Renowned poet, ecologist, and Zen Buddhism advocator, Gary Snyder will lecture at University of Southern California on Monday, Sept. 24 at 7 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Reservations required. For tickets, click the website Gary Snyder is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet with a radical vision that integrates Zen Buddhism, American...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art will invite world-class master of Zen calligraphy Shodo Harada Roshi from Japan for its program on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 2 pm at Dorothy Collins Brown Auditorium at the LACMA campus, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Admission is free, but tickets are sold out. Shodo Harada...
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As one part of the 90th anniversary events for Zenshuji Soto Temple in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, there will be a panel discussion on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 8, from 2:00 – 4:30 pm. It will begin with a keynote speech given by Prof. Duncan Ryuken Williams, Chair of USC’s School of...
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will open Paths to Enlightenment exhibition at its Pavilion for Japanese Art, East Wing on April 12. This installation of paintings from LACMA’s permanent collection presents the uniquely blended mix of religions in Japan, whose populace was historically offered a variety of paths to spiritual understanding or...
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The Los Angeles Buddhist Church Federation will hold its annual Hanamatsuri Celebration (the Flower Festival) on April 8th. This year’s celebration will be held in the Garden Room of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) located on 244 South San Pedro Street in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. The theme...
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“One-day sitting” at Zenshuji will take place on Sunday, Feb 26 from 7:10 am through 5:00 pm at 123 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. (213) 617-0100. This “One-day sitting” is led by Daigaku Rumme, a Zen priest in the Soto Zen tradition, who is the head priest of Zenshuji and the director...
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Book “The Essence of Zen: The Teaching of Sekkei Harada” Translated and edited by Daigaku Rumme Study Group Starting on October 20, 2011 7 Thursday Evenings, 7:30 pm – 8:50 pm Including 30 minutes of zazen (There will be no classes on Thanksgiving and Dec. 1) Zenshuji Temple 123 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles,...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Japanese Pavilion is exhibiting The Sound of One Hand: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin: Part 1: May 22–June 28, 2011 Part 2: July 1 – August 14, 2011 Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) is widely acknowledged as the most important Zen Buddhist master of the past 500 years....
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Gallery Course: Japanese Zen Painting Saturday, August 13, 9 am LACMA educator Kristin Bengtson will lecture about an inside look at Japanese Zen painting. Learn about the most influential Zen artist of the Edo period Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) and discover how...
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Zenshuji Temple 123 South Hewitt Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 617-0100 Introduction to Zen Meditation 5 classes – Thursday evening, July 21st, 28th, Aug 4th, 11th & 18th From 7:30 to 8:45 pm This class series provides an introduction to Zen meditation for beginners. It is open to people of all faiths. The...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Pavilion for Japanese Art held “Discover Zen Painting” workshop on June 5, at 1:00 and 3:00 pm at the studio inside the Japanese Pavilion. This hour-long, hands-on workshop was taught by artist Michael Hofmann, who has spent most of the last thirty-five years as a painter based in...
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Special seminar “Zen and Shin” Buddhism will be presented by Higashi Honganji North America District on Saturday, June11, from 1:00 – 4:30 pm at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, 505 East Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013. In this seminar, Bishop Daigaku Remme of Soto Mission, will share his motivation for entering the Buddhist path,...
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