Tenshin Reb Anderson at BZC in June

June 26, 2024

Tenshin Reb Anderson traveled to Brooklyn in June to lead a five-day sesshin (formal Zen retreat) at Boundless Mind Temple. From June 5th to the 9th, Reb Anderson guided almost 60 participants through periods of zazen (seated meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation), and offered dharma talks and dokusan (private practice discussion between teacher and student).

Tenshin Reb Anderson was ordained as a priest by Suzuki Roshi in 1970 and served as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center from 1986 to 1995. He has been a longtime supporter of BZC and this was his eighth retreat with our sangha.

Brooklyn Zen Center dharma teachers and Tenshin Reb Anderson (left to right): Shingetsu Laura O’Loughlin, Charlie Korin Pokorny, Tenshin Reb Anderson, Sarah Dōjin Emerson and Kosen Gregory Snyder.

Kinhin (walking meditation) in the streets of Brooklyn.

You can listen to the dharma talks offered during the retreat on the BZC Podcast and here. The dharma talks focused on The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice.