Houston Zen Center Dharma Talks: Recent Episodes
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Dharma talk by Kōkai Kent Rutter. Kent is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. His Dharma Name means Luminous Ocean. He is the leader of the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts series of classes. He is also an attorney.
Dharma Talk by Zen Priest Zenki Dillo.
Zenki Dillo Roshi is the Resident Teacher at Boulder Zen Center. He began his Zen practice in 1996 at the San Francisco Zen Center. For 20 years, he practiced monastically at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center. In 2013, he received dharma transmission from Zentatsu Baker Roshi.
Since then he has been Boulder Zen Center’s Guiding Teacher. In 2020, he moved to Boulder full-time, where he now lives with his wife, the light artist Sophia Dixon Dillo.
Dharma talk by Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson, Vice-President of the Board of Directors, and assistant priest of Houston Zen Center.
Dharma Talk by Leo Kagen Golub. Leo’s Dharma Name is Kagen Ryotan Fire Regarder, Complete Abundance. Leo is a senior member of HZC, and the chair of the Finance Committee.
Dharma Talk by Yuhō Wade Maggert, long time HZC member, Psychotherapist, and facilitator of HZC’s Queer Dharma Group.,
Dharma Talk by Jika Gayle Klaybor, co-Tanto / co-Head of Practice of Houston Zen Center, and Lay Dharma Teacher.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma Talk by Joy Tober. Joy is the administrator of the Auspicious Cloud Zen Retreat Center programs. Her dharma name is Tenshō Genan. Heavenly Blossoms, Profound Peace. She is also a traveller and a mom.
Dharma Talk by Alberto Gomez de la Torre.
Alberto is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. He received the Bodhisattva precepts in Quito, Ecuador in 1998, and was given the Dharma Name HoEi, Eternal Dharma. He received a second dharma name at Houston Zen Center: Creates True Humanity.
He co-leads Zen en Español. He began his practice in Quito, Ecuador with Padre Marco and studied with Ruben Habito in Dallas before arriving in Houston. He is the father of three beautiful children.
Before he moved to Houston he was the leader of the Centro de Desarrollo Integral in Quito (CDI) where Zen has been practiced since 1980. He is a permanent member of the advisory council of CDI.
Dharma Talk by Matthew Sullivan. Matthew received the Bodhisattva Precepts in 2021, and the Dharma Name: Gyōun Daiki which means Wandering Cloud, Great Dharma Vessel. Matthew is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. He is also an artist and craftsman.
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Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 5 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 4 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 3 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 2 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi : Talk 1 of 5 from the retreat Awakening to Light : Entering the Ocean of the Flower Adornment Sutra : Auspicious Cloud Zen Reteat Center, Chappell Hill, Texas
Dharma Talk by, Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, former Shuso / Head Student, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Karen DeCotis, Abiding Teacher of San Antonio Zen Center. Karen received priest ordination in the Soto Lineage in 2016 from Sojun Mel Weitsman; transmission in 2019. She practiced at the Berkeley Zen Center and San Francisco Zen Center beginning in 1986. She practiced with and taught the Bozeman Zen Group for 20 years. Devoted to service and engaged learning, Karen brings knowledge of and experience with the Buddhist traditions along with a clear-eyed view of human life, suffering and transformation. She is known for her humor and warmth, bringing her intelligence, wit and humility to every teaching opportunity
Dharma talk by Shōjin Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a lay-entrusted dharma teacher and a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology.
Dharma Talk by Musō Constance Braden. Constance is the founder and primary teacher of Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio.
Choro is the Abiding Teacher of Austin Zen Center. She began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. Choro also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She is a Dharma Heir of Abbot Gaelyn.
Each year we gather together to review the past year - led by the President - as well as to look forward to the coming year.
At this meeting, the new members of HZC will be celebrated.
New Board Members will be introduced.
The proposed budget for 2025 will be reviewed and voted on.
The Board members invite you to participate in this important and celebratory meeting.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is the recent Shuso / Head Monk, of the 2023 Practice Period of Every Day Life. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.
Dharma talk by Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson, President of the Board of Directors, and assistant priest of Houston Zen Center.
Dharma Talk by Ryūshin Dave Smith. Ryūshin is a long-time member of HZC, and a co-leader of the program: EPP / Entering the Path of Practice. After a career in IT, Ryūshin now serves as a hospice volunteer as well as co-leading EPP.
Dharma talk by Shōjin Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Hōdō Zack Becker, Zack is a senior member of HZC, and currently serves as the Vice President of the Board of Directors. He is the Chair of the Safety Committee. He is a serving police officer with HPD.
Dharma Talk by Kenkai Brandon Lamson. Brandon is a senior member of HZC. He is a poet and professor of creative writing at UT Austin.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Sally Meiya Muñoz is a senior member of Houston Zen Center. She taught at Duchesne Academy for 30 years, where she began a program to teach mindfulness to second, third, and fourth graders. Her dharma names means Luminous Night.
Dharma Talk by Jika Gayle Klaybor, co-Tanto / co-Head of Practice of Houston Zen Center, and Lay Dharma Teacher.
Dharma Talk by Zen Priests Shinchi Linda Galijan and Zenshin Greg Fain.
