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February 62

 

 

 

September-October 64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November-December 64

 

 

 

February 66

 

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Jan-feb 67

 

 

 

Fall 1967

 

 

 

Machine generated alternative text: NEWS FROM LOS ALTOS Haiku Zendo in Los Altos now has regular meditation from 5:45 am to 7:40 am daily except Sunday. On Saturdays, except when there is a ses- shin in San Francisco, meditation is held from 5:45 am to 9:00 am- On December 8, in honor of Buddha's Enlightenment Day, the first formal Japanese breakfast was held in the zendo. Members plan to make this a once-a-month practice On January 12, Suzuki Roshi gave a lecture on Zen Buddhism to a group of students at Awalt High School in Los Altos. Roshi reports that the students were very interested in "Our Way" and asked perceptive questions. Three members Of Haiku Zendo traveled to Japan this fall. Charles Hornig spent a week in Kyoto. June French took time out from a confer- ence on cancer research held in Japan, to visit Eiheiji with her husband. Mary Kate Spencer Sirnt a week in Japan at a Zen Buddhist Temple on her way to Nepal. NEWS FROM NORTHAMPTON A small group of people interested in Zen is meeting regularly for za:cn at the home Of Mrs. Dorothy Schalk in Northampton, Massachusetts. Suzuki Roshi Was able to visit this budding New England "Zen Center" in the fall of 1965. and Mrs. Schalk has come to San Frgncisco twice to participate in sesshins. The following news sent to by Mts. Schalk and Dorothy McFarland Of Northampton. The Northampton Zen Center, which has been meeting in the home of Mrs. Dorothy Schalk. held its first formal sesshin September 29 to Octo- ber 1, Mrs. Schalk, who attended the vveek-sesshin in San Francisco last August, led the group. She was assisted by George We:r, who acted as leader of a small group which sat for forty-minute periods upstairs. Those less accustomed to long periods Of zazen sat downstairs with Mrs. Schalk in the main room. On Saturday afternoon a brief talk was given by Joseph Havens, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts counseling service, on his personal interest in Zen. After dinner Robert Hurley, a College professor from Vermont, spoke of his experiences in Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aitken•s Zen group in Hawaii, where he attended a sesshin directed by Yasutani Roshi. Sunday morning after breakfast the silence which had been observed during sesshin was broken, and those who could drove up to Mrs. Schalk•s property in Vermont where a small house is being built as a Zen retreat. Though they had to do without the direct- ion and inspiration of a Roshi. the group felt that the sesshin was an important and rewarding experience. A total of fifteen people attended, including Tord Swenson of the Cambridge Buddhist Society. Mr. and Mrs. Renfrew also from Cambridge visited the sesshin Saturday. In December the group set aside a quiet day to devote just to the practice of zazen. On January 2 they held their second formal sesshin lasting one full day from 10 am to 8 pm. Eleven attended. The sesshin was led by Phillip Wilson who spent two weeks in Northampton over the holidays. Phillip, a member Of the San Francisco Zen Center, re-

Machine generated alternative text: 12 turned last fall from a year and a half's stay in Japan, where he spent over six months training at Eiheiji Monastery. He brought a gift of a •kyosaku• (a long flat stick used to wake up meditating Zen students) from Suzuki Roshi, who made it himself for the Northampton Center. During the sesshin Phillip gave two lectures, one on the "Kyosaku", its history, symbolic significance, and meaning in Zen training, and one on "Breath", the in and out flow of Zen practice. It was reported that Phillip was a great help to the group, and they appreciated the experience of practicing with

 

 

Machine generated alternative text: NORTHAMPTON ZEN CENTER In May the Zen group in Northampton. Massachusetts, was incorporated as Northampton Zen Center. The officers are; President, Mrs. Dorothy Schalk; Clerk, Mrs. Helen Walker; and Treasurer, Mrs. Janice (J J.) Wilson (Philip Wilson's Wife). The Center meets weekly on Thursday night at Smith College's Helen Hills Chapel For infomration contact Mrs. Helen Walker, 76 Elm Street, Northampton. Massa- chusetts 01060. On February 24 and 25, Suzuki Roshi led a two-day sesshin in Northampton, The sesshin was held in the basement Of the chapel at Smith College and between twelve and fifteen people attended. The evening before the sesshin Suzuki Roshi had given an informal talk on campus. Mrs. Dorothy Schalk. the founder of the Northampton Zen Center, left to study in Japan early this fall and in her absence the Center is being led by Mrs. Helen Walker. On her way to Japan, Mrs, Schalk spent several days at Tassajara. SUZUKI ROSHI SPEAKS IN NEW YORK On March 8th, Suzuki Roshi gave a public lecture entitled "The Practice of Zen" which was attended by about 600 persons at the Community Church (Unitarian) in New York City. The lecture was Organized by Peter Schneider and sponsored by the Young Adults of the Community Church. The lecture was scheduled to beén at 8:00 but the audience. which was the Suzuki Roshi had ever spoken to, Was not seated until 8:30. Following the lecture Suzuki Roshi and Dick Baker answered questions for another hour and a half. Several students who are now at Zen Mountain Center first heard about it then. 43

 

 

In Memoriam Ruth Fuller Sasaki

 

 

Fall 1968

 

In Memoriam Chester Carlson by Richard Baker -

 

 

On the Opening of the Zen Studies Society by Brother David Steindl-rast

 

 

Fall 69

 

On the Cambridge Buddhist Association by Elsie for the Fall 1969 Wind Bell which is full of other articles about East Coast Zen. See the table of contents below. Elsie Mitchell & CBA

 

 

 

 

1973 Wind Bell

 

 

 

Spring 1986