New Schedule published!
Greetings to all!
Please check out our events page and see our schedule for the upcoming year. We have a number of great one day retreats with Terry Cronin, JDPSN. Perfect for a new or experienced person alike!
-peace
Extended Practice for the 26th of December has been cancelled
Greetings to all,
Short notice I realize but the extended practice for December 26th has been cancelled. We will be putting out a new spring schedule soon and keep an eye out for retreats and other Kwan Um School events! Thanks and Happy Holidays!
No Extended Practice this Saturday the 31st.
Greetings all,
Just a quick post to let folks know that this Saturday the 31st we will not be holding an extended practice. (It’s Halloween!) Apologies for any inconvenience. Have a great weekend otherwise.
-peace
This is a little different Jim Carrey than we are used to but…..
He actually says some really good stuff here. “Who am I?” Short video but good message.
Video by Higher Perspective
Check it out!
Northern Light Retreat and Open House!
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Extended Practice and Paint!
Greetings everyone!
It’s been a while since I have written. This weekend was a great accomplishment though and I wanted to share it. Every last Saturday of the month, barring holidays and such, we have an extended practice. This run from 7 or 9 until noon. During this time we Bow, Chant and Sit. When our guiding teacher Terry Cronin, JDPSN can be with us we also have Kong-an interviews! So this Saturday the 29th was already a good one with good practice and kong-an interviews. But ….after practice there was more!
As you may be aware we are constructing a dharma room in what used to be the attached garage to the zen center. We it is hardly an attached garage now. And so much has been done that it was time to paint our walls. So after practice we gathered in the dharma room and we were joined by a few other members of our sangha and we made short work of the paint! This was just the primer coat but in a couple weeks we are going to put the final coat on and then badda bing it will be ready to finish the electricity and trim. Excellent, excellent progress! Check out these pictures. The room will be beautiful when finished!
Thomas “Tim” Buckley – May 28, 1942 – April 16, 2015
Tim Buckley a Soto Zen Priest of the Great River Zendo in West Bath Maine, passed to nirvana on April 16th, 2015. He was a student of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He took precepts in 1969 and was ordained as a priest in this tradition in 2011. He was a large presence in the Buddhist community in Maine and will be missed. I have posted several links that I thought were of interest below. Ji Jang Bosal.
This is the life!
This cat knows how to relax. One could consider this allegorical…..
One of NLZC’s own became a Dharma Teacher today! Congrats Bill!
This weekend, Mar 28-29, was Buddha’s Birthday ceremony at Providence Zen Center. During this ceremony often people get Inka and take precepts and become Dharma Teachers or Senior Dharma Teachers. When someone makes the step from being a Dharma Teacher in Training to a Dharma Teacher we call that, “getting your long robes”. Today, Sunday the 29th, NLZC’s Bill Robitzek got his long robes! Congratulations to Bill! He got a beautiful set of robes, (imported from Korea 😉 ) as well as a new set of bowls. Northern Light Zen Center is very fortunate to have Bill as part of our Sangha. Our Sangha is truly awesome! Some of us went to Providence to see Bill get his Robes and to enjoy the sunny day there in the Zen Center. It is always great to meet the other teachers and get a chance to see old friends again. It was a great day! Congratulations Bill! You deserve it.
From left to right; Terry Cronin JDPSN, Bill Robitzek(New Dharma Teacher!) Sally Blauvelt, Jay Seiler, Jennifer Mancini.