SHINCHI LINDA GALIJAN PhD., is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman. She began practicing Buddhism in 1984, and was ordained by Sojun Roshi in 2004. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and a long-time yoga practitioner. She is the former President of San Francisco Zen Center, and currently co-leading the practice at San Antonio Zen Center.
ZENSHIN GREG FAIN, a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, was ordained by Sojun Roshi in 2002, and was Shuso at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center with Sojun in the spring 2005 practice period. He served as the resident Tanto, Head of Practice at the monastery for a decade beginning in 2010. He is currently co-leading the practice at San Antonio Zen Center.
Dharma talk by Shōjin Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Hōgetsu Rick Mitchell, long-time senior member of HZC. Rick served as Shuso, head monk, for the 2016 practice period. Rick is a writer, with a popular national radio show on jazz. He now lives in Portland, OR with his family, and practices with Dharma Rain Zen Center.
Dharma Talk by Ryūshin Dave Smith.
Ryūshin is a long-time member of HZC, and a co-leader of the program: EPP / Entering the Path of Practice.
After a career in IT, Ryūshin now serves as a hospice volunteer as well as co-leading EPP.
Dharma Talk by Terry Conrad.
Terry Conrad is a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Teacher and Director of Project Clear Light.
Dharma talk by Kōkai Kent Rutter. Kent is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. His Dharma Name means Luminous Ocean. He is the leader of the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts series of classes. He is also an attorney.
Dharma Talk by Zen priest Choro Antonaccio.
Choro is the Abiding Teacher of Austin Zen Center. She began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. Choro also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She is a Dharma Heir of Abbot Gaelyn.
Dharma Talk by the Shuso / Head Student of the Spring Practice Period: KoUn Matthew Brownlie.
KoUn / Auspicious Cloud Matthew Brownlie is a senior member of HZC. He is also a musician and parent.
Dharma Talk by the Shuso / Head Student of the Spring Practice Period: KoUn Matthew Brownlie.
KoUn / Auspicious Cloud Matthew Brownlie is a senior member of HZC. He is also a musician and parent.
Dharma Talk by, Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, former Shuso / Head Student, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma Talk by Jika Gayle Klaybor, co-Tanto / co-Head of Practice of Houston Zen Center, and Lay Dharma Teacher.
Dharma Talk by Shindō Neely Atkinson. Shindō is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center, and a newly ordained novice Zen priest, and a recently retired professor at Rice University.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Musō Constance Braden. Constance is the founder and primary teacher of Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio.
Dharma Talk by Hōdō Zack Becker, Zack is a senior member of HZC, and currently serves on the Board of Directors. He is the Chair of the Safety Committee. He is a serving police officer with HPD.
Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the concluding talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the fourth talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the second talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the second talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi. This dharma talk is the first talk of the 5 day retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center. He is the co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice and the leader of HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by, Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, former Shuso / Head Student, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Sally Meiya Muñoz is a senior member of Houston Zen Center. She taught at Duchesne Academy for 30 years, where she began a program to teach mindfulness to second, third, and fourth graders. Her dharma names means Luminous Night.
Dharma Talk by Leo Kagen Golub. Leo’s Dharma Name is Kagen Ryotan Fire Regarder, Complete Abundance. Leo is a senior member of HZC, and the chair of the Finance Committee.
Dharma Talk by Zen teacher Zenshin Greg Fain Roshi. Zenshin is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman. He has lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for many years. He served as the Tanto/Head of Practice for many years as well as the Treasurer of the Monastery.
Dharma Talk by Zen teacher Shinchi Linda Galijan Roshi. Shinchi is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman. She began practicing Buddhism in 1984, and was ordained by Sojun Roshi in 2004. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and a long-time yoga practitioner. She is the former President of San Francisco Zen Center, and the Tanto, head of practice, of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
Dharma Talk by Yuhō Wade Maggert. Yuhō’s dharma name: Yuho Myoki, means Gentle Phoenix, Luminous Expression. Yuho is a psychotherapist at the Houston VA hospital. He also has a private practice dedicated to the Houston LGBTQ community and facilitates HZC’s Queer Dharma Group
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is the recent Shuso / Head Monk, of the 2023 Practice Period of Every Day Life. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.
Dharma Talk by Musō Constance Braden. Constance is the founder and primary teacher of Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Dharma talk by Hōgetsu Rick Mitchell, long-time senior member of HZC. He served as Shuso, head monk, for the 2016 practice period. Rick is a writer, with a popular national radio show on jazz. He now lives in Portland, OR with his family, and practices with Dharma Rain Zen Center.
Dharma talk by Kōkai Kent Rutter. Kent is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. His Dharma Name means Luminous Ocean. He is also an attorney.
Dharma Talk by Alberto Gomez de la Torre.
Alberto is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. He received the Bodhisattva precepts in Quito, Ecuador in 1998, and was given the Dharma Name HoEi, Eternal Dharma. He received a second dharma name at Houston Zen Center: Creates True Humanity.
He co-leads Dharma en español. He began his practice in Quito, Ecuador with Padre Marco and studied with Ruben Habito in Dallas before arriving in Houston. He is the father of three beautiful children.
Dharma Talk by Jika Gayle Klaybor, co-Tanto / co-Head of Practice of Houston Zen Center, and Lay Dharma Teacher.
