5 classes – every Thursday evening February 10 through March 10, 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. Zenshuji Temple, 123 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 This class series provides an introduction to Zen meditation for beginners. It is open to people of all faiths. The classes include a presentation of the basic principles of Zen […]
In January’s Japan Study Club at the Nibei Foundation in West Los Angeles, Zen priest and philosophy scholar Dr. Wako Kao will lecture on “Eastward Movement of Buddhism in mid-1950s” on Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30 pm. The Nibei Foundation Japan Study Club’s Dinner/Lecture Series Tuesday, January 11 Reception and dinner at 6:30 pm Followed […]
Zen Study Group Starting on September 23 8 Thursday evening from 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm including 25 minutes of zazen The Essence of Zen: The Teaching of Sekkei Harada Translated and edited by Rev. Daigaku Rumme Zenshuji Temple 123 South Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 624-8658 This is a continuation of the […]
Many people have an image of Zen as being something difficult when actually it is a clear, concise teaching. The Chinese character for “Zen” means to point to the essential underlying oneness of all things. Zen is to awaken to this principle of nature and the way to realize our innate peace of mind. In […]
The article is appeared in the Cultural News, 2010 May Issue By Shige Higashi For the first time in 90 years, the Japan-based Soto Zen Mission in North America receives an American-born and non-Japanese monk as head of the organization. Born as David Rumme into a Christian family in Iowa, Daigaku Rumme Roshi, who spent […]