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2007
WORKING PEOPLE’S SAMADHI:
Distilling the Essence of Practice
With Darlene Cohen & Daya Goldschlag
July 20-22, 2007
Tassajara Hot Springs
(See
www.sfzc.org/tassajara or call 415-865-1899)
Many Zen teachers, including Bodhidharma, have
set out to us what they consider the most
essential practices for Zen practitioners. For
almost all of them, the paradigm has been
monastic practice with no family encumbrances or
investment in the world. Most of us, however,
are up to our chins in “encumbrances.” What then
can we abstract from the writings of the
Ancients as the core essential practices for us
to integrate into our everyday life if we wish
to practice effectively? How do we do our work
without preference for any particular task? How
do we give family members the same kind of
absorption and devotion we give our demanding
work ? How do we drive to work? Shop for
groceries? Treat clerks, panhandlers and
co-workers? We will practice the 3 Doors of
Liberation: Emptiness, Non-conceptualization and
Aimlessness, as well as meditations on eating,
talking, and sense perceptions. When we can work
and play with appreciation for all of it, we
dont have to wait for enlightenment; it colors
and informs our every breath. There will be
plenty of time to explore the beauty of
Tassajara on your own.
WOMEN'S RETREAT - North Fork, CA
August 2-7, 2007
Empty Nest Zendo
Five days of zazen, training in Zen forms,
teaching on female Zen ancestors, and discussion
of issues facing women in Zen practice. Teachers
are: Darlene Cohen, Miriam Levering, Angie
Boissevain, Lama Palden, Grace Schireson and
Mary Mocine.
Fees: $40/day
Contact Baika Pratt at
baika2@gmail.com
 Download
Flyer here (835kb MS Word Document .doc)
DHARMA TALK – Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito,
CA
Sunday morning, August 12, 2007, 10am
Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito, CA
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
WORKSHOP - Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito
Saturday, August 25, 9:30am-5pm
Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito, CA
A Day of Practice for People Who Think They
Can't Sit Because of Pain and
Chronic Illness.
Led by Darlene Cohen & Susian Jion Postal
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
6 CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs available.
Darlene Cohen developed rheumatoid arthritis in
1977 while living at Green Gulch Farm. Susan
Jion has been living with systemic lupus since
1966. Because illness and pain galvanized their
desire to practice, they have developed
practices and sitting schedules which permit
both wholehearted participation in zazen and
support for their own well-being. Darlene Cohen
says, "It is very poignant to me that people who
can't do the traditional cross-legged sitting
posture feel so much relief when they find
another way to do zazen. They thought they were
excluded from a practice that comes to mean so
much to them." We will explore 6 different
postures, including yogic prone positions, for
meditation; hear a dharma talk from both
teachers; do meditation on movement and walking
meditation; and sit 25-minute periods.
Susan Jion Postal is the founder of the Empty
Hand Zendo in Westchester County, NY, and also
leads a Chronic Illness Support Group nearby.
Ordained by Maurine Stuart in 1988, she now
studies with Darlene Cohen. See
www.emptyhandzen.org for more information.
SOGAKU PRIEST On-GOING TRAINING - North
Fork, CA
Noon Friday, September 21 - 2pm Sunday,
September 23
Empty Nest Zendo
LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION - San Francisco
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 7-8pm
Easing Chronic Pain and Arthritis: A
Self-Healing Instruction
Parkside Public Library, 1200 Taraval St, San
Francisco
753-7125
FREE
A ZEN HALF-DAY RETREAT - Spokane, WA
Saturday, October 13, 9:30am - 12:30pm
1604 W. Riverside Ave, Spokane
$25 Suggested Donation
PRIVATE INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE AFTER 1PM
Call Daya at 509-328-6215
to pre-register and for interview info
THEME: "WORKING PEOPLE'S SAMADHI"
The ancient teachers, including Bodhidharma,
have set out to us what they consider the most
essential practices for meditation practitioners
seeking liberation. For almost all of them, the
paradigm has been monastic practice with no
family encumbrances or involvement in the world.
