Temple

Half Day Zazen Retreat & Ango Check-in 

November 23, 2024
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple and Online

Half Day Zazen Retreat & Ango Check-in  Saturday November 23  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Optional Creative Process Time 1 - 3 PM Free This Ango check-in is a half day of Zen practice and an opportunity to share reflections on your Ango experience and ask a teacher questions about it. Join us for a […]

ZCO Board meeting November 2024

November 24, 2024
Heart of Wisdom (in person) and Online (Zoom)
Board meetings are open and members of the community are invited to attend. Board meetings  are a place to find out what’s happening and how ZCO functions. Typical topics include finances, reports on goings on at the monastery and temple, committee reports, and the community's strategic plans. Meetings are held via Zoom.

Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness: Using the Dharma to Dismantle Oppression

December 15, 2024 - June 22, 2025
Online
Awakening to the Delusion of Whiteness is structured as an “affinity group” for white people to explore the elements that have contributed to this often unconscious identity. We explore in this way with an understanding that our own liberation/awakening is intimately bound to one another.

New Year's Eve Meditation & Letting Go Ceremony

With Kodo Conover

December 31, 2024
Online or Heart of Wisdom
Time swiftly passes by and opportunities are ever present!  Let's celebrate our passage through a challenging and eye-opening year and envision how we'd like to step in to the new year. The evening will include guided meditations to help you reflect on what you want to let go of and welcome in, for the new year. As well as, a fire-ceremony of letting-go, atonement and renewal, which we call Fusatsu. We will end the evening with silent zazen meditation and 108 bells to welcome in the New Year.

Winter Zazenkai: A One Day Meditation Retreat

With Jogen Salzberg, Sensei

January 18, 2025
Heart Of Wisdom Zen Temple
This is a silent day of Zen Buddhist meditation practice together, seated and active. The schedule includes meditation (zazen), chanting, caring for the garden and grounds, and Dharma talk.

Investigating Zen Practice: a one-day workshop

With Darah Shonin Ashton

February 1, 2025
Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple

Experience an Introduction to Zen Practice through the Ten Directions. This one-day in-person workshop at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple is for beginners or those who want to dive deeper into Zen practice. Learn how to practice using ancient methods that are applicable in today’s world: Meditation and sitting with stability Mindfulness practice off the […]