by SJZC Administrator | Oct 26, 2026
from Mushin The Zen teaching on the impermanence and interbeing nature of all compounded things points to how they function continually in our lives. All things work together. No matter what. Zen Ancestor Baizhang is known for saying,”a day without work, is a day...
by SJZC Administrator | Oct 19, 2026
from Sogen Dajian Huineng is our sixth ancestor in China. He lived 638-713 CE. He was a householder, supporting himself and his mother as a woodcutter. The story goes that one day, he heard a monk reciting this line from The Diamond Sutra: “Let your mind function...
by SJZC Administrator | Oct 6, 2026
from Sogen On Friday, our Fall Ango period, on the theme of Lineage, begins with Meet and Greet the Ancestors, an immersion sesshin. In our Sunday services we have named a few ancestors to whom we dedicate the merit of our practice. First, Great Teacher Shakyamuni...
by SJZC Administrator | Sep 15, 2026
from Mushin Renunciation was never something I wanted to practice. It always suggested a narrowing of experience to me, rather than an opening to it. I assumed that spiritual practice should bring relief from the burdens, the emotional restriction we may carry when we...
by SJZC Administrator | Aug 17, 2026
from Mushin We can get so bogged down with the difficulties of being a human being, that it takes a while to understand the method in Zen practice. How it functions and helps us transform our view of what this life is. What is most important and how to allow this to...
