Registration opening February 1. There will be opportunity to join both in person and online.
Venue: Maritime Labour Centre - 1880 Triumph Street
Wheelchair Accessible. Ample free parking
This non-residential silent retreat is suitable for both beginners and experienced students. It will include periods of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), chanting, and talks by the teacher. There will also be opportunities for individual (dokusan) meetings with the teacher. MRZC guiding teachers Myoshin Kate McCandless and Shinmon Michael Newton will also be available to offer dokusan, and group practice discussion.
Norman Fischer is a Zen priest, a husband, a father, and a poet: a teacher with wide-ranging interests and passions. During almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center, he served in many positions. Norman retired as the abbot of Zen Center in 2000 to take his teaching out into the world. He continues his involvement with the Zen Center as a senior Dharma teacher. Norman believes in the possibility of "engaged renunciation": living a fully committed religious life that does not exclude family, work, and a passionate interest in the world. He is founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org) and author of Taking Our Places, Sailing Home, Training in Compassion, When You Greet Me I Bow and The World Could be Otherwise.
Detailed Schedule will be posted here
Chantbook will be posted here
List of service chants and page numbers will be posted here
Zoom link will be posted here
Chants for services will not be screen-shared, so you will need to download the chant book to participate.
To add names to the Memorial service HERE or Well-being service list please click on links