Dharma Talk by Zen priest Choro Antonaccio.
Choro is the Abiding Teacher of Austin Zen Center. She began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. Choro also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She is a Dharma Heir of Abbot Gaelyn.
Final Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi at the Heart of Zen weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi at the Heart of Zen weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi at the Heart of Zen weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Evening talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi on Menzan Zenji’s Self-Enjoyment Samadhi. This talk introduces the teachings to be given over the course of a weekend retreat at Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Musō Constance Braden. Constance is the founder and primary teacher of Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio.
Dharma Talk by Hōdō Zack Becker, Zack is a senior member of HZC, and currently serves on the Board of Directors. He is the Chair of the Safety Committee. He is a serving police officer with HPD.
Dharma Talk by Taigen Leighton. The Poetic Vision Hong Zhi, a great Soto Zen ancestor who was active a century before Dogen Zenji. Dogen was profoundly influenced by Hong Zhi.
Taigen Roshi is the author of Cultivating the Empty Field, Just This is It: Dongshan and the Practice Muchness, and the translator of Dogen’s Extensive Record.
Taigen Roshi is the guiding dharma teacher at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Temple in Chicago.
Dharma Talk by Joy Tober. Joy is the administrator of the Auspicious Cloud Retreat Center programs, and the out-going Administrative Assistant of HZC. Her dharma name is Tenshō Genan. Heavenly Blossoms, Profound Peace. She is also a traveller and a mom.
Dharma Talk by Austin Zen Center Abiding Teacher Choro Antonaccio. Zazen is Good for Nothing. - Sawaki Kodo
Choro Roshi is a fully-ordained Zen Priest and the Abiding Teacher of Austin Zen Center.
Choro Roshi began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. She also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She moved Austin Zen Center in 2021.
Dharma Talk by Kristin Diggs. Kristin Diggs is a Soto Zen priest in the Suzuki Roshi lineage. She trained residentially for eight and a half years at Green Gulch, Tassajara, and the San Francisco City Center, beginning in 2014. She was lay ordained by Tenshin Reb Anderson in 2017 and priest ordained by Eijun Linda Cutts in 2021.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
One Day Sesshin Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is the in-coming Shuso / Head Monk, of the 2023 Practice Period of Every Day Life. This will be her Way Seeking Mind Talk, the first talk of her Shuso training period. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.
Dharma Talk by Kenkai Brandon Lamson. Brandon is a senior member of HZC. He is a poet and professor of creative writing at UT Austin.
Dharma Talk by Shindō Neely Atkinson. Shindō is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center, and a recently retired professor at Rice University.
Dharma talk by Zen Priest Kishin Eric Arbiter. Kishin is a dharma heir in Maezumi Roshi’s lineage. He is a photographer and a musician. He was a member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra for more than 40 years.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.
Dharma Talk by Jika Gayle Klaybor, co-Tanto / co-Head of Practice of Houston Zen Center.
Dharma Talk by Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, former Shuso / Head Student, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a lay-entrusted dharma teacher and a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology.
Dharma talk 5 of 5 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
Dharma talk 4 of 5 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
Dharma talk 3 of 5 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
Dharma talk 2 of 5 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
Dharma talk 1 of 5 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
Dharma Talk by Terry Conrad.
Terry Conrad is a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Teacher and Director of Project Clear Light.
Based in Galveston, Terry has been sponsoring programs with inmates at the maximum security prison in Beaumont, Texas, since 2004. He teaches meditation, an ethics course based on the Dalai Lama’s book Ethics for the New Millenium and a Lojong correspondence course.
The sole purpose and intent of Project Clear Light is to bring the peaceful and soothing Dharma teachings into the lives of participating offenders, to guide them in their understanding of these teachings and practices, and to become a bright clear light unto the world.
Dharma Talk by Seiko Troy Porter. Troy is one of the founding members of HZC. He received the Bodhisattva Precepts in November, 2006. He has served on the Board of Directors of HZC, and currently serves on the Strategic Plan Working Group of the Center. He is a Global Capital Projects Estimating Manager, a published author, and the Chair of the Board of the Rothko Chapel.
Dharma talk by Kogen Glen Duval, one of the founding members of HZC. He now lives in Santa Fe, NM with his family, and practices with Upaya Zen Center.
Dharma talk by Hōgetsu Rick Mitchell, long-time senior member of HZC. He served as Shuso, head monk, for the 2016 practice period. Rick is a writer, with a popular national radio show on jazz. He now lives in Portland, OR with his family, and practices with Dharma Rain Zen Center.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma Talk by Seiko Troy Porter. Troy is one of the founding members of HZC. He received the Bodhisattva Precepts in November, 2006. He has served on the Board of Directors of HZC, and currently serves on the Strategic Plan Working Group of the Center. He is a Global Capital Projects Estimating Manager, a published author, and the Chair of the Board of the Rothko Chapel.
Dharma talk by Sally Meiya Muñoz. Sally is a senior member of Houston Zen Center. She taught at Duchesne Academy for 30 years, where she began a program to teach mindfulness to second, third, and fourth graders. Her dharma names means Luminous Night.
