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Full-Time Sesshin Donation Page
If for any reason making this donation would represent a financial hardship, please click here. Full-Time, Non-Member Donation for 3- and 4-day If you do NOT make monthly donations to Great Wave, click the button immediately below to donate $100. ($30 is non-refundable.) Member Donation for 3- and 4-day Sesshins If you DO make monthly …
Part-Time Sesshin Registration Options
* Name Please register for “blocks” of attendance that synch with our schedule so as to ease entry and exit and to minimize disruptions in our practice environment. Block Fri. 8:00-9:10 PM Sat. 5:00-9:00 AM (includes breakfast) Sat. 10:00-11:20 AM (includes Dharma Talk) Sat.11:30 AM-12:40 PM (includes lunch) Sat. 3:45-6:10 PM (includes dinner) Sat. 7:00-8:50 …
Great Wave Zen Sangha is Moving!
Great Wave is moving! Due to the generosity of a great benefactor, the Great Wave Zen Sangha will be moving into a new premises at 608 E. Ludington Avenue. Please stay tuned for further announcements.
Gendo John Wolff
Gendo John Wolff has been a Zen practitioner for over 30 years. He received Jukkai from Dennis Genpo Merzel, Roshi, on August 1, 1992. On July 15, 2006, he was ordained as a monk in the White Plum lineage by his teacher Susan Myoyu Andersen, Roshi, and in the summer of 2008 was Shusso of …
Jikido Timing Software
Great Wave has released Jikido 2.0, a software for solo practitioners that times one or more periods of Zazen. The software is free, but we request that users make a voluntary $10 tax-deductible donation to help us with the cost of development and hosting. Click here to download. If you have used the software, please …
Zazenkai Schedule
5:00-5:25 Coffee and tea 5:30-6:10 Gatha of Atonement/zazen 6:20-7:00 Zazen 7:10-7:50 zazen 7:50-8:30 service 8:30-9:00 breakfast 9:00-10:00 break 10:00-10:30 zazen 10:40-11:10 Dharma talk 11:20-11:50 zazen 11:50-12:10 service 12:15-12:50 lunch 12:50-2:50 break 2:50-3:20 zazen 3:30-4:00 zazen 4:10-4:40 zazen (Note: Some Zazenkai events end after this period.) 4:50-5:10 zazen 5:10-5:20 service 5:20-6:00 dinner 6:00-7:00 break 7:00-7:30 zazen …
Cost
There is no requirement to make offerings or to purchase materials. Like most other Zen centers, however, Great Wave is dependent upon donations (known as Dana in the Buddhist tradition) to support itself. So, while practicing with Great Wave does not cost anything per se, we nevertheless would appreciate any and all donations. Membership is …
Glossary of Zen Terms
Because Zen is an Asian tradition, many of the words used in the practice environment are Japanese or, in some cases, Sanskrit. To give you a quick start with this vocabulary, we provide you with the following little glossary of terms you’re likely to hear around the Zendo. Ango. “Dwelling in Peace”; intensive training period …
Privacy Policy
The Great Wave Zen Sangha website never collects visitors’ personal information without their consent. When registering for a Sangha event, however, we do ask participants for certain kinds of information, including name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and when necessary, information to help provide accommodations for people with disabilities or dietary restrictions. Event registration …
What is Zen Buddhism?
Buddhism is the religion based on the teachings of the Shakyamuni Buddha, an Indian who experienced Great Awakening while seated under the Bodhi Tree and who devoted his life to teaching others about 2600 years ago. Though the Buddhist tradition today is vast and its outward expression varies from country to country, it nevertheless is …