Fredericton Zen Sitting Group

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

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2026/02/04/richard-baker/

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

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2026/01/14/guy-gaudry/

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

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2026/01/01/tess-beasley/

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…

12/17/2025

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2025/12/17/joko-beck/

A conversation with Peg Syverson – Joko Beck died in 2011, before I began doing these interviews. I never met her but have spoken with several people who knew her. Peg Syverson was one of the most …

12/03/2025

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2025/12/03/leonard-marcel/

Seven Thunders – Leonard Marcel is a founding member – and current teacher – of Seven Thunders Zen Sangha in Portland, Oregon. He is also a retired psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. He grew up in B…

11/19/2025

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2025/11/19/pat-hawk/

Abridged from Catholicism and Zen – Combining Zen practice and Catholicism is based in “the recognition in experience of a resonance between the two traditions. Many Catholics remark, after t…

11/06/2025

https://rbmcdaniel.ca/2025/11/06/michael-elliston/

Atlanta Soto Zen Center – Taiun Michael Elliston is the founder and guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Georgia. He grew up in Centralia, Illinois. “Named after the Illinois Central R…