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Read MoreDharma Combat (Hossenshiki)
Sunday, Apr 21, 2019 10:00am
Join us for the robust ceremony of Hossenshiki, in which head Student Anyu Debra Savelle will ascend the teaching seat and engage the Buddha Eye Temple community in ritual Dharma Combat.
Read MoreFull Moon Atonement Ceremony (Fusatsu)
Apr 18 (Thursday) 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Read MoreMeditation Intensive (Sesshin) Wed May 1 - Sun May 5
Vegetable Garden Planting Party!
Sun, April 21, 12:30pm – 3:30pm
It’s time to get our temple vegetable garden planted and ready for the season! Join us for an afternoon outdoors!
Read MoreMindful Cooking
with Chef Ryan
Mondays: March 11th, April 15th, and May 13th, June 10th, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
This class aims to motivate people to cook wholesome food from scratch!
Movie Night, "Rivers & Tides" April 12th, 2019 6:00pm
Join us for a screening of “Rivers & Tides,” Thomas Riedelsheimer’s intimate documentary about the life and work of artist Andy Goldsworthy. (1 hour, 32 minutes).
Read MoreAmerican Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War
This Sunday: Buddha's Birthday
Sunday April 7 10 - 11:30 AM
Every year on the Sunday closest to April 8th we celebrate the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha some 2,500 years ago. Known as the “Flower Festival”, this celebration is perhaps the most bright and festive of the year. We bathe the baby Buddha with pure water steeped with spring blossoms. After the ceremony, we enjoy temple-made rice pudding and enjoy the return of spring.
Zen Hike: March 23 8:30 - Noon
Art Sangha: Friday, March 22 4:30-6:30pm
Join us for Art Sangha, an Informal Art Collective of Zen practitioners at Buddha Eye Temple.
Read MoreVerses of Faith Mind: 7 Part Series
Head Teacher Ejo McMullen and
Head Student Anyu Savelle
March - April Sunday Morning Program
Listen to previous talks in Series
In the first two talks in this series on the famous poem of the The third ancestor, Verses of Faith Mind, Ejo explored the central themes of Faith and Mind. This week you are invited to bring your questions about the poem, its Dharma message and implications.
Read MoreLiving Awakening: Zen Precepts - Eight-Class Series
Tue: Mar 12-Apr 30 7-8:30 PM
Listen to previous classes.
Download readings and handouts.
How shall I live? This is the most fundamental of spiritual questions. One aspect of our response to this question is ethics. Registration Form
Read MoreZen Mindfulness Workshop
Tue: March 5 7-9 PM (special two-hour workshop)
Read MoreMovie Night: "Into the Inferno" - March 8th, 2019 6:00pm
Friday, March 8th, 2019. 6:00pm
Join us for a screening of Werner Herzog’s epic documentary “Into the Inferno” (1 hour, 44 minutes), with a discussion by Ejo McMullen.
Read MoreJizo Bodhisattva: From Drawing to Wood-Carving
Saturdays. March: 9, 16, 30; April: 13, 20, 27; May 11. 12:00pm - 2:00pm
In this course, students will explore the relationship between intuitive drawing and the process of hand-carving in wood.
Read MoreYoga with Reiko
A 5 part, trauma informed yoga class lead by Reiko Rain Rue.
Read MoreRitual Gates of Practice
Head Student Way Seeking Mind Talk
Embodiment in the Digital Age
Head Student Myobun Freinkel Tishman
LIsten to talk.
In many ways what we used to call “the world wide web” offers a fiber-optic realization of a central metaphor in Mahayana Buddhism: the vision of Indra’s Net, of our complete and total interdependence - our unceasing mutuality. But in other ways our technologies distract, divert and distress.