Sunday, May 18, 2008
Senior Zen Buddhist Priest, dharma teacher, and poet, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, will be giving a dharma talk at 7:00 pm Sunday in the zendo at Brooklyn Zen Center. We will be sitting a period of zazen beforehand. Please arrive by 6:15 pm if you wish to sit zazen.
During almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center, Norman held many senior positions, including abbot and director. Norman currently heads the Everyday Zen Foundation and offers teaching to many sanghas across the country. Among his numerous publications, Norman has written nine volumes of poetry as well as Opening to You: A Zen-inspired Translation of the Psalms and Taking our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, which is based on his work mentoring young people
Sunday, June 15, 2008
This year Brooklyn Zen Center will have a table all day at the Seventh Heaven street fair on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. We will have the opportunity to let the neighborhood know about our zendo and answer any questions they may have. If you are a sangha member, interested in hanging out at the fair and volunteering to take a shift at the table, please email us and let us know. We expect this to be a fun event for us all.
Thursday-Sunday, June 19-29, 2008
Teah Strozer, Zen priest and guiding dharma teacher for Brooklyn Zen Center, will be joining us this June to lead a three day sesshin, teach classes, have tea with students, and officiate the opening ceremony for our new zendo. The three day sesshin itself will begin Thursday evening, the 19th, and end mid afternoon on Sunday, the 22nd. All other events will be announced.
Teah has been practicing meditation since 1967. She lived at Tassajara Monastery for 11 years and was the head of practice at San Francisco Zen Center, where she now teaches primarily. Teah is also the Chaplain for the Bay School of San Francisco and leads retreat programs for teenagers.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Senior Zen Buddhist Priest, dharma teacher, and poet, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, will be speaking on and signing his new book, Sailing Home: Using the Wisdom of Homer’s Odyssey to Navigate Life’s Perils and Pitfalls. The event will begin at 7:00 pm Wednesday evening at Brooklyn Zen Center. In lieu of the event, both zazen and the precepts group will be canceled. Books will be available for purchase on site.
During almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center, Norman held many senior positions, including abbot and director. Norman currently heads the Everyday Zen Foundation and offers teaching to many sanghas across the country. Among his numerous publications, Norman has written nine volumes of poetry as well as Opening to You: A Zen-inspired Translation of the Psalms and Taking our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, which is based on his work mentoring young people.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Daigaku Rummé, Zen priest and dharma teacher, will be visiting Brooklyn Zen Center and giving a Tuesday talk after evening zazen.
Daigaku was ordained as a Soto monk by Harada Sekkei Roshi in 1978. For more than 27 years, he practiced under Harada Roshi at Hosshinji Monastery in Fukui, Japan. Since March 2003, he has been on the staff of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center, located in San Francisco. He resides at the San Francisco Zen Center and is the translator of The Essence of Zen, by Harada Roshi.