Zen Meditation in Corrales

Wednesdays — 10:30 to 11:30am
No need to attend every week; come when you can.

Corrales Community Center
4324 Corrales Road, Corrales NM
NE Corner of Village Complex, next door to Senior Center

All are welcome
Beginners or Experienced
Always free of charge

Questions?
contact Brian Taylor, facilitator
at corraleszen@icloud.com
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Our schedule

1. Gather before 10:30 am - enter the Community Center in silence, remove shoes and take your place anywhere in the room, on a chair, or using cushions or a kneeling bench that you have brought with you.
2. Sit in meditation (zazen) for 25 minutes after a bell is rung.
3. Stand and stretch in place after 2 bells are rung.
4. Hear a brief reading from a teacher in the Zen tradition.
5. Discuss ways in which the reading might apply to our our practice and life, and raise questions.
6. Depart at 11:30 am after standing and bowing once to one another.

Donations are gratefully accepted
Only to cover monthly expenses (approx. $140 per month)
Cash in the basket, or PayPal = corraleszen@iCloud.com

Recommended Reading

• Recommended Guidelines for “Just Sitting” Meditation, or Zazen, an article by Brian Taylor
• Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice, by Shunryu Suzuki
• Everyday Zen: Love and Work, by Joko Beck
• Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life, by Dainin Katagiri
• Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry, by Taigen Dan Leighton

About Brian Taylor, facilitator

Brian has been practicing Zen for many years: in the 1990’s as a student of Joko Beck in San Diego (see her book Everyday Zen); and from 2014–2024 with Taigen Dan Leighton in Chicago (see his book Zen Questions). Brian took Buddhist vows as a lay practitioner in 2016. He continues as a student of Hogetsu Laurie Belzer, the Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, who offers ongoing counsel and guidance to Brian for his facilitation of the Corrales Zen group.

For 30 years, Brian was the senior priest of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in the North Valley of Albuquerque. During those years he earned a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Shalem Institute, founded a Contemplative Center, published four books on contemplative theology and practice, and received an honorary doctorate from his seminary in Berkeley for contributions to the field of spirituality.

Since retirement, Brian has devoted himself fully to Zen study and practice. He lives in Corrales with his wife Susanna.

His personal website is brianctaylor.net