Tuesday evening study group
Our Tuesday Evening Study Group will meet on Zoom for the foreseeable future. We meet weekly from 5:30-6:30.

All are welcome!

The Zoom link goes out with event reminders sent to everyone on our email list. If you'd like to receive this information, or want to be added to our email list, please email either desertrainzen@gmail.com or nathanso@arizona.edu.)

We're currently working with Through Forests of Every Color: Awakening with Koans, the new book by Open Source founding teacher Joan Sutherland Roshi. The book was published by Shambala in June and is available for order here. (You can also order the book in paperback or in a Kindle edition from Amazon.)


Previous Tuesday evening study texts and activities:
  • Torei Zenji, "Bodhisattva's Vow"
  • Hakuin Ekaku, "Praise Song for Meditation"
  • "poems and practice": Whitman's  "Song of Myself"
  • study of David Hinton's book China Root
  • "koans / poems," a series where we paired a koan with a poem and talked about their resonances
  • study of Joan Sutherland's Vimalakirti and the Awakened Heart
  • study of Shitou Xiqian's "Taking Part in the Gathering" (also known by its Japanese title of "Sandokai" by Sekito)
  • study of the Heart Sutra
  • Precepts study (in preparation for our refuge ceremony in March 2018)
  • study of The Gateless Gate koan collection
  • beginning meditation group

here's a description of our pre-pandemic program, currently on hold:

Our Tuesday Evening Study Group meets first, third, and (when there is one) fifth Tuesdays of the month, from 6:30-7:30 at Little Chapel. 

Following our meetings, optional Work in the Room with Tenney will be available (by appointment). To sign up for Tuesday Evening Work in the Room  (between 7:30-8:30) please email Tenney at nathanso@email.arizona.edu or text him at 520-235-1267.

Questions? you can email desertrainzen@gmail.com or text or phone 520-235-1267.

Upcoming meetings:

  • Upcoming sessions: March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 18, 25 (no session on April 11, since we'll be on retreat out at Picture Rocks)
For those in Arizona, when everyone else is on Daylight Savings Time: we meet from 5:30-6:30.
For those outside Arizona: 5:30-6:30 Pacific, 6:30-7:30 Mountain, 7:30-8:30 Central; 8:30-9:30 Eastern.
photo by Lynda Zwinger
this page last modified March 13, 2023