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November All-Day Sitting

Hybrid Hybrid Event

Please join us at Green Gulch Farm or on Zoom for this hybrid all-day sitting. The day begins promptly at 9:00 am with a brief...

Priest Ordination for Anlor Davin and Jane Flint

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Please join us in person or on Zoom for this special ceremony. The Zen custom of priest ordination, called shukke tokudo (literally "leaving home, attaining...

Annual Suzuki Roshi Memorial

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Please join us on Zoom for this special ceremony. Jeff Bickner will lead the sangha in this annual Memorial for Suzuki Roshi. You are invited...

Event Series Dharma Seminar: December 2022

Dharma Seminar: December

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

In December, Dharma Seminar continues meeting 5:00 – 7:00 pm (PT)  both face-to-face at the Community Congregational Church in Tiburon and on Zoom. We will...

Annual Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Please join us on Zoom for this special ceremony. Jeff Bickner will lead the sangha in this ceremony celebrating the Buddha's Enlightenment. You are invited...

December All-Day Sitting

Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Please join us at Green Gulch Farm or on Zoom for this hybrid all-day sitting. The day begins promptly at 9:00 am with a brief...

Event Series Dharma Seminar: December 2022

Dharma Seminar: December

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

In December, Dharma Seminar continues meeting 5:00 – 7:00 pm (PT)  both face-to-face at the Community Congregational Church in Tiburon and on Zoom. We will...

Annual Memorial for Sojun Mel Weitsman

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Please join us on Zoom for this special ceremony. Norman and Kathie will lead the sangha in this second annual Memorial for Sojun Mel Weitsman....

Event Series Dharma Seminar: January 2023

Dharma Seminar: January

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

This month, we'll have a three-session seminar on Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life), chapter 6, on Patience. All three sessions will...

Event Series Dharma Seminar: January 2023

Dharma Seminar: January

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

This month, we'll have a three-session seminar on Śāntideva's Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life), chapter 6, on Patience. All three sessions will...

Eihei Dogen’s Birthday Ceremony

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Please join us on Zoom for this special ceremony. Norman and Kathie will lead the sangha in this service to celebrate Dogen's birthday. You are...

Annual Practice Period

Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Please join Everyday Zen for our Annual Practice Period Saturday, January 28 – Saturday, April 8 In-Person and Online Everyday Zen’s 18th Annual Practice Period...

January All-Day Sitting & Opening of Practice Period

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

January All-Day Sitting, Opening of Practice Period, and Shuso Entering Ceremony “The pure body of the dharma realm fundamentally has no emerging or disappearing.” Please...

Full Moon Ceremony

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Please join us on Zoom for the Full Moon Bodhisattva Ceremony, an ancient ritual of purification and renewal, in which the entire attending sangha participates....

Sky Island Sesshin with Chris Fortin

Aravaipa Canyon Ranch

February 14-19 Sky Island Zen 2023 Aravaipa Canyon Sesshin Led by Chris Fortin The ranch sits along a creek in a wilderness canyon near Tucson....

February All-Day Sitting & Buddha’s Parinirvana Ceremony

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

February All-Day Sitting & Buddha’s Parinirvana Ceremony Please join us in person at Green Gulch Farm or on Zoom for this hybrid all-day sitting. The...

From Upaya Zen Center: How the World Is Made

Upaya Zen Center 1404 Cerro Gordo Road, Santa Fe, NM
Virtual Event Virtual Event

In this one-day online program from Upaya Zan Center, Norman will speak about Dogen’s Shobo Genzo fascicles “Space” (10am – 12pm) and “Spring and Autumn”...

Men In Suits: Poetry Reading & Artist’s Talk

Gulf of Maine Books Brunswick, Maine
Virtual Event Virtual Event

Norman will read from his new book Men in Suits and the book's cover artist, Natasha Mayers will show and talk about her series of...

Honoring Mahapajapati Ceremony

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Please join us on Zoom for the Honoring Mahapajapati Ceremony. Led by Chris Fortin and Jaune Evans, this ceremony honors the life and practice of Mahaprajapati,...

Full Moon Ceremony

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

NOTE: The Full Moon Ceremony will start at about 6:30, following Dharma Seminar. Seminar will end early  Please join us at the Tiburon Community Congregational...

2023 Bay Area Sesshin

Virtual Event Hybrid Event

The Annual Everyday Zen Sesshin for 2023 takes place Monday, March 27 – Sunday, April 2 at Santa Sabina and online on Zoom. Applications to...

Pravarana Ceremony

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Reserved for Practice Period participants. If you have been participating in our Practice Period, please join us online via Zoom for Pravarana, a ceremony of...

Shuso Hossenshiki and Buddha’s Birthday Ceremonies

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Please join us at the Community Congregational Church in Tiburon or online via Zoom for these special ceremonies.   The Everyday Zen Bay Area Practice...

April All-Day Sitting

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

April All-Day Sitting Please join us in person at Green Gulch Farm or on Zoom for this hybrid all-day sitting. The day begins at 9:00...

Tassajara Sangha Week 2023

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center 39171 Tassajara Road, Carmel Valley, CA, United States

Tassajara is looking forward to hosting Everyday Zen in 2023 for a 5-day Sangha Week Retreat. We envision a 2023 summer of Suzuki Roshi sanghas...

Event Series Dharma Seminar: May 2023

Dharma Seminar: May

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

On May 17 and 24, Dharma Seminar will return to the poetry of Emily Dickinson, America's deepest and most penetrating religious poet. A famous recluse...

May All-Day Sitting

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

May All-Day Sitting Please join us in person at Green Gulch Farm or on Zoom for this hybrid all-day sitting. The day begins at 9:00...

Event Series Dharma Seminar: May 2023

Dharma Seminar: May

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

On May 17 and 24, Dharma Seminar will return to the poetry of Emily Dickinson, America's deepest and most penetrating religious poet. A famous recluse...

SFZC: Jizo Ceremony for Those Who Have Died

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CA, United States

With Hoka Chris Fortin and Jennifer Block Jizo Bodhisattva is the bodhisattva of fearlessly shepherding those who are crossing realms: from life into death, from...

Lay Entrustment Ceremony

Community Congregational Church in Tiburon 145 Rock Hill Rd, Tiburon, CA, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

Wed, May 31, 5:00 pm PT Led by Norman On May 31, we will hold a Lay Entrustment Ceremony for senior Everyday Zen practitioners Christopher...