Zen Alive! Sunday Program

Weekly Sunday Morning Program - 10am to Noon

Join us for our weekly Sunday morning program with meditation, Zen chanting, and a Dharma talk with discussion by Red Cedar Zen and visiting speakers. Whether you are an old hand at this or you are just Zen-curious and know nothing about Zen practice, please come! 

ABOUT ZEN ALIVE!

We always ask questions. What is real and what is delusion? Living an examined life can be a pain in the neck. And then, there is the point where Zen practice, community, and our everyday lives meet. Life encountered directly! Before we have time to slap the good or bad label on it, we see it all: beautiful sunrises, bad service, political news, global warming, our fast-paced digital life, love, time with friends, sickness and aging and death... all happening at the same time. Issa said it so well in his haiku: 

The world of dew
Is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet—

—Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828)

We will explore this intersection of life, this world, and stories of awakening on Sundays during Zen Alive! Local and guest Zen Buddhist teachers will explore awakening, enlightenment, and practice-realization. 

And, as we said in the beginning: "Living an examined life in some ways is a pain in the neck." Maybe we think everything should be different from how it is, and at other times we believe everything should stay forever exactly like this! And yet, and yet... it changes. Always. Please come to help us explore this theme through the practice of sitting meditation (zazen), walking meditation (kinhin), dharma talk, and  conversation.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS:

Sunday, February 28: Ninen Susan Elbe, Priest at Mountain Rain Zen, Vancouver BC. Topic: Sandokai.

Note: no Zen Alive program on March 7th. Practice Period participants are invited to join the Shuso's Dharma Inquiry Ceremony at 11am that morning.

Sunday, March 14: Nomon Tim Burnett, Guiding Teacher at Red Cedar Zen.  Topic: Living the Awakened Life: Reflections on the Dhammapada.

Sunday, March 21: Ryushin Kate McKenna, Priest at Red Cedar Zen.

Sunday, March 28: Shudo Chris Burkhart, Head of Practice at Red Cedar Zen. Topic: Awakening on the Way of the Bodhisattva.

Sunday, April 4: Nomon Tim Burnett, Guiding Teacher at Red Cedar Zen. 

Sunday, April 18: Ryushin Andrea Thach, Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday, April 25: Seishu John Wiley, Lay Entrusted Teacher at Red Cedar Zen 

Sunday, May 16: Jeong Ji Anita Feng, Blue Heron Zen Community, Seattle. Topic: "What am I? -- Awakening to the Question of Being"

Sunday, May 23: Hoka Chris Fortin

The event will be online in our virtual zendo at https://zoom.us/j/5601791305
Please email registrar@redcedarzen.org to request the password. There is no charge for this event but donations are welcome and if you appreciate Red Cedar Zen we'd be delighted if you became a member. 

To receive reminders and notices about guest speakers and other Sunday program news please REGISTER for Zen Alive!