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    JMP Helping to Promote the Mindfulness Movement

    Published May 7th, 2010

    Brooklyn Zen Center’s Jazz Mindfulness Program directed by Adam Bernstein has offered up a student spot in the program for bidding in the Shambhala Sun Foundation’s first Auction for a Mindful Society. Their purpose for the auction is:
    …to report on and promote the mindfulness movement, while offering truly helpful instruction, services, products, and services from [...]

    Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future on May 2nd

    Published April 22nd, 2010

    The Buddhist Peace Fellowship has invited interested members of our community to join them in walking in support of a nuclear-free future. The walk will end at the United Nations in conjunction with the five year review of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
    Amy Hutto and Mitch Major will be coordinating those from our sangha who wish [...]

    The First Sangha and Monks in the World

    Published February 26th, 2009

    The article linked here is mostly about Gregory Schopen, a Buddhist scholar at UCLA. Two paragraphs from this piece discussing Schopen’s research caught my attention. They are the following: 
    As one of the world’s leading authorities on Buddhism, Gregory Schopen has shattered many myths, notably the notion that Buddhist monks in ancient India renounced money and [...]

    Four Priests Visit Eihei-ji and Soji-ji Monasteries

    Published February 6th, 2009

    Linked here is an article from the San Francisco Zen Center web site about a recent visit of four Zen teachers to Japan to participate in the Zuise Haito Ceremonies at the two head training temples for Soto Zen, Eihei-ji in Fukui Prefecture and Soji-ji in Yokohama. As the article describes, the Zuise Ceremony is an [...]

    A Visit to Eiheiji

    Published January 29th, 2009

    Linked here is an interesting little piece by journalist, Kenichi Okumuru, briefly describing his visit to Eiheiji, the monastery in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture started by Eihei Dogen Zenji in the 13th century. Eiheiji is where our tradition of Soto Zen practiced here at Brooklyn Zen Center was born. It is considered one of two head temples in [...]

    A Mindful Brooklyn

    Published December 9th, 2008

    Andrea Miller

    Burma’s Monastic Community

    Published December 3rd, 2008

    The article linked here, Silencing Burma’s Monks, is from The Irrawaddy, a politically independent newspaper of Burmese exiles, and discusses the political situation of the sangha in Burma. The article focuses mostly on a single monk, Ashin Gambira, who was recently imprisoned. However, it briefly reviews the current situation for the monastic community there. Some of [...]

    The Current State of Tassajara

    Published July 14th, 2008

    If you have not read Tassajara Director, David Zimmerman’s letter on the current state of Tassajara, the following came from the San Francisco Zen Center web site:
    An overview on the state of Tassajara two days after the 2008 Basin Complex Fire,
    by David Zimmerman, Director
    (please note: All photos are from before the fires came. We will [...]

    The Fire Continues Around and Beyond

    Published July 11th, 2008

    The following information is paraphrased from an email by Teah:
    Almost all of Tassajara Road from the bulldozer lines to Tassajara has been burned. Tassajara itself is a green oasis surrounded by black. The road is still surrounded in parts by fire. Where the fire has passed through, there are large rocks and fallen trees blocking the way. It [...]

    Fires Go Through Tassajara & All Is Well

    Published July 11th, 2008

    The most recent word from Ian, Teah, and the San Francisco Zen Center is that the fire came into Tassajara from three directions. Apparently, the five monks who remained behind put up an excellent defense. The only structures and areas that were lost were the birdhouse, the bathrooms by the swimming pool, the compost shed [...]

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