by Mary-Allen | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Founder of San Francisco Zen Center and the first American ancestorof our Soto Zen lineage Our Fall Zen Retreat is presented by Affiliated Mountain Sangha’s: Mount Diablo Zen Group, Bodhi Oak Zen Sangha, and Facing the Mountain Zen Group....
by Mary-Allen | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Bodhi Oak Zen Sangha is delighted to offer the foothill community a three-day workshop entitled “Compassionate Communication – A Language of Life” based on the practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) developed by Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D. NVC is widely used...
by Mary-Allen | Jul 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
This blog is the first of a series that will address aspects of Zen practice One of the most important aspects of Zen practice is the teacher-student relationship. When people first start Zen practice, they usually come to the Center for meditation instruction...
by Mary-Allen | Feb 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Some years ago, when Ram Dass was 80, he said, “When I was 65, I wrote a book about aging. What did I know?” I wrote this talk in 2014, as I was turning 70. What did I know? One thing I know now is that aging is unpredictable and always changing. That shouldn’t be...
by Mary-Allen | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Recently, we concluded our first residential retreat, “The Bodhisattva Way”, led by my teacher, Baika Andrea Heaton, with our Affiliated Mountain Sanghas, Mt Diablo Zen Group of Pleasant Hill, California, and Facing the Mountain Zen Group of Reno, Nevada. This is a...
by Mary-Allen | Aug 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA) requires that all members adopt a statement of ethics. Here I am attaching the Statement of Ethics that I have signed on behalf of Bodhi Oak Zen Sangha, detailing the basis of my personal ethical vows, specifically as...
by Mary-Allen | Jul 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Naming the Temple The name “Bodhi Oak” arose long before we had a center, I don’t remember when, or why. The sense of it was that even in this little place, Oakhurst, California, where we lead quiet, ordinary lives, awakening can happen. “Hurst” is of Saxon...
by Mary-Allen | Jun 30, 2017 | Retreats
Fall Zen Retreat “The Bodhisattva Way” Our Fall Zen Retreat will take place from Friday, November 3, to Sunday, November 5, 2017, at ECCO (Episcopal Conference Center Oakhurst) www.eccoyosemite.org. ECCO is located15 miles from Yosemite National Park, in a...
