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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Jun
17

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, June 17, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Jun
18
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, June 18, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Jun
24

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, June 24, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Jun
25
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, June 25, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Shuso Ceremony - Shining Bright Lotus
Jun
28
Community Events

Shuso Ceremony - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Saturday, June 28, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join for our monthly online ceremony. After connecting with sangha members, join us in performing the morning service followed by the Shuso ceremony, a traditional form of practice where the lead student must answer questions.

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Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Jun
28
Iron Mountain

Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice

  • Saturday, June 28, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meeting - Shining Bright Lotus
Jul
12
Community Events

Community Meeting - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Gently Sitting Like A Stone- Six Day In Person Retreat
Oct
6
to Oct 11
Retreat, Fall Practice 23

Gently Sitting Like A Stone- Six Day In Person Retreat

  • Mon, Oct 6, 2025 11:00 AM Sat, Oct 11, 2025 11:05 AM
  • All Nations Gathering Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Rohatsu - All Night Meditation
Dec
7
to Dec 8
Retreat

Rohatsu - All Night Meditation

  • Sun, Dec 7, 2025 4:30 PM Mon, Dec 8, 2025 4:30 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join seven clergy members as we sit together for an all night meditation in honor of Sakyamuni Buddha's Awakening underneath the Bodhi tree.

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108 Bells Ceremony
Dec
28
Retreat, Community Events

108 Bells Ceremony

  • Sunday, December 28, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 12:30 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
Jun
14
Iron Mountain

Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice

  • Saturday, June 14, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Weekend Sangha Practice - Shining Bright Lotus
Jun
14

Weekend Sangha Practice - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Saturday, June 14, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Jun
11
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, June 11, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Jun
10

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
Jun
4
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, June 4, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
Jun
3

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, June 3, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
May
31
Iron Mountain

Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice

  • Saturday, May 31, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Weekend Sangha Practice - Shining Bright Lotus
May
31

Weekend Sangha Practice - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Saturday, May 31, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
May
28
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, May 28, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
May
27

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, May 27, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
May
25
Events

Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen

  • Sunday, May 25, 2025
  • 10:00 AM 11:15 AM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Wisdom and Knowledge - Spring Practice Period
May
23

Wisdom and Knowledge - Spring Practice Period

  • Friday, May 23, 2025
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The seven perfections of the Mahayana will serve as transcendent practices for wholeness. This session explores the Perfection of Knowledge with Ekai Joel Kreisberg.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
May
21
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
May
20

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
May
18
Events

Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen

  • Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • 10:00 AM 11:15 AM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Awakening The Heart of Compassion - One Day Online Retreat
May
18
Fall Practice 24, Retreat, Spring Practice Period 25

Awakening The Heart of Compassion - One Day Online Retreat

  • Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 2:00 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Emotional Koan work is meant for those interested in taking their practice off the cushion and into our interpersonal world in which our habitual emotional responses offer us insight an access to wisdom and transformation. Join us for a day of exploration!

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Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice
May
17
Iron Mountain

Bamboo Forest Qi Gong Bi-Monthly Practice

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Vimalakirti Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period
May
17

Vimalakirti Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the last of the seven bodhisattva archetypes from Taigen Dan Leighton’s Faces of Compassion. This session explores Vimalakirti as a Bodhisattva archetype.

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Commitment - Spring Practice Period
May
16

Commitment - Spring Practice Period

  • Friday, May 16, 2025
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The seven perfections of the Mahayana will serve as transcendent practices for wholeness. This session explores the Perfection of Commitment with Ming Po Larry Matthews.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
May
14
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
May
13

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, May 13, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Memorial Service and Meditation - Online
May
12
Retreat

Memorial Service and Meditation - Online

  • Monday, May 12, 2025
  • 5:30 PM 7:00 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the Hollow Bones Evening Service, Zazen, and Council dedicated to our founding teacher and mentor.

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Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen
May
11
Events

Sunday Sit - One Wisdom Zen

  • Sunday, May 11, 2025
  • 10:00 AM 11:15 AM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Maitreya Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period
May
10

Maitreya Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period

  • Saturday, May 10, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the sixth of the seven bodhisattva archetypes from Taigen Dan Leighton’s Faces of Compassion. This session explores Maitreya as a Bodhisattva archetype.

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Skillful Means - Spring Practice Period
May
9

Skillful Means - Spring Practice Period

  • Friday, May 9, 2025
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The seven perfections of the Mahayana will serve as transcendent practices for wholeness. This session explores the Perfection of Skillful Means with Kenshin Cian Whalley.

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Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo
May
7
Events

Sitting Group - Iron Mountain Zendo

  • Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  • 1:00 PM 2:15 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus
May
6

Community Meditation - Shining Bright Lotus

  • Tuesday, May 6, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period
May
3

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period

  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the fifth of the seven bodhisattva archetypes from Taigen Dan Leighton’s Faces of Compassion. This session explores Ksitigarbha as a Bodhisattva archetype.

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Effort - Spring Practice Period
May
2

Effort - Spring Practice Period

  • Friday, May 2, 2025
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The seven perfections of the Mahayana will serve as transcendent practices for wholeness. This session explores the Perfection of Effort with Nanda Nina Lynch.

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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period
Apr
26

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - Spring Practice Period

  • Saturday, April 26, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Online (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the fourth of the seven bodhisattva archetypes from Taigen Dan Leighton’s Faces of Compassion. This session explores Avalokiteshvara as a Bodhisattva archetype.

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