LAST UPDATE: 04/23/08

Regularly Scheduled Events

At Henry Thoreau Zen Sangha

On the first Monday of the month Roshi James Ford gives a Dharma talk.  On the second and fourth Mondays, James offers dokusan -- private spiritual direction interviews.  As there are occasional calendaring changes, please call ahead to confirm these events.  Telephone: 617.916.5294

Workshops and Retreats

James Myoun Ford Roshi is both a Unitarian Universalist minister currently serving as senior minister of the First Unitarian Society in Newton, MA, as well as a priest in the Soto Zen tradition.  He is a Dharma successor of both Soto priest Jiyu Kennett Roshi and the lay Harada-Yasutani master John Tarrant Roshi.

Melissa Myozen Blacker Sensei is a Soto priest and Dharma successor to James Myoun Ford Roshi.  She is also currently Co-Director of Professional Training at the Center for Mindfulness in the UMass Medical School.

David Dayan Rynick Sensei is a lay Zen teacher, a Dharma successor to George Bomun Bowman who was sanctioned as a teacher by Zen Master Seung Sahn.  Zen Master Bowman has also continued his training for many years with the Rinzai priest Joshu Sasaki Roshi.  David is currently a life and leadership coach.

Sesshin: an intensive seven-day Zen meditation retreat.  Nine hours of meditation a day, liturgy, oryoki (meditative dining) and dokusan (private interviews with the teacher)

Fee: $295 (U.S.) Scholarships available.
Registration is limited. For information please contact
email:boundlesswayzen@hotmail.com

Click HERE to download a Sesshin Application. Please note that applications are not accepted until after the sesshin has been officially announced from the boundlesswayzen@hotmail.com email account.

We've posted a PDF of a flyer outlining proper etiquette in the zendo, useful for visting a practice center or going on sesshin.  Click HERE to download it.  (If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, needed to view PDFs, you can download the program for free, HERE.)