Most of us, however, are up to our chins in
“encumbrances.” What then can we abstract from
the writings of the Ancients as the core
essential practices for us to integrate into our
everyday life if we wish to practice
effectively? How do we do our work without
preference for any particular task? How do we
give family members the same kind of absorption
and devotion we give our demanding work ? How do
we drive to work? Shop for groceries? Treat
clerks, panhandlers and co-workers? When we can
work and play with appreciation for all of it,
we dont have to wait for enlightenment; it
colors and informs our every breath.
FALL FIVE-DAY SITTING - Guerneville, CA
October 25-29
See
http://russianriverzendo.org for details
BENEFIT CONCERT
Berkeley, CA
Sunday, November 11, 3 p.m.
For the Benefit of Darlene Cohen
A concert to raise money for Darlene's
post-chemo care
Performances by:
Lew Richmond, of the Vimala Sangha and
Alan Senauke, of the Berkeley Zen Center
St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College
Ave, Berkeley
Benefit Goal: $20,000
Concert cost: $20-$50*
To pay in advance, please address and send your
check to:
For the Benefit of Darlene Cohen
c/o Lisa Hoffman
255-A Downey St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Sponsorship opportunities available.
To reserve a seat, find out about sponsorship,
or for more information, contact:
Lisa Hoffman,
lisahoffman@sbcglobal.net;
415-759-0476
* If you want to be at this event but can’t
afford $20, please do come and pay what you can!
· May all beings be happy
· May all beings live in safety
· May all beings live in peace
· May all know the ease of well-being ·
ONE DAY RETREAT - Sacramento
Saturday, December 8, 9am to 4:30 pm
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
2620 Capitol Ave
Sacramento, CA
Meditation in Motion: A Stress Alleviation
Strategy
The most important step in breaking free of a
life dominated by stress and anxiety is to learn
how to sink into the present with all of our
senses and feelings available to us; then all of
our personal resources come into the present
with us. We can break the habit of “showing up”
only for the moments that we think are
worthwhile and then going numb for all the rest.
Just as a muscle gets weak from disuse, our
ability to be present fades if we don’t practice
awareness right in the midst of our
goal-directed activity. During this time
together, we will use commonplace physical
activities to develop meditative consciousness:
mental flexibility through physical movement;
talking meditation; eating meditation; and
focusing the attention on a series of objects
while walking.
For private interviews on Sunday, December 9,
call Trish Pease at
916-456-2157 to make arrangements.
For Registration: Send $20 (checks payable to
SBMG) to:
Trish Pease, 2015 61st Street, Sacramento, CA
95817
DHARMA TALK - Sacramento
Sunday, December 9, 7-8:45pm
Koyasan Temple
1400 U St, Sacramento
Sponsored by Sacramento Buddhist Meditation
Group
Donation requested
See www.sbmg.org
DHARMA TALK - Sacramento
Monday, December 10, 7-9pm
See
www.ironbell.org
2008
ONE-DAY SITTING - Pacifica
Saturday, February 2, 8:30 am-5pm
Rissho Kosei-Kai Buddhist Temple
1031 Valencia Way Pacifica, CA
Donation requested.
Call 415-987-9882 to register
DHARMA TALK – Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito,
CA
Sunday morning, February 3, 10am
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
SPRING PRACTICE PERIOD with Darlene Cohen
- San Francisco Bay Area
February 2 - March 9, 2008
Theme for the practice period will be "DANA
PARAMITA: The Way the World Works"
The practice of dana paramita is basically
stepping into the flow of life. It's
breath-based and sense-based, a perceptual flow
in which you don`t break your experience up into
giving or taking or anything like that. You're
in the flow of reality. You know that any
separating out you do is just temporary, for
convenience. So when you practice dana paramita,
it's just living, just being part of the
fundamental richness of direct experience. The
richness of just being alive flows into you and
whatever you have to give or do flows out.
