Special Events
Thursday Evening Event with Guest Teacher Shana Smith
Join us for our May 12 Thursday evening online event, sitting-meditation and a dharma talk given by guest teacher Shana Smith. Meditation begins at 5:30pm MT and the dharma talk
Thursday Evening Event, Sit and Dharmatalk with Peggy Sheehan
Join us for our May 26 Thursday evening online event, sitting-meditation and a dharma talk given by guest teacher Peggy Sheehan. Meditation begins at 5:30pm MT and the dharma talk
Original Love: Support, Trust, Awakening Weekend Retreat
Support, Trust, Awakening Virtual Weekend: June 11-12 “We can open to the healing and awakening power of support, seen and unseen.” – Henry Shukman Join Henry and the Original Love
Summer Sesshin 2022 with Henry Shukman and Valerie Forstman
Summer Solstice Retreat: June 20-26, 2022 Intimacy with all things -- what koans can teach us What a wonderful thing it is that we can discover our intimacy with all
30 Days of Zen: July 1-30, 2022 – Registration Closed
30 Days of Zen
Deepen your practice through 30 days of Zen training including daily meditation, sangha support, teachings from past Zen Masters, and guidance from Henry Shukman, Valerie Forstman, and current leaders in Sanbo Zen.
Even if all of the innumerable buddhas in the entire universe combined their efforts and attempted to measure the merit of one person’s zazen , they could never fathom it. ~ from Dogen’s Talk on Wholehearted Practice of the Way
Zazenkai, Saturday July 16
Saturday July 16, 2022 Zazenkai, A Day of Zen Led by Valerie Forstman Women in Zen: Valerie will take up Bodhidharma’s disciple, Zongchi, for our July online day of Zen
Q&A with Henry Shukman – July 18 5-7pm MT
Join us for this live event where Henry will be responding to questions from our real-life practice. This Q&A session is special opportunity to receive teachings on the wide range of
Poetry, Music and Samadhi in Meditation
Join MCZC Spiritual Director Henry Shukman and senior Zen student, Shana Smith, (also poet and musician respectively), for an evening of poetry, music and an introduction to samadhi and flow
Thursday Evening Event with Henry Shukman, July 28
Join us in our virtual zendo for our ThursdayEvening Sit and Dharma talk with Henry Shukman When: Thursday July 28 Meditation: 5:30pm MT Dharma talk: 6:00pm MTWhere: Virtual Zendo
Original Love: Samadhi – the Deep Clear Lake, 6-week Series
Samadhi - The Deep Clear Lake 6 week course: Sundays July 31 – September 4, 2022, 10am – 12pm MT Weekend retreat: Saturday & Sunday, September 10-11, 2022 If you’ve ever