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• The Dharma in Each Moment: Studying Dōgen and the Path of Practice-Realization

  • When
    06/21/2026
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    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom (Eastern Time)

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  About this event:
  

   Studying Dōgen through the lens of Dharma position offers a concise guide to how we experience practice within the context of each moment’s arising and actualization. This complex and complete view of practice offers us the matrix of Dōgen’s vision as well as guidance in skillfully enacting Buddha’s Way.  

  Participants will:
  

  • Learn Dōgen’s teachings on each moment’s actualization by seeing the complex unfolding of the Dharma as time and response in our effort to bring forth and simplify our understanding of time and enactment. 
  • Reflect on how practice is actualized in daily life.
  • Through teaching and dialogue, we will consider what it means to study the relational aspects of practice as particularity, universal non-duality, the eternal now, the self without fixed identity, and the passage of time and transformation of dharma and practice-realization, and to encounter awakening here and now.

  
  

  Location and schedule:
  

  The event is online-only via Zoom.
  

  Sunday, June 21, 2026
  6:00 pm- 7:30 pm Eastern Time (Click here for a time converter.)

  
  Fees:

  The Soto Zen Buddhist Association relies on the generosity of its supporters to offer programming.  All fees offered through registration will be shared with speakers and panelists. We suggest a sliding scale registration fee of $10-15 for online participation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

  
  About the speaker:

   Rev. Shinshu Roberts is a disciple and Dharma heir of Sojun Weitsman in the Shunryu Suzuki lineage. She is the author of Being-Time: A Practitioner's Guide to Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Uji and Meeting the Myriad Things, A Zen Practitioner’s Guide to Dōgen's Genjōkōan.   A former 17-year resident of San Francisco Zen Center, she later co-founded Ocean Gate Zen in Capitola, California with Rev. Daijaku Kinst  She holds the title of Kokusaifukyoshi (International Teacher) from the Sōtō Zen School in Japan and the rank of Sei Kyoshi, reflecting advanced teaching credentials.
  
  
  

  This event is supported by the Hemera Foundation, the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism and the generosity of our community

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• 2026 SZBA Conference

  • Start
    09/23/2026
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    2:00 PM
  • End
    09/26/2026
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    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
  • Spaces left
    59

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  Soto Zen Buddhist Association · Biennial Conference

  Meeting the Moment Through
  Dogen's Timeless Teachings

  2026 SZBA Conference

  Dates September 23–26, 2026

  Venue Pendle Hill Retreat Center

  Location Wallingford, Pennsylvania

  Giving  ·  Achieving the Same Aim  ·  Kind Speech  ·  Beneficial Action

  We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Soto Zen Buddhist Association Biennial Conference will be held at Pendle Hill Retreat Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, September 23–26, 2026.

  This gathering invites our community to reflect deeply on how we can serve others and strengthen our sanghas in a time of profound change. Guided by Dogen's Four Beneficial Actions, the conference will offer space for ceremony, dialogue, and creative engagement. Together, we will explore practical tools for supporting sangha life, share inspiring perspectives, and co-create opportunities for connection and renewal as we envision the future of Zen in America.

  Highlights include a keynote address by Jan Willis on Acquiring and Practicing the Skills of Nonviolence, daily zazen, Open Spaces sessions, multi-track workshops and Zed Talks, a Dharma Heritage Ceremony, and an evening Talent Show. The conference committee is working to create a space that is engaging, supportive, and welcoming to all — a true opportunity to come together with friends in the Dharma.

  

  Keynote Speaker

  Jan Willis

  Acquiring and Practicing the Skills of Nonviolence

  Thursday, September 24  ·  4:30–6:00 pm
  Theme: Four Beneficial Actions & Engaged Buddhism

  $500 Full Registration
  Includes accommodations, meals, and all conference sessions and materials.

  $175 Day Pass
  All 3 days — sessions and meals included. No overnight lodging.

  Registration Notes

  • Registration includes accommodations, meals, and all conference sessions and materials.
  • Registration deadline: August 24, 2026.
  • Please note any special dietary or accessibility needs in the registration form when prompted.
  • If you need financial assistance, please register using the "need to pay less" ticket. We will contact you with more information about what support is available.
  • We are deeply grateful to those who are able to pay more to help others attend!

  Refund Policy

  We ask our members to communicate with us as soon as possible if there is a need for cancellation. For cancellations before the registration deadline of August 24, 2026, the SZBA charges a 5% processing fee. No refunds are available after August 24, 2026.

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  Conference Planning Committee Doshin Mark Turbak (chair)  ·  Dharma-Joy Reichert  ·  Teresa Bouza  ·  Meredith Seaborn  ·  Kigen Anna Breckenridge

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