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Midwest Zen Issue 2 June 2022 A publication of Great Wind Zendo Danville Indiana

Published 2022 by Great Wind Zendo Message from the Editor Editor Kristin Roahrig The summer season is associated with the process of new growth and much activity For our summer issue Midwest Zen continues to branch out with writings and art from many contributors Midwestzen greatwindzendo org The digital version of this publication can be downloaded at no cost from our website at greatwindzendo org MidwestZen The works included and the opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors who are solely responsible for their contents They do not necessarily reflect the opinions and positions of Great Wind Zendo Midwest Zen 2022 by Great Wind Zendo All rights revert to the author upon publication Address all correspondence to Midwest Zen Great Wind Zendo 52 W Broadway Street Danville Indiana 46122 1718 www greatwindzendo org MidwestZen Printed in U S A Cover illustration Yellow Lily was submitted by Phyllis Green Here will be found a collection of poetry with different voices and forms along with artwork of various mediums Also included are reflections and articles on many subjects These topics include what a sangha means to us in this present age origins of suffering discovering opportunity found in choices and listening for stillness within the mind s clamor There is also a re telling of a traditional story So take a few moments during this season and savor the features in this issue of Midwest Zen Kristin Roahrig Editor Midwest Zen

Sabine Karner Contents Prairie Flowers ESSAYS 2 Zuiko Redding Sangha 9 Hoko Karnegis How Gempin Abandoned the World and Fled from Sight A traditional tale retold 18 Daishin McCabe Escape Insanity or Suicide 22 Myoho Kendall The Roots of Suffering 28 Mark Howell Listen Up POETRY 5 Myoho Kendall 6 Sharon Lopez Mooney Buddha Dharma Sangha Mountain Dojo 17 Dave Malone Evening Walk 24 Robert Okaji Black Body 26 Rikki Santer Sijo at Dusk ART PHOTOGRAPHY Cover Phyllis Green Lily 1 Sabine Karner Prairie Flowers 4 Fabrice Poussin Elated Ones 8 Daishin McCabe Meditation 16 Jay Tuttle Frog 21 Phyllis Green The Weeping Katsura 27 Fabrice Poussin Hope Page 1

Zuiko Redding Sangha How is your practice going Sitting still and letting go of thoughts is part of practice and so is paying attention to whatever we re doing Practice also includes our relationships with others sangha The Buddha told Ananda that good friendship companionship and comradeship are the whole of the spiritual life our entire practice He later told King Pasenadi that we should constantly become people who have good friends companions and comrades With such associates we have support in living with wholesomeness Living with wholesomeness encourages those around us to do the same Sangha originally meant the assembly of ordained people but it s come to include laypeople as well And it can be extended to everyone we interact with The sangha of others who practice is crucial to our practice Having others friends companions and comrades whose intention and effort are strong encourages us to be strong too When there s no one else it s easy to slack off or forget altogether Had there been no sangha on the last all day sitting day I would have set the alarm much later than 4 15 a m and slept warmly and comfortably perhaps reassuring myself that sleep too was good practice However our members would be waiting for me So I got up got my act together turned on Zoom and sat with whoever came Sangha guided me to the wholesomeness of spending a day letting go of my thoughts Next allday sitting remember to come and make sure your teacher is practicing well And your other comrades too We may not always be comfortable with our sangha There will certainly be folks whose habits drive us crazy Page 2 Zuiko Redding and people whose pointed remarks sting We might think we don t need those turkeys Not so the Buddha would say Turkeys are our friends companions and comrades too Like real turkeys the ones with feathers they are excellent beings If we aren t challenged we don t grow Let s appreciate our turkey comrades A good kick in the rear is also the whole of practice And so is the support and encouragement we give each other We show up on Zoom and in person and our little rectangles on the screen and bodies in the zendo sit zazen together listen together and talk together The discussion time after dharma talk is a place to share concerns and to get support and counsel as we take the next step Our lives are demonstrations to each other of how to live with wholesomeness My teacher is a fine example of this He seldom gave me direct instruction I learned by watching him live Doing this we actualize Shakyamuni s remarks to King Pasenadi Sangha is our refuge in practicing dharma It s the place that sustains us the home we wander away from and the home we can always return to It s a place where we all learn and practice together both a haven and a sometimes uncomfortable container And something we build together Whether on Zoom by phone or email or in person let s be there for each other pointing each other toward wholesomeness The stories are in The Connected Discourses of the Buddha A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya by Bhikku Bodhi tr pp 180 181 and pp 1524 5 The story of the Buddha and Ananda is also available at https www accesstoinsight org tipitaka sn sn45 sn45 002 than html This article with some changes originally appeared in Cedar Rapids Zen Center s Facebook post on January 16 2022 Page 3

