Please click here to enjoy our Spring 2019 Bulletin, which includes reflections by Jikie, Simon, and Jakuen, poetry by Ejo and Shin'ei, and lots of great photos from the Fall and Winter!  

Saturday, June 1st. 9:00am

Kogen Houseknecht will offer a workshop on garden tool maintenance. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to bring a tool from home that needs some turning up.

Four Part Series May 14, 21, 28 & June 4
Tuesdays 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
In this four part series Ejo will explore the origins of Buddha Eye Temple's various chants and recitations as well as give guidance in how to intone together with an assembly.  No registration required.

Listen to 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. 

On May 5th, two members of the Buddha Eye community will receive the Bodhisattva Precepts in a special ceremony.

Apr 18 (Thursday) 6:30 – 8:30 PM

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!

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).

Listen to the inspiring talk given by the author of American Sutra, Rev. Duncan Ryuken Williams, at Buddha Eye on Saturday, April 6th.

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.

Saturday, March 23:  8:30 AM

Led by Kogen Houseknecht

Join us for Art Sangha, an Informal Art Collective of Zen practitioners at Buddha Eye Temple.

Tue: March 5   7-9 PM (special two-hour workshop)

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.

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.

A 5 part, trauma informed yoga class lead by Reiko Rain Rue.

Sundays and Thursdays from Feb 10 - May 12 6:30-8:30 PM
Buddha Eye’s Practice Term Program is based in the tradition of gathering together to study and practice Buddha Dharma for a 90-day period.

Here is a brief listing of community offerings that are happening at Buddha Eye over the next several months. Look here for full descriptions of classes and activities.

Saturday, January 26th: 6:30 PM

Gamelan Sari Pandhawa presents a special night of traditional Gamelan music and a dazzling performance of shadow puppetry. $10 at the door. (No one turned away for lack of funds.)

Six-Class Series Tue: Jan 22-Feb 26   7-8:30 PM

"The Way is perfect and all-pervading. How could it be contingent on practice and realization?" asks Dogen Zenji, the 13th-century founder of Japanese Soto Zen Buddhism. Dogen's answer to this puzzle takes him to the heart of Zazen: the seated meditation practice at the core of our tradition.