Sangha News

Sept 29, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes Guiding Teacher Report Jukai: Beautiful collective effort to support this ceremony and our vows to benefit all beings. Great appreciation to our temple officers: Dylan (temple director), Gerrie (Ino), Eishin and Douglas (Tantos),...

Aug 4, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes Guiding Teacher Report Sesshin the last Sunday at LS Zendo Hogetsu has been working with Tova Green to find a site to host the 2025 Branching Streams international meeting. A site in Woodstock, IL that belongs to Loyola University is...

June 23, 2024 | Board Meeting Notes Transition ceremony follow-up Thank you to the folks who arranged the gift giving and others in their roles. • Dylan has sent out an email, and he is proud of ADZG Sangha for all the work over the months that made the day happen....

Guiding Teacher Report (Taigen)  PCP is going well. Next weekend is the scheduled 3-day sit, 24 people enrolled in PCP. Dylan has been very helpful in preparations for the PCP 3-day sit. Taigen will be leading 2 seminars through SFZC (July 20, August 10). Taigen and...

Guiding Teacher Report (Taigen)  Practice commitment period proceeding - 24 people including Taigen Next Sunday morning Stephen Heine will be giving remote talk about Hongzhi  3 day sitting at the end of practice period 5/17-5/19 Taigen will be offering a few seminars...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 approval. ...