welcome
Fall Study Retreat with Zoketsu Norman Fischer. Oct 2-3.
This year's topic is "On Healing Emotions." Registration is now open,
for details please see the event page.
See also the Sangha potluck and forum on
Saturday night Oct 2nd.
Listing from the Heart
This program has been added to the regular schedule,
please see the practice page.
an invitation
The Red Cedar Zen Community invites you to join us in the practice of Zen meditation. By settling the heart and mind in this very moment, we can bring a little more peace and openness to our lives and our world. Our Soto way emphasizes the daily practice of sitting meditation (zazen) and the integration of formal practice and daily life.
We follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen with a spirit of warmth and inclusion. Everyone interested in meditation, whether brand new, experienced in other traditions, or schooled in formal Zen, is welcome to join our practice.
Our weekly meetings are every Wednesdays nights at 7pm and Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon, and Saturday mornings at the Red Cedar Dharma Hall (see practice).
Orientations for new sitters are regularly offered at 6:30pm on Wednesdays and at other times by request. We also have retreats of one to seven days at the Hall and at rented facilities in the area (see events). The Dharma Hall is located at 1021 N. Forest Street, just south of Forest and Maple (two doors down from The Majestic). (see directions).
Meditation instruction and orientations are available for new students. Please call or write to arrange an orientation. You are also welcome to “just show up.”
About Red Cedar
Founded in 1991, Red Cedar Zen Community (formerly known as Bellingham Zen Practice Group) is a Soto Zen practice community in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. We are affiliated with The Everyday Zen Foundation and EDZ founder Zoketsu Norman Fischer of Muir Beach, California, is our guiding teacher. Zoketsu comes to the Bellingham and Vancouver area six times a year to lead retreats and sesshin.
The Community's Spiritual Director is Zen Priest Nomon Tim Burnett. Tim has been practicing Zen for over twenty years and was ordained as a priest by Norman in 2000, completed shuso (head monk) training in 2004, and currently studying for Dharma Transmission with Norman. The community is also blessed with two lay teachers, Yuzan Nancy Welch and Seishu John Wiley. Our three local teachers lead retreats, workshops, and classes, and are available to Sangha members for private practice discussion at all sangha meditation events in Bellingham. Tim is also available to conduct weddings, funerals, and blessing ceremonies.
The Dharma Hall
The Red Cedar Zen Community are the stewards of a shared center for meditation, mindfulness, and peace called the Red Cedar Dharma Hall. The center is available to other like minded groups for event rental or ongoing use. Per hour and membership rates are available. The Hall is quiet, warm and accessible to all. See the Red Cedar Dharma Hall website for more information.
Thank you for visiting our site. We invite you to join us in unfolding the Buddha Way as it runs through every moment of our lives.