Cypress in the Garden Zendo

05/05/2025

On care.

At BCBS, September 2004 I would like to spend some time this morning exploring a very important idea the Buddha developed—the idea of care. Now many of you may not be familiar with this particular term, at least not put this way: care. It’s usually translated… well, actually it’s not usually...

05/04/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
TUESDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The group will meet for meditation and reflection this Tuesday (May 6). Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and discussion. We will discuss our meditation practice and its relation to the compassionate community.

We meet at 7725 Cohn St. in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For info, please contact [email protected]

04/28/2025

DIALECTICAL SOCIAL ECOLOGY GROUP

The Dialectical Social Ecology Study Group will next discuss Byung-Chul Han's short work The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism. This Saturday we will discuss pp. 1-57 and the following Saturday pp. 58-100.

If anyone needs a copy of the text, please email [email protected] for a PDF.

The Dialectical Social Ecology Study Group meets Saturdays at 8AM Pacific, 10AM Central, 11AM Eastern 4PM GMT via Zoom at: https://zoom.us/j/93505187253?pwd=K3RDdXRIWms3ajZVQmQweFQvRW16UT09

04/23/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
TUESDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The group will meet for meditation and reflection this Tuesday (April 29). Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and a discussion based on the article "The Case for Emancipatory Ecospirituality" by Clément Barniaudy and Damien Delorme, which can be found at https://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/1857/1876. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both, whether or not you have done the reading.

We meet at 7725 Cohn St. in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]

04/21/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
TUESDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The group will meet for meditation and reflection this Tuesday (April 22). We are changing the meeting day to make it possible for several new members to attend. Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and continue our discussion of creating communities of awakening and care. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both.

We meet in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]

04/12/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
MONDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The group will meet as usual for meditation and reflection this Monday (April 14). Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and continue our discussion of creating communities of awakening and care. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both.

We meet in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]

04/07/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
MONDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The group will meet for meditation and reflection this Monday (April 7), joined by our special guest Adam Greenfield, author of the new book Lifehouse, which focuses on the need for communities of care.

Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and continue our discussion of creating communities of awakening and care. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both.

We meet in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]

03/31/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
MONDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The meditation group will meet this Monday (March 31) as usual, for meditation and reflection. Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and continue our discussion of the nature of the wise and compassionate community or sangha and how to create it. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both.

We meet in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]

03/24/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
MONDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The meditation group will meet this Monday (March 24) as usual, for meditation and reflection. Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and continue our discussion of the nature of the wise and compassionate community and how to create it. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both.

We meet in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]

03/09/2025

CYPRESS IN THE GARDEN ZENDO
MONDAY EVENING MEDITATION

The meditation group will meet this Monday (March 10) as usual, for meditation and reflection. Please enter through the side gate, which will open at 7:15PM. Meditation will start promptly at 7:30PM and end at 8:00PM. We will then have tea and a brief discussion focused on the nature of the wise and compassionate community and how to create it. You are welcome to attend the meditation, discussion, or both.

We meet in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. For information, please contact [email protected]