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  • Signing Up for the Reb Anderson Retreat in May

    Published March 7th, 2010

    Zen Buddhist priest and senior dharma teacher, Tenshin Reb Anderson, will be visiting from San Francisco Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farm to lead a four day sesshin at Brooklyn Zen Center. The retreat will be from Thursday, May 27th through Sunday, May 30th.

    The focus of the four days will be the compassionate care of karmic consciousness. Karmic consciousness and great awakening are not separate. This retreat will offer a way to see how careful and compassionate care for the delusions of our karmic consciousness is a path to understanding the wondrous nature and dynamics of practice-enlightenment. All are encouraged to take part in the entire retreat.

    If you are interested in taking part in this event, we will need your RSVP and retreat payment by April 23rd. Please notify us by clicking here to use our online email form. The event will fill up quickly so please let us know as soon as possible and send all checks to the following address: Brooklyn Zen Center, 505 Carroll Street, Suite 2A, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

    If you would like a PDF of the retreat flyer, please download it here.

    About the teacher

    Reb Anderson, Tenshin Roshi is a lineage-holder in the Soto Zen tradition. Born in Mississipi, he grew up in Minnesota and left advanced study in mathematics and Western psychology to come to San Francisco Zen Center in 1967. He practiced with Suzuki Roshi, who ordained him as a priest in 1970 and gave him the name Tenshin Zenki (“Naturally Real, The Whole Works”). He received dharma transmission in 1983 and served as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center’s three training centers (City Center, Green Gulch Farm and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center) from 1986 to 1995. Tenshin Roshi continues to teach at Zen Center, living with his family at Green Gulch Farm. He is author of Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation and Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts.

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