Dharma Talk by Kenkai Brandon Lamson. Brandon is a senior member of HZC. He is a poet and professor of creative writing at UT Austin.
Dharma Talk by Leo Kagen Golub. Leo’s Dharma Name is Kagen Ryotan Fire Regarder, Complete Abundance. Leo is a senior member of HZC, and the chair of the Finance Committee.
Dharma Talk by Musō Constance Braden. Constance is the founder and primary teacher of Houston Iyengar Yoga Studio.
Dharma Talk by Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez, co-leader of Entering the Path of Practice. Anna's dharma name is Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth. She is on the Board of Directors of HZC, and is a long-time student of Zen.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson, assistant priest of Houston Zen Center.
Rev. Gyōzan wrote a chapter in this new book
Dharma Talk by Zen Priest Zenki Dillo.
Zenki Dillo Roshi is the Resident Teacher at Boulder Zen Center. He began his Zen practice in 1996 at the San Francisco Zen Center. For 20 years, he practiced monastically at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center. In 2013, he received dharma transmission from Zentatsu Baker Roshi.
Since then he has been Boulder Zen Center’s Guiding Teacher. In 2020, he moved to Boulder full-time, where he now lives with his wife, the light artist Sophia Dixon Dillo.
Zenki Roshi teaches Zen as a craft based on his understanding of Buddhism as a “transformative phenomenology”—an embodied investigation of human experience with the intention of realizing liberation from suffering, wisdom, and compassion.
He will discuss new book The Path of Aliveness: A Contemporary Zen Approach to Awakening Body and Mind (Shambala, May 2022).
Zenki Dillo, Roshi
Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.
Dharma Talk by Zen Priest Colin Gipson, Abiding Teacher of San Antonio Zen Center.
Colin Gipson, far right, with the other Fire Monks who protected Tassajara from a forest fire.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and co-leads HZC’s prison outreach program.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma Talk by our Shuso, Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Dharma Talk by our Shuso, Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Dharma talk by Kōkai Kent Rutter. Kent is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. His Dharma Name means Luminous Ocean.
Dharma Talk by our Shuso, Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, Zen priest and past president of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Susan Moon. Lay entrusted Dharma teacher, author, editor and photographer. Sue has a new book out, Alive Until You’re Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, and a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Dharma talk by Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson, assistant priest of Houston Zen Center.
Rev. Gyōzan wrote a chapter in this new book
Dharma talk by Rev. Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, Zen priest, past president of HZC, and Shuso/ Head Student for the Practice Period of Peace and Awareness
Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a lay-entrusted dharma teacher and a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology.
Dharma talk by Rev. Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, Zen priest, past president of HZC, and Shuso/ Head Student for the Practice Period of Peace and Awareness
Dharma talk by Rev. Sengetsu Tricia McFarlin, Zen priest, past president of HZC, and Shuso/ Head Student for the Practice Period of Peace and Awareness
Dharma Talk by Hokyo Louise Dreyfus, former co-Head of Practice (Tanto) of Zen Center. Louise is also a therapist in private practice and one of the original members/founders of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Kaz Tanahashi
Kaz is one of the most important translators of Dōgen Zenji of our time.
He is an artist, calligrapher, poet, and peace activist.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and will be leading the 2022 Entering the Path of Practice Program.
Dharma Talk by Gayle Jika Klaybor, most recent former Shuso / Head Student, and current co-Head of Practice of HZC.
How to Know the Path as You Walk
In this Zen retreat, we will include the practices of walking the land, opening awareness to sky and clouds, and sitting together in stillness.
Grass, trees, walls, tiles, and pebbles all engage in Buddha activity. We will join our practice with the surrounding landscape, a landscape of trees, grasses and sentient beings. The schedule for each day alternates sitting and walking meditation, including walking outdoors, and mindful meals. All accommodations are shared. Meals and accommodations are included in the price.
How to Know the Path as You Walk
In this Zen retreat, we will include the practices of walking the land, opening awareness to sky and clouds, and sitting together in stillness.
Grass, trees, walls, tiles, and pebbles all engage in Buddha activity. We will join our practice with the surrounding landscape, a landscape of trees, grasses and sentient beings. The schedule for each day alternates sitting and walking meditation, including walking outdoors, and mindful meals. All accommodations are shared. Meals and accommodations are included in the price.
Dharma Talk by Guo Gu, founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida. Join the Cloud Zendo Dharma Talk here.
Our natural awakening—or buddha-nature—is inherent within all of us and waiting to be realized. Buddha-nature has the qualities of both silence and illumination, and by working with silent illumination meditation you can find your own awakening. Guo Gu introduces you to the significance and methods of this practice through in-depth explanations and guided instructions. To help establish a foundation for realizing silent illumination, he has translated twenty-five teachings from the influential master Hongzhi Zhengjue into English, accompanied by his personal commentary. Silent Illumination will be an indispensable resource for meditators interested in beginning or deepening their silent illumination practice.
Guo Gu is a Chan teacher, author, and Buddhist scholar. He is the founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida and founder of the socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization, Dharma Relief (DharmaRelief.org). As one of the few teachers carrying on the living wisdom of Chan Buddhism in the West and as the trainer of all Western Dharma teachers in the Dharma Drum Lineage of Master Sheng Yen (1931-2009), Guo Gu has a unique ability to bring profound Buddhist doctrines to life through concrete methods of practice. His teachings have touched the hearts of many students across the globe where he leads multi-day, intensive Chan retreats in different countries. His personal website is www.guogulaoshi.com.
