Empty Nest Zendo

Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, 2672 East Alluvail, Clovis
Saturday Mornings: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT, Building 3
Group Leader: Kuzan Peter Schireson

The Zen & Interfaith Meditation Group at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno (http://uufresno.org/) was established in early January of 2010 by Kuzan Peter Schireson of the Central Valley Zen Foundation. Meditation is a precious and practical tool for calming the body and mind and for fostering insight and awareness. Whether your interest is relief from the stress of daily life, deepening an ongoing spiritual quest or practice, or you’re simply curious about meditation, please join us Saturday mornings. Most Saturdays are Zen meditation; the last Saturday of each month is Interfaith Meditation, including teachers from other traditions.

Our two-hour session includes two 25 minute periods of sitting meditation, 10 minutes of walking meditation, a talk, discussion, and light refreshments.

Suggested donation $10, but everyone welcome, regardless of ability to donate.

For more information,
please contact

peter@kuzanzen.org

Or call

559.877.4567
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Kuzan Peter Schireson is the teacher of the Saturday morning Zen and Interfaith Meditation group in Fresno, California and Practice Leader at Empty Nest Zendo in the Sierra Foothills. He was ordained as a Lay Teacher by Sojun Mel Weitsman of Berkeley Zen Center in 2003 and as a Soto Zen priest by Chikudo Lew Richmond of Vimala Zen Center in 2008. Peter was originally introduced to practice by Joshu Sasaki Roshi in 1964 and has practiced since then in the Suzuki Roshi lineage in California as well as in the Rinzai koan tradition with Keido Fukushima Roshi, the now retired abbot of Tofuku-ji Monastery in Kyoto, Japan.

Peter was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Victoria, and Harvard University. After ten years as a teacher and school district administrator, Peter had a long business career in consulting, high technology, and most recently in market research. He is the husband of Myoan Grace Schireson, Abbess of Central Valley Zen Foundation and author of Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters. He is especially interested in Zen practice as it arises in and enlivens everyday life in the world and is a grandfather, and a student of classical and flamenco guitar.
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