Money, food, home flows in; money, food, your
work, your complete attention flows out. So
giving and receiving become basically the same
practice; both are based on the perception of
the richness, the bounty, the uniqueness of our
individual experience.
The practice period will consist of the
following activities:
(You are invited to participate in individual
sittings and classes if you are not able to sign
up for the whole practice period.)
ONE-DAY SITTING - Pacifica
Saturday, February 2, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
(Open to everyone)
Rissho Kosei-Kai Buddhist Temple
1031 Valencia Way
Pacifica, CA
Donation requested.
Call 415-987-9882 to register
Daily sitting at home 4x/week;
Five-Week Wednesday night class in Pacifica,
CA:
Wednesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 5,
7:30-9pm
(Open to everyone)
539 Esplanade, Pacifica, California
“DANA PARAMITA: The Way the World Works"
$50 or donation; Call 415-987-9882 to register
Directions to 539 Esplanade, Pacifica,
California
From San Francisco:
Take 280 south to Highway 1 South, towards
Pacifica. Take the first Pacifica exit, Manor
Drive/Palmetto. As you exit, bear left (south).
You will be on Palmetto heading south. Go about
a block and turn right (west) at the first stop
sign, which is Manor Drive. Manor dead ends on
Esplanade, so go left on Esplanade. 539
Esplanade is about halfway down the block on the
left.
From various points in San Mateo County:
Take 280 north. Take the Pacifica-Highway
1/Mission Streetexit. Stay to the left, towards
HighwayOne/Pacifica. Take the first Pacifica
exit, Manor Drive/Palmetto. As you exit, bear
left (south). You will be on Palmetto heading
south. Go about a block and turn right (west) at
the first stop sign, which is Manor Drive. Manor
dead ends on Esplanade, so go left on Esplanade.
539 Esplanade is about halfway down the block on
the left.
A practice day with Darlene at her home in
Guerneville, CA
Sunday, February 17
(Open to practice period participants only)
sitting, walking, study, discussion and lunch
with Darlene at her home/temple,
Donation requested.
1 or 2 Friday afternoon teas (Open to practice
period participants only)
WORKSHOP - Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito, CA
Saturday, February 9, 9:30am-5pm
ENCOUNTERING THE ONE WHO IS NOT BUSY:
A Radical Approach to Time and Work
Ever wish you could not only get things done,
but also enjoy doing them? Learn to do so with
this holistic approach to time management and
the fundamental and specific skills necessary to
make it happen. There is a part of us that is
not involved in gaining or losing. but is
boundless and infinite and appreciates all
things for just what they are, The One Who Is
Not Busy. Learning to be simultaneously "busy"
and "not busy" by living the Zen principle of
simultaneous inclusion allows us to experience
work and the rest of our lives in a deeply
meaningful way. In this workshop we will do
sitting and moving meditations indoors and
outside, as well as emphasize point of view in
everyday activities such as eating, talking, and
walking.
6 CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs available.
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
MARCH 3 DAY SITTING - Guerneville, CA
Noon Friday, March 7 – Sunday 3pm, March 9
SHUSO CEREMONY on March 9
Russian River Zendo
(Open to everyone)
“Dana Paramita”
COST: $100/night includes meals plus teacher
donation.
To register email Tony Patchell at zentrash@earthlink.net
DHARMA TALK - Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito
Sunday, February 3, 2008, 10am
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
WORKSHOP - Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito
ENCOUNTERING THE ONE WHO IS NOT BUSY:
A Radical Approach to Time and Work
Saturday, February 9, 9:30am-5pm
Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito, CA
6 CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs available.
Ever wish you could not only get things done,
but also enjoy doing them? Learn to do so with
this holistic approach to time management and
the fundamental and specific skills necessary to
make it happen. There is a part of us that is
not involved in gaining or losing. but is
boundless and infinite and appreciates all
things for just what they are, The One Who Is
Not Busy. Learning to be simultaneously "busy"
and "not busy" by living the Zen principle of
simultaneous inclusion allows us to experience
work and the rest of our lives in a deeply
meaningful way. In this workshop we will do
sitting and moving meditations indoors and
outside, as well as emphasize point of view in
everyday activities such as eating, talking, and
walking.