Fabrice Poussin Myoho Kendall Buddha Elated Ones With eyes wide open a student pecks up and out as teacher pecks in Dharma Mist swirls around hummingbird wings softly hum bees buzz crickets chirp Sangha Incense is offered in zazen we sit as one the bell chimes three times Page 4 Page 5

Sharon Lopez Mooney Sharon Lopez Mooney Mountain Dojo If I get another life I want to be a boulder on the seashore Kevin McVeigh I am becoming mountain slowly as O Sensei rose bending in a deep bow of willingness I am becoming mountain I am becoming mountain study at the foot of ancient Mt Sensei mother earth s courtesan her favored he teaches in bird wings fluttering through sky wisdom flows as rain gullies from his bald head my bumbling apprentice ways endear me to my sensei frustrate me I struggle to tune my lazy ears to kokyu rhythm of life carrying the melody of stillness I listen to Mount Sensei sing in the profound resonance of silence I am a uk to sacred mountain creation s paramour he speaks the air needs no voice My heartbeat slows misogi s purification has begun making for zanshin deeper awareness where I might be without thought a mountain I am becoming mountain as slowly as the rocks O Sensei summoned as he rose Mountain Dojo was first published in Field Guide Poetry Magazine ed Amanda Marrero March Issue Israel USA Ireland 2022 so long ago even ocean has forgotten when the land began to break apart some use drift to measure his movements but there is no counting in his dojo his odyssey to this place was out of time so slow it baffled even the weather Page 6 Page 7

Daishin McCabe Hoko Karnegis How Gempin Abandoned the World and Fled from Sight A traditional tale retold Gempin sighed as he took the long walk from the sodo back to his quarters at the end of the day Night had settled over the temple complex during the final zazen period of the day and in all of the various buildings the last of the evening s activities were coming to an end This place was much too big he told himself yet again Too many monks too many visitors too many implements and artifacts and ceremonies The younger monks were lazy gossips only concerned with getting enough to eat and a comfortable place to sleep The older ones only worried about getting the attention of the court so they could be appointed to some high post in an even bigger temple Gempin had made a name for himself as a man of learning and would have been happy to share what he knew about the sutras with his fellow monks if anyone bothered to take an interest but it seemed that the dharma was the last thing on anyone s mind This was no place for him And yet what was there for him outside of the temple Being in the city was certainly no less of a challenge There life was all about getting ahead in business getting ahead in the military getting ahead at court and aggrandizing the family name If you didn t marry the best wife have the most promising son accumulate the most wealth you felt like nobody at all Worldly life held no fascination for Gempin either As he got into his bedding and settled down to sleep Gempin suddenly came to a decision In the morning he Page 8 Page 9

Hoko Karnegis Hoko Karnegis would leave all this behind for the simplest life he could imagine You are summoned to court by the Emperor said the messenger holding out a roll of the highest quality paper Gempin returned his gaze to the ground in front of him and said I have no desire to go back into the world at all much less the imperial court I will stay right here sitting and studying and sometimes talking about the dharma with the locals who live along the river The imperial messenger mounted on a fine horse emerged from the cypress trees and surveyed the plain before him Behind him was Mount Miwa one of the most sacred mountains in Japan People had been worshipping there from prehistoric times and the kami spirits who lived there were the most powerful ones around according to the emperor The very mountain itself was considered to be the body of a kami If you were looking for a deeply realized monk this would certainly be the place to find him The messenger headed for the Miwa River where he d been told this monk lived He scanned the river bank in search of a temple and probably it would be a glorious structure if this monk was being summoned by the emperor but saw no buildings at all nothing but a meager hut of grass in a sheltered area between the water and some higher ground Perhaps there was a fisherman or some other poor peasant living there who could tell him where to find the temple and the monk he was after He rode up to the hut dismounted and listened but could hear no one inside Striding up to the door he looked in and saw that the hut contained only some thin bedding a candle a few books a little food and a monk in tattered robes sitting in zazen Surely this couldn t be the man the emperor wanted to see Hearing the messenger approach and stand over him Gempin slowly looked up but otherwise did not move Are you the monk Gempin asked the messenger doubtfully That s me Gempin replied Page 10 The messenger was astonished and then annoyed Look here monk he said sharply This is the emperor You don t say no to the emperor I m to take you back with me at once Let s go Again Gempin refused but the messenger kept up his badgering until finally he gave way and very reluctantly accompanied the man to the imperial court Still wearing his old patched robes which were all he had these days he was announced to the emperor and made his way into the imperial presence He was polite but not obsequious and because of his reputation as a learned and awakened monk the emperor did not require all the usual formalities Monk Gempin I have heard that you are a religious man of the highest attainment My courtiers tell me that you live in the most humble of circumstances and devote most of each day to zazen and studying the sutras You are much admired by your neighbors who live along the river bank and your reputation has spread until it s reached even me I greatly admire your devotion to the Buddhist life and I want to elevate your position in recognition of your attainment Thank you said Gempin but I seek no reward I simply wish to live in my grass hut and study and practice the dharma Page 11

