Falmouth Soto Zen Sangha

This Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Inmo Joe LaBrecque will lead our Dharma discussion as he speaks about his Dharma name and Zen in everyday life. Each month we ask...

Male perspective of women in Buddhism has changed over the millennia (as have those of contemporary women practitioners). Shakyamuni Buddha liberated how mem...

You can lead a horse to water...and if it does the backstroke you have something. Some time ago I read the Tao of Pooh, the Tao of Peanuts. and the Dancing W...

May suggests hope for warm weather here on Cape Cod. It is also a time for the Falmouth Soto Zen Sangha to schedule a variety of ways to share the Dharma: 1....

It is "high time," when we realize that in times before, we should have been aware of something only now apparent. My Mother would say something like"...it i...

Legend has it, that in 583 BC or thereabouts, Siddhartha Gautama was born in a grove near the town of Lumbini in Nepal. In Soto Zen we usually celebrate his...

Each month we feature a Dharma discussion lead by a member of our Sangha. Tuesday, April 14, 2020, Ikusei Jacqueline Lee will lead the discussion, Her topi...

All, you made need to use a password to join us through Zoom either at the morning sit everyday at 6:30-7:15 Eastern or at our Tuesday night meeting from 7:0...

I am finding expansive thoughts, across media platforms about what we as individuals, dyads, groups, geographic-area inhabitants, nations, and the world comm...

Undo Kuya is a friend and Sangka Leader Living in Canada. I'm starting the Women of the Way Retreat online with the Spring Practice Period with Upaya Zen Cen...

Tathagata means neither coming neither going. In the non-temporal dimension it negates here and there. As in when we are six feet apart I say I am here and y...

Please use the following Zoom for all FSZS Activities Effective March 26, 2020 https://zoom.us/j/7096899032 Gassho

Hello Everyone _/\_ Given the uncertainty of the times I wanted to let you know how we will maintain our financial responsibilities as a Sangha. Our business...

Hi everyone. Now is the time we think about starting our annual beach-sitting on Cape Cod. We can't do that this year, however, we can have "Beachless-Sittin...

Meaning is an interesting word and possibly now so more than ever. Meaning is something we tend to take for granted, as in you know what I mean. Actually use...

I am writing this in Berkeley California as the state and local communities are shutting down gatherings-change is erupting. A week ago this change had not a...

All. Given the nature of the coronavirus, we are moving to an online format for Tuesday services 7-8PM/EDT, starting March 17, until further notice. Just cli...

Peter Hershock in his book Chan Buddhism address the relationship between karma and qi--action and energy. Think of ripples in a pond and amplitude of the wa...

Enjitsu Chris Charyk will lead our Dharma Discussion on March 3, 2020. He is the second member of the sangka to do so, as Nancy Mokuo Sherwood shared her vis...

I saw two graphs depicting life on Facebook yesterday. The caption was "Look what happens when you plan." On the left a single arrow showing upward sloping p...