Taizan Gendo and the A-town Sangha
Wild Country Zen
Dharma Talks and Guided Meditations by Taizan Gendo and friends
About Wild Country Zen
Meaning of the name "Wild Country Zen"
During these times of Quarantine and Shelter-in-place I invite everyone to sit TWA--together while apart--by setting up your laptop or phone to listen to the guided meditations I will continue to post above and the dharma talks on our Sound Cloud site (soundcloud.com/taizangendo). You can also personally message me at Taizangendo@gmail.com Let me know what you would like to hear from me, and if these offerings are "on the mark."
How did the name "Wild Country Zen" come about? I think of "Wild" as the true, boundless, wordless state of nature; "Country" is meant to signify an open, healing spaciousness, a joyful "allowing" of our true buddha-nature to emerge; "Zen" of course is my Buddhist lineage. I am a guiding teacher of meditation and dharma with the A-Town Sangha in Aromas, California, and sangha member of the Jikoji Zen Meditation Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I hope you enjoy the name "Wild Country Zen" as much as I do--it always makes me smile! Let's see how it manifests going forward. Come walk this path with us and see... -- Taizan Gendo
Taizan Gendo (Mark Adams)
My own path in Zen began in earnest in 1989 with the winter residential practice (Ango) period at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and my first teacher, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, who set me on a 30 year path. In 2009, I received the Jukai precepts and lay ordination, and was given the name "Taizan Gendo" (meaning "peaceful mountain, subtle way") from Eiko Carolyn Atkinson, a dharma heir of Kobun Chino Otagowa Roshi. In 2018 I was ordained a Zen priest in Kobun's Phoenix Cloud lineage by Jikoji Zen Meditation Center's guiding teacher, Shoho Michael Newhall. I have come to love this practice. I hope to be a skillful vehicle in sharing it with all sentient beings...
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In-person MEDITATION MEETINGS CANCELLED
Please contact me at Taizangendo@gmail.com with your email to receive updates when talks and scheduled events will be resumed. For nearly 2 years, we had been meeting Monday's at 7pm in the Aromas Water District Conference room at 388 Blohm Ave Aromas. With the shelter-in-place order, that has ended for the time being...