AFS US Intercultural Programs are currently looking for host families for Buddhist high school students who will be spending a year in the U.S. as part of an intercultural exchange program…

An invitation from Gene to learn or refine zendo roles as part of bringing vigor to our practice during the spring study intensive. Training sessions are offered Tuesday April 1 or Thursday April 3 after evening zazen.

An invitation from Gene to use these weeks as an opportunity to stabilize your practice life, to support and nourish you and to prevent letting “equanimity slide into indifference, cynicism, or despair. All the more [now], we need to practice kindness, patience, and compassion”….

Guest Teacher Andrea Thach will be visiting April 18-20

Paloma Caen, a certified Insight Meditation teacher, will be offering a weekly meditation and service in the zendo….

Monthly Zoom Book Discussion of “Inherited Silence: Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind” by Louise Dunlap

The library is open on Mondays from 4:30pm-5:30pm, staffed by someone from the library team who can help with questions and orient you to our filing system….

Contact Beverly directly or here with any questions or to reserve your spot.

Registration is now open for our upcoming spring class series exploring the Diamond Sutra with Head Teacher Eugene Bush. Our focus in this series is to investigate the ways in which this brilliant and influential teaching is gently elucidating the core precepts of our tradition….

We had a lovely time gathering after zazen on Tuesday evening to share tea and cookies and hear from our sangha members who participated in AZG’s sangha week at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center last fall….

AZG Member / Friend Form for 2025 is now active.

Beginning in January we will be including in our schedule Way Seeking Mind Talks offered by members of our community…

An Invitation from Gene

Let's keep each other safe and healthy! If you have symptoms of cold, flu or COVID, please stay home and participate via zoom.

If you are COVID-negative but coughing, sneezing, or managing sniffles, please wear a mask indoors.

Practice Committee is keenly aware of how much effort it takes to continue to provide a full schedule. We invite all who participate to learn one or more roles to keep the zendo open.

We would like our newsletter to reflect more of the flavor of what it’s like to practice with us here at Arcata Zen Group and would like your help!