Sat, Apr 23
|Zoom
Saturday Community - ONLINE
Dharma talk will be given by Nyoze Kwong, Vice Abbot. BY DONATION ($10 suggested minimum donation)
Time & Location
Apr 23, 2022, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
Zoom
Guests
About This Event
Thank you for your ongoing support. To sustain SMZC, please donate $10 (suggested) for the Saturday Community program.
Dharma talk will be given by Nyoze Kwong, Vice Abbot & Executive Director. Nyoze Kwong received a degree in Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz. He worked as a fundraiser in Stanford University’s Engineering Department. Nyoze has a background in Socially Engaged Buddhism and has trained with well-respected teachers in Japan and United States and has over 30 years of meditation experience. In 2012 he finished his formal Zen training at Eiheiji, oldest monastery and head temple of the Soto Zen School in Japan. In 2015 he was certified and recognized by Sotoshu as a Zen teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi. Currently Nyoze serves as Vice Abbot (the head of meditation practice) and Executive Director of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center. He lives at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center with his wife Kashin and his son Ejo.