Classes & Retreats & Talks

Upcoming Courses:

Our classes and workshops explore and expand upon our 8 Core Practices. They present the knowledge and skills necessary to live life as Practice Enlightenment itself; how to engage each moment in its co-creative, interactive fluidity. They present ways of training toward generosity, good conduct, vital effort, patience, pure presence, concentration, and wisdom.

Spring Sesshin 2025

Retreat Dates: April 10-14, 2024
Location: Whitewater State Park, Altura, Minnesota
Cost: $350

Spring 2025 Ango

Ango (安居) is a three-month period of intense Zen training with a personal practice commitment beginning on January 12, 2025.

Taking the Zen Garland Order Vows – Study

Taking the Vows study group for students in an ongoing teacher student relationship.

Introduction to Zen Focusing – Zoom Course

Zen and Focusing both teach a way of being, The Practice of Presence to what is. Reality! Enlightenment is not something we attain, but something we do that brings us into intimate connection with the flow of life. Series of 6 classes, Monday evenings online.

On Demand Courses:

In this section you will find recorded courses that you can register for and take in your own time.

Introduction to the Zen Garland Way – The Ever Intimate of Zen Practice

Ground your life and set your feet upon the path. Roshi Genki’s 14-part video Grand Tour on the foundations to a peaceful, meaningful, ethical and magical entrance to the nondual multiverse.

Book: Consider The Lilies

This wonderful book by Grandfather Duncan Shoko Sings-Alone Roshi, contains wisdom, how to work with oneself, how to be in relationships and community, how to face old age and death and how to live well.
Each and every one of us is encouraged not to search too far but be intimately close with oneself.