Welcome to the website for Boundless Way Zen, formerly known as the Zen Community of Boston. We are an independent Sangha in the emerging western Soto Zen Buddhist tradition.
This "What's New?" page shows you what's been added or amended since you last visited us online. Links to the most recent site-content are as follows.
Last update: April 23, 2008
> Updated the Our Tradition page. Added new section "What's the difference between teachers and priests?"
Update: December 16, 2007
> Updated the calendar page. Added information about upcoming events in Worcester
Update: November 09, 2007
> Posted the revised bylaws approved by the
membership at the October 2007 Annual meeting, to the Leadership page.
Update: September 22, 2007
> Added a new Dharma talk "Fayen's Two Monks Roll Up the Blinds"
by James Ford, Roshi to the
teishos page.
> Added a new Dharma talk "Passing Through Xuefeng's Net" by David Rynick, Sensei to the teishos page.
> Updated the calendar page. Added information about the new location for December sesshin and the BoWZ annual meeting in November.
Update: August 22, 2007
> Added photos to our Image Gallery from the sesshin held July
of 2007.
Update: July 8, 2007
> Published the new BoWZ liturgy book.
Update: July 2, 2007
> Added photos to our Image Gallery from the BoWZ picnic held
June of 2007.
Update: June 10, 2007
> Added a new page Boundless Way Zen Teachers Council to the
Our Tradition section.
> Added a new page with information on taking the precepts to the Teachings and Instruction page.
> Revised the BoWZ and the Zen way Introduction to Boundless Way Zen.
Update: June 6, 2007
> Added a new Dharma talk "Seeing
With the Eye With Which God Sees" by James Ford, Roshi to the
teishos page.
Update: June 2, 2007
> Updated the calendar page. Added Fall/Winter 2007
retreat dates.
> Added photos to our Image Gallery from the sesshin held in April of 2007.
Update: October 30, 2006
> Updated the leadership page. Added Harold
Stevens and Jeffrey Bailey to the list of Practice Leaders.
> Updated the calendar page. Added 2007 retreat dates.
> Updated our lineage page to show our Korean Rinzai lineage as well as our Japanese Soto lineages.
> Added a new sermon on "Mindful Politics" by James Ford, Roshi to the teishos page.
Update: September 28, 2006
> Posted a dharma talk by David Rynick Sensei recorded at the
sesshin held in July 2006 at Senexet House.
> Updated the links page. Added a link to James Ford Roshi's new blog "Monkey Mind Online". and fixed a few broken links.
> Added new page for audio files. Posted two dharma talks recorded at the sesshin held in July 2006 at Senexet House.
Update: August 18, 2006
> Updated the leadership page to reflect changes to our
Leadership Council and Spiritual Leadership.
> Added a new sermon on "Mindful Politics" by James Ford, Roshi to the teishos page.
Update: August 04, 2006
> Added photos to our Image Gallery from Josh Bartok's
ordination ceremony, our recent Jukai ceremony and the sesshin
held in July of 2006.
Update: July 20, 2006
> Added photos to our Image Gallery from Melissa Blacker's
Dharma Transmission celebration at the sesshin in April
2006. This is the debut of our new image viewer software
which will make posting photos much easier. Please let us
know if you have any comments or problems
with this new viewer.
Update: July 1, 2006
> Added our new Rockport and
Salem, MA sitting groups to front page
> Added schedule of all-day practice periods in Worcester. Click on our Calendar for information on any event or retreat scheduled through December of 2006.
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