December 16, 2021
Center on Break Our week-long holiday break begins this Sunday, December 19, after the morning sitting, teisho by Sensei, and Sangha meeting. We’ll start back up on Monday evening, December 27, with the 7:00 pm sitting and dokusan. As always, the zendos at Arnold Park and Chapin Mill are available to members, and we’re happy…
December 12, 2021
December 2021 Sesshin, Day 2
Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
December 11, 2021
December 2021 Sesshin, Day 1
Dharma Talk by Trueman Taylor. Automated Transcript
December 8, 2021
If you’d like to start the new year fueled by zazen rather than by intoxicants or TV, come join with others in the Sangha for our annual celebration. We’ll welcome in the New Year on Friday evening with sitting and ceremonies, starting at 8 pm and winding up a little past midnight. The ceremony (and…
December 7, 2021
Please join Uprooting Racism for our forthcoming discussion of Zenju Earthlyn Manuel’s deeply personal, insightful book, The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender. The free discussion will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, from 7:00-8:30pm Eastern. We ask that for this event, participants read the entire book ahead of time…
December 5, 2021
Replacing grasping and aversion with awareness. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
December 3, 2021
This Weekend: Finding Your Seat (Saturday Online) and Teisho (Sunday) If you are new to Zen practice (or not!), it can be a challenge to maintain daily sitting. But not to worry: Finding Your Seat is here to help. There will be two Saturday sessions this month: December 4 (tomorrow) and December 18, both from…
December 3, 2021
Uprooting Racism Speaker Series: Conor Dwyer Reynolds of the Police Accountability Board Please join Uprooting Racism for a free Zoom discussion with Conor Dwyer Reynolds, Executive Director of the Rochester Police Accountability Board (PAB). The event will take place from 7:00 to 8:30 pm EST on Sunday, January 30. All are welcome, Zen Center members…
November 27, 2021
Morality as the first of the three foundations of Zen practice. Teisho by Sensei John Pulleyn. Automated Transcript
November 13, 2021
November 2021 Sesshin, Day 7
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