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*Hello friends! We are gathering in the Cities for our Annual Membership Meeting and will not be hosting a talk this Sunday, March 7. Please join us next week (Sunday, March 14) for an offering from our own Reisei Marc Anderson.
Enjoy your Sunday morning!
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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April 7 - No Talk
Because of the Annual Meeting in the Twin Cities this weekend, there will be no Sunday Morning Dharma Talk.
See you in a week!
April 14 - 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.
April 21 - 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 28 - Rev. Onryu "GD" Kennedy, Associate Teacher
Rev. Onryu Kennedy has received transmission in both the Katagiri and Uchiyama Roshi lineages. In 2019 and 2020, she attended three month practice periods at Toshoji International Zen Center (Japan) and in 2017 at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (California). In the Spring 2020 practice period at Toshoji she was Shuso, head monk for the practice period. She completed zuise in January 2023. And in February 2024 her application for Kokusaifukuyoshi was approved by the Japanese Sotoshu.
Throughout her life she has valued social justice work as an expression of her vow. She is currently an Associate teacher at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community. She experiences great joy in the opportunity to learn and teach Buddhist practices.
May 5 - 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).
