A Day with John Tarrant, Roshi
June 22, 2013 – 12pm to 5pm
Rockridge Meditation Community
Buddhist meditation is something to do, not to believe, so the measure of it is always related to what is happening to your mind and your life. »»
July 9-14, 2013 - San Rafael, California.
The two great questions of life are, “Who am I?” and “What do I want?” »»
Meditation and a talk by John Tarrant, Roshi
Monday June 3, 2013 - 7- 9pm
Santa Rosa Creek Zen Center
Though you look for the light, you are surrounded by the dark. The good thing is to let the dark carry you… »»
The whole of the ancient, master teachings on suffering come down to this: Suffering is the notion ‘This isn’t it.’
Freedom, waking up and fearlessness come down to the simplicity of, ’Wait a minute, what if this is it?’
with Rachel Boughton at the Santa Rosa Creek Zen Center
May 22- June 12 Wednesdays 7-9pm
There are sayings, snippets of conversation, questions, parts of poems and even stories that are called Zen koans. Koans serve as a way of opening up your experience of life, they undermine the way you usually think about things, and reveal surprising or beautiful aspects of reality.
with Thaisa Frank at the Rockridge Meditation Community
June 1st, 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM
A Workshop for People who like Fiction, Poetry and Language. It’s been said that bad writers borrow and good writers steal. What is often meant is that good writers steal and transform what they have learned into their own voice.
with Michael Hofmann at the Santa Rosa Creek Zen Center
June 15, 2013 11am to 4:30pm
In this workshop we will explore sumi-e, traditional Japanese brush painting using ground ink. After learning a little about the ink and brushes, there will be a variety of themes for individual exploration. Employing a playful approach, we’ll discover the joy of expressive and spontaneous brushwork. For all levels of experience.
Monday May 27, 2013, Santa Rosa Creek Zendo
If you’ve always wanted to learn to meditate or it only just occurred to you or you want to refresh your memory, this is a chance to get the simple directions, to ask questions and perhaps to set down the burdensome question of “am I doing this right?”
The true traveler has no destination
and no fixed time of arrival
—Laozi
Tonight I want to talk about a boring koan– “Count the stars in the sky.” There are some passages in life that …
The whole of the ancient, master teachings on suffering come down to this: Suffering is the notion ‘This isn’t it.’
Freedom, …
