On Wednesday evening, April 29th, Ben Connelly will give an in-person Dharma talk followed by a discussion.  In Ben's talk, he will illustrate the teachings with stories and lessons from his recent involvement with an array of nonviolent community responses to the violence ICE brought to his hometown, Minneapolis, over the last few months.

Please join us for our Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 3rd starting at 11 a.m. at Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center located in Mountain View (1972 Rock St).

On Wednesday evening, May 6th, Kigen Anna Breckenridge will give an in-person Dharma talk followed by a discussion. Anna first attended Kannon Do as a high school student inspired by Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. She continued her zazen practice while attending college in the Pacific Northwest.

On Wednesday evening, May 13th, Sozan Michael McCord will give an in-person Dharma talk followed by a discussion. Sozan Michael McCord is the current President of San Francisco Zen Center, where he’s been a resident practitioner since 2009.

On Wednesday evening, June 3rd, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, co-Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center and Green Gulch Farm Abiding Abbot, will give an in-person Dharma talk on Becoming Yourself, a collection of talks by Suzuki Roshi that he co-edited. The talk will be followed by a discussion.

Please join us for a Board meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 6th.  Everyone is welcome.  The meeting will be in a hybrid format (in-person and online).

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.