<div>This show is going on hiatus. I have taken a new job out west and I just won't have the time to keep it up.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>This has been a life-changing experience and I am so grateful to all of you.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Yours, forever, in the dharma<br>Ian<br><br></div>

<description>This show is going on hiatus. I have taken a new job out west and I just won't have the time to keep it up. This has been a life-changing experience and I am so grateful to all of you.</description>

This show is going on hiatus. I have taken a new job out west and I just won't have the time to keep it up. This has been a life-changing experience and I am so grateful to all of you.

Ian White Maher

<div>Reverend Teijo Munnich the is founder and Dharma Teacher for the Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple, the Zen Center of Asheville and she is the Dharma Teacher for the Charlotte Zen Meditation Society. Teijo studied with Dainin Katagiri Roshi from 1975 until his death in 1990. Teijo was ordained as a Zen priest in 1981and received transmission in 1989. In addition to training at Hokyoji (Catching the Moon Zen Mountain Center) in Minnesota, Teijo also received formal training at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in CA and Hosshinji in Obama, Japan.<br><br></div><div>You can find out more by visiting the website for the Great Tree Zen Women’s Temple<br>https://www.greattreetemple.org/<br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher<br>https://www.theseekerstable.com/<br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen <br>https://kwanumzenonline.org<a href="https://www.greattreetemple.org/"><br></a><br></div>

<description>The spiritual practice of sharing the dharma is not a form of entertainment. This is something we do to find out what life is. At the foundation of the practice is dana or generosity.</description>

The spiritual practice of sharing the dharma is not a form of entertainment. This is something we do to find out what life is. At the foundation of the practice is dana or generosity.

Rev. Teijo Munnich

<div>Rev. Liên Shutt was born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam and began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition. In 1998, she helped create Buddhists of Color, one of the early meditation groups committed to supporting practitioners of color San Francisco Bay area. Liên began her formal monastic training in 2002 at Tassajara Zen Monastery and continued her monastic training in Japan and Vietnam. While she has placed her trust and faith in Soto Zen, Liên continues to enjoy the deep silence of Insight practices and has completed retreats in the U.S. and Thailand. She received dharma transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman in 2013.<br><br>You can find out more by visiting the website for Access to Zen<br>https://accesstozen.org/<br><br>Click here, if you are interested in The Dharma of Being Anti-Racist<br>https://accesstozen.org/events/2020/8/3/the-dharma-of-being-anti-racist-accessing-skillful-engagement<br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher<br>https://www.theseekerstable.com/<br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen&nbsp;<br>https://kwanumzenonline.org</div>

<description>When you’re living the precepts, when you’re living according to your values, then meditation becomes much easier because the precepts are the foundation for what it means to do the work of meditation.</description>

When you’re living the precepts, when you’re living according to your values, then meditation becomes much easier because the precepts are the foundation for what it means to do the work of meditation.

Rev. Liên Shutt

<div>Koen Vermeulen, JDPSN, began practicing with the Kwan Um School of Zen in 1992, frequently from Brussels to Paris for the monthly retreats.&nbsp; He participated in a seven-week retreat in 1995 and a three-month Kyol Che in 1998. In 2013, Koen Vermeulen received Inka from Zen Master Wu Bong in Wu Bong Sah Temple in Poland. Currently, he is the Secretary-General of the Belgian Buddhist Union, which works to develop the recognition of Buddhism in Belgium, provide training programs in Buddhist philosophy and ethics, Buddhist counseling in the health sector, and with prison work.<br><br>You can find out more by visiting the website for the Brussels Zen Center at<br>&nbsp;https://www.kwanumzen-meditatie.be/<br><br>And the Belgian Buddhist Union at&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;http://buddhism.be/nl/<br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher<br>https://www.theseekerstable.com/<br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen<br>https://kwanumzenonline.org</div>

<description>So many people are chasing after happiness like it is something that can be attained. But happiness comes and goes. How can you be with "what is" in this moment?</description>

So many people are chasing after happiness like it is something that can be attained. But happiness comes and goes. How can you be with "what is" in this moment?

Koen Vermeulen, JDPSN

<div>Sosan Theresa Flynn is the current president of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association of North America. She is also the Guiding Teacher at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Sosan has studied and practiced Soto Zen Buddhism for the past 29 years, receiving dharma transmission (full teaching authority) in 2012 from Joen Snyder O'Neal. While she teaches on many aspects of Zen Buddhism, her special interest is the intersection of Buddhist practice and racial justice. Sosan has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of St. Thomas and offers premarital and couples counseling from a Zen Buddhist perspective. Raised Catholic, she recently served on the Multi-Religious Fellows Advisory Board of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research.<br><br>You can find out more by visiting the website for the Clouds in Water Zen Center at<br><a href="https://cloudsinwater.org/">https://cloudsinwater.org/</a><br><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher<br><a href="https://www.theseekerstable.com/">https://www.theseekerstable.com/<br></a><br>Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen<br><a href="https://kwanumzenonline.org">https://kwanumzenonline.org</a></div>

<description>This practice invites us to be vulnerable, open, and intimate. This is incredibly challenging and requires courage, but it also is the only way to look deeply into who we are.</description>

This practice invites us to be vulnerable, open, and intimate. This is incredibly challenging and requires courage, but it also is the only way to look deeply into who we are.

Sosan Theresa Flynn


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