WHERE TO MEET: Orchard Glen Picnic Area 11799 Page Mill Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA (from Hwy 280: Page Mill Rd exit west, ~2.5 mi) Weekend entry fee: $6 per car WANT TO CARPOOL?: Meet at Kannon Do at 08:30am DISTANCE/LEVEL Trail TBD depending on what the group wants to do WHAT TO BRING: […]
We invite you to an informal evening with a short meditation and a discussion for those interested in learning about the Zen tradition. Spend some time with people who know the Zen forms and learn how to sit zazen in our beautiful space. Ask questions and learn about Kannon Do’s history and traditions.
On Wednesday evening, June 10th, Jamie Howell will give an in-person Dharma talk followed by a discussion. Kogen Seido Jamie Howell was raised in São Paulo, Brazil, and Lubbock, Texas. He came to California in 1967 and began his Zen practice with Joshu Sasaki Roshi in 1979.
The sitting will be led by Sokaku Kathie Fischer, teacher at Everyday Zen Foundation. This day of mindfulness offers a rare opportunity to turn our awareness to the simple activities that sustain our lives, and that we normally take for granted: breathing, walking, eating, being attentive to the workings of our mind.
On Wednesday evening, June 17th, Gil Fronsdal, senior guiding co-teacher at the Insight Meditation Center (IMC) in Redwood City, CA and the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, CA will give an in-person dharma talk followed by a discussion.
On Tuesday, June 23rd, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Kannon Do will host a Baika-ryū Eisanka event led by Rev. Monen Ishikawa, who serves as a Baika-ryu Specialty Teacher since 2015. Baika-ryū Eisanka is a type of Japanese Buddhist hymn created by the Soto Zen School in 1952.
On Wednesday evening, June 24th, there will be no Dharma talk.
We invite you to an informal evening with a short meditation and a discussion for those interested in learning about the Zen tradition. Spend some time with people who know the Zen forms and learn how to sit zazen in our beautiful space. Ask questions and learn about Kannon Do’s history and traditions.
On Wednesday evening, July 15th, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, Kannon Do's current guiding teacher, founder, and director of Everyday Zen Foundation, will give an in-person dharma talk followed by a discussion. Zoketsu Norman Fischer was ordained by Zentatsu Richard Baker in 1980 and received shiho (Dharma transmission) from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1988.
On Wednesday evening, July 22nd, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, teacher at Everyday Zen Foundation, will give an in-person dharma talk followed by a discussion. Sokaku Kathie Fischer began practicing Zen in 1971 with Sojun Mel Weitsman at the Berkeley Zen Center.
