Please join Hokyoji each Sunday morning for a talk and discussion on Zoom featuring guest speakers from the Zen Buddhist community. All are welcome! Just click this link to join by Zoom. Videos of past talks are available here.

8:30 a.m. CST – Zazen

8:55 – Walking Meditation (Kinhin)

9:00  – Zazen

9:30 to 10:30 – Dharma Talk and Discussion

Feel free to join the program at any point in the schedule. We hope to see you there!

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March 3 - Rev. Dokai Georgesen, Guiding Teacher

Rev. Dokai Georgesen started practicing Zen with Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1974 and was ordained in 1984. He received transmission from Katagiri Roshi in 1989 He is the Guiding Teacher at Hokyoji and has resided there since 2003. He is the current President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA).

March 10 - Rev. Myo-O Habermas-Scher, Associate Teacher

Rev. Myo-O Habermas-Scher practiced with Katagiri Roshi from 1975 until his death in 1990; she also trained for twelve years in the Vipassana tradition. She received Dharma transmission in 2012 from Dokai at Hokyoji. Myo-O is a master movement teacher and teaches somatically based vocal training. In 2021 she retired after fourteen years as an interfaith staff chaplain at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, MHealth Fairview. She is also a mom and a grandmother to two little grandsons.

March 17 - Ryushin Jan Freier

Ryushin Jan Freier is a long-time practitioner who started practicing at MZMC in 1985. He received jukai there in 1988, and worked as tenzo and other mostly kitchen-related jobs until 1994. He attended Clouds-in-Water Zen Center for a couple of years starting in 2002. In 2016 he became a member of the Hokyoji practice community. He volunteers regularly at Open Arms and Second Harvest Heartland to feed those in need. 

March 24 - Shodo Spring

Shodo Spring first met the Dharma through Katagiri Roshi, and later received transmission from Shohaku Okumura. Her practice focuses on our relationship with all sentient beings. She’s working on her second book.

March 31 - Rev. Dokai Georgesen, Guiding Teacher

Rev. Dokai Georgesen started practicing Zen with Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1974 and was ordained in 1984. He received transmission from Katagiri Roshi in 1989 He is the Guiding Teacher at Hokyoji and has resided there since 2003. He is the current President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA).

April 7 - Marc Anderson

Marc Anderson has been practicing meditation for over forty years. He is a Buddhist priest and chaplain at Macalester College. He is also an internationally known professional percussionist, a poet, the founder of the Urban Monk Project, and he has for years taught people of all ages how to open to their creativity. His training includes Loch Kelly non-dual mindfulness and awareness, Non-Violent Communication, and a BA in Cultural Anthropology.