From the Cushion

Once a month grounds and people are transformed through Saturday Samu—from 10 am to 12 noon. Next Samu is Saturday, October 21. We can see

In this season of new life, we remember our beloved teacher, Genko Kathy Blackman, who passed away on December 9, 2022. She taught and inspired

On August 20, we welcomed roughly 200 people to a festive temple dedication. Thanks to all who made it such a meaningful and joyful celebration!

It is exciting to start this year owning a building! We have made a number of improvements over the last few months and more are

Tokudo Shiki Initiation, Two New Monks and a Ceremony On August 22nd we held our second ever ordination ceremony at Puget Sound Zen Center. As

With every sit, we take four vows. This celebration – Juneteenth – is itself a dharma gate we can enter. It carries a legacy of

And so our ceremony has concluded And we’ve brought our Buddha home. But every single place this Buddha has been- Truly, he’s been at home.

Prelude to Temple Blessing Way back in time, in the naughts we, the Zen Center, held seminars on Buddhism. Mark Unno, a professor of Asian

This is, to be sure, a watershed moment for our sangha. Thanks to Lisa Deveraeu, who trusted that we would be good stewards of this

Like many people studying Zen I regularly read Buddhist texts and I read to realize my experience. I identify as a woman and so in

What is Buddha Nature? Is Buddha Nature a physical state? Do rocks and mountains have Buddha Nature? Can it reside outside of physical form in

One evening, a man came home from work and saw his neighbor looking for something under the streetlight in front of the neighbor’s house. “What are you

Once upon a time, not long ago, my daughter and I lined up in crowds of people. We brushed each other shoulder to shoulder, sometimes

Driving on the highway for the first time in a long time the other day, I was, for the first time in a long time,