by ADZG | Apr 16, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes
New Secretary Chris Cadman volunteered to take minutes for the meeting and volunteered to serve as Board Secretary. Vote was raised to approve Chris as secretary. Chris was approved unanimously with one abstention. Welcome to Kevin Iverson Beau introduced and...
by ADZG | Mar 15, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes
Welcome new board members (Beau) Mark Splitt and Chris Cadman are welcomed by Beau and the other board members present. It is estimated that board meetings will occur every 4 to 6 weeks. Guiding Teacher Report (Taigen) Taigen discussed the recent Tanto talk by...
by ADZG | Mar 15, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes
Transition Report (Hogetsu) Hogetsu, after reflection and discussion with Sangha members, feels that the proposed Co-Guiding Teacher position would not be comfortable for her. It is essential to honor Taigen and to mark his stepping back. Hogetsu wants to be a...
by ADZG | Mar 15, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes
Techno Report (Simone) Simone put together a packet with proposed improvements and suggests a microphone purchase for $500 to $700 Reuben expressed concerns that the microphone will sit on the floor and pick up extraneous sounds Wade suggested checking in with regular...
by ADZG | Mar 15, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes
Proposal to Invite Hogetsu as a Co-Guiding Teacher There is a committee to determine compensation – David Wray, Alex Bernstein, and Ko Carol Laursen Committee will put a proposal together with Taigen and Hogetsu and then bring that proposal to the board for...
by ADZG | Dec 4, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Branching Streams Recap (Wade, Reuben, Douglas) Wade discussed how he enjoyed wide-open format of conference. Some common themes included engaging younger sangha. Other themes included training new leadership and training new leadership Reuben enjoyed the community...
by ADZG | Oct 25, 2023 | Articles
Bob Dylan’s Hymns: What is Really Sacred[1] by Taigen Dan Leighton Copyright © 2023 Taigen Dan Leighton Introduction: What is Truly Sacred? One of Bob Dylan’s seminal songs is “It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Bleeding” from “Bringing It All Back Home” in 1965. Dylan...
by ADZG | Oct 2, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Board Meeting Highlights August 13, 2023 Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Guiding Teacher Report Guest speakers Florence Caplow in-person last Sunday of August Hakusho speaking September 10th Steven Heine the week after Norman Fischer will talk in November or December ...
by ADZG | Jun 20, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Guiding Teacher report Upcoming guest teachers – Brook Ziporyn (July 30), Peter Coyote (TBD), Gaelyn Godwin (TBD) Jukai – June 18th scheduled for 2:00 pm Taigen giving on-line talk July 23rd at Houston Zen Center Sangha Care Commitee We will do an hour Zoom tea, on...
by ADZG | Jun 16, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Guiding Teacher report Jukai June 18th at 2 pm – conducted by Taigen and Nyozan Jukai recipients are Alex Peltz, Wade Wheatley, and David Wray There will be a Zoom offering Upcoming Guest Teachers – Gaelyn Godwin, Brook Ziporyn, and Peter Coyote Plan to do a...
by ADZG | Apr 30, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Sangha Meeting Recap Themes: desire for people to connect with other practitioners, particularly for online folks, and to volunteer more to be part of the sangha, the desire for more information of this body and the finance folks, and temple search, lingering concerns...
by ADZG | Apr 24, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Welcome to new and returning board members – David Wray, Ko, and Dylan Guiding Teacher report Lincoln Square zendo Going well, big improvement over previous February all-day sitting will have a maximum of 18 attendees Practice Council meeting Either 1/31 or 2/1...
by ADZG | Mar 20, 2023 | Articles
I want to strongly recommend a new Zen book. The book is Turning Words: Transformative Encounters with Buddhist Teachers (Shambhala) by Hozan Alan Senauke, currently Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. This book is brilliant, a masterpiece. It features illuminating...
by ADZG | Jan 23, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Guiding Teacher report All-day sitting scheduled for February 12th No New Year’s Eve sitting Sangha meeting scheduled for last Sunday in February to talk about progress on building search and to check in with everyone Ben Connelly to speak on second Sunday in...
by ADZG | Jan 9, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Guiding Teacher report December 4th one-day sitting Service will be cancelled for Christmas Upcoming guest speakers December 11th – Judith Ragir – may be in-person January 8th – Ben Connelly February 5th – Florence Caplow Position transitions Douglas is cycling...
by ADZG | Jan 7, 2023 | Board Meeting Notes
Board Meeting Highlights – October 16, 2022 New interim practice location During the month of November, we will be preparing what we are calling Giddings Zendo (for its location at 2255 W. Giddings) for our move-in. We hope to have it all cleaned, painted, and...
by ADZG | Nov 15, 2022 | Articles
from Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry, by Taigen Dan Leighton (Wisdom Publications, 2011) An Off-Beat Conference and a Song Gathering the Mind Sometimes in Zen we sit for a day, or three, five, or seven days, in what is called...
by ADZG | Oct 12, 2022 | Board Meeting Notes
Some major decisions were made at this meeting, denoting progress as we move forward as a sangha: 1. The board approved the offer of Hogetsu Laurie Belzer to rent the first-floor unit in her building to Ancient Dragon for use as an interim temple location until such...
by ADZG | Oct 10, 2022 | Articles
A Meditation on Peace and War Taigen Leighton, September 2022 Shakyamuni the Awakened One sat down under a tree At the border of his homeland As the invading army approached. The two warring armies Hostile and fierce Arrived at the riverside And witnessed Buddha...
by ADZG | Sep 19, 2022 | Board Meeting Notes
Guiding Teacher report: – Taigen’s vacation will be from July 14 through August 4 – A Practice Council meeting will be on July 7 to talk about intensive practice opportunities – Event with author Ruth Ozeki this Friday 7pm 6.24 at Ebenezer...
