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Awaken Your Sunday
With Zen Meditation, Wisdom & Connection.
Upcoming Programming
Join us Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM for a Bonfire Social in the ZLMC backyard. We’ll provide the snacks, you bring the drinks. Hope to see you then.
Join us for our first live stream event on our Muddy Waters Substack on Wednesday, May 20th @ 6:00 PM (CST). Christian Baizan Solorzano will interview Roshi and everyone is invited to join the conversation live. You can find our substack site at muddywaters.substack.com.
The Zen path is not only a path of sitting–it’s a path of living. At its heart is the Bodhisattva vow: a commitment to meet the suffering of the world with wisdom, compassion, and an open heart. In this course, you’ll explore the Six Paramitas–six profound practices that have guided Zen practitioners for centuries–and learn how to bring them to life in your own daily experience.
As the third and culminating course in our Core Curriculum, this four-session series, taught by our Abbot, Roshi Robert Althouse, offers a complete map for the spiritually engaged life:
Awakened Heart: Zen-inspired Living – Discover bodhicitta, the awakened heart that forms the bedrock of Zen practice and the Bodhisttva’s way.
Generosity & Discipline: Overcoming Greed and Ignorance – The first two paramitas invite us to return to our innate generosity and cultivate the discipline that sustains practice and joyful living.
Patience & Energy: Overcoming Anger and Laziness – Learn how to meet anger with skill and find the inner energy that carries you through difficulties.
Meditation and Wisdom in Daily Life – The final two paramitas weave contemplative depth into the fabric of everyday life.
Early Bird Special– Register before May 9
Nonmembers $179 (regular $199); Members $159 (regular $179)
Dates: June 6, 13, 20, & 27 | Saturdays, 10:00-11:30 AM CST | Online
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Cultivating mindful awareness through our practice
Zen meditation and the cultivation of mindful awareness form the core of our practice, offering profound benefits such as stress management, deeper relationships, and a richer life experience.
The center is like a breath of fresh air in this chaotic and ungrounded time in history. It has given me an insightful perspective on what is essential in this life we all share.
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