Author: Rock Harris

There will be no Sunday sitting on 09 June so that everyone may attend Vesak Day (see the flyer below).

Vesak is sacred and celebrated in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia. It is the celebration of the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha.

From Wikipedia:
On Vesak Day, Buddhists all over the world commemorate events of significance to Buddhists of all traditions: The birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Buddha Gautama. As Buddhism spread from India it was assimilated into many foreign cultures, and consequently Vesak is celebrated in many different ways all over the world. In India, Vaishakh Purnima day is also known as Buddha Jayanti day and has been traditionally accepted as Buddha’s birth day.

Please join us in the celebration as per the flyer below:

Every year, Hokyoji Zen Practice Community holds their annual sesshin. Our Teacher Daigaku is one of the three leaders presiding over the sesshin.

Please consider going to the sesshin. Details can be found at www.hokyoji.org.

Starting 02 May and running for five Thursdays, Daigaku will be leading a new study group going over his new translation of Inoue Gien Roshi’s Commentary of Keizan Zenji’s Record of the Transmission of Illumination.

The study group starts at 7:00PM and runs to 8:30PM, including 30 minutes of zazen. Suggested donation is $40 ($20 for members).

If you’re interested in joining the group, please let us know by emailing confluencezen@gmail.com or calling 314.669.4465.