“Mindfulness” is part of our everyday lexicon now. But what does it mean in the context of Buddhist teachings and practices? And how is it a part of Zen?
We will explore various ways of understanding and practicing mindfulness by studying texts such as Dogen’s “The Four Abodes of Reflection/Mindfulness” and the Pali teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, along with other writings (such as koans) referring to specific teachings within the Four Foundations that address consciousness or how we process our experiences.
This class will include various kinds of meditation instructions, along with reflective exercises—for use both “on the cushion/chair” and in our everyday lives.
Join us in exploring how our heart/mind works and how to access the natural openness, clarity and ease that is always available to us.
Fees: $60; $54 current SFZC members; $48 limited income. Some partial scholarships available.
Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt received dharma transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Soto Zen training began at Tassajara monastery, where she lived from 2002-2005, after which she practiced monastically in Japan and Vietnam. While she has placed her trust and faith in Zen, she continues to enjoy the deep silence of Insight practices and has completed retreats in America and Thailand. Drawing from her monastic experiences, she endeavors to share ways in which the deep settledness of traditional practices can be brought into everyday life.
Liên is grateful to have right livelihood as a social worker, mainly within the field of homelessness. In terms of Dharma work and practice, she’s based at San Francisco Zen Center but also teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and other Bay Area groups. She has been published in Once Upon A Dream: The Vietnamese-American Experience (San Jose Mercury News Books), Social Work Perspectives, The Mindfulness Bell, and in both Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Turning Wheel Media, a Buddhist Peace Fellowship online periodical.
To access talks, schedule a practice discussion (PD), or join her weekly sitting group, and for other retreat or workshop information not listed here, please visit AccessToZen.org.
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We will explore various ways of understanding and practicing mindfulness by studying texts such as Dogen’s “The Four Abodes of Reflection/Mindfulness” and the Pali teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, along with other writings (such as koans) referring to specific teachings within the Four Foundations that address consciousness or how we process our experiences.
This class will include various kinds of meditation instructions, along with reflective exercises—for use both “on the cushion/chair” and in our everyday lives.
Join us in exploring how our heart/mind works and how to access the natural openness, clarity and ease that is always available to us.
Fees: $60; $54 current SFZC members; $48 limited income. Some partial scholarships available.
Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt received dharma transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Soto Zen training began at Tassajara monastery, where she lived from 2002-2005, after which she practiced monastically in Japan and Vietnam. While she has placed her trust and faith in Zen, she continues to enjoy the deep silence of Insight practices and has completed retreats in America and Thailand. Drawing from her monastic experiences, she endeavors to share ways in which the deep settledness of traditional practices can be brought into everyday life.
Liên is grateful to have right livelihood as a social worker, mainly within the field of homelessness. In terms of Dharma work and practice, she’s based at San Francisco Zen Center but also teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and other Bay Area groups. She has been published in Once Upon A Dream: The Vietnamese-American Experience (San Jose Mercury News Books), Social Work Perspectives, The Mindfulness Bell, and in both Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Turning Wheel Media, a Buddhist Peace Fellowship online periodical.
To access talks, schedule a practice discussion (PD), or join her weekly sitting group, and for other retreat or workshop information not listed here, please visit AccessToZen.org.
“Mindfulness” is part of our everyday lexicon now. But what does it mean in the context of Buddhist teachings and practices? And how is it a part of Zen?
We will explore various ways of understanding and practicing mindfulness by studying texts such as Dogen’s “The Four Abodes of Reflection/Mindfulness” and the Pali teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, along with other writings (such as koans) referring to specific teachings within the Four Foundations that address consciousness or how we process our experiences.
This class will include various kinds of meditation instructions, along with reflective exercises—for use both “on the cushion/chair” and in our everyday lives.
Join us in exploring how our heart/mind works and how to access the natural openness, clarity and ease that is always available to us.
Fees: $60; $54 current SFZC members; $48 limited income. Some partial scholarships available.
Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt received dharma transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Soto Zen training began at Tassajara monastery, where she lived from 2002-2005, after which she practiced monastically in Japan and Vietnam. While she has placed her trust and faith in Zen, she continues to enjoy the deep silence of Insight practices and has completed retreats in America and Thailand. Drawing from her monastic experiences, she endeavors to share ways in which the deep settledness of traditional practices can be brought into everyday life.
Liên is grateful to have right livelihood as a social worker, mainly within the field of homelessness. In terms of Dharma work and practice, she’s based at San Francisco Zen Center but also teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and other Bay Area groups. She has been published in Once Upon A Dream: The Vietnamese-American Experience (San Jose Mercury News Books), Social Work Perspectives, The Mindfulness Bell, and in both Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Turning Wheel Media, a Buddhist Peace Fellowship online periodical.
To access talks, schedule a practice discussion (PD), or join her weekly sitting group, and for other retreat or workshop information not listed here, please visit AccessToZen.org.
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We will explore various ways of understanding and practicing mindfulness by studying texts such as Dogen’s “The Four Abodes of Reflection/Mindfulness” and the Pali teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, along with other writings (such as koans) referring to specific teachings within the Four Foundations that address consciousness or how we process our experiences.
This class will include various kinds of meditation instructions, along with reflective exercises—for use both “on the cushion/chair” and in our everyday lives.
Join us in exploring how our heart/mind works and how to access the natural openness, clarity and ease that is always available to us.
Fees: $60; $54 current SFZC members; $48 limited income. Some partial scholarships available.
Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt received dharma transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock. She was a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Soto Zen training began at Tassajara monastery, where she lived from 2002-2005, after which she practiced monastically in Japan and Vietnam. While she has placed her trust and faith in Zen, she continues to enjoy the deep silence of Insight practices and has completed retreats in America and Thailand. Drawing from her monastic experiences, she endeavors to share ways in which the deep settledness of traditional practices can be brought into everyday life.
Liên is grateful to have right livelihood as a social worker, mainly within the field of homelessness. In terms of Dharma work and practice, she’s based at San Francisco Zen Center but also teaches at East Bay Meditation Center and other Bay Area groups. She has been published in Once Upon A Dream: The Vietnamese-American Experience (San Jose Mercury News Books), Social Work Perspectives, The Mindfulness Bell, and in both Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Turning Wheel Media, a Buddhist Peace Fellowship online periodical.
To access talks, schedule a practice discussion (PD), or join her weekly sitting group, and for other retreat or workshop information not listed here, please visit AccessToZen.org.
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