Hoko Karnegis Nonetheless the emperor insisted I am appointing you to a high ranking position within the sect and would like you to remain at court to instruct me and my courtiers and to conduct services for the welfare of the country The position comes with a handsome stipend and you can live much more comfortably than you are now To everyone s dismay again Gempin refused the honor I have no wish to be immersed again in the worldly life of the court or even the social interactions of the temple He got to his feet and walked away reciting a poem Rinsed in the Miwa River s pure stream my sleeves Not again will I dirty them The emperor was deeply disappointed but he couldn t bring himself to be angry with Gempin In fact his refusal of high honors only made the emperor admire him more than ever and after some time had passed he asked for news of the learned monk Perhaps Gempin would be willing to accept some financial support or a lesser appointment The imperial messenger was again dispatched to the grass hut to see what was happening there However when he returned to the emperor he had disturbing news to report It seems that monk has vanished he said His neighbors have been looking for him everywhere They used to bring him a little food from time to time and some of the older ones used to like to visit in the evening to talk about the dharma When they looked into his hut they saw that all his things are gone No one has seen him around or heard him chanting sutras for days It looks like he s disappeared without a trace Gempin was mourned and missed by his friends and students along the river bank and as the news spread of his disappearance so did the grieving Some years passed Page 12 Hoko Karnegis but he didn t return and there was no further word of him The merchant was tired as he made his way along the dusty road toward the river crossing He was looking forward to sitting down in the ferry and getting off his feet for a while The river was a large one broad and relatively calm much more impressive than the river back in his own hometown It was a long way from Mount Miwa to the northeastern provinces but that was where the rice was and he needed to make the best deal he could on this year s harvest He was about to take a seat on the waiting bench near the landing when the ferry glided into view and instead he got in line to board As he looked around his gaze landed on the ferryman and he was startled to see an aged monk with long straggling hair and a very dirty robe This wasn t at all what he had expected to see and he wasn t so sure now that he wanted to get onto a boat being poled across the water by this very strange man The more the merchant looked at the ferryman however the more he became convinced that he d seen him somewhere before Despite his ragged appearance he was familiar Suddenly the merchant realized that this was Gempin with whom he d studied the dharma so many years before There was no mistaking him and the merchant was so shocked that his eyes filled with tears He hid his emotion however and behaved as though he had not noticed anything unusual Nevertheless he saw that Gempin had recognized him as well though he deliberately avoided meeting his eye The merchant wanted to rush up to him and shower him with questions Why was he here looking like this Why had Page 13

