Sunday 9/26
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service Head Teacher Ejo McMullen

The community's integrity, vibrancy, and generosity have now made it possible for us not only to honor Ejo as the first abbot of Buddha Eye, but to establish the "office of the abbot" through which successive abbots will care for the temple and community for generations to come.

Sunday 9/19
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service

Join us for the official beginning of our Practice Term and the welcoming of Jikie, Reiko, and Ogyoku as Koji Trainees.

Sunday 9/12
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Disciple Shin'ei Brown

The finding and telling of our story, seeped within the mystery.

Tuesday, 9/14
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Join Anyu as she leads a “forest bath” on the Ridgeline Trail at Blanton Ridge. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to “forest bath.”

Sunday 8/29
9:00am: Zazen
10:00am: Service
Head Teacher Ejo McMullen

This Sunday, Ejo will discuss the importance of deliberately turning toward practice and the many opportunities Buddha Eye Temple is offering this fall.

Community Circles are small groups of individuals exploring their lives and experiences through sharing, compassionate listening, and the unfolding of the Dharma. Unlike classes, community circles will focus primarily on the sharing of personal reflection from the participants, facilitated by a senior practitioner or teacher.

Ceremonies mark our lives as gateways. This Fall, Buddha Eye Temple and its community will enact the very important "Mountain Seat" Ceremony, which will include a variety of special events. Known as "Shinzanshiki," the Mountain Seat Ceremony is very unique in the life of a Teacher and a Temple, but it also reminds us of the all-pervasive nature of Awakening.

EcoDharma encompasses efforts by Sangha members and our larger community to bring together their spiritual practice with learning and action on environmental and climate change issues.

Yard sale items: Begins Sunday, July 11th, after the morning program, from 12 until 4 p.m. Donations can also be dropped off on the following days:

• Monday, July 12, 1:30 to 7 p.m.

• Tuesday, July 13, 1:30 to 7 p.m.

• Wednesday, July 14, 1:30 to 7 p.m.

• Thursday, July 15, 1:30 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, 7/13
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Join Anyu as she leads a “forest bath” on the Ridgeline Trail at Blanton Ridge. Forest Therapy is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to “forest bath.”

Thursdays, 5/20 – 6/24
6:30pm - 8:30pm (in-person and online)
Led by Senior Student Anyu Savelle

In this six-week practice-based series we will examine two bodies of compassion teachings from the Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions.

Facilitated by Senior Student Reiko Rain Rue
Sundays, May 16-June 20
2:30pm - 3:30pm (online)

How do we attend to absence with presence? How do we take up the practice of wholeness? In this Community Circle we will be practicing with a few koans from The Hidden Lamp, a collection of teaching stories and reflections that attends to the invisibility of women ancestors and their wisdom.

Sunday May 30th
12:30pm - 3:00pm
(In person at the Temple)
Led by Senior Student Kogen

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. If you have any questions, please contact Kogen at krummholzpine@gmail.com

Tuesdays, 5/18 - 6/22
7:20pm - 8:30pm, (In-person and online)
Led by Novice Monk Genjo Yorke

Even within Buddhism, there are numerous teachings which invite us to cultivate a beautiful, contented human life. In our particular school, the Six Perfections are fundamental to understanding Zen practice and awakening.