Angel City Zen Center

Meditation & Koan tonight 7:30pm (PST). All are welcome! Message or email for access info

"The thinking mind can do incredible stuff. So it gets very full of itself and decides it can figure out a thought that will that will sum up the whole damn business of reality. And maybe one of these days there will be a theory of everything. But you'll still be left with, "I just read a thing. And that doesn't help me with my sadness..." - Brad Warner New podcast is up! The Whole D@#* Business of Reality w/ Brad Warner - Listen and subscribe on all your favorite podcast ...platforms . . . . #podcast #theoryofeverything #deepthoughts #lifeanddeath #zazen See more

The world is incredibly weird and magnificent and wondrous. And I find that meditation practice, particularly a practice rooted in inquiry you know, ‘what is this?’, opens me up not just intellectually, but emotionally, to the sheer wonder and grandeur of this universe. - Stephen Batchelor New podcast up! Buddhism, Reality, Zen, & God w/ Stephen Batchelor & Brad Warner - Listen and subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms

"Sometimes I walk by a pile of poo and think "What jerk did that? I hate that guy. This is why we can't have nice things." And then I go around telling everyone about this jerk, and we all get upset and probably sound like a bunch of jerks. And sometimes I walk by and think, "Huh, look at that poo." Maybe I have to scrape some poo off my shoe, and then I walk on, smelling it for a minute, and then smelling flowers on the next block. I'm guessing things go better for everyone ...when that happens, but I wouldn't really know because I'm not dwelling on it." - Dave Cuomo New podcast is up! Karma Happens w/ Dave Cuomo. Listen and subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms *We know, our meme game is a few years behind. Stay tuned for a fresh Bernie meme sometime in the early 2030’s!

Meditation & Koan* tonight 7:30pm. All are welcome! message or email for access info. *If we’re being honest, this quote isn’t all that related to tonight’s koan, but @hardcorezenbrad posted this passage recently and it seemed too sweet a sentient not to share

Language will always fail us We believe we’re speaking the same language but we’re using different english to english dictionaries. The only way to tell the truth is to acknowledge that our truth is not completely true. - Emily Eslami New podcast up! About the Lies I Never Told w/ Emily Eslami. Listen and subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms.

Meditation and koan tonight on Zoom, 7:30pm (PST). All are welcome! Message or email for access info.

And then there comes the grace of challenging a destructive or fatalistic idea I had about myself, or someone else, or the world. And then there’s a peace that I never expected to happen. - Erik Andersen New podcast up! Angel of Doubt w/ Erik Andersen. Listen and subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms.

Zazen isn’t something I do, the zazen exists prior to me and I allow it to be me for a certain amount of time. Considering it that way can make the zazen easier. If it’s something I’m trying to do, I often fail at it - Brad Warner New podcast up! A Wonderful Being (Zazen Does You!) w/ Brad Warner. Listen and subscribe on all your favorite podcast platforms.

Meditation & Koan tonight on Zoom 7:30pm (PST). All are welcome! Message or email for access info.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. William Shakespeare open your heart with me Saturday( tomorrow) 10am Angel City Zen Center

Meditation & Koan tonight 7:30pm (PST) on Zoom. All are welcome! Message or email for access info

"Universal oneness is not... something we can own. Yet we can meet it. We can encounter it. In moments of quiet stillness, it appears and makes itself available. It leans in and says, Hello to us, then hides again." - Brad Warner New podcast up! The Great Cosmic Jam Session (The Ethics of Space, Time, & Being) w/ Brad Warner. aczc.org/aczcpodcast or on all your favorite podcast platforms.

New Manjusri altar for our outdoor zendo complete! Message or email to join us in person for the 7am morning sit Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. #thegreatoutdoors

Meditation & Koan tonight on Zoom 7:30pm (PST). All are welcome! Message or email for access info

"Light the incense and do the sit, that's always Zen's answer. "If you want to know why Zen survived, just light the incense, do the sit, and listen. It's what the koans describe and what Dogen tried to explain. There's nothing that could go away, nothing to defend. "And if this center goes under, I'm sure we'll find somewhere else to light the incense and do the sit. That's all we've been doing for 2500 years and I think thats why we're still here." - Dave Cuomo New podcast up! Dave Cuomo w/ Zen’s Golden Dark Age (History of Zen). http://aczc.org/aczcpodcast or on all your favorite podcast platforms

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva of Great Activity, highly recommends you join us for yoga w/ Nina Snow tonight 7pm (PST) on Zoom. All are welcome! Message or email for access info.

Meditation & Koan tonight on Zoom - 7:30pm (PST). All are welcome! Message or email for access info