Eon Zen Center

Winter Break Dec 9-Jan 5: Now that our Ango Practice Period has ended, Eon Zen Center will move to a lighter schedule for the next three weeks. We will not gather at Shambhala or online this evening — our Monday evening program is on hold until January 6th when we will welcome our new year of practice.

We will have one 30-minute period of morning zazen online at 7am Mon-Fri and 8am Sat-Sun during the break. Please visit eonzen.org/daily-practice details and the link to join online.

Kind thanks to everyone for your continued presence and practice.

We wish you a peaceful December, Winter Solstice, and holiday season in the coming weeks. 🙏

Please join us for the Shuso Hossen (Head Trainee) Ceremony Sunday Dec. 8 at 10:30am MST at Willow Farm Contemplative Center. Our Shuso for this Ango, Jim Hōden Fricker, will present a Dharma Talk on the koan he has been practicing with this fall and then be challenged with questions from Sangha members.

This is typically a lively and moving ceremony and an important rite of passage into new responsibility and training as a senior student.

Hōden has been practicing Zen for over thirty years, and began his studies with Daido Loori Roshi as a resident at Zen Mountain Monastery. He is full-time staff with Zen Peacemakers and recently returned from assisting with their Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat in November.

We are grateful for Hōden's leadership this Ango. Please join and support him on this special occasion.

To attend in person, please RSVP to [email protected] and arrive by 10:15am.

To join virtually, use the link to enter the online zendo at eonzen.org/retreats-and-programs/sesshin-dec-2024.