Application deadline extended for Tassajara Fall Practice Period

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Fall 2019 Practice Period at Tassajara Led by Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman September 25 – December 20 Application due date extended to August 25 “Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddhas.” So begins Sansuikyo, or Mountains and Waters Sutra, by Eihei Dogen, the 13th century founder of the Soto Zen School. The mountains and rivers are not the mountains and rivers of metaphor, but the true dharma eye, the realized truth of the universe. When we see mountains and waters with our true awakened eye, we see the Buddha and hear his teachings. Nature—including our own human nature—in this way becomes our sutra of study. In a time of ecological distress, can we live in harmony with nature and thereby awaken to our true nature? The profound beauty of the Tassajara wilderness, combined with the dynamic silence and stillness of a traditional Zen monastic practice period, provide ideal conditions in which to take up this study. We invite you to join us in this extraordinary place at this rich and complex time to contemplate the changing world and its ability to accommodate and cultivate the changes we hope for in ourselves and others. Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman Tenzen David Zimmerman became the City Center Abiding Abbot in March 2019. He was ordained in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi by Rev. Teah Strozer in 2006 and received dharma transmission from her in 2018. David spent eight years at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, where he held a number of positions, including monastery director. For More Information and to Apply ‌