Sat, Oct 25
|Zoom
Sonoma Mandala Coming Alive: Zen Conversations for a New Era - ONLINE (on Zoom)
A special conversation between Nyoze-osho, Abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and Jakusho Kwong-roshi, Wisdom Holder and Founder of SMZC. Conversation will be moderated by special guest Peter Coyote. Special lunch to follow afterwards.
Time & Location
Oct 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Zoom
Guests
About This Event
Join us in discussing the importance of maintaining the Buddha’s teachings. Zen practice and the Buddha’s teachings are relevant and important right here, right now. SMZC’s Sonoma Mandala offers a sacred Mandala container for the good of humanity, merging the Buddha’s practice with our everyday lives and sharing this with the world we live in.
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center’s commitment to build a Soto Zen temple offering the everlasting Spirit of Zen for generations to come. We will discuss the Sonoma Mandala, its history, current update, its timeline and its deeper meaning. In April 2026, the raising of SMZC’s Sanmon Temple Gate will mark a threshold into Zen Conversations for a New Era.
Nyoze Kwong-osho was installed as the 2nd Abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in 2023, recognized as a Kokusaifukyoshi(international zen teacher) of Shumucho Soto Zen School in Japan. 2011 trained under Hoitsu Suzuki at Eiheiji, one of the…