Sangha: Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Teacher: Ben Connelly
Practice Since: 2012
Tradition: Soto Zen Buddhism
Background
2012 — Present
Soto Zen Practice
Began sitting with Norman Fischer's
Everyday Zen Sangha.
Currently practicing with MZMC under the guidance of Ben Connelly.
Practice Periods
Spring 2025
Gandavyuha Sutra: Continuous Practice of Relationship
with Ben Connelly
Retreats
August 2025
Your Great Road Opens Up: Dogen's Approach to Continuous Practice
with Norman Fischer
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Courses
Fall 2025
Awakening the Heart Practice Mahayana: Emptiness, Heart Sutra
with Tim Burkett
Spring 2025
Morning Study Group: Cultivating the Empty Field by Hongzhi
with Ted O'Toole
"To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things."
— Eihei Dogen, Genjokoan