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	<title> &#187; NYC Buddhist News</title>
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		<title>Children and Meditation Practice</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/08/24/children-and-meditation-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in a brief, pop discussion around whether meditation is useful for young children, check out this piece at The Daily Beast, which begins with the question: Can a 3-year-old really reach a Zen-like state—or is it just a good way to shut him up? 
The author&#8217;s focus is local and the first child [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="kid" src="http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/08/03/img-bs-top---watkins-meditation_230741870156.jpg" alt="" width="174" height="174" />If you are interested in a brief, pop discussion around whether meditation is useful for young children, check out <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-03/meditation-techniques-for-children-how-to-calm-your-kid/" target="_blank">this piece at </a><em><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-03/meditation-techniques-for-children-how-to-calm-your-kid/" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a></em>, which begins with the question: <em>Can a 3-year-old really reach a Zen-like state—or is it just a good way to shut him up? </em></p>
<p>The author&#8217;s focus is local and the first child and parent featured are Amdo and Jae from our Brooklyn Zen Center sangha. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>A Dharma Talk on our Zen Women Ancestors this Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to invite you to join us at Brooklyn Zen Center this Saturday, July 31st, for a dharma talk by Myoan Grace Jill Schireson. Grace will be speaking on our Zen women ancestors and their innovations and adaptations within Zen practice. She has recently authored a book on the topic, entitled  Zen Women: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="Grace" src="http://www.shogakuzen.org/emptynestzendo.org/media/images/grace_teacher.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="150" /><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">We are happy to invite you to join us at Brooklyn Zen Center this Saturday, July 31st, for a dharma talk by Myoan Grace Jill Schireson. Grace will be speaking on our Zen women ancestors </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">and their innovations and adaptations within Zen practice. She has recently authored a book on the topic, entitled <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Women-Beyond-Maidens-Masters/dp/086171475X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1280283350&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"> Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters</a></em>. The dharma talk will be at 11:00am after our regular first period of zazen at 10:20am. Copies of the book will be available at the event for sale and signing.</span></strong></p>
<p>Grace is the founder and head teacher of Empty Nest, Valley Heartland, and Fresno River Zen Groups. Grace is a Dharma Heir in the Suzuki Roshi lineage who has practiced Zen meditation for more than 35 years.  She has trained in Soto Zen in America under Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi of Berkeley Zen Center, from whom she received Dharma Transmission in 2005, and in Rinzai Zen in Japan under Keido Fukushima Roshi of Tofuku-ji Monastery in Kyoto.  She has taught Zen classes throughout the United States.  She is also trained as a clinical psychologist and is dedicated to teaching Asian methods of quieting the mind using techniques suitable for Westerners.</p>
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		<title>Update: Northern Manhattan Sangha</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/06/11/update-upper-manhattan-sitting-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brooklyn Zen Center–affiliated, upper Manhattan sitting group is now officially known as the Northern Manhattan Sangha. Due to a change in circumstances, the group is currently taking a break from sitting together as they look for a new meeting space and time. Updates will come with changes to their status.
