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    Below are our event listings. Please click here if you would like to see a calendar view of our complete schedule of meditation times and events.


    2010 Events


    Saturday, July 31st, at 11:00am

    Dharma Talk on Zen Women

    Myoan Grace Jill Schireson will be joining us for our Saturday program to give a talk on our women ancestors and their innovations and adaptations within Zen practice. She has recently authored a book on the topic, entitled  Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters.

    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.


    Click here for a list of teachers who have taught at Brooklyn Zen Center.