Enkyo O'Hara

So excited that our annual year end retreat will go forward - virtually, naturally- but we will stop and sit from Dec 26 to Jan 1 and find our balance and energy for coming year. There will be lots of quiet sitting, dharma talks, interviews with teachers, small group discussion (mondo) and yes! We can do this from our homes zooming... join us!

https://villagezendo.org/events/summer-ango-2020/ Please join us in Village Zendo’s first "Virtual Summer Ango." Ango, translated as peaceful dwelling, is a time for each of us to turn the light inward and deepen our practice. Traditionally we go away on retreat for a month to do this, but this year we will hold it right here, in our homes, together and apart, on Zoom. At a time of so much crisis and transformation, it is so important for us all to nourish and cultivate thi...s peaceful dwelling right in the midst of our lives. This year we will be offering a diverse range of arts-themed workshops led by longtime sangha members along with two study workshops on our summer text, Gabyo Painting of a Rice Cake that will be led by Ryotan Roshi and Shinryu Sensei. Alongside the arts workshops we will be offering zazen three times a daymornings, afternoons, and eveningsas well as our People of Color Meditation group on the first two Saturday mornings, led by Willie Mukei Smith, Karly Rodriguez, and Sherri Jyakuen Posey. To participate in the workshops, registration is required. All zazen periods are open to all free of charge, no registration needed. Interview with Village Zendo teachers will be available throughout the ango to those registered for workshops only. Hope to see you there for some or all of it!

Joining dear ones at Upaya Zen Center to lead this Dogen seminar: "Dogen For Our Time," on July 11 from 7:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time with Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi, and Steven Heine, PhD. Join us!

Join me for an online webinar with Garrison Institute on July 9th at 4pm!