Autumn Wind Sesshin 2026
Sunday, October 11 (eve) – Sunday, October 18
Led by Sensei Tom Dharma-Joy Reichert & Sensei Darla Myoho Fjeld
Dharma Talks begin Tuesday, October 13 @ 8:00 p.m.
Fall Practice Period 2026
Living the Life of a Bodhisattva
September 20 — December 20, 2026
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Setting Out on the Path
New to the Zen Center? Find out about our introductory classes, and our weekly schedule of group meditation and liturgy services.
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Upcoming Classes and Retreats
Find out about upcoming events, and check out our full calendar of online and in-person practice opportunities.
A Culture of Ethics
Read The Sangha Sutra, which describes our approach to ethical practice. It includes the Statement of Right Conduct, our Grievance Procedure, a short ethical history of ZCLA, and more.
Membership
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Opening to Oneness
$21.95
by Nancy Mujo Baker
Stop trying to become “better” by suppressing or hiding parts of yourself, and learn what it means to be fully human with this accessible guide to the core ethical teachings of Zen Buddhism.
In Opening to Oneness, Zen teacher Nancy Baker offers a detailed path of practice for Zen students planning to take the precepts and for anyone, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, interested in deepening their personal study of ethical living. She reveals that there are three levels of each precept: a literal level (don’t kill, not even a bug), a relative level that takes moral ambiguity into account (what if it’s a malaria-spreading mosquito?), and an ultimate level—the paradoxical level of nonduality, in which the precepts are naturally expressed from a state of oneness.