A Talk by Grace Schireson - 10 January 2013

Zen Practice for Westerners—Really? 

What does Zen Buddhism have to offer the Western mind, heart and lifestyle? 

A Talk by Abbess Myoan Grace Schireson

Thursday, January 10 @ 5:30
Student Union Multi-Purpose Room

Hosted by the Institute for Religion, Education, & Public Policy (IREPP) at CSUB and The Interfaith Student Alliance at CSUB

Abbess Myoan Grace Schireson

Abbess Myoan Grace Schireson is a Dharma teacher in the Suzuki Roshi lineage empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman, abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. She has also been empowered to teach koans by Keido Fukushima Roshi, the late abbot of Tofukuji Monastery in Kyoto, Japan. Grace is the author of Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens and Macho Masters. She is head teacher of the Central Valley Zen Foundation and has founded and leads three Zen groups and a Zen retreat center in California. She is president of the Shogaku Zen Institute, a Zen training seminary to help Zen students serve their communities. Grace is also a clinical psychologist s[ecializing in women and families. She has been married for forty-four years and has two grown sons and four grandchildren.

Generously supported by Prof. Jacquelyn Kegley, Chair of Philosophy & Religious Studies; the Zen Fellowship of Bakersfield; and Barbara Fleming, Chair Emeritus of Nursing

Flyer in pdf format.