Category: Northern Light Zen Center General Interest

This years Buddha’s Birthday ceremony weekend was a special one for the Northern Light Zen Center.  We had Four, count em, Four people taking precepts this year!  Lisa, Sally and Pat took 5 precepts and Jay (me) took 10 precepts.  There were many other preceptees from other zen centers all over the country, it was a beautiful ceremony and a lovely day! Also this weekend marked the end of Kyol Che.  The 90 day retreat that takes place at the Diamond Hill Monastery. During this time our own Colin Fay did a 90 day solo retreat.  So this was a nice way to commemorate that as well.  Well Done everyone!

Colin Fay

Yay!  After a little more than a year we have finally completed our dharma room.  It is beautiful! Check out the dharma room tab on the website here for a full complement of photos!  We are sitting there for our first retreat in our new room on the 27th of February.  We have some transitions to make as we get used to using the new room, some cleaning in adjacent rooms and removing some clutter.  But this is a huge step forward! The next big project may be putting in a small bathroom downstairs.  hmmmmm.

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!

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

He actually says some really good stuff here.  “Who am I?”  Short video but good message.

Jim Carrey’s secret of life…

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!