Registration is not required and it is not necessary to attend the full day. If planning to attend either breakfast or lunch, sign up on the lists outside the zendo.

In place of the usual lecture, this coming Wednesday we will engage in the traditional Shosan ceremony, customarily held following a one week meditation retreat. In this ceremony, each participant faces the teacher to ask a question relating directly to his or her practice. In the monastery, all monks are required to participate, demonstrating their […]

Giuseppe started Zen practice at Kannon Do in 2008, was ordained in 2011, and after many years in the U.S., relocated with his family to Italy in 2012. He is CEO of his medical robotics startup near his home in a village outside Pisa.

Chris Becker serves on the Board at Kannon Do. Chris is a trained scientist and hence an expert skeptic. Like many people, he loves tasty food--the subject of his talk.

Please join for a garden work day on Saturday April 29th, from 10:30 to about noon. We will be continuing to work on weeding and grooming the plantings around Kannon Do.  Please meet with us in the courtyard at 10:30 if you'd like to join in. We will provide tools, as well as gloves, but feel free to […]