Five-foot-tall Priest Sends Dragons to Hospital!



Jacklyn Gyonin Hirschfeld (above, with shippei) delivered a shining performance during Shuso Hossen at the Hazy Moon. Visit our news page for more pictures from the spectacular event that marked the end of our summer training period.




Taking Refuge, Counting the Breath
Jukai Ceremonies and Words from the New Kid in the Zendo

Sangha members Colombene Jenner and Ernie Marrero recently took their refuge vows and acquired the Dharma names Jinen ("Ultimate Reality") and Shindai ("This Buddha Mind is Beyond All Measure"). And newcomer Julie Snider writes about jumping into Zen practice with both feet. To learn about other recent events at the Hazy Moon, check out our news page. You can also contact us for info on upcoming Jukai classes. We'd be glad to put your name on the list!

September Weekend Sesshin
9.25.08 - 9.28.08

Deepen your practice, learn (or rediscover) the grace of oryoki-style eating and experience the subtle harmony of sangha during a late summer / early autumn retreat at the Hazy Moon. Join us full-or part-time from Thursday, September 25 at 7:30 pm to noon on Sunday, September 28. Register by  email.


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.

You Are Ultimate Reality

During the recent jukai ceremony for Colombene Jinen Jenner, Nyogen Roshi gave a powerful talk connecting the precepts and the practice of cultivating samadhi with the meaning of Jinen's name ("Ultimate Reality"). "When you actualize no separation," Roshi says, "you and the precepts and ultimate reality become just one thing." Find the rest of Roshi's words 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.



The Black Scorpion Temple



The Hazy Moon's dazzling new sister temple near Tepoztlan, Mexico, offers practitioners a magical combination of light, space and energy. Learn more about the Black Scorpion here.


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.