Kalamazoo Meditation Meetup

We are housed in the People's Church

I will be giving an introduction to the Zen practice of Shikantaza. This is a traditional style of meditation that is practiced sitting up with the eyes open. It is geared toward prioritizing our awareness over out thought patterns. We will meditate until 6:50pm and then will break to begin studying Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. My teacher studied under Trungpa Rinpoche for 15 years before meeting his Zen Master Kobun Chino Roshi. I look forward to practicing with you all soon! Don't let the number of people signed up scare you off. Most of our members don't sign up but we regularly have 12-15 participants.

All events are offered freely but your donations allow us to rent space and provide supplies.

Check us out at our Battle Creek Location http://www.sokukoji.org

We are housed in the People's Church

I will be giving an introduction to the Zen practice of Shikantaza. This is a traditional style of meditation that is practiced sitting up with the eyes open. It is geared toward prioritizing our awareness over out thought patterns. We will meditate until 6:50pm and then will break to begin studying Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. My teacher studied under Trungpa Rinpoche for 15 years before meeting his Zen Master Kobun Chino Roshi. I look forward to practicing with you all soon! Don't let the number of people signed up scare you off. Most of our members don't sign up but we regularly have 12-15 participants.

All events are offered freely but your donations allow us to rent space and provide supplies.

Check us out at our Battle Creek Location http://www.sokukoji.org

Join us as we host Sokuzan, the abbot of Sokukoji Buddhist Monastery, for a talk on meditation practice. Sokuzan began meditating in 1973 after meeting the tantric master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpohe. Sokuzan continued his practice and study with Trungpa until Trungpa passed in 1987. In 1990 Sokuzan met his Zen master Kobun Chino Roshi. Sokuzan went on to found Sokukoji Buddhist Monastery in Battle Creek Michigan.
We will begin with meditation instruction and a group meditation, followed by Sokuzan's talk.

Everyone is welcome!!!
This is a free event but donations are greatly appreciated.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.

We are housed in the People's Church

I will be giving an introduction to the Zen practice of Shikantaza. This is a traditional style of meditation that is practiced sitting up with the eyes open. It is geared toward prioritizing our awareness over out thought patterns. We will meditate until 6:50pm and then will break to begin studying Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. My teacher studied under Trungpa Rinpoche for 15 years before meeting his Zen Master Kobun Chino Roshi. I look forward to practicing with you all soon! Don't let the number of people signed up scare you off. Most of our members don't sign up but we regularly have 12-15 participants.

All events are offered freely but your donations allow us to rent space and provide supplies.

Check us out at our Battle Creek Location http://www.sokukoji.org