Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Weekend Sangha Practice
Join for our monthly online ceremony. After connecting with sangha members, join us in performing the morning service followed by a meditation and a dharma talk by Ming Po Larry Matthews.
Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Various types of Qi Gong are offered to improve balance, strengthen the body and improve circulation of qi/chi. Suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead this monthly movement practice. Class is open to anyone.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
Join us for our weekly community meditation We begin each session with a check-in. Emyo Darlene will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed by discussion and question and response.
Emotional Koan Study Group
Join our monthly study group devoted to exploring the embodiment of emotional experience and the potential for insight with emotional koan work. No experience necessary.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Gently Sitting Like A Stone- Six Day In Person Retreat
Join Ekai Joel Kreisberg, Koto Washi Dallas Chief Eagle and Fugen Tom Pitner Roshi for a Spirit-guided meditation retreat and ceremony. blending planetary dharma, and the teachings of Jun Po Roshi with spirit practices of First Peoples.
Stand Like a Tree - The Standing Poses of Zhan Zhuang
Zhan Zhuang, or standing qi gong is a Daoist energy practice consisting of different stationary standing postures held for a set period of time. Most internal martial arts systems use some form of standing practice as a foundation to build physical strength and increase internal power.
Spirituality & Spiritual Identity - Fall Practice Period 2025
Join us for the first session of the Fall Practice Period. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will explore Spirituality and Spiritual Identity, the opening chapter in When the Buddha Needs Therapy.
Zazenkai - Mondo Koan Intensive - One-Day Online Retreat
Led by trained facilitators, the Mondo Koan Intensive takes participants through the entire ten koans of the Ego Deconstruction-Reconstruction process. Participants will practice together in the full group as well as being led in small-group triads in order to better close the gap between facilitator and participant.
Seminar - Emotional Awareness Koans of Jun Po Roshi
This five week seminar will take us the second part of Jun Po Roshi’s Mondo Facilitation Process. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead the class. All are welcome.
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The Dignity and Disaster of My Ego - Fall Practice Period 2025
Emyo Darlene Tataryn will offer a teaching on the dignity and disaster of the ego for this second dharma reflection with Kogen’s When the Buddha Needs Therapy. The teaching will be followed by a discussion.
When does the Buddha need therapy? - Fall Practice Period 2025
Daiden Dan Pecaut will frame the challenge of each of these two perspectives - traditional zen and modern psychology - as preparation for how to move into working with both together. Daiden’s dharma reflection will conclude with an interactive discussion.
Can anyone make you angry? - Fall Practice Period 2025
With a healthy zazen practice, on can have a choice as to whether one reacts with anger or responds to the anger arising with an enlightened view. Shunya Lynn Hyer will offer the dharma reflection this week which will include a discussion with participants.
Why there are no victims - Fall Practice Period 2025
The opportunity occurs whenever you find yourself emotionally triggered, this is precisely the moment to remember and choose the wisdom of Zen. - everything is impermanent, everything is dependently arising and the self is expressing a natural wisdom. Remember and choose a compassionate response. Kenshin Cian Whalley takes up this key perspective his is dharma reflection about the illusion of the victim.
Can you choose enlightenment? - Fall Practice Period 2025
Kogen Keith Martin-Smith will take us through his four steps or practices for awakening. Recognizing several Zen insights is key to this practice and Kogen offers his own wisdom and unique perspective.
Zazenkai - The Capping Phrases of Jun Po Roshi
This day-long retreat offers a series of hands-on teachings utilizing the full set of capping phrases for the koans of Jun Po Roshi’s Mondo Facilitation process. This retreat is for beginners as well as practitioners interested in this style of practice, all in the security of a supportive community .
Rohatsu - All Night Meditation
Join seven clergy members as we sit together for an all night meditation in honor of Sakyamuni Buddha's Awakening underneath the Bodhi tree.
108 Bells Ceremony
n the Buddhist tradition, ringing the bell 108 times rids us of the 108 delusions that we suffer on earth. Through this ritual, we purify ourselves of the past year’s three poisons: greed, anger and delusion.
Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
Join us for our weekly community meditation We begin each session with a check-in. Emyo Darlene will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed by discussion and question and response.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
Join us for our weekly community meditation We begin each session with a check-in. Emyo Darlene will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed by discussion and question and response.
Precepts Renewal Ceremony - Iron Mountain Zendo
Committing to our values as a community strengthens our ability to embody our ideals. Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society is pleased to be offering a quarterly online ceremony where we can connect and commit to the precepts together.
Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Various types of Qi Gong are offered to improve balance, strengthen the body and improve circulation of qi/chi. Suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead this monthly movement practice. Class is open to anyone.
Weekend Sangha Practice
Join for our monthly online ceremony. After connecting with sangha members, join us in performing the morning service followed by a meditation and a Dharma Reflection by Nanda Nina Lynch.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Zazen Sitting Group - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
Join us for our weekly zazen group in Portugal. Nanda Nina Lynch will lead the meditation session followed by a brief check-in after the sit to help us feel connected.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Emotional Koan Study Group
Join our monthly study group devoted to exploring the embodiment of emotional experience and the potential for insight with emotional koan work. No experience necessary.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Weekend Sangha Practice
Join for our monthly online ceremony. After connecting with sangha members, join us in performing the morning service followed by a meditation and a dharma reflection by Ming Po Larry Matthews.
Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Various types of Qi Gong are offered to improve balance, strengthen the body and improve circulation of qi/chi. Suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead this monthly movement practice. Class is open to anyone.
Community Meeting - Shining Bright Lotus
We seek to listen to our community members. as a commitment to respecting ourselves and others. The annual community meeting is an opportunity to connect with other members, share your thoughts and experiences, and listen.
Shuso Ceremony - Shining Bright Lotus
In a traditional Zen monastery, the head student served the role of mentor and guide to the new students. The Shuso Ceremony honors his or her leadership by providing an opportunity to offer a teaching to the sangha.
Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Various types of Qi Gong are offered to improve balance, strengthen the body and improve circulation of qi/chi. Suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead this monthly movement practice. Class is open to anyone.
Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Join us for our weekly sitting group in the UK. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead the session with meditation, dharma discussion and question and response.
Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Various types of Qi Gong are offered to improve balance, strengthen the body and improve circulation of qi/chi. Suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. Jozen Jonathon Fielder will lead this monthly movement practice. Class is open to anyone.
Weekend Sangha Practice - Shining Bright Lotus
Join for our monthly online ceremony. After connecting with sangha members, join us in performing the morning service followed by a meditation and a dharma talk by Ming Po Larry Matthews.
Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
Join us for our weekly community meditation We begin each session with a check-in. Emyo Darlene will lead us in a guided meditation guided by followed by discussion and question and response.