Belmont Buddhist Community: Change in April schedule

30 March 2011

Change in April schedule

The all-day sitting scheduled for April 16th has been canceled due to a change in schedule at Stillpoint in Pittsburgh.

Zen priest Catherine Gannon, a student of Tenshin Reb Anderson, a senior Zen teacher and former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center and in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, will be holding the last of a series of zazenkai on Dogen Zenji's Genjokoan. This event was initially scheduled for the 9th, but has been moved. We are canceling our event and encouraging folks to participate in the one in Pittsburgh instead.

The link above will take you to Stillpoint's web site -- note that as of this posting the site has not yet been updated with the new date, which was sent out today on Stillpoint's email list.

The mission of the group is to:

~ Come together for meditation practice
~ Provide mutual support in the study of Buddhism
~ Cooperate in traveling to retreats outside the local area

BBC is lay-led by necessity, while recognizing the value of contact with a teacher and encouraging its members to take advantage of opportunities to work with teachers at retreats and other venues.

BBC is non-sectarian by choice, recognizing and striving to learn from the wisdom of all Buddhist traditions and lineages, but at the same time resisting the temptation of cafeteria Buddhism — picking and choosing the superficial and easy aspect of a tradition but resisting the deep and effortful aspects that are necessary for spiritual growth.

The goal of Belmont Buddhist Community is to encourage spiritual growth and development on the Buddha’s path in its members, for their own benefit and for the benefit of all sentient beings.

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30 March 2011

Change in April schedule