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Please join us at Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM

July 10 - 26 for the JULY ZEN CIRCLE

Instructors: Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD; Roshi Enkyo O'Hara; Sensei Kaz Tanahashi; Steven Heine, PhD; Matthew Kozan Palevsky

The Zen Circle is a time of retreat, learning, meditation practice, participation with Upaya’s residential community in their daily schedule, and special programs within the Circle that are led by Zen teachers and/or Guiding Teachers. Each Zen Circle includes an opening night session that includes an orientation as well as meditation instruction in the morning of the first full day.

The schedule Wednesday through Friday includes daily meditation practice 3 times a day, samu (work practice) periods 4.5 hours, one meal clean up, interviews with Guiding Teachers, weekly dharma talks, and seminars.  Monday  and Tuesday are personal practice days where practitioners and residents take meals on their own and have the freedom to hike, study, do laundry, and take quiet time. Participants must sit zazen (meditate) once a day on Mondays and Tuesdays but are welcome to attend all three zazen periods.

Included are these special programs:

7/10 – 7/12: DOGEN SEMINAR: Dogen for the Western World and Beyond with Roshi Joan Halifax, Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi and Steven Heine, PhD
7/14 – 7/19: SESSHIN: Dharma Blossoms with Roshi Enkyo O’Hara, Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi and Matthew Kozan Palevsky
7/24 – 7/26: CALLIGRAPHY: Heart of the Brush with Sensei Kazuaki Tanahashi

For more information and to register:

Email:  registrar@upaya.org    Phone:  505-986-8518 ext. 112

https://www.upaya.org/program/july-zen-circle-2020/?id=2199