Shop for a copy of Silent Illumination from Shambhala Publications, here.
Dharma Talk by Doshin Andrew Chaney. Andrew's dharma name is Doshin, Earth Spirit. He serves on the Board of Directors of HZC, and assists the head sewing teacher in the instruction of those who are preparing to receive the Bodhisattva Precepts.
Dharma Talk by Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez. Anna's dharma name is Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth. She is on the Board of Directors of HZC, and is a long-time student of Zen.
Dharma Talk by Teijo Munnich, founder of Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple. Join the Cloud Zendo Dharma Talk here.
Reverend Teijo Munnich is a Dharma Heir of Dainin Katagiri Roshi and a certified Soto Zen Priest, ordained in 1981. She received formal training at Hokyoji in Minnesota, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California, and Hosshinji Sodo in Japan.
About 1983, she began to envision a residential practice center and community and at its heart, a zen residential practice for women. This came to be Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple, incorporated in 2004. After an exacting search, a location was found with suitable space, and Great Tree opened her doors in 2005 in Alexander, NC. She also serves as teacher for the Zen Center of Asheville and the Charlotte Zen Meditation Society.
Dharma talk by Zen priest Gyōzan Royce Johnson. Gyōzan is the president of the Board of Directors of HZC, and an assistant priest in residence at the Center.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Deepen meditation practice and gather the mind during this Virtual day of intensive meditation practice led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin.
Dharma Talk by Zen teacher Zenshin Greg Fain Roshi. Zenshin is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman. He has lived and trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for many years. He served as the Tanto/Head of Practice for many years and is currently serving as the Treasurer.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Zen Meditation, Great Compassion
Compassion is the wondrous enactment of Zen Meditation which frees all beings.
Zen is about relationship, and compassion is the full expression of our true relationship. Join the retreat to hear the teachings of this distinguished teacher.
Led by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and Founder of Houston Zen Center
Five Day Retreat
Zen Meditation, Great Compassion
Compassion is the wondrous enactment of Zen Meditation which frees all beings.
Zen is about relationship, and compassion is the full expression of our true relationship. Join the retreat to hear the teachings of this distinguished teacher.
Led by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and Founder of Houston Zen Center
Five Day Retreat
Zen Meditation, Great Compassion
Compassion is the wondrous enactment of Zen Meditation which frees all beings.
Zen is about relationship, and compassion is the full expression of our true relationship. Join the retreat to hear the teachings of this distinguished teacher.
Led by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and Founder of Houston Zen Center
Five Day Retreat
Zen Meditation, Great Compassion
Compassion is the wondrous enactment of Zen Meditation which frees all beings.
Zen is about relationship, and compassion is the full expression of our true relationship. Join the retreat to hear the teachings of this distinguished teacher.
Led by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and Founder of Houston Zen Center
Five Day Retreat
Zen Meditation, Great Compassion
Compassion is the wondrous enactment of Zen Meditation which frees all beings.
Zen is about relationship, and compassion is the full expression of our true relationship. Join the retreat to hear the teachings of this distinguished teacher.
Led by Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi
Senior Dharma Teacher of San Francisco Zen Center and Founder of Houston Zen Center
Five Day Retreat
Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology.
Dharma Talk by Zen teacher Shinchi Linda Galijan Roshi. Shinchi is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman. She began practicing Buddhism in 1984, and was ordained by Sojun Roshi in 2004. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and a long-time yoga practitioner. She is the Tanto, head of practice, of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
Dharma Talk by Zen priest Choro Antonaccio.
Choro began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. Choro also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She moved from North Carolina to Texas last year, and currently serves as Tanto / Head of Practice at Austin Zen Center.
Note: Apologies for some Zoom connection trouble during this talk. You may notice parts have been clipped out, this was only discussion about the connection.
Zen Priests Seirin Tim Schorre and Gyōzan Royce Johnson lead a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice. The sesshin will be in-person for fully vaccinated participants. A zoom link will be provided for those who are unable to attend in person. The cut off date for signing up is Friday morning October 8 at 11 am. Otherwise, it is not possible to guarantee sending the zoom link to late sign ups.
The day will be focused on zazen and the practice of opening the mind and heart. Zazen can ground and support us, everyone around us, and the whole world, allowing us to open to the teachings of wisdom and compassion. The day includes zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a dharma talk with discussion, and breaks for meals.
Contemplations to Kindle Devotion for Practice
In this retreat, we will include the practices of remembering again and again the rarity and opportunity of human life; the impermanence of life; the infallibility of karmic cause and effect; and the discontent of habitual grasping.
As Kokyo Roshi describes: When we engage in these practices, we naturally turn towards Buddha-Dharma - whether we are just beginning on the path or seeking inspiration after many years.
Led by Kokyo Henkel Roshi
Kokyo Roshi is the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center in Santa Cruz, California and a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Contemplations to Kindle Devotion for Practice
In this retreat, we will include the practices of remembering again and again the rarity and opportunity of human life; the impermanence of life; the infallibility of karmic cause and effect; and the discontent of habitual grasping.
