There is a dream-like quality to our lives that isn’t evident until we wake up to it. Zen practice can help us see through some of the persistent illusions that skew our view of others and ourselves. Koshin speaks at the Zen Center on December 10, 2017.

Realization of our True Nature is not enough – as practitioners we have to develop in other ways as well. Koshin Chris Cain speaks at the Zen Center on December 17, 2017.

In addition to dharma talks given at the Zendo, Koshin also has a radio show on our local radio station (Voice of Vashon) where he has conversations with a variety of guests. The show is called Zen Crossing: Where Spirituality Meets Everyday Life. In this episode, Koshin talks with Zen

In addition to dharma talks given at the Zendo, Koshin also has a radio show on our local radio station (Voice of Vashon) where he has conversations with a variety of guests. The show is called Zen Crossing: Where Spirituality Meets Everyday Life. In this episode, Peggy Rowe and Larry

Remembering to be grateful for the wonders around us brings many benefits. Why do we so often forget? Koshin Cain speaks at the Zen Center November 26, 2017.

Nomon Tim Burnett has been a student of Zoketsu Norman Fischer since 1987 when he was a resident at San Francisco Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farm. After sitting practice periods at Green Gulch and Tassajara Zen Monastery, Tim helped found the Bellingham Zen Practice Group in 1991. He is the

Peter Ilgenfritz, pastor at University Congregational UCC in Seattle, talks about adventures in life, Buddhism, sailing, and the fertile ground of not knowing, November 19. 2017.

Genko Kathy Blackman speaks at the Zen Center on November 5, 2017, on how gratitude doesn’t always mean what we think it does.

In this series, sangha members talk about their spiritual paths.

Koshin Cain speaks at the fall 2017 sesshin about the poet Ikkyu.