Santa Barbara Zen Center

Santa Barbara Zen Center happily presents Volker Kenko Ecke to give a dharma talk tomorrow morning. Volker Kenko Ecke started his Zen practice in 2001 at Zen on Main in Northampton, MA, where he continues to live and where he now practices with the Oxbow Zen Sangha. In 2005 he received Jukai from Pat Enkyo O’Hara Roshi. After serving as Shuso in 2011 he continues to deepen his Zen studies as a Senior Student with @Enkyoo and the teachers at @villagezendoNYC. Kenko teaches... mathematics and mathematics education @WestfieldState University, where he also hosts a weekly sit for faculty and staff. Kenko and his partner Jo-Ei appreciate their ongoing connection with SBZC after sabbaticals at UCSB in 2012 and 2019. All are welcome to join us in the zoom zendo (link in profile) 9-10:30am Saturday morning. #kenko #patenkyoohara #oxbowzen #villagezendo #santabarbarazen #dharmatalk #ucsb #terrasol #terrasolgardencenter [image descriptions: first photo is of a planter with mixed succulents (echeveria etc.) purple, green, grey-blue and variegated light green colors @terra_sol_garden_center; second photo is of Volker Kenko Ecke wearing a dark plaid collared shirt in front of a bookshelf; third photo is a close up of a yellow Begonia cucullata Perpetual begonia flower with red edges of the petals]

If you’re looking for a chance to meditate and connect with sangha community, join us tomorrow evening at 7pm PST for our weekly SBZC Sits event... All are welcome! Meet us in the zoom zendo (link in profile). Schedule: Welcome, Shakuhachi flute, 30m Zazen silent sitting meditation, individual check-ins, 3 refuges & goodnight 7-8:15pm PST #SBZCSits #santabarbarazencenter #zenbuddhism #sotozen #zazen #shakuhachi [image descriptions: first photo of indigo blue Platicodon grandiflorus Japanese bell flower also known as Chinese balloon flower, second photo of white and deep purple bell-shaped hanging Fuchsia magellenica flower with blue sky and wooden beam background] #nofilter #nofilterneeded

What are your Saturday morning plans tomorrow? Our guiding teacher Kaizan Doug Jacobson will give a dharma talk in our zoom zendo (link in profile). Join us 9-10:30am PST... All are welcome. #santabarbarazencenter #dougjacobson #jikojizencenter #zenbuddhism #dharmatalk [image descriptions: first photo of Impatiens hawkeri orange flowers with variegated light-and-dark-green leaves; second photo of Doug Jacobsen smiling in robes]

What are your Saturday morning plans? Our own @pdkbrown will give a dharma talk in our zoom zendo (link in profile). Pamela Chbun Nenzen Brown has been sitting with SBZC since January 2017. She is currently serving as Board President and Temple Manager. Nenzen took and received her Jukai from Sensei Gary Koan Janka of SBZC and Tokudo from Shoho Michael Newhall of Jikoji.... With a lifelong practice of writing poetry and observing through a camera lens, Pamela also enjoys hiking, cooking, shakuhachi, reading and teaching the craft of sourdough bread, the slow fermentation of which happens to be a wonderful metaphor for life. Pamela practiced law for 10 years before beginning a 15-year adventure homeschooling her two sons. Her family is still teaching her the art of listening deeply. Join us! 9-10:30am PST All are welcome. #santabarbarazencenter #zenbuddhism #dharmatalk [image descriptions: photograph of Pamela standing, wearing black robes, with a large leaf obscuring her face; photo of Ravenala madagascariensis Traveller’s palm white and blue flowers]

SBZC is happy to present guest teacher Brad Warner’s talk on the history of Buddhism in America It can be found on our YouTube channel Santa Barbara Zen Center... share with friends! #santabarbarazencenter #bradwarner #letterstoadeadfriendaboutzen #hardcorezen #jikojizencenter #zenbuddhism #dharmatalk [image descriptions: photograph of Brad Warner in a red and black tshirt with a dark grey over shirt and black rectangular glasses; second photo is details of Brad’s bio and talk; third photo of yellow flowers on Ferocactus wislizeni Fishhook Barrel Cactus]

Do you have plans tomorrow at 9am PST? If you’re looking for an event to attend...search no further! We are happy to host George L. Jacobson, professor emeritus of Biology, Ecology & Climate Change at the University of Maine (and Maine State Climatologist from 2008-2014, and former director of @climatechangeinstitute) for our Saturday morning service tomorrow!... Dr. Jacobson will give a talk on climate change. All are welcome to join us in the zoom zendo (link in profile) to view his talk. We will begin with gathas and a 10m zazen meditation period, to be followed by Dr. Jacobson’s talk, and Q & A. 9-10:30am PST #santabarbarazencenter #climatechange #ecology #umaine #paleoecology #conservationbiology #climatology #climatechangeinstitute #zenbuddhism #zazen [image descriptions: photo of smiling George Jacobson wearing a light yellow collared shirt; photo of Tecoma stans yellow bells trumpetbush yellow flowers surrounded by green leaves and jasmine in the background]

