL OF VOWS CEREMONY
A ceremony renewing our vows to the Precepts will take place on Tuesdays, Jan. 24 and March 14.  All are invited to participate.

REFLECTION ON PRECEPTS
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A guided reflection on how we as individuals are observing the precepts, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11
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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 may 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 Lily Perkins, Treasurer: lily.b.perkins@gmail.com
DONATE TO GREEN RIVER ZEN CENTER GENERAL FUND!
For Inquiries regarding donations contact: Treasurer Mimsy O'Connor:  mimsoc@comcast.net

DONATE TO GREEN RIVER ZEN CENTER SCHOLARSHIP FUND!
MEMBERSHIP IN GREEN RIVER ZEN CENTER 
Do you consider yourself part of the Green River Zen Center community? 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 click "Membership" on the menu bar above, or contact: Mimsy O'Connor mimsoc@comcast.net
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