Facilitated by Sensei Zenku Smyers of Mission Mountain Zen, we will start the New Year with the study of The Diamond Sutra , translated and commented by Red Pine. This is a valuable opportunity to deepen our Zen practice. Everyone is welcome to attend our Dharma Cloud Study Group . Tuesdays, 5pm to 6pm Pacific Time. For details press here . Newcomers are welcome!

May 2025, I'm grateful to our teacher, Zenku Sensei and Sangha. (photo by Kushin Jim Parker)

Shukke Tokudo, Ordaination as Novice Soto Zen Priest Sensei Zenku Jerry Smyers, Officiant Katsuryu Bill Cooper, Recepient It occurs to me that I don't have a picture of this important ceremony confirming my involvement in the Zen Way. Here, I'm receiving the robe of the Buddha from Sensei. photo by Kushin J Parker

On December 31 of 2023 and January of 2024 the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple sustained major damage due to what is believed to have been arson. Reconstruction continues and the Temple is expected to open in the Spring. To learn more and possibly donate to this cause, https://seattlebetsuin.org/fire/ Your generosity, no matter how small, will be appreciated.

Dharma Cloud Study with Taiun Elliston, R oshi  Tuesday, October7, at 8pm ET, you are invited to join our weekly online dharma study series via Zoom with our guiding teacher. This week we will discuss Chapter 4 Bodhidharma and Huinung, pages 27-26 from the newly published  Zen Koans for the Unenlightened: Conversations with Taiun Elliston Roshi   by Katsuryu Bill Cooper. Here is the link: (newcomers welcome!) https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dharma-cloud-study-group/37308ed9

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We no longer meet as a group. Our group is no longer meeting. If you wish to have individual conversations about the Dharma consider contacting Katsuryu Bill Cooper. Bill has taught Buddhist meditation in Bellevue for over 13 years. He has a long history of Zen practice beginning with Soyu Matsuoka Roshi at the Soto Zen Temple of Long Beach in 1981. Bill (or his dharma name"Katsuryu" Living Dragon), is an active member of the Silent Thunder Order for over six years, and he

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