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KUMEIDO ~ The Little River Zen Center~ Welcome. Kumeido / The Little River Zendo is a new
center for meditation and Buddhist practice located on the beautiful
Mendocino Coast. Founded in the Soto Zen tradition in 2005 by Reverend
Ann Myosho Kyle Brown and Dr. Michael Brown, Kumeido is being developed to
offer the North Coast community a
place for spiritual exploration and expression through retreats, classes,
performance and exhibition, healing arts, environmental study and social
activist programs in addition to daily meditation practice Ð all with the
purpose of awakening our reverence for the wonder and beauty of the natural
world and our commitment to its care and protection and the prosperity of all
beings. Retreat schedules provide a balance of formal
meditation, working meditation, and ceremonial, allowing the mind of
meditation to be cultivated throughout all aspects of an ordinary day. Kumeido has a rustic Zendo (meditation hall), meadows, a
pond, orchard and woodlands - a serene environment for meditation practice
both in and out of doors. The teaching
and practice here On October 29th, 2006, Kumeido will be
formally opened in a Kaitanshiki
ceremony officiated by Akiba Roshi. The
community is warmly invited. For
further information on Kaitanshiki ceremony click HERE. In the future, Kumeido will sponsor various projects and
activities in support of Buddhist studies, practice, education and engagement
in the world motivated by Buddhist principles. Speakers and teachers will
come from many sectors of the Buddhist community: some will be ordained,
others will be dedicated lay practitioners; some will be Westerners, some
Asian. Representatives from every Buddhist lineage are welcome. All are
welcome. For further information, please contact me at annkyle@mcn.org or call 707 937-3796. |
will
be focused on the cultivation of attention in everyday life and the
dismantling of the obstacles to attention that arise out of habit and
conditioning of mind. Kumeido is affiliated with Kojinan Temple, the Oakland
Soto Zen meditation center established by Rev. Kyle-BrownÕs teacher, Gengo
Akiba Roshi, Bishop for Soto Zen in North America.