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
Five-Week Wednesday night class in
Pacifica, CA:
Wednesdays, February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 5,
7:30-9pm
539 Esplanade, Pacifica, California
“DANA PARAMITA: The Way the World Works"
The practice of dana paramita is basically
stepping into the flow of life. It's
breath-based and sense-based, a perceptual flow
in which you don`t break your experience up into
giving or taking or anything like that. You're
in the flow of reality. You know that any
separating out you do is just temporary, for
convenience. So when you practice dana paramita,
it's just living, just being part of the
fundamental richness of direct experience. The
richness of just being alive flows into you and
whatever you have to give or do flows out.
Money, food, home flows in; money, food, your
work, your complete attention flows out. So
giving and receiving become basically the same
practice; both are based on the perception of
the richness, the bounty, the uniqueness of our
individual experience.
$50 or donation; Call 415-987-9882 to register
Directions to 539 Esplanade, Pacifica,
California
From San Francisco:
Take 280 south to Highway 1 South, towards
Pacifica. Take the first Pacifica exit, Manor
Drive/Palmetto. As you exit, bear left (south).
You will be on Palmetto heading south. Go about
a block and turn right (west) at the first stop
sign, which is Manor Drive. Manor dead ends on
Esplanade, so go left on Esplanade. 539
Esplanade is about halfway down the block on the
left.
From various points in San Mateo County:
Take 280 north. Take the Pacifica-Highway
1/Mission Streetexit. Stay to the left, towards
HighwayOne/Pacifica. Take the first Pacifica
exit, Manor Drive/Palmetto. As you exit, bear
left (south). You will be on Palmetto heading
south. Go about a block and turn right (west) at
the first stop sign, which is Manor Drive. Manor
dead ends on Esplanade, so go left on Esplanade.
539 Esplanade is about halfway down the block on
the left.
RETREAT DAY - Sacramento, CA
March 29, 2008, 9am-4:30pm
A day-long Class/Sitting in the Genzo-E style
(class alternated with sitting and walking
meditations)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Assembly Room
2620 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA
DANA PARAMITA: The Way the World Works
The practice of dana paramita is basically
stepping into the flow of life. It's
breath-based and sense-based, a perceptual flow
in which you don`t break your experience up into
giving or taking or anything like that. You're
in the flow of reality. The richness of just
being alive flows into you and whatever you have
to give or do flows out. Money, food, home flows
in; money, food, your work, your complete
attention flows out. So giving and receiving
become basically the same practice; both are
based on the perception of the richness, the
bounty, the uniqueness of our individual
experience.
For Registration: Send $20 (checks payable to
SBMG) to:
Trish Pease, 2015 61st Street, Sacramento, CA
95817
For private interviews on Sunday, March 30 or
Monday, March 31, call Trish Pease at
916-456-2157 to make arrangements.
