Student Sharing Blog

Each Sunday after the 8:00 sitting, a volunteer speaker shares their thoughts with the sangha. Here are their sharings, posted for anyone who couldn’t attend.

  • Way of Ki

    Way of Ki

    Shared by Reni Photo of our garden by Sondra 気 Ki in Daily Life by Koichi Tohei  Reflecting on Koichi Tohei’s lifelong training & philosophical…

  • Passing of Taizan Gendo, Mark Adams

    Passing of Taizan Gendo, Mark Adams

    Thank you Reni, for getting Tanabata Tanzaku for Zendo. Here you can find what tanabata is about.Here is our wish. “Wishing Hakone Zendo to be…

  • Super Mario Galaxy Buddhism Cards

    Super Mario Galaxy Buddhism Cards

    Shared by Luke  flower arrngement by Reni Here is a link for everyone to download the cards I shared. You can print it out on…

  • Tariki and Jiriki (他力 自力)

    Tariki and Jiriki (他力 自力)

    Photo by Sondra Sharing by Ann Rev. Ito once described the hatching of a chick by saying that Momma henpecks from outside the shell while…

  • HISTORY OF RINZAI HAKONE ZENDO

    HISTORY OF RINZAI HAKONE ZENDO

    Shared by Sondra In the Fall of 2022, as a newcomer to Zen Buddhism and Zazen, I immediately felt at home during my first zazen-kai…

  • Gratitude

    Gratitude

    What are you grateful for?

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