Hoko Karnegis he left his grass hut by the Miwa River Where had he been all this time when everyone was looking for him The merchant held his tongue however The landing was terribly crowded with people getting on and off the ferry and everyone would be sure to think his questions were peculiar What connection could an established merchant on his way to buy rice possibly have with an unkempt monk operating a ferry He took his seat in the boat and on his way across the river he made a plan For now he would continue on to the northeast and conclude his business but on the way back he would find out where Gempin was living and visit him there so they could at last have a long conversation in private The merchant did as he planned but when he reached the river crossing on his way back home and looked for Gempin in the boat he saw a different ferryman at work Dismayed and distressed he asked one person after another how to find Gempin but without success Finally he encountered a monk from a local temple who was familiar with Gempin There was a monk here like the one you describe and as a monk myself I took a bit of an interest in him He served for years as the ferryman at this crossing and he was quite unlike the usual low class man who would take a job like that He was devoted to the Three Treasures and was always chanting sutras to himself He ferried people across the river all day every day but never accepted any fare He had no desire for anything more than enough food to live on and he was beloved by everyone in the village Something must have happened one day though because he vanished and no one knows where he went Hoko Karnegis he had been recognized The merchant was grief stricken at having missed his chance to talk again with Gempin and worried about his poor condition but the local monk was full of praise for Gempin s singleminded devotion to practice There s a poem that people say was written by Gempin he said It goes Pitiful the scarecrow guarding the mountain fields Callers has he none for autumn has ended The monk chuckled The word for scarecrow and the word for monk have the same sound sozu so he s poking a bit of fun at himself isn t he Since he s always been a free spirit roaming about like the clouds and the wind he probably spent plenty of time in the fields and he certainly looked like a scarecrow with those tattered robes When autumn ends and winter begins the work of the scarecrow is done and nobody comes to the fields Maybe he felt that becoming a ferryman was something he could do by himself in the winter of his life that would benefit others It was truly a pure and wholehearted way of crossing to the other shore The writer is indebted to the work of Dr Yoshiko Dykstra translator of Buddhist miracle tales from medieval Japanese When the merchant calculated the amount of time that had passed he realized that Gempin had gone away just after they had met and that it must have been because Page 14 Page 15

Jay Tuttle Dave Malone Evening Walk During my evening walk the sun burns above the Ozark hills a gas lantern on top of the knobs with a glow as deep as an autumn pumpkin The auburn heart grazes just above the brown rolling ridges I ve loved like old friends I tread the woods as the lilting beams warm the arms of shortleaf pines Beside the pond bull frogs chuckle about some long held joke My feet hardly my own now touch down on a stranded bed of pine needles Page 16 Page 17

Daishin McCabe Escape Insanity or Suicide How can I see straight How can I get to be real How can I live a life of no lie These were the questions she had I had three choices that I could see in front of me Escape insanity or suicide The doctor had proscribed me meds that didn t make me feel like myself Had I continued taking them I think I would have gone crazy I was taking my car down the road and contemplating crossing the double yellow line though I never did I chose the third option escape Is the above monologue that of a real person Perhaps it describes how you or I or any of us feel at some time in our lives What does it take to hear the Dharma and to practice it How lucky we are to be in a place to hear the Dharma Can we afford to forget this There is a teaching from Pure Land Buddhism Never miss an opportunity to hear the Dharma How lucky we are to be born in a human body to have encountered the teachings of the Buddha and to have chosen to put them into practice The Buddhadharma is something we must choose to practice not something we are coerced into or doing under duress When we see the intensity of our life and death flashing in front of us we always have the option if we so choose to put our faith in the Three Treasures a balm for our pain There is the compassionate Buddha who provides for us an example of what we are capable of There is the Page 18 Daishin McCabe wisdom of the Dharma helping us to make good choices There is the company of the sangha providing us support along the way It s like we re all in that story of the man running from the tiger in the jungle The jungle is symbolic of delusive thinking The tiger is like the Buddha waking us up from our upside down views We trip and fall down a cliff quickly reach out and grab whatever we can hold on to a root or something and stop ourselves momentarily on the side of a cliff going straight down Below us is a pit of venomous snakes ready to strike Above us is the hungry tiger The root we are clinging to is being chewed on by rats This scenario is what life can feel like at times We re stuck between a rock and a hard place However there is something else that we may miss in moments like this Right there in the side of the cliff we see a small patch of strawberries With our free hand we reach out for the shiny red and gold speckled globes and begin to taste When the berry touches the tongue it sends signals to the brain helping us to remember to relax and enjoy each moment for we don t know what the next one will bring Ahh we say to ourselves Eating those strawberries is like hearing the Dharma They provide relief whether it s from the everyday stressors of our life or the life and death situations we find ourselves in from time to time The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that we can enjoy our sitting we can enjoy our breathing and we can enjoy our life There are no D words that make this enjoyment an exception The D words include death disease deluge disaster divorce etc The path of the Bodhisattva is to turn our suffering into joy This is the Page 19

