Both Sides/No Sides Zen Community El Paso

Young pilgrim,
Do not turn away from
the unruly ox that runs wild
in the forest of your mind.

Join us this Saturday!🙏

This is a wonderful article on Nathan Sheppard who was part of our Sangha along with his wife! Congratulations to Nathan on his graduation from Union Theological Seminary and sending him our well wishes on his future work as a Buddhist chaplain!🙏

How One Trumpeter Found His Calling as a Buddhist Military Chaplain Nathan Sheppard on finding the path through student loan debt and alternative therapy

Upcoming event with Rev. Wauls, join our growing community!🙏
June 29th - 9:30 am-3:30 pm.

Great News!🙏

Waking Up: David Whyte on the Power of Poetry and Silence as Portal to Presence “The object in meditation and all of our contemplative disciplines is silence… in order for you to perceive something other than yourself… Poetry is the verbal art-form by which w…

We are very proud to announce that our own Veronica Roshin Schroder received the degree of Master of Arts in Pastoral Care and Counseling from New York Theological Seminary in a graduation ceremony held in New York on May 18, 2024! Roshin serves as one of the Zen priests of our sangha. Her academic training specialized in Buddhist Chaplaincy and she hopes to serve as a Hospice or Hospital chaplain one day!

Congratulations Roshin!

A message from our teacher in Las Cruces! Have a blessed Memorial Day everyone!🙏
Memorial Day is tomorrow. It is a day to remember and honor those who have fallen in service to us in the United States. Personally, I don’t believe it should be honored with department store sales, picnics or gatherings with no remembrances offered, or anything else that has no bearing on its purpose. But, I am just one person. And the whole country seems ablaze with sales events, ads for bar-b-cue deals and the like. So it is. As for me, I am grateful for my fellow veterans who gave their lives so that I may live. Grateful for the medic who scrambled to me under machine gun fire to assist me as I lay wounded. I am grateful for pretty much everything I have because if it weren’t for veterans who died throughout our history I wouldn’t be here to enjoy my Memorial Day in relative peace.
Be well🙏🙏🙏

Happy Mother's Day from our Sangha!

"In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.
In all the world, there is no love for you like mine."

~ Maya Angelou

Bless All the Women who Mother!
And Bless our Mother Earth . . .

"When you produce a thought that is full of understanding, forgiveness, and compassion, that thought will immediately have a healing effect on both your physical and mental health and on those around you.

If you think a thought that is full of judgment and anger, that thought will immediately poison your body and mind and the people around you."

-Thich Nhat Hanh (The Art of Communicating)

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Open Stillness Uncertainty is liberating.

REMINDER!
Don't miss out on this wonderful workshop with Rev. Wauls!🙏

WE Workshop 1

WE are invited to experience life in a more expansive way...to hear, see, think, feel and move in ways that are different from what we've done before.

WE will engage in meditation and body awareness along with contemplative writing as WE build a community of Compassion, Expansion, Holding Space and Care. The invitation is for each of us individually and collectively to look at and experience life in a broader and more expansive way. Come look, hear, see, think, feel and move in ways that are different from what WE have done before. Articulate your body awareness through written and spoken word.

Everyone is welcome regardless of spiritual practice or no spiritual practice. WE all need to expand in these times of tightness and contraction.

This WE WORKSHOP is offered on a donation basis by Rev. Eternity S. Wauls of the El Paso Zen Center. Bring your own pens/pencils and writing pads. PLEASE: Arrive a few minutes before starting time and plan to stay until the end.

YES, IT WILL REQUIRE A COMMITMENT ON YOUR PART.

* Saturday -- March 23, 2024
* 9:30 a.m. thru 12:30 p.m.
* 2718 Campbell St. @ the corner of Baltimore St., in Kern Place

* Rev. Eternity S. Wauls
Workshop Leader & Spiritual Guide

Tomorrow at 6:30pm! It's not too late to make your plans to attend this enriching event!
4801 Sun Valley Dr, El Paso, TX 79924-2535, United States

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Birthday to our Sangha member, Elena (far right)! ☘️ 🙏

The fruit of meditation practice is an abundance of equanimity!🙏

A wonderful Sesshin weekend with Sangha! We had close to 20 attendants and spent quality time on the cushion and learning the basics of Zen training! Grateful to all who committed their efforts and time with us! 🙏❤️

Reminder!
There's still time to register for this weekend's Sesshin! Go to our website and register on link!
Paso Zen Center

"Introduction To Zen" Sesshin
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Fri, February 23 (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)
Sat, February 24 (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Sun, February 25 (9 a.m. - 12 Noon)
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Mark your calendars for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 23rd, 24th and 25th. Over that weekend we will hold a special sesshin during which we will review the basics of Zen practice. This will be useful for those who are just beginning to investigate Zen, those who have begun to practice and those who have a strong, established practice. We will cover topics such as "The History of Zen," "How to Sit Zazen," "The Teacher/Student Dynamic," "Zendo Etiquette" and more. You may participate as much or as little as your time will allow. A vegan lunch will be served Saturday. A donation of $25 is suggested to cover the costs of the event and lunch.
Registration is requested for this event.

Reminder! This weekend is our Sesshin, register soon!

"Introduction To Zen" Sesshin
​
Fri, February 23 (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)
Sat, February 24 (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Sun, February 25 (9 a.m. - 12 Noon)
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Mark your calendars for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 23rd, 24th and 25th. Over that weekend we will hold a special sesshin during which we will review the basics of Zen practice. This will be useful for those who are just beginning to investigate Zen, those who have begun to practice and those who have a strong, established practice. We will cover topics such as "The History of Zen," "How to Sit Zazen," "The Teacher/Student Dynamic," "Zendo Etiquette" and more. You may participate as much or as little as your time will allow. A vegan lunch will be served Saturday. A donation of $25 is suggested to cover the costs of the event and lunch.

Registration is requested for this event.

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