Below are some of the sangha events that the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community has had in the past.  Our plan is to have similar events in the future once the COVID pandemic and its restrictions are over.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery & Zen Center of NYC
May 8th (Friday), 2020
Suspended until further notice.

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery & Zen Center of NYC
May 17th (Friday), 2019
Episcopal Diocese of WNY Ministry Center
1064 Brighton Rd., Tonawanda, NY 14150

Sangha Potluck Dinner and Mondo
Friday May 17th, 2019 5:00pm – 9:00pm Doors open at 4:00pm (Donation $10-15*)
For dinner please arrive between 5:00-5:30 for set-up (ovens available to heat food)
Dinner will start promptly at 6:00pm

Shugen Roshi's primary reason for visiting Buffalo is to engage those Zen Buddhist practitioners with ties to the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community—both locally and at a distance. To support this goal, on Friday evening there will be a potluck dinner at 5:00pm. We invite you to bring a dish to pass. This event is open to the Buffalo Zen Dharma Community, Toronto Sangha and MRO practitioners. After dinner, Roshi will lead a mondo—a short talk to introduce a topic, followed by Q&A. Employing two of the five teaching methods used by Zen teachers, casual encounters and mondo, the evening provides a great opportunity and intimate setting for us practitioners to receive teachings that are relevant to the everyday practice of our lives. By design, Shugen Roshi has not designated a topic in advance. This flexibility allows him to bring forth a topical subject that's applicable to our particular group, our community, and our lives. Whatever the subject, we're all encouraged to enrich the exchange by openly sharing our questions and concerns with Roshi.

To register, please send an email to [email protected] but don't let a last minute decision keep you away.
Click here for printable copy of the Sangha and Practice events.

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