Retreats

Weaving history, methodology, neuroscience and psychodynamics, butoh innovator Vangeline covers a lot of ground in her expansive and illuminating book.

By Dojaku Niccolino If you’ve wondered how to respond to human-created ecological devastation and climate breakdown, so has author David Loy. “What does Buddhism have to offer?” is the question...

Zen training in the Mountains and Rivers Order includes taking up creative expression—both the traditional Zen arts as well as contemporary arts—to deeply study the self through using our inherent...

The Beyond Fear of Differences (BFoD) Planning Group held a public forum at the Monastery on Sunday, March 3, 2019—a moment 10 years in the making. It was a chance...

On Saturday, January 5th, ZCNYC held its first retreat just for people of color: Healing the Wounds of Racism with Valerie Brown and Marisela Gomez. This program was the result...

by Theresa Braine The room was dim. About sixty bodies arranged themselves wall-to-wall in rows, eyes closed, supine on zabutons. Imagining themselves dead. “How did you die?” intoned a voice....

NOTE: This July, Shugen Arnold Sensei made his annual trip to New Zealand to lead retreats and public programs with our substantial sangha there. He first visited NZ almost 30...

Gikon Meets the Sangha in Dharma Encounter photos by Joel Sansho Benton, MRO On Sunday, November 20th, at the conclusion of a full and steady Shuso Hossen Sesshin, Chief Disciple...

Shuso Letter Dear Friends, The blaze and burn of summer begins to cool, and we turn our attention to the Fall Ango. Shugen Sensei has asked me to be Chief...

post by Chris Tyler, MRO From April 7th through the 10th, more than 60 sangha members gathered to sit, study, practice, and support each other in exploring the theme of...