Dharma Heart Zen
February Sangha News
All-Sangha Meeting
Sunday, February 8
10:00am - 2:00pm
Chris’ house
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Bodhisattva Precepts Study Class
Tuesday, February 10
6:45-7:45pm PST
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DHZ All-Day Sitting
Sunday, February 22
9:00am -4:00pm PST
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Jizo Ceremony for Children Who Have Died
with Hoka Chris Fortin, Jennifer Block and Meikyo Chelsea True
Saturday, February 28
2:00-5:00pm
Green Gulch Farm
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Announcements
Dharma Heart Zen Study and Practice Focus
What is Zen and how do we live it?
An exploration with traditional teachings, contemporary commentaries,
and practice life experiences
with Chris and DHZ senior sangha members
Dharma Talk Schedule:
What is Zen:
February 5 - Chris
February 10 - Cherie on Saving All Sentient Beings
Vasubandu’s Thirty Verses on Consciousness Only:
February 17, 19, 24, 26 and into March
Resources:
Are There Any Who Are Not Beginners? Teachings by Master Dogen from Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Buddhist Meditation, a collection of translations edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi.
What is Zen? Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind, by Norman Fischer and Susan Moon
When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections From A Life In Zen, by Norman Fischer
Tell Me Something About Buddhism: Questons and Answers for the Curious Beginner, by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
What is Zen Dharma Talks
For general information about weekly sittings and other offerings,
see Dharma Heart Zen Offerings
Practice News
More Dharma Heart Zen Practice Retreats and Dharma Events
Check the Dharma Heart Zen Calendar for sangha meeting dates with service, full moon ceremonies, all-day sittings and other dharma events!
2026 All-Day Sittings:
February 22 (Open Sky)
March 22 (Open Sky)
April 19 (Open Sky)
May 3 (Pepperwood Preserve)
May 31 (Open Sky)
June 28 (Open Sky)
October 11 (Open Sky)
November 15 (Open Sky)
Special Events & Retreats:
February 8, All-Sangha Meeting
June 9-14, Sangha Week at Tassajara
Oct 11, Opening of Fall Practice Period
December 5-6, Rohatsu Session/Buddha’s Enlightenment, Closing of Fall Practice Period
Chanting the Avatamsaka Sutra
Join us to continue to chant from the Avatamsaka sutra on Sunday, February 1, 10-11 am at Kristen's house in Petaluma and on Zoom using the DHZ Zoom Zendo link. Please RSVP to Kristen.
—Kristen Sorensen
Jizos for Peace
Hello Everyone,
Our Jizos for Peace gatherings are continuing to warm the hearts of those involved and I welcome you to join in if you haven't yet participated....or if you have, please do come back!
The presence of these peaceful and powerful bodhisattvas are ready for this world and are helping us to not turn away, as we cultivate more compassion and courage.
There is no need for experience with clay…only a willing heart.
Please sign up for one of these upcoming dates by emailing Cherie.
Friday, February 6—1:30 - 4:00 pm Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Tuesday, February 17—1:30 - 4:00 pm Cherie's home
Thursday, February 26—1:30 - 4:00 pm Cherie's home—In gratitude, Cherie
All-Sangha Meeting
The annual All-Sangha Meeting is scheduled for Sunday February 8, 2026, at Chris’ house.
10 am 2 pm meeting and pot-luck lunch
Everyone is welcome
We’ll come together to share thoughts and visions of Dharma Heart Zen sangha and to hear from those who help care for finances, website, zendo life, and more. There will be time to check in, see how we’re doing, and share pot-luck food and our lives.
—Bowing, Susan Thollaug
Tech Outreach
Dharma Heart Zen is welcoming anyone interested to join the tech team. We help connect the sangha by ensuring weekly meditation, all-day sittings, precepts study, and other offerings are available via Zoom and by recording.
If you’re interested, please email Jared, or call him at (707) 293-4918, and we can add you to the tech calendar and review the tech process. It is an easy and fun way to support the sangha. We will go over how to set up and monitor Zoom, connect the microphone, screen share, record, and troubleshoot common issues.
—Warmly, Jared Robinson
Engaged Buddhism:
Practicing in the World
Resources and ways to engage and help
Responding with Clarity and Compassion
Dharma Heart Zen is curating a list of resources and engaged actions to help us respond with bodhisattva hearts and minds to the suffering and chaos that is unfolding in our government and in the world.
Visit the Engaged Buddhism page and join in as you can. It is updated regularly.
Visit the Solidarity With Our Migrant Neighbors page for resources related to the Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition.
February 25, 5:00-6:00 pm
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa
Bring Your Candle
Oranized by the Faith Leaders Work Group of the Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition
for more information, contact office@srchristchurch.org
Faith Vigil for Solidarity (Ongoing)
