Recurrent
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Caring for other human beings, especially developing ones, is a profound Dharma path…and a challenging one to walk!
We gather once a month to offer one another the support of the community, to share our stories, our from our triumphs to our learnings; as well as to hear teachings from the Zen tradition that support us in being present, upright and loving- both to ourselves and others- in our roles as parents and caregivers.
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This event is offered freely in the spirit of making the dharma accessible to everyone who is seeking it, and in Dana Paramita – the practice of generosity.
As you consider your offering, we invite you into this practice: What arises in your body when someone is generous to you? When you give wholeheartedly to another? How is it to be in reciprocal generosity with these teachings? The teachings you’ve received will continue to unfold over time – can you meet that unfolding by stretching a little further in your generosity?
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Sarah Dōjin Emerson’s formal practice in Soto Zen began in 1996. She lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain center and other sites of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1997-2007. She received Dharma Transmission from Abbott Konjin Gaelyn Godwin of the Houston Zen Center in 2015. She has a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and has worked in the fields of mental health and pastoral care with children and adults. She experiences Bodhisattva Zen practice as deeply supportive to inquiring into, challenging and transforming systems of oppression, particularly racial inequities and the harm they cause within convert Buddhist sanghas, and in U.S. society generally. Sarah has also worked for many years in grief support- clinically, ritually and in community- specializing in child loss. She lives with her partner, Charlie Pokorny (who is also a Soto Zen Buddhist priest), their children (who are her most profound and constant teachers) and numerous pets in Brooklyn, NY.