given by Nomon Tim Burnett
Red Cedar Dharma Hall
January 13, 2010
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A spontaneous talk given the week before our Winter 2010 Practice Period was to start considering how to approach commitment and practice and reflecting also on the power of simple mindfulness. I mention a bit about my initial work with veterans and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the VA Hospital in Seattle as well.
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.