April 4, 2016
Looking out of the glass walls of Peaceful Dragon Temple, the falling snow—winter’s greeting—covers April’s daffodils. This gift of a snow day has prompted me to sit down and share with you what is happening at this time, both in my life and with ShinJin Zen Temple in Northampton.
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On April 30, 2016, the lease I’ve held for sixteen years at 78 Main Street in Northampton, the home of ShinJinJi (Body-Mind Zen Temple) and The Life Center for Network Chiropractic will come to an end. On this day, after years of looking out of the eight, second floor windows onto Main Street, ShinJinJi will close on Suite 209. The temple will move, and its Buddha altar will turn its gaze onto the forest at Two Streams Zen Farm in rural Westhampton.
The two streams and their temples—Peaceful Dragon (AnRyūJi) and Body-Mind (ShinJinJi)—will jointly arise, sharing one space as the focal ground from which to fulfill Two Streams Zen’s mission and vision: sowing seeds of awakening, cultivating fearless intimacy, and harvesting world peace.
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March 9th in Northampton
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