As Kokyo Roshi describes: When we engage in these practices, we naturally turn towards Buddha-Dharma - whether we are just beginning on the path or seeking inspiration after many years.
Led by Kokyo Henkel Roshi
Kokyo Roshi is the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center in Santa Cruz, California and a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Contemplations to Kindle Devotion for Practice
In this retreat, we will include the practices of remembering again and again the rarity and opportunity of human life; the impermanence of life; the infallibility of karmic cause and effect; and the discontent of habitual grasping.
As Kokyo Roshi describes: When we engage in these practices, we naturally turn towards Buddha-Dharma - whether we are just beginning on the path or seeking inspiration after many years.
Led by Kokyo Henkel Roshi
Kokyo Roshi is the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center in Santa Cruz, California and a dharma heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson.
Dharma talk by Sanran Maite Leal. Maite is a senior member of HZC. She is an art protector and restorer at MFAH. Her Dharma Names means Orchid of the Mountains.
Kent Rutter is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. He will be giving his Way Seeking Mind talk, his first dharma talk. Kent’s Dharma Name means Luminous Ocean.
Sally Meiya Muñoz is a senior member of Houston Zen Center. She taught at Duchesne Academy for 30 years, where she began a program to teach mindfulness to second, third, and fourth graders. Her dharma names means Luminous Night.
Dharma Talk by Shindō Neely Atkinson. Neely’s dharma name is Shindō, Heart of the Way. He is a science teacher and a long-time student of Zen.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and will be leading the 2021 Entering the Path of Practice Program.
Deepen meditation practice and gather the mind during this 5-day intensive meditation practice led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin and Shuso Jika Gayle Klaybor.
Deepen meditation practice and gather the mind during this 5-day intensive meditation practice led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin and Shuso Jika Gayle Klaybor.
Deepen meditation practice and gather the mind during this 5-day intensive meditation practice led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin and Shuso Jika Gayle Klaybor.
Deepen meditation practice and gather the mind during this 5-day intensive meditation practice led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin and Shuso Jika Gayle Klaybor.
Deepen meditation practice and gather the mind during this 5-day intensive meditation practice led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin and Shuso Jika Gayle Klaybor.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk on by Gyōshin Dan Le. Long time member of Houston Zen Center, currently practicing with monastic vows, Gyōshin has returned to Houston for a visit.
Dharma Talk by Gayle Jika Klaybor, Shuso / Head Student, and co-Head of Practice of HZC.
Zen Priest Dōjin Sarah Emerson leads a day of intensive practice. Practice Period participants are encouraged to sign up for this day. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to clarify our intention for the Summer Practice Period.
Opening of the Practice Period and Dharma Talk by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, Abiding Teacher of HZC.
Koun Franz is a Soto Zen priest. He leads practice at Zen Nova Scotia in Halifax, where he also works as deputy editor of Buddhadharma. His writings on parenting and Zen can be found at continuousmistake.com and nyoho.com.
Dharma Talk by Kagen Leo Golub, senior member of HZC, chair of finance committee. Leo is also a financial advisor and parent. He is devoted to caring for the land.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, and a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Tim Schorre
Zen Priests Seirin Tim Schorre and Gyōzan Royce Johnson lead a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice. The cut off date for signing up is Friday morning April 23rd at 11 am. Otherwise, it is not possible to guarantee sending the zoom link to late sign ups.
The day will be focused on zazen and the practice of opening the mind and heart. Zazen can ground and support us, everyone around us, and the whole world, allowing us to open to the teachings of wisdom and compassion. The day includes zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a dharma talk with discussion, and breaks for meals.
Mary Carol Edwards
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma Talk by Guo Gu, founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida.
Our natural awakening—or buddha-nature—is inherent within all of us and waiting to be realized. Buddha-nature has the qualities of both silence and illumination, and by working with silent illumination meditation you can find your own awakening. Guo Gu introduces you to the significance and methods of this practice through in-depth explanations and guided instructions. To help establish a foundation for realizing silent illumination, he has translated twenty-five teachings from the influential master Hongzhi Zhengjue into English, accompanied by his personal commentary. Silent Illumination will be an indispensable resource for meditators interested in beginning or deepening their silent illumination practice.
Guo Gu is a Chan teacher, author, and Buddhist scholar. He is the founder and teacher of the Tallahassee Chan Center in Florida and founder of the socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization, Dharma Relief (DharmaRelief.org). As one of the few teachers carrying on the living wisdom of Chan Buddhism in the West and as the trainer of all Western Dharma teachers in the Dharma Drum Lineage of Master Sheng Yen (1931-2009), Guo Gu has a unique ability to bring profound Buddhist doctrines to life through concrete methods of practice. His teachings have touched the hearts of many students across the globe where he leads multi-day, intensive Chan retreats in different countries. His personal website is www.guogulaoshi.com.
Shop for a copy of Silent Illumination from Shambhala Publications, here.
Brandon's Dharma Name means Inkstone Ocean, Turning Toward the Light. He is a senior member of HZC, a former member of the Board of Directors, an adjunct professor of creative writing at UH, a poet, a yoga teacher, and a leader of Houston Dharma Collective.
