“How I Came to Buddhism: a Spiritual Autobiography” is the title of a talk to be given Oct. 4 to the Emerald Coast Meditation Society. Speaker will be Susan Spencer of Sebastopol, CA., a long-time meditator and Buddhist student.
The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical, follows no religion, and does not charge.
Spencer began the practice of Zen Buddhism at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul, Minn., in 1996. In 1998 she traveled to Green Gulch farm in Muir Beach, Cal., to do a three-month practice period there with Reb Anderson, senior teacher at the San Francisco Zen Center. Later that year she moved to San Francisco where she met her teacher, Darlene Cohen, and began to practice at San Francisco Zen Center.
She continues her practice at Russian River zendo in Guerneville, Cal., and has done several periods of intensive practice at Green Gulch, city center and Tassajara. Located in Carmel Valley, Cal., Tassajara was the first Zen monastery in the west.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.
The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98. The ECMS is ecumenical, follows no religion, and does not charge.
Spencer began the practice of Zen Buddhism at Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul, Minn., in 1996. In 1998 she traveled to Green Gulch farm in Muir Beach, Cal., to do a three-month practice period there with Reb Anderson, senior teacher at the San Francisco Zen Center. Later that year she moved to San Francisco where she met her teacher, Darlene Cohen, and began to practice at San Francisco Zen Center.
She continues her practice at Russian River zendo in Guerneville, Cal., and has done several periods of intensive practice at Green Gulch, city center and Tassajara. Located in Carmel Valley, Cal., Tassajara was the first Zen monastery in the west.
The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs meditation instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.