{"id":2301,"date":"2014-02-01T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T17:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2014-02-02T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T17:33:34","slug":"great-tides-zen-coming-to-portland-me-summer-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2014\/02\/great-tides-zen-coming-to-portland-me-summer-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"Great Tides Zen: Coming to Portland, ME, Summer 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Yes, like dog Bodhi in the photo, we\u2019re getting ready to move and lay some fresh tracks. You see, we\u2019ll be burying the wild fox in a cave out back and moving \u2013 or in wild fox language, transmogrifying \u2013 in the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n

So this winter-spring, we\u2019re in transition, giving the precepts to some Wild Fox Zen students and householder denkai (the first step in lay transmission) to another.<\/p>\n

How is this possible?<\/p>\n

My youngest child will be graduating from high school and going off to college, so\u00a0I\u2019ll be retiring from the schools after being in-and-out of education, serving the \u201cthrow away children\u201d (poor kids from rough neighborhoods with various issues and looking at a flat opportunity trajectory) for almost 35 years. I might have more to say about all that as time goes on. Mostly I\u2019ve held my tongue so as not to ruffle feathers in my work world.<\/p>\n

Well, for one thing, that 85 families control more wealth than 3.5 billion people (for real) has costs \u2013 like the homeless 6-year-old I know who has sickle cell anemia, but can\u2019t sleep in his homeless shelter for fear that he or his family will be mugged, so can\u2019t get the rest he needs to deal with the illness, and can\u2019t get the protein and medicine he needs \u2013 well, it\u2019s just wrong.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve been much help, and yet my life has been transformed by my work with these youngsters and the education teams I\u2019ve had the great good fortune to work with. Good people.<\/p>\n

And, although it\u2019s been a rewarding experience, it really is time to move on. For the rest of my days, I want to focus on offering Zen training to both householders and homeleavers (or s\u014dryo (\u50e7\u4fb6<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Nothing wrong with this White Bear, MN, Wild Fox Zen life either, of course, just seems like we\u2019ve lived it and are now ready and eager for another adventure. Thus, we have the wonderful opportunity to start a new life in Portland, Maine (that\u2019s the original Portland, btw).<\/p>\n

In Portland, ME, we\u2019ll be starting a Zen training center, \u201cGreat Tides Zen: Wholehearted Training, Engaged Living.\u201d The \u201cGreat Tides\u201d part of the name comes from the great ocean tides of Maine, of course, and also my dharma<\/a> grandfather, Hayashi Roshi, whose dharma name (Kaigai Daicho) means, \u201cBeyond the Ocean, Great Tides.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWholehearted Training\u201d suggests our focus \u2013 zazen and study. The plan is to offer morning and evening zazen of the shikantaza and\/or koan varieties, 50 sesshin days a year, dharma study, especially of Dogen\u2019s works, but also the essential sutras for Zen training. We\u2019ll integrate the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support of Zen Training<\/a> into the mix, because we\u2019re seeing very positive and powerful results from this online work, from students who do both online and in-person training.<\/p>\n

\u201cEngaged Living\u201d suggests the \u201cso what?\u201d\u00a0bullshit test. If your practice isn\u2019t making a difference, so what? Life in the swirl of the world is the buddha field for actualizing this incredible dharma. For this, we\u2019ll take a Constructive Living approach<\/a>: 1) knowing one\u2019s purpose, 2) accepting one\u2019s feelings (and all of reality), and 3) doing what you need to do in your life.<\/p>\n

We hope to lease a big old house with a room for the zendo of about 400 sq. ft. \u2013 big enough to hold a sustainable group but not too big \u2013 a few rooms for residents and sesshin housing, plus living space for us.<\/p>\n

If you live in or near Portland, ME, and know of such a place, or if you\u2019d like to receive updates in the future, please shoot me an email at greattideszen@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

If you live near Portland, ME, we welcome you to join the group that\u2019s just forming to make Great Tides Zen an edgy, lively, and fun place to realize and live out this great dream. And if you don\u2019t live near Portland, ME, but want to be a part of this community, the Vine of Obstacles is available to you.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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