Fredericton Zen Sitting Group

04/16/2026

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2026/04/16/nicole-baden/

Dharma Sangha – September 2024 Mountain Seat Ceremony – Nicole Baden and Richard Baker icole Baden succeeded Richard Baker as the abbot of the two Dharma Sangha practice centers, the Crestone…

04/01/2026

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“Memoirs of an American Zen Pioneer” I have not interviewed Lou Nordstrom. This profile is gleaned, in part, from his book, Memoirs of an American Zen Pioneer.[1] My only communication with him was…

03/25/2026

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American Zen page Zenki Salad has cycled through a number of careers. He was a New York cab driver, he was a teacher of the deaf, he taught English in Japan, he held a number of adminstrat…

03/11/2026

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Conversations with Rebecca Li Rebecca Li is a second-generation Dharma heir of Chan Master Sheng Yen, whose Dharma Drum Foundation now has affiliate centers in fourteen countries. “The first time I…

02/24/2026

David Chadwick died yesterday. He was a kind and generous man who contributed significantly to my most recent work. I am sorry I didn't get to know him better. I originally posted this profile in 2023:

Cuke Archives There are a handful of digital archives I refer to regularly in the composition of these profiles. One of the most useful is cuke.com maintained by David Chadwick. David is the author…

02/23/2026

Because of the forecast storm, tonight's sit - February 23 - is cancelled.

02/19/2026

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2026/02/19/nelson-foster/

Ring of Bone Zendo and East Rock Sangha Nelson Foster begins our conversation by telling me, bluntly: “As I’ve said to you before – fair warning – I really think this is a story of Zen communities …

02/04/2026

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Dharma Sangha Centers –   David Chadwick and Richard Baker “There was a psychic at Tassajara that I visited with my best friend, Bob, and my sister,” David Chadwick tell me. David is Shu…

01/29/2026

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2026/01/29/david-parks/

Bluegrass Zen – I was a member of an amateur bluegrass group while in university, so am charmed by the idea that there is Bluegrass Zen community in Lexington, Kentucky. It’s resident teacher, Davi…

01/26/2026

Tonight's sit - January 26 - is cancelled because of the snowfall warning.

01/14/2026

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London, Ontario, Zen Center – Guy Gaudry is the director of the London Zen Center in Ontario. He grew up in a small town in British Columbia – Hope – where he was introduced to Buddhism in a pharma…

01/01/2026

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Pacific Zen Institute – Tess Beasley, although located in Connecticut on the East Coast, is the current board president of the Pacific Zen Institute on the West. And she grew up far from either oce…