Daishin McCabe Phyllis Green challenge the Buddha offers to us It requires faith in the Dharma and it requires our own efforts towards practice Practice as the yoga sutras define it is effort towards steadiness of mind The Weeping Katsura Seeing what is wrong is like ripe fruit falling into our hand Seeing what is not wrong often requires effort We need to get out our ladder put it next to the tree climb up and feel whether the fruit is ready to be picked or not The same is true for wholesome modes of thought In the middle of life and death we have the opportunity if we can see it to choose freedom from fear Dogen Zenji offers up an image about the iron ox lying down in smoke and sand Our tendency is to run away from smoke It stings our eyes and causes us to choke Who would intentionally lie down in sand Sand is what we sweep out of our beds Smoke and sand are symbolic of the aversions of our life The iron ox is the symbol of Enlightenment Enlightenment isn t a place to go that is totally free from pain and suffering We each must face our life s difficulties that make us want to harm ourselves or others to go crazy or to escape this world and learn ways to transform that suffering into healing and well being See Taigen Leighton and Shohaku Okumura in Dogen s Extensive Record A Translation of the Eihei Koroku Boston Wisdom Publications 2010 Dharma Hall Discourse 161 pages 186 187 Page 20 Page 21

Myoho Kendall Myoho Kendall The Roots of Suffering Sometimes it feels like the world is out to get us Nothing seems to be going our way We walk around feeling like a victim with little control over what is happening to us This line of thinking is what happens when we become intoxicated with one or more of the three poisons of greed anger and delusion It s hard to recognize when we are being pulled around by our own roots of suffering We may even feel that our words and actions are justified I know I certainly felt justified being angry with those who refused to wear a mask during the COVID pandemic Or angry with those who continue to perpetuate racial injustice I then reflect on how my anger may also be contributing to the polarization of our country Perhaps the real question is not how can I change others to conform to my wants and needs but rather how can I stop being tossed around by the waves of samsara and sink more deeply into my practice How can I find the clarity and grounding that is needed to act wisely and with compassion during times of crisis Over this next week I invite you to examine your thoughts words and actions Consider what it means to repent and return to your vow as a Bodhisattva Pema Chodron in her book Welcoming the Unwelcome explains that as Bodhisattvas we should expect to be challenged in our daily lives this is how we learn and grow Each time we return to our vow we are better able to stand up and face reality in all its unreasonableness to accept reality just as it is without trying to change or manipulate it We are able to see that we are not separate better or different from others and that we all have the same roots of suffering May we acknowledge the need for vow and repentance to learn and grow from our mistakes this is how we create a more compassionate world right here and now As Buddhists we are challenged to live in these muddy waters We also realize that there is good medicine to heal the roots of our suffering The cure for our greed anger and delusion are wisdom generosity and loving kindness A way we can cultivate these attributes is through our own vow and repentance We recite the Verse of Repentance once a month at All Day Sitting and for ceremonies throughout the year The verse is All my past and harmful karma Born from beginningless greed hate and delusion Through body speech and mind I now fully avow Page 22 Page 23

Robert Okaji Robert Okaji Blackbody 1 It is a house A small house A small dark house perched on the edge of town near the river The tensile strength of water decreases as temperature rises Hakuin said if you doubt fully you will awaken fully Before sunrise I unshutter the window Angle of reflection angle of incidence The river is constant My doubts reinforced with coffee I pause Perfect blackbodies do not exist in nature A man enters the house closes the door behind him Opaque box with a hole Nothing emerges We witness this daily 3 No one emerges The house is dark A man enters There is a house A small house A small dark house perched on the edge of town near the river The river is constant Nothing emerges 2 A pebble pierces the water s surface I awaken to imperfection A blackbody allows all incident radiation to pass into it A man enters The river is constant Blackbody was originally published in Aubade Rising absorbing all reflecting none Page 24 Page 25

Rikki Santer Sijo At Dusk Fabrice Poussin Hope Noble buck at corn feeder Broken antler back leg dangling Gentle doe at his side licking blood wounds nuzzling bent snout Backyard ravine s tale of life May loved ones be near when I die Page 26 Page 27

