Timely Wisdom

Sometimes it’s easy to feel lost in the noise and uncertainty of the world. But there’s a way back—a path that leads to stillness, clarity, and connection. We can find refuge in one another and in the timeless practices of compassion and wisdom. Join Stone Creek Zen Center for a special offering of meditation, music, and teaching guided by two widely beloved and esteemed meditation teachers, Norman Fischer and Sylvia Boorstein.

Their teaching will be accompanied by the magical sounds of the handpan and shakuhachi, performed by Gary Muszynski and Ron Berger.

All are welcome, whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice. 

You're invited to arrive starting at 3pm for tea, Zen crafts for sale, and socializing.

Program begins at 4pm.

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Your contribution supports Stone Creek Zen Center to continue to be resource for clarity and compassion and a refuge of peace for people in Sonoma County and beyond. 

TICKETS:

General admission: $75

Supporter: $125
Your additional contribution supports Stone Creek's offerings throughout the year. As a gift, you also will receive a signed copy of Norman's book When You Greet Me, I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen.

Reduced cost: $35
A limited number of reduced price tickets are available for those for whom the general admission price would be a hardship.


Sponsorships are available starting at $300. Email event@stonecreekzen.org to learn more. 

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Soto Zen priest Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. In 2000 he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation (www.everydayzen.org), a network of Zen groups and other Dharma projects. One of the senior Zen teachers in America, he is also a prolific poet and author, whose most recent titles are When You Greet Me I Bow: Notes and Reflections from a Life in Zen (prose), and Men in Suits and There Was a Clattering As ...  (poetry). His Selected Poems: 1980-2013 was published in 2017. He  is a father and grandfather who lives with his wife Kathie, also a Soto Zen priest, in Muir Beach, in sight of the sea. 

Sylvia Boorstein is an American author, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher. She is a co-founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and also is a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She has written numerous books, such as It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness, That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist, and Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There. www.sylviaboorstein.com

Gary Muszynski is an award-winning percussionist, composer, bandleader, recording artist, and producer.  He creates genre-defying, original music that combines world folk traditions, infused with an improvisational sensibility and ambient sounds. He refers to his music as world-ambient-folk or global medicine music. Gary has performed and recorded with some of the great musical luminaries of our times. His current album, Roots & Wings: Medicine Music, won the top honor at the prestigious Global Music Awards in 2021 and can be accessed through Gary’s website, oneworldmusic.com. Gary’s new album is The Journey Home — Songs of Longing & Belonging.

In 1975 Ron Berger was a student at Mt. Baldy Zen Center, where he met Masayuki Koga, Sensei, a renowned shakuhachi flute master. For the next 25 years, Ron immersed himself in Rinzai Zen practice while continuing his study of the shakuhachi and performing with the Japanese Music Institute under the direction of Koga Sensei. In 1999 Ron’s CD Bamboo Flute Lullabies of Japan was released.

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About Stone Creek Zen Center 

For almost 30 years, Stone Creek Zen Center has been a place for Zen Buddhist practice in Sonoma County. Founded as a backyard zendo in Sebastopol by Jisho Warner in 1996, Stone Creek now occupies a beautifully renovated building in Graton. Head Priest Sessei Meg Levie joined in April 2022, and Stone Creek now is home to a thriving community, hosting a full schedule of meditation, retreats, workshops, and events. 

www.stonecreekzen.org

Head Priest Sessei Meg Levie and Founding Teacher Jisho Warner