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 Ekai Joel Kreisberg Roshi.
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.
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.
Precepts Renewal Ceremony - One Wisdom Zen
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.
Foundations of Mondo Zen Facilitation
The purpose of this program is to reliably train practitioners in the art of Mondo Zen Facilitation, which entails the accurate understanding of Mondo Zen, the skills to articulate the teachings, and the ability to facilitate others through the transmission process in diverse settings.
Abiding in Shamatha
This four day retreat offers a step by step approach to Shamatha practice using the nine stages of calm abiding, known as the elephant path and the Nine Stages of Maitreya. Throughout the retreat, individual students will meet in private one on one sessions with the teachers.
Eight Brocades Qigong
Jozen Jonathon Filder will leading this six week program introducing the Eight Brocades style of Qigong.
Birthday Celebration - Jun Po Roshi - Online Celebration
Join us for an Evening Service chanting our linneage followed by meditation and a Council dedicated to our founding teacher and mentor.
Memorial Service and Meditation - Online
Join us for the Hollow Bones Evening Service, Zazen, and Council dedicated to our founding teacher and mentor.
Precepts Renewal Ceremony - Shining Bright Lotus
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.
Precepts Renewal Ceremony - Shining Bright Lotus
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.
Gently Sitting Like A Stone - Eight Day In Person Retreat
Join Ekai Joel Kreisberg & Koto Washi Dallas Chief Eagle for a Spirit-guided meditation retreat and ceremony. blending planetary dharma, and the teachings of Jun Po Roshi with spirit practices of First Peoples.
Precepts Renewal Ceremony - Hon Shin Zen Sanctuary
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.
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.
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.
Compassion as a Liberating Power - Winter Practice Period 2026
The final topic and practice, while the most challenging, also lies at the very core of Buddhist Mahayana teachings - extending compassion to those who we find most challenging or difficult.
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.
Zazenkai - Deity Practice - Half-Day Retreat
This half-day retreat offers a series of hands-on teachings utilizing the visualization techniques practiced in Karma Kagyu lineage. As a technique for developing compassion, deity visualizations offer a compelling and accessible technique for opening the the heart to broader energies.
Letting It Out: Extending the Love that We Receive - Winter Practice Period 2026
Nanda will build on our guided visualization practice to extend the field of care beyond our loved ones to the souls we come in contact with every day.
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.
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.
Letting Be: Relaxing into Natural Wisdom - Winter Practice Period 2026
As we find greater clarity and support in our field of care meditation, we can more fully trust that what naturally arises is just as it should be.
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.
Zazenkai - Compassion as the Basis for Meditation - Half-Day Online Retreat
Lama John Makransky has developed a robust training called Sustainable Compassion Practice, which is based in science and Vajrayana teachings. This half-day retreat will introduce the full set of practices in a hands-on setting with ample time devoted to discussion.
Receiving Love: The Key to the Spiritual Path - Winter Practice Period 2026
Ming Po will introduce a meditation practice of opening up to receiving love as an initial step in one’s daily practice.
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.
108 Bells Ceremony
In 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.
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.
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 Chigan Maik Bain.
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.