DHARMA TALK - Sacramento
Sunday, March 30, 7-8:45 pm
Koyasan Temple
1400 U St, Sacramento
Sponsored by Sacramento Buddhist Meditation
Group
Donation requested
See www.sbmg.org
DHARMA TALK - Sacramento
Monday, March 31, 7-9pm
The Yoga Solution
887 57th Street #B
(In the Antique Mall, Between H and J Streets)
Sacramento, CA 95819
See
www.ironbell.org
SOGAKU PRIEST On-GOING TRAINING -
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley Zen Center,
9am - 5pm, Sunday, April 27
A ZEN HALF-DAY RETREAT - Spokane, WA
Saturday, May 3, 9:30am - 12:30pm
1604 W. Riverside Ave, Spokane
$25 Suggested Donation
PRIVATE INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE AFTER 1PM
Call Daya at 509-328-6215
to pre-register and for interview info
ANA PARAMITA: The Way the World Works
The practice of dana paramita is basically
stepping into the flow of life. It's
breath-based and sense-based, a perceptual flow
in which you don`t break your experience up into
giving or taking or anything like that. You're
in the flow of reality. You know that any
separating out you do is just temporary, for
convenience. So when you practice dana paramita,
it's just living, just being part of the
fundamental richness of direct experience. It
arises from your own feeling of bounty. The
richness of just being alive flows into you and
whatever you have to give or do flows out.
Money, food, home flows in; money, food, your
work, your complete attention flows out. So
giving and receiving become basically the same
practice; both are based on the perception of
the richness, the bounty, the uniqueness of our
individual experience. It's just an unbroken
flow in and out, in and out. That is dana
paramita. Its your responsibility to perceive
the bounty of your own life circumstances,
whatever they are.
SOGAKU PRIEST On-GOING TRAINING - North
Fork, CA
Noon Friday, May 9 - 2pm Sunday, May 11
Empty Nest Zendo
Practicing with Lust, Rage and Foggy Mind: Two
Ancient Paths
A Four-Day retreat with Darlene Cohen offering
Buddhist approaches to working with emotions.
Tassajara Hot Springs:June 2-5
Call 415-865-1899 for information or check out
www.sfzc.org
We must deal with the emotions of desire, anger
and confusion as they arise everyday. How does
craving transform itself into universal love?
How does anger become the raw energy that fuels
creativity and social justice? How does
confusion crystallize into wisdom? Two very
different Buddhist approaches to working with
emotion will be considered: the Abhidharma and
the Middle Way. We will explore, through
teachings, zazen, movement and dialogue, how
practice stabilizes our personal lives.
Participants will have the opportunity for
individual meetings with the retreat leader.
There will also be plenty of time to enjoy the
natural beauty of Tassajara on your own.
6 CEU credits MFTs and LCSWs.
TASSAJARA STUDY WEEK -
Sunday, June 8-Friday, June 13
Call 415-865-1899 for information or check out
www.sfzc.org
An intimate group study allowing plenty of time
to enjoy the natural beauty of Tassajara Hot
Springs in the Ventana wilderness. Call Darlene
at 707-869-3787 for details.
WOMEN'S RETREAT - North Fork, CA
Thursday, July 10 - Monday, July 14
Empty Nest Zendo
Five days of zazen, training in Zen forms,
teaching on female Zen ancestors, and discussion
of issues facing women in Zen practice. Teachers
are: Darlene Cohen, Miriam Levering, Angie
Boissevain, Lama Palden, and Grace Schireson
Fees: $40/day
DHARMA TALK - Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito
Sunday, July 20, 10am
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
WORKSHOP - Green Gulch Farm, Sausalito
Saturday, July 26, 9:30am-5pm
Call 415-383-3134 for more information
6 CEUs for MFTs and LCSWs available.
A Day of Practice for People Who Think They
Can't Sit Because of Pain and
Chronic Illness.
Darlene Cohen developed rheumatoid arthritis in
1977 while living at Green Gulch Farm. Because
illness and pain galvanized her desire to
practice, she has developed sitting postures and
practices which permit both wholehearted
participation in zazen and support for her own
well-being. As other practitioners have aged or
been injured, they have found her understanding
of the basics of sitting practice to be of great
use. Darlene says, "It is very poignant to me
that people who can't do the traditional
cross-legged sitting posture feel so much relief
when they find another way to do zazen. They
thought they were excluded from a practice that
comes to mean so much to them." We will explore
6 different postures, including yogic prone
positions, for meditation; hear a dharma talk;
do meditation on movement and walking
meditation; and sit 25-minute periods.
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