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Saturday Community (Student Talk by Craig Sanmon Stepanek) - ON SITE (in Zendo)
Saturday Community (Student Talk by Craig Sanmon Stepanek) - ON SITE (in Zendo)

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Saturday Community (Student Talk by Craig Sanmon Stepanek) - ON SITE (in Zendo)

Student talk will be given by Craig Sanmon Stepanek, a student of Kwong-roshi and SMZC resident, following 10:30 am zazen. 10:30 am - 11:00 am Zazen 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Student Talk

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May 20, 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Zendo, 6367 Sonoma Mountain Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, USA

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Student talk will be given by Craig Sanmon (山門) Stepanek, a student of Kwong-roshi and SMZC resident, following 10:30 am zazen.

Craig was born in 1960 and grew up in San Jose, CA back when it was known for its family farms and plum orchards. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the Navy to be a nuclear electrical engineer where he served four years onboard the USS California. Upon completion of his naval service, he enrolled in college as a psychology/biology major. In his second summer of college, he spent two months in India working in Kalighat with Mother Teresa and traveling around India. There, he met Fr. Bede Griffiths at his Benedictine monastery, Shantivanam Ashram, on the banks of the Cauvery River in Tamil Nadu, Southern India.

His experiences there caused him to alter the course of his life forever. Upon returning to the US, he left college…

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