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About this workshop:
This event provides a chance for all to come together and contemplate the collective principles of peace, wisdom, and compassion that unite us while affirming and avowing the 16 Bodhisattva precepts.
Location and schedule (Details may be subject to change):
The event will be online via Zoom.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
3:30 pm- 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Click here for a time converter.)
For In-Person Attendance in Houston:
- If you are located in the Houston area and would like to attend the event in person, please indicate your interest during registration by selecting the in-person ticket type.
- After completing your registration, further instructions, including contact information for in-person attendance, will be provided in your confirmation email.
- Houston Zen Center's Address: 1605 Heights Boulevard, Houston, TX 77008, USA
Fees:
No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. 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.
About the speaker:
The Abbot of Houston Zen Center, Setsuan Konjin Gaelyn Godwin, is connected nationally and internationally with Buddhist teachers and organizations, and, in addition to her own travels to lead Zen retreats, she brings nationally recognized teachers to Houston for Dharma teaching.
She serves as the Director of the International Division of Soto Zen, North America (a department of Soto Zen Headquarters based in Japan).
She received ordination as a Zen Priest in 1991, from Tenshin Reb Anderson, Senior Dharma Teacher at San Francisco Zen Center. She received Dharma Transmission, also from Tenshin Reb Anderson, in 2003, and was appointed Kaikyoshi (formal recognition from Japan) in 2005. Her Zen lineage is Soto Zen, through Dōgen Zenji, and through Suzuki Shunryu Daiosho, founder of San Francisco Zen Center.
The SZBA 2024 event series, Celebrating the Voices of Women in Buddhism, is generously funded by The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism.
