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Welcome to Stone Creek Zen Center of Sebastopol and Graton, California
Zen in Sonoma County –
Accessible to All
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The inner---what is it?
if not intensified sky
hurled through with birds and deep
with the winds of homecoming.
--Rainer Maria Rilke
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We invite you to join us, whether you are a new to Buddhism and curious about Zen, or a returning or an experienced Zen practitioner looking for a friendly place to sit in silence and study the dharma. The
Buddha Way is a path you can walk to settle your life in clarity and
kindness. Stone Creek Zen Center welcomes all who are interested in
this meditative exploration of who you are and how best to
live.
Our community members come from all walks of life. We share in a wide range of activities that allow each person to find a gate to their own Zen practice.
Jisho Warner, Roshi is
our head teacher. She makes her warm presence and deep teachings available
to us in groups and individually. You are welcome to call or email her
directly to learn more about our practice and program offerings. Joko Haselwood, Sensei, is our associate teacher. He assists Jisho at Stone Creek and leads a weekly Zen group in Cotati.
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An
Invitation to Visit
Zazen Schedule - Meditation and Community, open to all
Sundays
8:00 a.m zazen
8:30
service
8:45 coffee
9:15 cleaning
10:00 zazen
10:30
dharma talk
11:15 closing
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Friday
MORNINGS
6:40 zazen
7:10 kinhin
7:20 zazen
7:50 service
8:05 closing
EVENINGS
5:00 zazen
5:30 kinhin
5:40 zazen
6:10 close
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The Zen Center
Stone
Creek Zen Center is a Buddhist practice center dedicated to the dharma
teachings of awakening to reality and living compassionately in this impermanent, interdependent world. The
core activity at the center is zazen, or wholehearted sitting here and now. Our
Sangha community extends their practice throughout their lives, living consciously as part of the interconnected web of beings supporting each other's lives.
Our Programs
All programs are open to the public.
We
offer many gates to Zen practice, and we invite you to join us in ways
that work for your life and schedule. Our members practice at the center
and at home during the ordinary activities of daily life. We are easy
to get to know.
Some of our offerings:
Zazen, Study Groups, Family Practice, Community Days, Personal
Interviews with Jisho Roshi, Dharma Talks, Retreats, and Weddings and
Funerals.
Introduction to Zen Practice
Instruction in zazen (Zen sitting meditation) and an introduction to practicing Zen are offered on the first Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 am. There is no fee, and it is not necessary to pre-register. Just come, try it, and feel free to ask questions. Sitting cushions and chairs are provided.
 Jisho Warner Roshi, Our Teacher
The head of our center is Jisho Warner, a Buddhist priest and Zen teacher in the Soto Zen School. Warner Roshi trained in the United States under Tozen Akiyama and Dainin Katagiri Roshis, and in Japan under Shundo Aoyama Roshi. She received authorization to teach and dharma transmission from Tozen Akiyama Roshi.
Jisho is known for her combination of warmth and intelligence, and for her humor, kindness, and genuineness. She leads zazen, services, and retreats (sesshins), gives dharma talks to the community, and is available for individual meetings.
Dharma Talks
The most recent talks are available here as MP3 download. Click on the talk title to play; right-click to save the file to your own hard disk.
Sesshin Teisho for July 14, 2010 by Jisho Warner: The World is Vast and Wide.
Dharma talk for July 11, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Enlightenment and the True Dharma Eye.
Dharma talk for July 4, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Wind, Sand and Stars.
Dharma talk for June 27, 2010 by Annette Joay Lille: Pure Attendance.
Dharma talk for June 20, 2010 by Myozen Barton Stone: The Vow, ‘Beings are numberless, I vow to free them’.
Dharma talk for June 13, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Hands of Effort, Hands of Freedom.
Dharma talk for June 6, 2010 by Jisho Warner: A ’simple’ way to become a Buddha.
Dharma talk for May 30, 2010 by Jisho Warner: The Red Thread: Passion and the Spiritual Life.
Dharma talk for May 23, 2010 by Daniel Terragno: Zen Practice; Dance Practice.
Dharma talk for May 16, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Does Zazen Work?.
Dharma talk for May 9, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Awareness is Consequential.
Dharma talk for April 25, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Living in a Cause and Effect Universe.
Dharma talk for April 11, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Buddha.
Dharma talk for April 4, 2010 by Wendy Johnson: A Single Flower.
Dharma talk for March 28, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Craving.
Dharma talk for March 3, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Interpenetrated Reality .
Dharma talk for March 3, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Affirming This Intersection Beyond Comparison: Refuge in the Three Treasures.
Dharma talk for February 21, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Song of the Precious Mirror: Bright and Dark.
Dharma talk for February 17, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Song of the Precious Mirror: Dharma Is Intimately Transmitted.
Dharma talk for February 14, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi.
Dharma talk for February 7, 2010 by Tai Hazard: The Way of the Shaman.
Dharma talk for January 31, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Paying Attention is Transformative.
Sesshin Teisho for January 21, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Attachment Cannot Be Eliminated.
Sesshin Teisho for January 20, 2010 by Jisho Warner: The Great Responsibility for Your Entire Lifetime.
Dharma talk for January 17, 2010 by Jisho Warner: Altruism and Human Life.
Dharma talk for December 27, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Tolerance for the Unknown.
Dharma talk for December 20, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Power of the Robe.
Dharma talk for November 29, 2009 by Jisho Warner: What Is The Meaning of Bowing?.
Dharma talk for November 15, 2009 by Jisho Warner: It Is Not Zen That Is Strict, It Is Reality That Is Strict .
Dharma talk for November 08, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Tamed and Untamed Mind.
Dharma talk for October 24, 2009 by Jisho Warner: What Does It Mean to Accept Your Life, Suffering and All? Part 2.
