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Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the guiding teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center.  In this talk he discusses a talk by Katagiri Roshi on karma and causation from the book Each Moment is the Universe.

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In this talk, sangha member David Coupland will discuss Thich Nhat Hahn's commentary on the Heart Sutra.  David practiced and studied with Zen and Insight Meditation groups in Ann Arbor, MI for over thirty years. He trained as a Dharma teacher with Deep Spring Center,  Ann Arbor, and taught insight meditation to community groups.

David worked in software development and marketing, managed a small nonprofit, and taught high school before retiring to Longmont with his wife Karen in 2019 and has been a member of Prairie Mountain Zen Center since then.

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Annabella Pitkin is an Assistant Professor of Buddhism and East Asian Religions at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and Director of Lehigh Asian Studies Program.  Her dharma talk is about Mahayana traditions and practice.

Dr. Pitkin's forthcoming book, Beggar Modern: Renunciation and Longing in the Life of a 20th Century Himalayan Buddhist Saint (April 2022), explores the life of the Himalayan Buddhist teacher Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen.

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Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin receives a gift robe sewn by sangha members in appreciation for his many years of service as founder and guiding teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.

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Rev. Norm Randolph is a senior teacher at Dharma Field zen center in Minneapolis.  Born in San Francisco in 1943, he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a psychology degree and worked in an Air Force psychiatric clinic. In 1969 he met Dainin Katagiri Roshi in San Francisco, and moved to Minneapolis when Katagiri Roshi went there in 1972. He was ordained in 1978 and received Dharma Transmission in 1989.

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Ewan gives us an introduction to his Ancestors and Koans class which begins on Thursday September 16.

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Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher at Prairie Mountain Zen Center.

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Rev. Ekyo Susan Nelson was a lay student of Katagiri-roshi and had her jukai ceremony in 1980. After Katagiri’s death she practiced for a time at Clouds in Water Zen Center before returning to Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC) during Karen Sunna’s tenure in the late 90’s. She was ordained by Tim Burkett in 2003 and received dharma transmission from him in 2011.

Currently she is one of four senior teachers at MZMC. She moved to Hokyoji with her husband Carl in 2010 and is now a part-time resident practitioner there while also residing in South Minneapolis. One of her biggest joys is being a grandma.

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Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.  This is part two of a two-part series.

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Rev. Jodo Cliff Clusin is the Guiding Teacher of Prairie Mountain Zen Center.  This is part one of a two-part series.