Next Introduction to Zazen is Saturday,
February 7th 8:00-9:10am 🙏🙏🙏
February 7th 8:00-9:10am 🙏🙏🙏
January 15, 2026
Enclosed is the new schedule for January 2026.
Introductions to Meditation will be offered on the first Saturday morning of the month. Everything is provided for practicing zazen.
Please know that we gratefully accept donations. BZC is registered as a non-profit organization here in Idaho.
All donations are tax deductible and go towards supporting monthly rent, insurance, and classes. Let us know if you plan to attend. We look forward to welcoming you. Please contact us with any questions at [email protected].
Tuesday - Friday Mornings=Zoom (Wednesday - Zoom & In Person!)
7:00-7:40am Zazen
7:40-7:50am Walking Meditation
7:50-8:30am Zazen
8:30am Robe Verse
How great the robe of liberation,
a formless field of merit.
Wrapping ourselves in Buddha’s teaching,
we free all living beings.
Tuesday Evenings=Zoom
6:00-6:30pm Zazen
6:30-6:40pm Walking Meditation
6:40-7:10pm Zazen
7:10pm Four bodhisattva vows
Beings are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.
Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them.
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable l vow to realize it.
Saturday Morning= Zoom & In Person
8:00-8:30am Zazen
8:30-8:40am Walking Meditation
8:40-9:10am Zazen
9:10am Four bodhisattva Vows
Beings are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.
Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them.
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable l vow to realize it.
Enclosed is the new schedule for January 2026.
Introductions to Meditation will be offered on the first Saturday morning of the month. Everything is provided for practicing zazen.
Please know that we gratefully accept donations. BZC is registered as a non-profit organization here in Idaho.
All donations are tax deductible and go towards supporting monthly rent, insurance, and classes. Let us know if you plan to attend. We look forward to welcoming you. Please contact us with any questions at [email protected].
Tuesday - Friday Mornings=Zoom (Wednesday - Zoom & In Person!)
7:00-7:40am Zazen
7:40-7:50am Walking Meditation
7:50-8:30am Zazen
8:30am Robe Verse
How great the robe of liberation,
a formless field of merit.
Wrapping ourselves in Buddha’s teaching,
we free all living beings.
Tuesday Evenings=Zoom
6:00-6:30pm Zazen
6:30-6:40pm Walking Meditation
6:40-7:10pm Zazen
7:10pm Four bodhisattva vows
Beings are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.
Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them.
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable l vow to realize it.
Saturday Morning= Zoom & In Person
8:00-8:30am Zazen
8:30-8:40am Walking Meditation
8:40-9:10am Zazen
9:10am Four bodhisattva Vows
Beings are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.
Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them.
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable l vow to realize it.
November 2, 2025
Stanley, Idaho 6,275'
Dear All,
The landscapes in the Sawtooth Wilderness feel like the 'wildness' of who we are. There are countless creeks, streams, and rivers; rubber rabbit bush, big sage, matted wild buckwheat, and elk thistle; fall constellations in Stanley's night sky-Andromeda, Cassiopeia.
I love standing at the shore and dipping my boots in the water. For a moment, you can hear the mountain talking, catch the trees murmuring to each other. The mystery is revealed only to spontaneously disappear and reappear again on its own terms. If you listen, you'll find just where you are.
As I’ve been spending time with landscape painting and poetry, finding Hsieh T'iao and Li Po opened my heart to the unknowns of their landscape and how it influenced and shaped their lives and artistic expression. Hsieh T'iao, (464-499) was known for his elegant language and influence on Li Bai. He lived during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a period of war and political chaos. It was also a time for art and the flourishing of Taoism and Buddhism. He spent most of his life in political appointments and eventually was falsely accused of plotting a rebellion. Subsequently, he was framed and imprisoned dying at the age of thirty-six. Supposedly, two hundred of his poems exist. If you're interested, check out Diana Bridges book, Deep Colour; the book includes her poetry and translations of Hsieh T’iao. .
Contemplating the Capital from the Three Mountains in the Sunset
From Pa Szu I contemplate Ch'ang An,
From the south I look toward the capital.
Embellished by the sun,
The pointed roofs appear to me ondule.
The red clouds spread themselves like pieces of embroideries,
The limpid river is smooth like white silk.
The spring islets are covered with twittering birds,
The parks are adorned with variegated flowers.
While setting out I was already reluctant,
Nostalgically I now think of the joyous feasting.
When is a reunion expected?
My tears fall like rain.
Fondly I turn my eyes to my native land,
Who can prevent his hair from turning gray?
What follows is Li Bai's poem expressing his remembrance of Hsieh T'iao and the Xie Gong Pavilion where he once lived and composed poetry. Their lives spanned nearly two hundred years. The poem expresses the passage of time, loneliness and the love of friendship.
Where the two poets parted,
The scene seems broken-hearted.
The moon's left in the sky;
The stream flows with deep sigh.
The pool reflects sunlight; Bamboos shiver at night.
The present like the past;
Long, long will friendship last.
Stanley, Idaho 6,275'
Dear All,
The landscapes in the Sawtooth Wilderness feel like the 'wildness' of who we are. There are countless creeks, streams, and rivers; rubber rabbit bush, big sage, matted wild buckwheat, and elk thistle; fall constellations in Stanley's night sky-Andromeda, Cassiopeia.
I love standing at the shore and dipping my boots in the water. For a moment, you can hear the mountain talking, catch the trees murmuring to each other. The mystery is revealed only to spontaneously disappear and reappear again on its own terms. If you listen, you'll find just where you are.
As I’ve been spending time with landscape painting and poetry, finding Hsieh T'iao and Li Po opened my heart to the unknowns of their landscape and how it influenced and shaped their lives and artistic expression. Hsieh T'iao, (464-499) was known for his elegant language and influence on Li Bai. He lived during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a period of war and political chaos. It was also a time for art and the flourishing of Taoism and Buddhism. He spent most of his life in political appointments and eventually was falsely accused of plotting a rebellion. Subsequently, he was framed and imprisoned dying at the age of thirty-six. Supposedly, two hundred of his poems exist. If you're interested, check out Diana Bridges book, Deep Colour; the book includes her poetry and translations of Hsieh T’iao. .
Contemplating the Capital from the Three Mountains in the Sunset
From Pa Szu I contemplate Ch'ang An,
From the south I look toward the capital.
Embellished by the sun,
The pointed roofs appear to me ondule.
The red clouds spread themselves like pieces of embroideries,
The limpid river is smooth like white silk.
The spring islets are covered with twittering birds,
The parks are adorned with variegated flowers.
While setting out I was already reluctant,
Nostalgically I now think of the joyous feasting.
When is a reunion expected?
My tears fall like rain.
Fondly I turn my eyes to my native land,
Who can prevent his hair from turning gray?
What follows is Li Bai's poem expressing his remembrance of Hsieh T'iao and the Xie Gong Pavilion where he once lived and composed poetry. Their lives spanned nearly two hundred years. The poem expresses the passage of time, loneliness and the love of friendship.
Where the two poets parted,
The scene seems broken-hearted.
The moon's left in the sky;
The stream flows with deep sigh.
The pool reflects sunlight; Bamboos shiver at night.
The present like the past;
Long, long will friendship last.
Warm regards, Jisen
*The above photo was taken on a late fall afternoon; Red Fish Lake with Mt. Heburn in the background.
Painting of Li Po by Fu Daishi 1963
*The above photo was taken on a late fall afternoon; Red Fish Lake with Mt. Heburn in the background.
Painting of Li Po by Fu Daishi 1963