Sesshin Teisho for October 23, 2009 by Jisho Warner: How Do You Take a Step From the Top of a 100 ft Pole? Part I.
Dharma talk for October 18, 2009 by Jisho Warner: What Does It Mean to Accept Your Life, Suffering and All?
Dharma talk for October 11, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Continuous Practice Buddha to Buddha.
Dharma talk for October 4, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Two Moons? The Mind of Equality in Action.
Dharma talk for September 27, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Mind of Equality.
Dharma talk for September 20, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Mind of the Way.
Dharma talk for September 6, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Dharma Turns You and You Turn the Dharma.
Dharma talk for September 13, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Flowering Universe Keeps Turning Our Lives .
Dharma talk for August 23, 3009 by Joko Haselwood: Adrift on the Sea.
Dharma talk for August 16 by Tozen Akiyama: Joshu’s Mu and the Life of No Merit.
Dharma talk for August 9, 2009 by Tozen Akiyama: Genjokoan.
Dharma talk for August 2, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Ignorance Is No Ailment At All.
Dharma talk for July 5, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Metta Sutra and the Roots of Loving Kindness.
Dharma talk for June 21, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Jizo Bodhisattva: We Are All Travelers.
Dharma talk for June 14, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Everyone Has His Own Light .
Dharma talk for June 7, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Working with Your Whole Self.
Dharma talk for May 17 by Jisho Warner: Building a Seamless Sanctuary.
Dharma talk for May 10, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Going in the Ten Directions: Follow Your Nose.
Dharma talk for April 26, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Words, Silence, and Eloquent Bodies.
Dharma talk for April 19, 2009 by Daniel Terragno: No Merit.
Practice Day Teisho for April 18, 2009 by Jisho Warner: What’s in a Pronoun?.
Dharma talk for April 12, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Unperfect Practice of Wisdom.
Dharma talk for April 5, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Unperfect Practice of Dynamic Awareness.
Dharma talk for March 29, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Unperfect Practice of the Perfections: Generosity.
Dharma talk for March 22, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Unperfect Practice of the Perfections: Awakening Mind.
Empty Bowl Sanga and Stone Creek Zen Center Practice Day Teisho for March 21, 2009 by Joko Haselwood: The First Day of Spring.
Dharma talk for March 15, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Intimacy and the Winds of Homecoming.
Dharma talk for March 8, 2009 by Jisho Warner: The Bodhisattva Way of Life.
Dharma talk for February 15, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Genjokoan: Wholehearted Engagement with the Life of Each Moment.
Dharma talk for February 8, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Genjokoan: To Study the Self.
Dharma talk for February 1, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Genjokoan: All Things Are the Buddha Dharma.
Dharma talk for January 17, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Deep Winter Sesshin Teisho: Blue Cliff Record #87: What Is Your Self?.
Deep Winter Sesshin Teisho for January 16, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Blue Cliff Record #87: The Whole Earth is Medicine.
Dharma talk for January 15, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Deep Winter Sesshin Teisho: Blue Cliff Record #87: Medicine and Disease Subdue Each Other.
Dharma talk for January 4, 2009 by Jisho Warner: Looking Forward, Looking Backward.
Dharma talk for December 21, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: This Very Fan.
Dharma talk for November 30, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Samsara and Nirvana.
Dharma talk for November 23, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: Giving Thanks.
Dharma talk for October 26, 2008 by Annette Lille: Stepping Into the Unknown.
Dharma talk for November 16, 2008 by Jisho Warner: The Four Noble Truths Today.
Dharma talk for October 19, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Somewhere Under the Rainbow.
Dharma talk for October 12, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Dharma talk for September 21, 2008 by Jisho Warner: The Heart Sutra As a Celebration.
Dharma talk for September 7, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Anger/Hatred.
Dharma talk for August 31, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Ethics: Intention, Action, Consequence.
Dharma talk for August 10, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Non-Dual Reality Is the Only Kind There Is.
Dharma talk for August 3, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Living Not Blinded By Intoxication.
Dharma talk for July 27, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Vow to Tell the Truth.
Dharma talk for July 13, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: Entering the Simple Life.
Dharma talk for July 6, 2008 by Jisho Warner: To Live By Vow: The Energy of Intention.
Dharma talk for June 28, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Eyes of Equality, Eyes of Discrimination.
Dharma talk for June 15, 2008 by Jisho Warner: To See The Earth As Golden.
Dharma talk for June 8, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Living at the Edge.
Dharma talk for June 1, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Burma: Freedom from Fear.
Dharma talk for May 25, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: Zen Path.
Dharma talk for April 13, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: Arousing the Way-Seeking Mind.
Dharma talk for April 20, 2008 by Jisho Warner: In Praise of the Finger that Points to the Moon.
Dharma talk for March 30, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Now is the Time to Know that All that You Do Is Sacred.
From the archives: dharma talk for October 22, 2006 by Jisho Warner: Miracles.
Dharma talk for March 16, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Quiet Heroes, Unquiet Journey.
Dharma talk for February 24, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Vigorously Abiding in Each Moment.
Dharma talk for February 23, 2008 (Ango Practice Day) by Jisho Warner: Doubt Itself Is Nothing But Time.
Dharma talk for February 17, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Understanding Your Life As Time.
Dharma talk for February 10, 2008 by Jisho Warner: The Natural Way.
Dharma talk for February 3, 2008 by Jisho Warner: When I’m Hungry, I Eat.
Dharma talk for January 27, 2008 by Jisho Warner: Standing Your Ground: When It’s Cold, the Cold Kills You.
Dharma Talk for January 20, 2008 by Joko Haselwood: Hot Buddha Cold Buddha.
Dharma Talk for January 13, 2008 by Jisho Warner: The Sangha.
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