If you’re looking for a chance to meditate and connect with sangha community, join us tonight for our weekly SBZC Sits event All are welcome! Meet us in the zoom zendo (link in profile) at 7pm PST... Schedule: Welcome, Shakuhachi flute, 30m Zazen silent meditation, individual check-ins, 3 refuges & goodnight 7-8:15pm PST #SBZCSits #santabarbarazencenter #zenbuddhism #sotozen #zazen #shakuhachi [image descriptions: first photo of white Dudleya brittonii Liveforever succulents with long reddish-pink flower stalks and small yellow flowers; second photo of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese hibiscus flower with blush-red petals and light-orange colored petal edges and yellow center] #nofilter #nofilters

If you’re looking for a chance to meditate and connect with sangha community, tonight is our weekly SBZC Sits event All are welcome to join us in the zoom zendo (link in profile)... 7-8:15pm PST Welcome, Shakuhachi flute, 30m Zazen silent meditation, individual check-ins, 3 refuges & goodnight #SBZCSits #santabarbarazencenter #zenbuddhism #sotozen #zazen #shakuhachi [image description: photo of yellow Thunbergia alata Blackeyed Susan flowers on green vine] #nofilter #nofiltersneeded

Tomorrow SBZC Reads Book Study group welcomes you to join us in the zoom zendo at 9:00am PST (link in profile). Monica Reede will lead us in our final discussion of Katagiri Roshi’s book The Light That Shines Through Infinity: Zen and the Energy of Life. Please be prepared to discuss Chapters 16-18; questions, insights, poetry, songs or interpretations which may have arisen from your reading that we’ve not yet had a chance to touch on during previous weeks are most welco...me. Deep gratitude @Monica.Reede for your holistic approach to zen study and in guiding us through Katagiri Roshi’s teachings. [image description: photograph of a cluster of tiny purple flowers with little white centers in the bottom left half of the photo, with green with small shadows cast by the setting sun in the top right half of the photo] #sbzcReads #santabarbarazencenter #daininkatagiri #zenbuddhism #nofilters

*repost* in case of any last minute drops, there may still be a couple openings in this Building an Equity Mindset course. as sangha friends have expressed interest in doing deeper learning into the causes and conditions leading to suffering in light of our current times, and considering taking efforts to end suffering is part of our Buddhist practice, this course may be of interest to you. Details in the images above and the website sbcc.edu/extendedlearning (link in bio).... Image descriptions: 1. first image of a back circle with the words Equity Mindset Training and the cartoon image of a brain surrounded by turquoise colored background; 2. second image Santa Barbara City College’s School of Extended Learning (@sbccextendedlearning) offers a series of two classes geared towards developing your ability to understand and identify the many forms of racial oppression that permeate our society. After taking this training you will: have a deeper understanding of accurate terms and concepts to identify and describe racial oppression; better understand both explicit and implicit forms of oppression in U.S. American society; better understand your own worldview and mental constructs around race and racial identity and hhow these manifest in your daily life. This course will prepare you for the second course in the series: Applying an Equity Mindset, where we focus on action. Register at: sbcc.edu/extendedlearning course COMW NC001, CRN 21663 or 21664 [image credits: digital artwork and promotional materials created for Dr. Carrie Hutchinson’s class by sbcc] #santabarbaracitycollege #sbccextendedlearning #equity #endracialoppression #freedomfromsuffering

If you’re looking for a mid-week re-set, to meditate and connect with sangha community, tonight is our weekly SBZC Sits event All are welcome to join us in the zoom zendo (link in profile)... 7-8:15pm PST Welcome, Shakuhachi flute, 30m Zazen silent meditation, individual check-ins, 3 refuges & goodnight #SBZCSits #santabarbarazencenter #zenbuddhism #sotozen #zazen #shakuhachi [image description: first photo of vibrant hot pink Lampranthus Dewplants flowers with green aloe succulents in top left corner; second photo of Acanthus mollis- commonly known as Bear’s breeches Sea dock or Oyster plant- stalk of light purple flowers surrounded by green leaves] #nofilters

Tomorrow UCSB @ArtsAndLectures is presenting Creating Hope with His Holiness the @DalaiLama in conversation with Pico Iyer Live-streaming Tuesday 5/18 @ 8:30pm PST A recording will be available on YouTube... SBZC’s teacher emeritus Sensei Koan and sangha friend Ken Cohen encourage all who are able to attend [image descriptions: first photo is of His Holiness in maroon and gold robes, wearing black and gold rimmed glasses, gesticulating with his right hand while in discussion with Pico Iyer via videoconference for their 2020 conversation on The Seed of Compassion; second photo is of peach orange & yellow colored wild poppy flower HHDL Photo credit: Ven. Tenzin Jamphel as seen in news release post on Dalailama.com website 6/17/2020] #hhdl #HisHolinessTheDalaiLama #DalaiLamaXIV #PicoIyer #UCSBArtsAndLectures #buddhism #tibetanbuddhism