COVID Pandemic Response
Update: July 21, 2022 To prevent the spread of COVID-19 during live (in-person) events, the Great Wave Board of Directors has adopted a new policy …
Update: July 21, 2022 To prevent the spread of COVID-19 during live (in-person) events, the Great Wave Board of Directors has adopted a new policy …
Ango, or “Peaceful Dwelling,” is a period of intensive practice, a tradition whose origins go back to the time of the Buddha. Back then, he …
As most of you know, zazen or seated meditation (“sitting”) is the core of our practice. Zazen helps us quiet the mind, temporarily reducing and …
Dear friends, I just wanted to send you a little reminder that Great Wave will hold an in-person retreat July 9 – 11. I called …
Dear Friends, This is just a friendly reminder that Great Wave Zen Sangha will be holding a period of zazen tonight via Zoom, starting promptly …
Dear friends, The Myogenji temple here in Ludington has been closed since last March when the coronavirus pandemic began to shutter schools and many other …
Each year in May, White Plum Asanga teachers around the world commemorate the passing of our founder, Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi, Roshi, (February 24, 1931–May 15, …
(July 22, 2019) It’s hard to imagine how Zen might live on beyond my lifetime if it were to be deprived of its ancient affinity …
For those of you in, or near, Grand Rapids, I will be giving dokusan tomorrow evening during the regular zazen period, 5:30-6:30 PM, at Kyoseikan …
Greetings, I wanted to write one more time to those of you who participated in the Zen Fundamentals course this spring to let you know …