Join us on August 2 at 11:00 a.m. for Shuso Hossen, the ceremony marking the end of the summer training period at the Hazy Moon. During this ancient and powerful ritual, head priest Jacklyn Gyonin Hirshfeld will present the koan she has been working for three months to penetrate and invite sangha members to challenge her understanding of the koan's meaning. Enjoy the spectacle as assorted dragons and rhinos try to knock a snarling lioness off her perch!

July Weeklong Sesshin
7.27.08 - 8.2.08

Support the shuso and deepen your own practice during the retreat leading up to Shuso Hossen and the end of summer ango at the Hazy Moon. Join us full- or part-time from Sunday, July 26 at 7:30 p.m. until noon on Saturday, August 2. Register by  email.


Scattering Seeds
Nyogen Roshi's Words on Tricycle

A deep gassho to our friends at Tricycle magazine for including one of Roshi's Dharma talks on the Visual Dharma page of their web site. We're glad to be working with Tricycle to help make the liberating message of the Buddha's teaching available to everyone.


Big Sky Mind

 

The light and space of New Mexico give Santa Fe-based artist Joan Watts, a dedicated Zen practitioner, the chance to relate the spiritual experiences she has on the meditation cushion through her art. Click here to read an excerpt of the profile of Watts and her work that Hazy Moon sangha member Kim Chishin Russo recently published in the Santa Fe New Mexican.


Telling It Like It Is

We've decided to reprint Laura Huxley's interview with one of our Hazy Moon priests. Huxley, who died in December 2007, offered a visionary perspective on our world and spoke of the sources of human suffering, as well as the possibility of liberation, in a way that intimately relates to the life of Zen practice. Find her timely and timeless words here.

Come and Get Your Bliss

Using the living words of Ch'an Master Hongzhi's "Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss," Nyogen Roshi offers instructions on transforming fear and anxiety into happiness. Roshi's talk touches on how we can use our practice to let go of our resistance to change and how taking the backward step reveals the wonder of nirvana right where we are. Find it here.

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Learn to Meditate


Explore the mental, physical, and life-enhancing benefits of Zen meditation in our introductory class offered every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. And if you've already taken the first class, why not pick up where you left off at the next Zen and Practice class? Drop us a line for more info.


Taking Refuge
The Latest Jukai Ceremony at the Hazy Moon



Sangha member Matthew Silverstein recently took his refuge vows and acquired the Dharma name Kogyo ("Infinite Light of Wisdom"). The beautiful ceremony moved many people to tears--most notably Kogyo himself! To learn about other recent events at the Hazy Moon, check out our news page. And for information about upcoming jukai classes, email us and we'll be happy to answer your questions and include your name on the list of class participants.