The Northern Manhattan Sangha was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="St. Johns" src="http://www.nyhabitat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/new-york-morningside-view.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="144" />The Brooklyn Zen Center–affiliated, upper Manhattan sitting group is now officially known as the Northern Manhattan Sangha. Due to a change in circumstances, the group is currently taking a break from sitting together as they look for a new meeting space and time. Updates will come with changes to their status.</p>
<p>The Northern Manhattan Sangha was formed to support those in upper Manhattan who wish to practice in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and attend events and retreats with visiting BZC teachers, but live too far to come on a daily basis to Brooklyn. If you are interested in joining this vibrant community for regular sitting, please contact Paul Brantley by emailing <em>pbrantley (at) mac (dot) com. </em></p>
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		<title>BZC&#8217;s Jazz Mindfulness Program Wraps Up First Season!</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/06/09/bzcs-jazz-mindfulness-program-wraps-up-first-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were not there to see the final concert of the Jazz Mindfulness Program&#8217;s first season, it was nothing short of fantastic. The amount of work the JMP participants put into playing together since last summer was stunningly clear last Friday night. The entire line up of standards were gorgeously played. The elegance and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none;" title="JMP First Season Kids" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs522.snc3/29736_404556773049_172844253049_4269717_4490672_n.jpg" alt="" width="475" height="318" />If you were not there to see the final concert of the Jazz Mindfulness Program&#8217;s first season, it was nothing short of fantastic. The amount of work the JMP participants put into playing together since last summer was stunningly clear last Friday night. The entire line up of standards were gorgeously played. The elegance and attention throughout the two-person improvisations still linger in the memory and the heart-thumping blast out of the final Coltrane piece was a thrilling finale to a successful year of playing.</p>
<p>A deep bow to the students who navigated many challenges and very busy school schedules to keep their commitments to one another and accomplish a remarkable group and performance. A deep bow to jazz bassist, composer, educator and sangha member, Adam Bernstein, for his unwavering effort and commitment to JMP students and to bringing mindfulness and meditation to the world through music. Bravo!</p>
<p>We are all looking forward to next year!</p>
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		<title>Jazz Mindfulness Program Concert on June 4th!</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/05/16/jazz-mindfulness-program-concert-on-june-4th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jazz Mindfulness Program Spring Concert
On Fri, June 4th at 7:30PM, The Jazz Mindfulness Program will present its Annual Spring Concert featuring the JMP students ages 12 – 17. This concert will feature the music of Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, as well as free improvisations in duo and trio formats. This concert [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JMP.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="JMP" src="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JMP.jpg" alt="" width="217" height="146" /></a>Jazz Mindfulness Program Spring Concert</p>
<p>On Fri, June 4th at 7:30PM, The Jazz Mindfulness Program will present its Annual Spring Concert featuring the JMP students ages 12 – 17. This concert will feature the music of Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, as well as free improvisations in duo and trio formats. This concert will conclude the JMP’s very successful first year where students receive jazz and meditation instruction together.</p>
<p>Please join us as we celebrate creativity, community and America’s indigenous democratic art form, Jazz.</p>
<p>There is a suggested donation of $10 for this concert.</p>
<p>The Jazz Mindfulness Program is directed by Adam Bernstein and is sponsored by the Brooklyn Zen Center.</p>
<p>The Brooklyn Zen Center is located at</p>
<p>Brooklyn Zen Center<br />
505 Carroll Street, Suite 2A<br />
Brooklyn, NY 11215</p>
<p>The Brooklyn Zen Center is between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Gowanus/Park Slope. To come by train, take the R train to the Union Street stop or the F train to the Carroll Street stop.</p>
<p>For more info please email us at jazzmindfulness@earthlink.net</p>
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		<title>JMP Helping to Promote the Mindfulness Movement</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/05/07/our-jmp-helping-to-promote-the-mindfulness-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brooklyn Zen Center&#8217;s Jazz Mindfulness Program directed by Adam Bernstein has offered up a student spot in the program for bidding in the Shambhala Sun Foundation&#8217;s first Auction for a Mindful Society. Their purpose for the auction is:
