Fredericton Zen Sitting Group

09/17/2025

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Conversations with Genjo Marinello and Kurt Spellmeyer – “I came to Seattle in 1976 as a VISTA volunteer,” Genjo Marinello tells me. Genjo is the abbot of Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji. “I had already …

09/03/2025

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Maitri Compassionate Care – Issan Dorsey died thirty-five years ago on Sept 6th, 1990, nearly a quarter of a century before I began this pilgrimage into the landscape of North American Zen. What I …

08/20/2025

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An excerpt from The Story of Zen – Toni Eggert was born in Berlin in 1927. Her parents both held Ph. D.’s in chemistry; her father was instrumental in the development of color photography. When Ton…

08/13/2025

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Memories of Robert Aitken – “I’ve been a member of the Diamond Sangha since 1966 when the term referred only to the group practicing in Honolulu,” Don Stoddard tells me. “Now the term embraces grou…

07/17/2025

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Everyday Zen in Berkeley, CA Exciting things were happening elsewhere in the world as I was attending high school in the mid-’60s in LaPorte, Indiana (population 22,000). As the Bob Dylan put it, “…

06/29/2025

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05/21/2025

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04/21/2025

The Center will be open tonight - Easter Monday - for our regular zazen session.

02/27/2025

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Kanzeon Big Mind Zen Dennis Genpo Merzel is the founder and abbot of the international Kanzeon Big Mind Sangha. He was the second person – after Bernie Glassman – to whom Taizan Maezumi gave Dharma…

02/12/2025

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Howling Dragon Zen, Vermont – A book on physics first drew Jim Bastien to Zen Practice. He was working at Boys Town – the Catholic orphanage in Nebraska – “when I came across this book called…

01/28/2025

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Albuquerque Zen Center – When the founding abbot of the Albuquerque Zen Center – Seiju Mammoser – let it be known that he was contemplating retirement, the board of directors began looking for some…

01/06/2025

Our regular Monday evening practice will resume tonight (Jan 6) at 7:00. Two rounds of zazen followed by a discussion of Chapter 5 of "Further Zen Conversations" on the Impact of Zen Practice