given by Nomon Tim Burnett
Red Cedar Dharma Hall
September 09, 2009
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A talk in which I read and comment on a piece by Chozen Bays Roshi or the Zen Community of Oregon and Great Vow Monastery about joy in their newsletter "Ink the Cat". Chozen makes a series of points about the joys of practice and brings up aspects of joy that we don't usually think of in our culture. I don't have notes written up, this one is download only but it seemed to really resonate with the sangha members who were there.
Resident Priest Nomon Tim Burnett has been a student of Zoketsu Norman Fischer since 1987 when he was a resident at San Francisco Zen Center's Green Gulch Farm. After sitting practice periods at Green Gulch and Tassajara Zen Monastery, Tim helped found the Bellingham Zen Practice Group in 1991. Tim was ordained as a Zen Priest by Norman in June, 2000. Like his teacher, Tim is interested in the possibility of deep and complete practice by lay people.
A person of wide-ranging professional interests, Tim has been a botanist, elementary schoolteacher, writer, and computer programmer. In addition to his work at the Resident Priest of Red Cedar Zen Community, Tim works as a software developer.