Kodo Conover
Events with Kodo Conover
February 17, 2025
The Buddha’s teachings on impermanence and death are fundamental: “I am of the nature to die, there is no way to escape death. “All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature of change; there is no way to escape being separated from them.” The Five Remembrances Death’s Tiny Tea House will provide the community an opportunity to co-create an open conversation about dying, death, grief and related topics. There is no agenda or objective for this conversation. Participants are requested to read Joan Halifax Roshi’s discussion of the Nine Contemplations of…
February 20, 2025
Amidst the whirlwind of daily life in a busy metropolis, we gather to drink from the deep well of silence and stillness. Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple will be offering an extended opportunity for retreat practice together in the city. This three-day non-residential retreat will include many of the elements you’ll find in sesshin. The schedule will be similar to our one-day zazenkai, but with oryoki meals and some supplemental practices. (If you have an oryoki set, please bring it. Otherwise, we have sets you can borrow.) This retreat will be held in silence. Part time participation is allowed, but…
February 27, 2025
The Five Remembrances And, at the same time, we live and practice in a culture that generally discourages discussion of dying, death, and grief. Death’s Tiny Tea House will provide Silver Dragons (those at least 60 years old or have a life threatening condition) in the community an opportunity for an open conversation about death and related topics. Discussion at this Tea House will start from Ajaan Chah’s talk “Our Real Home — A Talk to an Aging Lay Disciple Approaching Death” https://accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/chah/bl111.html “Anyone can build a house of wood and bricks, but the Buddha taught that that sort…