Dharma Talk by Zen priest Choro Antonaccio.
Choro began formal Zen practice in 1999 at Chapel Hill Zen Center, where she was lay and priest ordained by Josho Pat Phelan Roshi. Choro also trained at Tassajara, Green Gulch Farm, and City Center. She moved from North Carolina to Texas last year, and currently serves as Tanto / Head of Practice at Austin Zen Center.
Zen Priests Seirin Tim Schorre and Gyōzan Royce Johnson lead a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice. The cut off date for signing up is Friday morning March 19 at 11 am. Otherwise, it is not possible to guarantee sending the zoom link to late sign ups.
The day will be focused on zazen and the practice of opening the mind and heart. Zazen can ground and support us, everyone around us, and the whole world, allowing us to open to the teachings of wisdom and compassion. The day includes zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a dharma talk with discussion, and breaks for meals.
Kōshin Paley Ellison
Dharma Talk by Kōshin Paley Ellison, Co-Founder and Guiding Teacher of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
Intimacy is based on the willingness to open ourselves to many others, to family, friends, and even strangers, forming genuine and deep bonds based on common humanity. Kōshin Paley Ellison’s teachings share the way forward into a path of connection, compassion and intimacy.
Sensei Kōshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMin, is an author/editor and Soto Zen teacher and psychotherapist. Appreciated for his guidance in helping people integrate and apply time-tested Buddhist teachings as simple strategies for living in today’s chaotic world, He is a Co-Founder and Guiding Teacher of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, the author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up and an editor of the best-selling book Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care.
Laura O'Loughlin
Dharma Talk by Laura O’Loughlin, Zen teacher.
Laura O’Loughlin is a co-founder of Brooklyn Zen Center (BZC). She is a dharma teacher and Director for Ancestral Heart Zen Monastery. Laura received lay dharma entrustment from Teah Strozer in 2017 and had also formally studied with Darlene Cohen. She is a psychotherapist using mindfulness and trauma modalities to support healing and transformation. Before co-founding Brooklyn Zen Center, Laura trained residentially at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, San Francisco Zen Center's City Center as well as Austin Zen Center, where she served as Director. Laura is interested in how Soto Zen, alongside other somatic and wisdom practices, can support practitioners and communities to transform racial, patriarchal and other social harms. Laura has co-facilitated the undoing whiteness group at BZC for several years and has led sacred feminine retreats.
Dharma Talk on Dōgen Zenji by Jitsudo Tom Biddle, former member of the Board of Directors of HZC. Retired attorney and Naval officer.
Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts Roshi, Senior Dharma Teacher
Eijun Linda Cutts came to San Francisco Zen Center in 1971 and was ordained as a priest in 1975. She has lived at Tassajara and San Francisco City Center, and has resided at Green Gulch Farm since 1993. In 1996 Linda received dharma transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson. Having served as Abbess of San Francisco Zen Center from 2000 to 2007, she was appointed Abiding Abbess of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in 2010, and Central Abbess of SFZC in 2014. She continues to teach and lead practice periods and retreats at Tassajara, Green Gulch, Mexico, Italy and elsewhere, and has been leading Yoga-Zen retreats and workshops for many years. Linda sits on the National Board of Interfaith Power and Light (IPL), an interfaith group dedicated to addressing climate change through faith-based education and skillful action. She is also on the Board of the Consciousness, Mindfulness and Compassion (CMandC) International Association.
Dharma Talk by Korin Charlie Pokorny, Zen Priest.
Korin Charlie Pokorny was ordained as a Zen priest by Reb Anderson in 1999. Charlie and his partner, Dojin Sarah Emerson, are head priests at Stone Creek Zen Center founded by Jisho Warner. He also teaches at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and co-Tanto / Head of Practice of HZC.
Dharma Talk by Ben Connelly, Author, and Zen teacher.
Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, writes for Tricycle magazine, and is author for Wisdom Publications of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, and Mindfulness and Intimacy.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center, and will be leading the 2021 Entering the Path of Practice Program.
Dharma Talk by Kyoshin Anna Gonzalez. Anna's dharma name is Kyoshin, Bridge of Truth. She is a long-time student of Zen.
Dharma Talk by Kokyo Henkel, Roshi, the former Abiding Teacher of Santa Cruz Zen Center. Kokyo Roshi trained for more than 19 years at San Francisco Zen Center and in Japan before taking up the responsibility of Santa Cruz Zen Center in 2002. He is currently on retreat at Crestone Mountain Zen Center before relocating to Nepal.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Hondo Dave Rutschman, Shuso/Head Student of the 2018-2019 Practice Period. Hondo is also a therapist in private practice, a grief counselor, and a parent to two children, and a poet and writer.
Dharma Talk by Keisen Lynn Snow, PhD. Lynn is a long-time member of Houston Zen Center. She leads a group of meditators in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she is also a professor of psychology.
Dharma Talk by Brad Warner, Author, blogger, documentarian, musician, Zen teacher.
Brad returns to Houston Zen Center! But not yet in person. This will be a zoom talk and discussion.
Brad Warner is the author of Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen, Hardcore Zen, Sit Down and Shut Up, Don’t Be a Jerk, and several other books. He was ordained a Zen Buddhist monk by Gudo Nishijima Roshi. He grew up in Akron, Ohio and Nairobi, Kenya.
