October 15, 2022
Thanksgiving & Jukai 2022 Thursday November 17 7:00 p.m. Zazen and Famine Relief Ceremony: A fast day for Zen Center residents, and others are welcome to join in. Monetary offerings collected during the ceremony are donated to RMAN (Rochester Mutual Aid Network). Sunday November 20 8:30 a.m. Zazen at 8:30 followed by Ceremony of Gratitude…
October 10, 2022
Join together with RZC Sangha members from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 19, to silently read Uprooting Racism’s Community-Read book, for companionship and “moral support”! The book is Justin Murphy’s Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York, available on the table in the Arnold Park third-floor library…
October 10, 2022
Our next Term Intensive (TI) runs October 5 – 26, 2023. The Term Intensive offers us a supportive structure in which to extend our practice efforts for a set period of time. Participants pledge to uphold a schedule of increased sitting and, if they wish, other aspects of discipline that relate directly or indirectly to…
October 5, 2022
On Tuesday, October 10, the zendo and adjoining areas will be set up for the annual ceremony honoring Bodhidharma, the “bearded barbarian” who founded Zen in China. Beginning at 7 p.m., we’ll sit for two short rounds, and the ceremony will follow (no dokusan, private instruction, or group instruction that night). Beginners: Come check out…
September 30, 2022
Announcement: The Center’s Nonviolent Communication Group is currently filled to capacity. We regret that we have temporarily had to close it to new members. We will make an announcement when the group reopens. The Center’s weekly Zoom group is for Members and Friends who wish to learn and practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC). What is NVC?…
September 25, 2022
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September 15, 2022
On Sunday, August 6, at 11 a.m., Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede will conduct the Ceremony of Becoming a Zen Priest for Sensei Donna Kowal. You are invited to attend in-person in the Buddha Hall at Arnold Park or on Zoom. Speaking on the significance of ordination in his article entitled “What Does It Mean To Be…
September 15, 2022
The sanctioning ceremony for Donna Kowal will take place on Sunday, October 16, at Chapin Mill, where there’s more room and ventilation. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. It’s relatively short, and light refreshments will follow.
August 16, 2022
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August 15, 2022
Tuesday, August 22, will be the last formal in person sitting before the Center’s two-week break which runs from August 23 through September 5. During the break we’ll continue to hold sittings on Zoom Monday through Saturday morning from 7:00 to 8:00, Sunday morning from 8:30 to 9:30, and Monday through Friday evening from 7:00…