&#8230;to report on and promote the mindfulness movement, while offering truly helpful instruction, services, products, and services from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="bidding for good" src="http://www.biddingforgood.com/shambhalasun/img/103268023-BodyImage.jpg" alt="" width="158" height="160" />Brooklyn Zen Center&#8217;s <a href="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/classes/jmp/" target="_blank">Jazz Mindfulness Program</a> directed by Adam Bernstein has offered up a student spot in the program for bidding in the Shambhala Sun Foundation&#8217;s first <a href="http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?vhost=shambhalasun" target="_blank"><em>Auction for a Mindful Society</em></a>. Their purpose for the auction is:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;to report on and promote the mindfulness movement, while offering truly helpful instruction, services, products, and services from leaders in the field.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you are interested in bidding on lots of exciting items, the auction begins May 17th. You can also read <a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/news/?p=8603" target="_blank">the recent write-up on the Jazz Mindfulness Program here</a> in Shambhala Sun&#8217;s MahaSangha News.</p>
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		<title>Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future on May 2nd</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/04/22/walk-for-a-nuclear-free-future-on-may-2nd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="BPF" src="http://image.volunteersolutions.org/images/cache/000/010/246/985/10246985601.jpg" alt="" width="117" height="117" />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.</p>
<p>Amy Hutto and Mitch Major will be coordinating those from our sangha who wish to walk. You can email Mitch at mitchmajor [at] earthlink [dot] net if you want to walk on Saturday and Amy at helloamyhutto [at] att [dot] net if you want to walk and attend the rally at the UN on Sunday.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Invitation from the Buddhist Peace Fellowship:</strong></p>
<p>We invite you to walk on Sunday, May 2 under the banner of Buddhist Peace Fellowship along with thousands from around the world for an international day of action calling attention to nuclear non-proliferation.<span id="more-1590"></span></p>
<p>This walk happens as representatives of the world&#8217;s nations gather at the United Nations for the five year Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) review. This treaty&#8217;s objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament. 190 parties have joined including the five nuclear-weapon-producing countries (US, UK, Russia, France, and China). The treaty has been reviewed at the U.N. every five years and the next review is scheduled to begin May 3.</p>
<p>We support this effort with safety, understanding, and trust as shared concerns.</p>
<p>We plan to walk mindfully while maintaining inner silence, which invites spontaneous expression of &#8220;being peace.&#8221; We also plan to meet up with participants in the 700-mile &#8220;Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future,&#8221; sponsored by the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Order, affiliated with Grafton Peace Pagoda in upstate NY.</p>
<p>We will send more specific information with the meetup time and place during the next week and post it on our website. Please stay tuned to: www.bpfny.org</p>
<p>Please feel free to visit the following site, which includes many details including a petition to sign in support of the NPT:</p>
<p>http://peaceandjusticenow.org/wordpress</p>
<p>General Schedule:</p>
<p>1:30   Assemble at 7th Ave. south of 41st Street (more specific meetup info to come)</p>
<p>2:00 – 3:00 Rally</p>
<p>3:00 – 3:30 Walk to the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Plaza</p>
<p>4:00 – 6:00 International Peace and Music Festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza</p>
<p>We look forward to walking with you in the streets of New York City on Sunday, May 2, as the world considers this important matter, which impacts us all.</p>
<p>As Earth Day approaches, thanks for continuing to walk this mindful way.</p>
<p>in peace,<br />
Chris Raines, Marjorie Markus, and Judy Seicho Fleischman</p></blockquote>
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		<title>John High Reading from his Book of Unknowing at BZC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zen student, novelist and poet, John High, will be reading from his new book of poems, The Book of Unknowing, at Brooklyn Zen Center on Friday, April 23rd, at 7:00pm. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
If you will be coming to the event, please RSVP by clicking here. Thank you.