Mark Howell Listen Up This week I participated in an International Dawn Chorus event A group in the UK coordinated live broadcasts at dawn from locations around the planet So there I was 6 30 a m at a footbridge in McCloud Nature Park streaming the sound of the park waking up It was an amazing continuous chorus of birdsong The UK organizers picked up this stream for a few minutes before moving on to the next one a little further west thus mapping the sounds of dawn across the globe Mark Howell of mental quietness Relatively There are still the mental breezes shushing through and sometimes the squawk of a crow I don t know that I ever will reach complete stillness of mind any more than I will hear complete silence of environment But it can get very close and rewards lie there The International Dawn Chorus event in which I participated was coordinated by Soundtent See http streams soundtent org 2022 streams Also consider participating in the Dawn Chorus project at https dawn chorus org home en The importance of work like this is that it gives a reason to pause and listen Most of the time sounds streaming by are something like car car car train dog dump truck car siren mower plane car dump truck car train This is not to say that only natural sounds are good and manmade sounds are all bad Birdsong at dawn is a welcome break from planes trains and automobiles though it s really a gentle quietness that is most refreshing Listening for this acoustic quietness is something like listening for inner quietness Our thoughts are like acoustic noise the ripping scream of a motorcycle the drumming of a jackhammer the background hum of fluorescent lights and the gentle swishing of a breeze through tree leaves Indignant reproaches about some recent affront nagging untreated annoyances memories from childhood love of another I find myself approaching meditation in the same way as approaching ambient sound waiting for the silence Just as when you listen carefully and long enough you can find breaks in the noise I wait for breaks in the thoughts With care and practice those breaks open up into periods Page 28 Page 29

BIOGRAPHIES Phyllis Green is an author playwright and artist Her art is in Gulf Stream magazine CERASUS FERAL Superpresent Novus and soon in Rip Rap I 70 Review CALYX Aji Rathalla and Cinematic Codes Review Mark Howell is a founding member of Great Wind Zendo and resides in Danville Indiana He received Jukai from Shohaku Okumura in 2010 Hoko Karnegis is the vice abbot of Sanshin Zen Community in Bloomington Indiana She has led several sesshin at Great Wind Zendo Sabine Karner is a founding member of Great Wind Zendo She enjoys immersive creative pursuits that require patience and concentration Myoho Kendall began her practice at Cedar Rapids Zen Center and received full ordination in 2017 She is a member of Gyobutsuji Zen Community where she continues on her path towards becoming a Soto Zen Teacher Sharon Lopez Mooney poet retired Interfaith Chaplain lives in Mexico She received a CAC Grant produced an anthology poetry readings Her poems are published in many journals and anthologies Dave Malone received a graduate degree from Indiana State when he first became interested in Zen and now lives in the Missouri Ozarks His poems have also appeared in Midwest Review and Plainsongs Daishin McCabe teaches at Zen Fields Iowa He had 15 years of monastic residence is a 500 RYT yoga teacher and teaches World Religions at Des Moines Area Community College Robert Okaji is a half Japanese Texan living in Indiana His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Evergreen Review Vox Populi Threepenny Review Tipton Poetry Journal and elsewhere Fabrice Poussin teaches French and English His work in writing and photography has appeared in Kestrel Symposium The Chimes and the San Pedro River Review Rev Zuiko Redding is resident pastor of Cedar Rapids Zen Center in Cedar Rapids Iowa and a Sanshin Zen Community board member You can learn about the Center at www cedarrapidszencenter org Rikki Santer s tenth collection How to Board a Moving Ship was released last year by Lily Poetry Review Books You can reach her through her website rikkisanter com Jay Tuttle finds the mix of art and science in photography very appealing Making photographs that others enjoy is a great pleasure in his life Great Wind Zendo is a place for Zen Meditation located in Danville Indiana We are open to the public and there is no charge for our programs we are a 501 c 3 non profit religious organization that is funded by donations Anyone new to meditation is welcome We provide meditation instruction on Thursday evenings at 6 30 p m Please e mail us so we know to expect you Our schedule includes weekly meditation on Thursdays from 7 00 to 8 00 p m morning meditation one Sunday each month from 9 00 a m to noon and an annual multiday Rohatsu sesshin in December We also offer World Peace ceremonies and celebrate the Zen holidays of Nirvana Day Buddha s Birthday Bodhidharma Day and Enlightenment Day Our web calendar is the best place to find our schedule Great Wind Zendo 52 W Broadway Street Danville Indiana 46122 email greatwindzendo org https www greatwindzendo org

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