Bamboo in the Wind

Fall Classes: "TUNING THE PIANO, Finding Our Dharma Ear Amidst the Cacophony" facilitated by Rev. Chuck Hutchcraft Together we will explore the interplay of exterior and interior conditions and how we can become more attuned in that dance, enabling us to more skillfully respond to pain and suffering.

Know that the radiant light that each and every person embodies is each and every person that is actualized. It is each and every person that each and every light embodies. -Dogen ... #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #dharma #dogen See more

Nobody made a greater mistake ... than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #sustainability #climatechange See more

Little calls as they pass Through dry forbs and grasses ... Under blue oak and gray digger pine In the warm afternoon of the forest-fire haze; Twenty or more, long-legged birds all alike. So are we, in our soft calling, passing on through. Our young, which trail after, Look just like us. Surrounded by Wild Turkeys by Gary Snyder #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #poetry #bodhisattva #jizo See more

For whom do you bathe and make yourself beautiful? The cry of the cuckoo is calling you home; ... hundreds of flowers fall, yet her voice isn’t stilled; even deep in jumbled mountains, it’s calling clearly. Dongshan #zen #buddhism #zenbuddhism #dharma See more

Sending Holiday Greetings of Nothingness to you all ... Calligraphy by Rev. Val Szymanski #zen #buddhism #zenbuddhism #dharma #calligraphy #enso #seasonsgreetings See more

Resilience by Gerow Reece Resilience manifests in a form that’s more about being than doing. ... Quote from Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #calligraphy #resilience See more

On the Calm Mountain Murmuring Pines Afar ... The Quiet Voice of Autumn Is the Flowing Pure Stream Calligraphy by Rev. Val Szymanski #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #calligraphy #autumn See more

White Supremacy, White Privilege, and the Dharma 4-5:30pm Every other Thursday for 6 sessions, starting Sept 17, ending on Nov 25. Suggested donation, and where that donation goes, can be found here: https://bamboointhewind.org/white-supremacy-white-privilege ... Join us in a study group to learn about the history of racism, its continuation in the form of systematic racism, and the ideology of white supremacy. We will engage with recommended readings and online resources to inform our experiential inquiry into white privilege. This group will be grounded in our bodhisattva vow to free all beings and to not turn away from difficult truths of our existence. Instructor: Rev. Doralee Grindler Katonah, Psy.D., M.Div. - recently ordained by Rishi Dianne Martin and Rev. Val Szymanski. Doralee practices at Valley Streams Zen Sangha in Sacramento, CA. DM for questions or more details. #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #dharma

Learn about the history of racism, systemic racism, white privilege and the dharma.https://bamboointhewind.org/white-supremacy-white-privilege

Ritual: Embodied Imagination Calligraphy done by Master Calligrapher Gerow Reece ... #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhism #dharma #calligraphy #art See more