About the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/JohnPhoto.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="JohnPhoto" src="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/JohnPhoto.jpg" alt="" width="163" height="202" /></a>Zen student, novelist and poet, John High, will be reading from his new book of poems, <em>The Book of Unknowing</em>, at Brooklyn Zen Center on Friday, April 23rd, at 7:00pm. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.</p>
<p>If you will be coming to the event, please <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">RSVP</span></strong> by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=102573776451050&amp;ref=mf" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. Thank you.</p>
<p><strong>About the author:</strong></p>
<p>Founding editor of Five Fingers Review, John High is the author of nine books, including his award-winning (Village Voice Literary Supplement top 25 books of the year) trilogy of poetic novels, <em>The Desire Notebooks</em>, <em>The Lives of Thomas</em>, <em>The Sasha Poems</em>, <em>Bloodline: Selected Writin</em><em>gs</em>, a book-length poem <em>Here</em>, and his recently published novel, <em>Talking God&#8217;s Radio Show</em>.</p>
<p>John is one of his generation’s foremost translators of contemporary Russian poetry. The principal editor of <em>Crossing Centuries: The New Generation in Russian Poetry</em>, he is known for his translations of Nina Iskrenko, Ivan Zhdanov, and Alexei Parschikov, among others.</p>
<p>He has received four Fulbrights, two NEAs, and writing awards from the Witter Bynner Foundation, Arts International, and the Academy of American Poets, among others. He has taught Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, Moscow State University, Montclair University, and currently teaches Creative Writing and literature at Long Island University. John currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.</p>
<p><strong>Criticism for </strong><em><strong>The Book of Unknowing</strong></em><strong>:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>“Imagine a novel whose setting is dark and indeterminate, whose nameless characters are shadowy, and whose circular plot unfolds timelessly—and you will be imagining John High’s A Book of Unknow- ing. These powerful poems, whose language rushes past in a torrent of disorienting yet evocative images and sounds, will pull you out of this world and into another, that matters a great deal more, where all that you think you know becomes doubtful.” ——Norman Fischer</p>
<p>“John High’s poems, threaded together by narratives of childhood that span a century, are always immediate, grounded, and as fleeting as the moment. Throughout, High’s ear stays close to the heart. The music is visible.” —Matvei Yankelevich</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Photos From the Buddhist Forum at BZC</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/03/29/photos-from-the-buddhist-forum-at-bzc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested, please find linked here at Flickr a series of photos from the Buddhist forum taken by Jesse Jiryu Davis.
Those of us from Brooklyn Zen Center who participated were discussing how happy we were to have been able to meet and work with those from other sanghas in the city. Many exciting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buddhistforum.tiff"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" title="buddhistforum" src="http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buddhistforum.tiff" alt="" width="298" height="195" /></a>If you are interested, please find <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emptysquare/sets/72157623724153198/" target="_blank">linked here at Flickr</a> a series of photos from the Buddhist forum taken by Jesse Jiryu Davis.</p>
<p>Those of us from Brooklyn Zen Center who participated were discussing how happy we were to have been able to meet and work with those from other sanghas in the city. Many exciting and fruitful conversations and relationships were begun that we are very much looking forward to continuing.</p>
<p>We want to thank the Buddhist Council for organizing this year&#8217;s Buddhist Forum on Sustainable Sangha and the environment and allowing Brooklyn Zen Center to host it. We look forward to deepening our relationship with those members of other New York sanghas that we were so fortunate to meet. May we all grow together in the dharma.</p>
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		<title>Brad Warner Leads Three-day Retreat in April at BZC</title>
		<link>http://brooklynzen.org/bzc/2010/02/24/brad-warner-leads-three-day-retreat-in-april-at-bzc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 2-4, 2010, Brad Warner will be leading a three-day retreat at Brooklyn Zen Center. The retreat will include a daily schedule of zazen, dharma talks and interviews. The purpose of this zazen retreat is to draw together practitioners for three days of deepening their understanding of the dharma.
Brad Warner is a dharma heir of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px; border: 0pt none initial; border: 0; float:left;" title="Brad Warner" src="http://www.wildmind.org/images/people/warner-lg.jpg" alt="" width="153" height="115" />April 2-4, 2010, Brad Warner will be leading a three-day retreat at Brooklyn Zen Center. The retreat will include a daily schedule of zazen, dharma talks and interviews. The purpose of this zazen retreat is to draw together practitioners for three days of deepening their understanding of the dharma.</p>
<p>Brad Warner is a dharma heir of Gudo Wafu Nishijima and the author of the books <em>Hardcore Zen</em>, <em>Sit Down and Shut Up</em>, and Z<em>en Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate</em>. When not teaching and practicing Zen or writing, Brad plays bass for hardcore punk band Zero Defex and works for a Japanese film and TV production company specializing in movies about giant monsters.</p>
<p>For details, cost, and to register for the retreat, <a href="http://www.brooklynzen.org/pdf/events/SitDownNY.pdf" target="_blank">please download the event flyer by clicking here</a>. You can also email retreat coordinator, Jacopo Buora, for more information at jacopo dot buora at gmail dot com or call at 347-237-1702.</p>
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