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Announcement: Rinzai-ji and Mount Baldy Ordained Staff Traveling to Japan   This coming May the ordained staff of Rinzai-ji and Mount Baldy Zen Centers will be traveling to Japan.  The trip is motivated by conversations with Noritake Roshi (Kyoto), Seiya Osho (Sendai), and Minakawa Roshi (Sapporo) all of whom were present at the memorial services

Rinzai-ki Memorial Ceremony & January Five-day Zazenkai January 10th (Fri) & January 11th (Sat)- 15 (Wed), 2013   You are invited to the Rinzai-ki Memorial Ceremony on Friday, January 10th at 12pm. A delicious ceremonial lunch will follow. Open to all members and friends of Sangha. Please RSVP here by Sunday, January 5th. Donations to

Fifty-first Anniversary – Ceremony and Dinner to Honor Denkyo Kyozan Joshu Roshi Rinzai-ji Zen Center – 2505 Cimarron St Los Angeles, CA Sunday, 21 July 2013 please save the date – invitation coming soon  

Rinzai-ji’s Community’s response to reports of misconduct by Joshu Sasaki Roshi   The Transitional Leadership Team and the Administrative Abbots-designate of Rinzai-ji in conjunction with the Rinzai-ji Bearing Witness Group (for more information visit www.rinzaijioshos.org) has released the following announcement in response to recent reports that the Roshi behaved inappropriately with female students, and that our

On 5 and 6 January 2013, an Osho meeting will be held at Mt Baldy Zen Center. It will include representatives from the Boards of the three main centers, nuns and monks. The organizing committee states, “We’re pleased that Roshi Egyoku Nakao of ZCLA has generously accepted our request to moderate the meeting. The meeting

Dear Sangha Members and Friends,   Rinzai-ji Zen Center invites you to New Year’s Celebration.   Schedule:   Monday, December 31st, 2012 2:00 pm – Temple cleaning and preparation for New Year’s celebration 5:30 pm – Festive Dinner 10:00 pm – Traditional Soba Noodle 11:00 pm to 12:00 pm midnight – Zazen After midnight –