3-Day Zenkai with Lee and Madelon (July 11-13, 2025) In person and Zoom
With Lee Shields and Madelon Bolling Many of us have regimented lives, with infrequent opportunities to ask, with an open mind, how we might deepen practice. Traditionally, Zen training included disciplined training periods alternating with periods of greater free time or travel, even as the spirit and dedication of practice continued. A personal retreat has potential for profound richness that can be taken home thereafter. And a personal retreat has its own practice challenges: how will you express your practice if you are released from...
read moreSeptember Sesshin (7-Day Meditation Retreat)
Three Treasures Sangha typically holds two, seven-day sesshin each year. Residential Sesshin with Lee Shields, September 13-20, 2025 These retreats are rigorous and quite demanding, consisting of about 10 hours of zazen (sitting meditation) per day. They are silent except for the teacher’s daily teisho (dharma talk), and for dokusan (practice-related interview with the teacher). Online and part time attendance are welcome. See the Sesshin page for more information.
read moreZenkai (June 8, 2025) with Lee – In Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer. If you are able, please join all or part of this opportunity for intensive practice with others. Zoom Link: Send email to ttssangha@gmail.com. If this will be your first...
read moreDharma Gate Work Retreat, March 29-30, 2025
Our annual 2-day work retreat at DG is our time to spruce up the Center after a long winter. A great deal of the work will be outside but there are a few things indoors that need attention. So if you have time to join us for the day(s), or any part thereof, we welcome you! It can be fun to dig mindfully in the dirt, visit with old friends, and make new ones. Guidance and food will be provided. Schedule 8:00AM Dharma Gate Open with Coffee, Tea and Snacks 8:30 – 9:00 Sitting Meditation 9:00- 9:30 Stretching, Change clothes, orientation to...
read moreZenkai (April 13, 2025) with Lee – In Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer. If you are able, please join all or part of this opportunity for intensive practice with others. Zoom Link: Send email to ttssangha@gmail.com. If this will be your first event with...
read moreZenkai (February 9, 2025) with Madelon – In Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer. If you are able, please join all or part of this opportunity for intensive practice with others. Zoom Link: Send email to ttssangha@gmail.com. If this will be your first event...
read moreMarch 2025 Sesshin (Meditation Retreat)
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read moreWeaving Wind and Stone – a new book by Lee Shields
In Weaving Wind and Stone, Leland Shields uses stories from Zen koans that can help you connect everyday relationships with the mysteries that are right here and right now. Whether you are already practicing Zen meditation or are new to it, this book invites you to explore ancient Zen koans. At moments when your heart or mind might be closed, Weaving Wind and Stone asks simple and sometimes demanding questions from koans that can guide us on the Way. Visit Book Website
read moreZenkai (January 12, 2025) with Lee – In Person and Zoom
Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer. If you are able, please join all or part of this opportunity for intensive practice with others. Zoom Link: Send email to ttssangha@gmail.com. If this will be your first event...
read moreEnd of year solicitation letter from Larry
Instructions for living a life: Pay attention Be astonished. Tell about it. Mary Oliver Hello TTS Members and Friends, One of the simplest instructions I was ever given when starting my Zen practice was “Sit down, shut up, pay attention.” Of course, I have read many words since then that have been written to give more details and to cover the subtleties of zazen, but all those words boil down to that short and simple invitation to pay attention. Through this unadorned practice we have the opportunity every minute to welcome reality and be...
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