SEICHU
Spring 2024 March 14 to May 19
For ten weeks, participants are invited to make a personal commitment, 1) to practice, 2) to study, 3) to community. Seichu schedule includes....
Retreats starting with a one-day March 17, and ending with a three day (May 17-19)
Weekly Study sessions, Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 pm with guidance from guest teachers (see below) .
Costs are by donation, with $75 per retreat day and, $150 for ten study sessions suggested, Package Deal $400.
Questions: contact us . To donate go here .
Register: Please use our Spring Seichu Signup:<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ 13OG1crxBcPBa 1n4g1D2xhikffu9qsrgrGmoeCUFJkQ8/edit?usp=sharing>
Commitment
The following offers suggestions and space to record your own Seichu commitment. For questions or consultation, contact Gendo ([email protected]). Participants are invited to join a Seichu opening ceremony Sunday, March 17, 7:30 pm, with opportunity to share your commitment with others (on Zoom or in person at the Zen Center).
1) Practice. For both new and experienced practitioners, there are ways to challenge yourself, make a commitment to a daily schedule of contemplation, either on your own or together with others, virtual or in person. UVZC offers a schedule of introductory sessions, daily practice and retreats that all are welcome to join (on Zoom and in-person.) Website at UVZC.org
2) Study. Participants are invited to join a weekly Study Group, Thursday nights, 7 to 8:30 pm. Sessions begin with a period of meditation, followed by study of Everyday Zen. Our invited teachers will offer their commentary, followed by group discussion.
3) Community. Participants serve community by commitment to learning the forms and taking leadership in our practice together; and/or by working together to make Zendo improvements (a Work Day, TBD); by joining Gendo in support of Dartmouth Zen Practice, Wheelock Terrace residents group and/or prison visits (Springfield, VT); or joining the project of your choice that gives back to the wider Upper Valley commuunity.
Retreats starting with a one-day March 17, and ending with a three day (May 17-19)
Weekly Study sessions, Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 pm with guidance from guest teachers (see below) .
Costs are by donation, with $75 per retreat day and, $150 for ten study sessions suggested, Package Deal $400.
Questions: contact us . To donate go here .
Register: Please use our Spring Seichu Signup:<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ 13OG1crxBcPBa 1n4g1D2xhikffu9qsrgrGmoeCUFJkQ8/edit?usp=sharing>
Commitment
The following offers suggestions and space to record your own Seichu commitment. For questions or consultation, contact Gendo ([email protected]). Participants are invited to join a Seichu opening ceremony Sunday, March 17, 7:30 pm, with opportunity to share your commitment with others (on Zoom or in person at the Zen Center).
1) Practice. For both new and experienced practitioners, there are ways to challenge yourself, make a commitment to a daily schedule of contemplation, either on your own or together with others, virtual or in person. UVZC offers a schedule of introductory sessions, daily practice and retreats that all are welcome to join (on Zoom and in-person.) Website at UVZC.org
2) Study. Participants are invited to join a weekly Study Group, Thursday nights, 7 to 8:30 pm. Sessions begin with a period of meditation, followed by study of Everyday Zen. Our invited teachers will offer their commentary, followed by group discussion.
3) Community. Participants serve community by commitment to learning the forms and taking leadership in our practice together; and/or by working together to make Zendo improvements (a Work Day, TBD); by joining Gendo in support of Dartmouth Zen Practice, Wheelock Terrace residents group and/or prison visits (Springfield, VT); or joining the project of your choice that gives back to the wider Upper Valley commuunity.
Study Thursdays, 7-8:30 pm
The text, Everyday Zen is divided among ten weeks starting Thursday, March 14. Copies of the book may be available for purchase or loan (contact us). The text is also available on-line (https://extrafilespace.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/charlotte-joko-beck-everyday-zen.pdf). Advance reading of the text is recommended, though you are welcome to attend sessions regardless.
