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Kannon: Zen Center
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During the Ancestral Memorialization rite in October, the central Kannon statue in the rear area of the shrine is the center of ritual attention. She is dressed in a brocaded robe and surrounded with flowers. In the middle background are visible some of the small kannon statues that surround her.
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Kannon Do shares this tradition of practice established in Shunryu Suzuki with San Francisco Zen Center, Tassajara, Berkeley Zen Center, Sonoma Zen Mountain Center, and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Marin County. Centers affiliated with Kannon Do include Zen Heart Sangha in Redwood City/Woodside, Ashland Zen Center in Ashland, Oregon, and the Casco Zen Center in Casco, Maine.
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This is Kannon, the female bodhisattva of compassion, sitting in contemplation in the center of an enso. The enso symbolizes the world, and Kannon - who works ceaselessly for the salvation of all sentient beings - remains in calm repose deep inside regardless of the confusion and anguish all around her. She has a soft, reassuring smile that hints, "No matter how bad it seems, it will get better."
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This includes sangha news, sangha meetings, schedules, important updates, procedures, and volunteer opportunities related to Kannon Do. Also, sittings, retreats, activities, classes, workshops, and upcoming events at the Zen Center, and which are of interest to the majority of the sangha. Additionally, it is used to distribute electronic files that are of common interest to the members like bylaws, meeting minutes, to-do lists, etc.
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Les Kaye has been integrally involved in developing an American Zen practice both at Haiku Zendo and at Kannon Do. He was ordained as a Zen monk by Shunryu Suzuki in 1971, and he was appointed spiritual leader of Kannon Do in 1982. In 1986, he was recognized as a Zen teacher and a successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki.
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