He has practiced Zen for over 30 years. He plays bass in the hardcore punk band Zero Defex. For 11 years, he worked in Japan for the company founded by creator of Godzilla. He’s appeared in the film Zombie Bounty Hunter M.D. and there is a documentary about him titled Brad Warner’s Hardcore Zen.
Brad Warner
Dharma Talk by Eileen Kyōgetsu Dwyer, Vice President of the Board of HZC. Eileen is a Founding Partner of the Rice University Center for the Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality; a former member of the Board of Annie’s List, and a speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. Eileen’s dharma name means Moonlight Mirror.
Isshin Glen and Abbot Gaelyn Godwin
Dharma Talk by Zen Priest and senior member of HZC, Isshin Glen Snyder. Isshin (Whole Hearted) was ordained at Houston Zen Center in 2012. He currently lives in Tokyo, where he has been based for 6 years. He completed Ango (training period) at Toshoji monastery in Japan. He works on research, and guides other researchers, at Gakushuin University in Tokyo and at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo. He served in many roles at HZC, including Ino, and lived in residence at the temple before moving to Japan.
Zen Priest Zengetsu Vicki Glenn leads a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice. The cut off date for signing up is Friday morning October 2, at 11 am. Otherwise, it is not possible to guarantee sending the zoom link to late sign ups.
The day will be focused on zazen and the practice of opening the mind and heart. Zazen can ground and support us, everyone around us, and the whole world, allowing us to open to the teachings of wisdom and compassion. The day includes zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a dharma talk with discussion, and breaks for meals.
Dharma Talk by Zen Priest and senior member of HZC, Eric Arbiter. Eric is also a musician with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the author of a soon-to-be-published book, The Way of Cane, on the history and art of making reeds for wind instruments.
Dharma Talk by Zen Priest Dōjin Sarah Emerson, the co-Head Priest of Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, California. Rev. Dōjin trained at Tassajara and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center from 1997-2007. She was ordained at Houston Zen Center in 2007 and served as Shuso/Head Monk in 2013-2014. She received Dharma Transmission, recognition as a fully ordained dharma successor from Abbot Gaelyn, in 2015. She is now the co-head teacher of Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, CA, but returns to teach at Houston Zen Center every year.
Dharma talk by Henderson Smith, Jr. BS. Henderson is a Certified master teacher of Qigong & Tai Chi. He also trains in various modalities with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. For more information on Henderson’s work, visit his websites for Living Well Therapies, and Me Time 24/7.
Dharma Talk by Unzan Mako Voelkel, the Head Priest of Austin Zen Center. Rev. Voelkel began Zen practice in 1997 and became a full-time monastic resident at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. She lived and worked for ten years at Tassajara serving in several temple positions including Work Leader, Head Cook, Fire Marshal, Head of the Meditation Hall and Director. She was ordained as a Zen priest in 2009 by Ryushin Paul Haller and received Dharma Transmission in 2019.
Abbot Gaelyn Godwin leads a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice.
The day will be focused on zazen and understanding karma. Zazen can ground and support us, everyone around us, and the whole world, allowing us to open to the teachings of karma. The day includes zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a dharma talk with discussion, and breaks for meals. Beginners are encouraged to contact the co-Tantos before signing up.
Rev. Gyōzan Royce Johnson leads a day of intensive practice. Practicing together in a day of sesshin allows us to continue to develop and deepen practice.
Dharma talk by Assistant Teacher of HZC Shinji Mary Carol Edwards. Mary Carol is a landscape designer, wetlands restoration expert, and owner/founder of Green Star Wetland Plant Farm.
Dharma Talk by Rev. Seirin Tim Schorre. Tim is a Zen Priest, an architect, and an assistant teacher at Houston Zen Center.
Dharma talk by Zengetsu Vicki Glenn, Soto Zen Priest, and Head Monk/Shuso of the Summer Practice Period.
Practice Periods are times of intensive focus on meditation and study, bringing heart, mind and body together in one focused effort. This Practice Period is a precious opportunity to practice together intensively, using Cloud Zendo meetings. Your practice will be enhanced and nourished by staying in creative contact with dharma friends and teachers.
This Intensive Practice Period/Ango, is led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, and Shuso Head Student Zengetsu Vicki Glenn. We will merge practice and everyday activities.
Practice Periods are times of intensive focus on meditation and study, bringing heart, mind and body together in one focused effort. This Practice Period is a precious opportunity to practice together intensively, using Cloud Zendo meetings. Your practice will be enhanced and nourished by staying in creative contact with dharma friends and teachers.
This Intensive Practice Period/Ango, is led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, and Shuso Head Student Zengetsu Vicki Glenn. We will merge practice and everyday activities.
Practice Periods are times of intensive focus on meditation and study, bringing heart, mind and body together in one focused effort. This Practice Period is a precious opportunity to practice together intensively, using Cloud Zendo meetings. Your practice will be enhanced and nourished by staying in creative contact with dharma friends and teachers.
This Intensive Practice Period/Ango, is led by Abbot Gaelyn Godwin, and Shuso Head Student Zengetsu Vicki Glenn. We will merge practice and everyday activities.