We are grateful to have a\our study guided by guest Zen teachers joining us (mostly) via Zoom. A Schedule and brief biographies follow below.
We are grateful to have a\our study guided by guest Zen teachers joining us (mostly) via Zoom. A Schedule and brief biographies follow below.
Zengetsu Myokyo was ordained in 1986 at Mt. Baldy Zen Center and was ordained as a Zen Osho (Priest) by Joshu Sasaki Roshi in 1999, receiving the name Zengetsu, and continued to study with Jōshū Roshi until his death in July, 2014. Myōkyō is abbess of Enpuku-ji Rinzai Zen Center In Montreal, Canada.
Zengetsu Myokyo was ordained in 1986 at Mt. Baldy Zen Center and was ordained as a Zen Osho (Priest) by Joshu Sasaki Roshi in 1999, receiving the name Zengetsu, and continued to study with Jōshū Roshi until his death in July, 2014. Myōkyō is abbess of Enpuku-ji Rinzai Zen Center In Montreal, Canada.
Zenki Mary Mocine has been a Zen priest since 1994. A Lawyer for 18 years, Mary practiced legal aid, a bit of criminal defense, plaintiffs’ personal injury and labor law. Mary is now the abbess at the Vallejo Zen Center, which she founded in 2000 upon leaving the San Francisco Zen Center.
Hakusho Johan Ostlund lived and practiced at San Francisco Zen Center from 2006 to 2020, was ordained as a Soto Zen priest by Green Gulch Abbess Furyu Nancy Schroeder in 2012 and began teaching as Shuso (Head Student), under her guidance, in 2016. He now lives with his wife in Southeastern Vermont where he is the resident teacher and founder of the Brattleboro Zen Center.
Zen Master Jok Um (Ken Kessel) began studying with Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1975, and received transmission in April 2017. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a psychotherapist, guiding teacher for New Haven Zen Center, Hwa Um Sa-Orlando Zen Center, Gateless Gate Zen Center (Gainesville) and Cypress Tree Zen Group (Tallahassee).
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Diane Eshin Rizzetto received Dharma Transmission from Charlotte Joko Beck in 1994, and became the teacher at the Bay Zen Center. She served as its abbess and teacher for nearly 25 years. Diane is author of two books: Waking Up to What You Do: A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and Compassion (Shambhala) and, most recently, Deep Hope: Zen Guidance for Staying Steadfast When the World Seems Hopeless (Shambhala).
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Seiso, Paul Cooper is Co-founder, Guiding Teacher at the Two Rivers Zen Community, Narrowsburg, N.Y. and the Realizational Practice Studies Center in N.Y.C; also guiding teacher for the Lincoln Zen Center in Lincoln, NE; studied in both the Soto and Rinzai Zen traditions; an ordained Soto Zen priest and transmitted teacher in the lineage of Dainin Katagiri, and practicing psychoanalyst.
Misha Shungen Merrill is the primary teacher for Zen Heart Sangha in Menlo Park and Woodside, California, as well as the guiding teacher for the Twining Vines Sangha of New York. She has been practicing Zen since 1984 and received Dharma Transmission (permission to teach) in 1998 in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, the founder of San Francisco Zen Center. She resides in Woodside with her husband and four-footed friends.
Julie Seido Nelson, Sensai, is a member of the Greater Boston Zen Center and a professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts. She has practiced Zen since about 2003, is a sensai, having received both Denkai and Denbo transmission in the Taizan Maezumi lineage from Susan Myoyu Andersen, Roshi, in August, 2023.
Gendo Allyn Field began his study of Zen in 1974, received lay ordination from Joshu Sasaki in 2003 and suishiki (teacher ordination) from Sandy Gentei Stewart, in 2013; founded the Upper Valley Zen Center in 2005, is a “per diem chaplain" at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, supports practice at Dartmouth College, at Wheelock Terrace Assisted Living and at a Vermont State Prison. He lives in Lebanon New Hampshire with his wife and two cats.