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Every Sunday at 7:30 PM
Miller Performing Arts Center, Room 301
Alfred University
Alfred, NY
Founded in 1998, the Falling Leaf Sangha at Alfred, New York is a Zen practice group that meets regularly on Sunday evenings to practice seated and walking meditation. Though grounded in Buddhist tradition, this is a non-sectarian practice and is open to the general public. There is no charge for participation.
Most sessions begin with tea meditation, followed by chanting, a twenty-minute sitting, walking meditation, and a second sitting. Although no previous experience is required, we ask that participants sit in silence and stillness.
All sessions are conducted by Shiju Ben Howard, Emeritus Professor of English, who has practiced meditation in the Zen and Vipassana traditions for twenty years. Trained in Vipassana (insight) meditation, as taught by Western interpreters, and in Vietnamese Rinzai Zen, as taught by the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, he has since studied Japanese Rinzai Zen with Jiro Osho Fernando Afable at Dai Bosatsu Zendo and Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi at the Zen Center of Syracuse. In 2002 he received the jukai precepts in the Hakuin-Torei lineage of Rinzai Zen at Dai Bosatsu Zendo. He is the author of Entering Zen (Whitlock, 2011) and "One Time, One Meeting," a bi-weekly blog on Zen practice.
The Falling Leaf Sangha welcomes visitors to its Sunday sessions, which begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Center, Room 301, and last about an hour. Newcomers are advised to bring a sturdy cushion, to wear loose-fitting clothing, and to arrive at 7:15 to receive orientation.
For more information, please visit "One Time, One Meeting"(http://practiceofzen.wordpress.com).
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