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...
by ADZG | Sep 19, 2022 | Board Meeting Notes
Guiding Teacher report: – There appears to be a new meaning of sangha in this post-pandemic time, which includes both in-person and online participants. It is one hybrid sangha, and we have strong practitioners in both. Online participants are now...
by ADZG | Sep 19, 2022 | Board Meeting Notes
Resolution Regarding in-depth Practice Opportunities: the Board of Directors of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate has lifted its pandemic suspension of in-person Sunday and Monday gatherings for zazen, dharma talks and discussion. The current temple location presents...
by ADZG | Jun 27, 2022 | Articles
The following is from my post to the Soto Zen Buddhist Association teacher’s list. It responds in part to comments by my Dharma sister, Konjin Gaelyn Godwin Roshi of the Houston Zen Center. Excerpts from Gaelyn’s post: The politics behind the recent...
by ADZG | Mar 17, 2022 | Articles
Dōgen’s Vision of the Environment and his Practice of Devotion and Faith by Taigen Dan Leighton from The Theory and Practice of Zen Buddhism: A Festscrift for Steven Heine, edited by Charles Prebish and On-cho Ng (Springer, 2022). INTRODUCTION In many of his writings,...
by ADZG | Feb 18, 2022 | Board Meeting Notes
Finances: Our bank balance for our operating fund is currently $109,325, and the balance for our building fund is currently $245,729. There are currently 60 active monthly supporters. Year-end contributions were $33,748, a bit lower than last year, perhaps due to the...
by ADZG | Dec 17, 2021 | Board Meeting Notes
Thanks were given to Matt Vogel, outgoing director, for his time of service on the board. There was discussion about technical improvements in audio that might be realistically made for the benefit of online participants in sangha events. The microphone will be placed...
by ADZG | Nov 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Beginning February 27, 2022, Ancient Dragon Zen Gate will return to holding in-person events at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 West Foster Avenue, on Sunday mornings and sometime soon also on Monday evenings, to be announced. For CTA transportation take either the...
