Windhorse Zen Community

Join us this Sunday! Ordained Windhorse member Andy Ford will be offering a dharma talk on "The Saint, the Roshi & the Pirate: West Meets East in 1549." If you'd like to join in person for the first time, or for the Zoom link, just reach out to [email protected]

On this hot holiday weekend, let’s celebrate together a true INTERdependence Day—and the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday!

And let’s honor the wisdom teachings of some of the Great Ones, natives of this land, whose ancestors inhabited America as much as 20,000 to 30,000 years ago, and whose ways of governing were clearly observed and copied by our “founding fathers” in creating the new government of the United States of America.

At a time when a powerful effort is underway to rewrite and whitewash the history of this nation, let us pay homage to the deep wisdom of some of our Native American elders, who offer us a very different and inspiring vision of human existence—one in harmony with the Earth and, in many ways, with Dharma teachings and practice.

Join us! If you'd like to come for the first time or for the Zoom link just reach out to [email protected]

We'll mark both the Summer Solstice and chant the closing of our Spring Term-Intensive (Ango). After Sunya-roshi's talk, we invite the sangha to share poems, stories or songs (and more!) that express the spirit of the season for you at this potent still-point of the year. Reach out to [email protected] if you'd like to know more!

(Image above from Splendor Solis, an alchemical text from 1582.)

We're full steam ahead for our June 7-Day sesshin starting tomorrow night. No Sunday program this Sunday or the Sunday following due to sesshin. But please join us Sunday June 21 to chant the close the Spring Term-Intensive (Ango) and celebrate the Summer Solstice! More details to come.