A Zen Practice Period is designed to support a student’s practice and gives you opportunity to reflect on your intentions.

The 2026 Fall Practice Intensive will have various occasions for meditation as well as ceremonial and ritual practices. The Dharma talks will mostly be about the Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra, a foundational Mahayana text that we regularly chant in service.

Two classes are offered: WOMEN ANCESTORS THEN AND NOW on Mondays and THE SIXTEEN BODHISATTVA PRECEPTS on Tuesdays. The SUTRA READING GROUP (currently The Platform Sutra) on Wednesdays is ongoing.

There is also the opportunity to commit to the bodhisattva precepts in a special ceremony. Please let me know if you are interested and find out what this entails.

There will be time for checking in and socializing with other members, and we may schedule a retreat at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine if there is enough interest.

Please contact me, Reirin, at info@mkzen.org, if you are interested in participating in this intensive practice period. The registration form will be mailed to you. Please check what you want to commit to, sign and return it to me.