Current Practice
Sangha: Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC)
Teacher: Ben Connelly
Practice Since: 2012
Tradition: Soto Zen Buddhism
Practice Background
2012 - Present
Soto Zen Practice
Began sitting with Norman Fischer's
Everyday Zen Sangha.
Currently practicing with Minnesota Zen Meditation Center under the guidance of Ben Connelly.
Practice Periods
Spring 2025
Gandavyuha Sutra: Continuous Practice of Relationship
with Ben Connelly
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Retreats
August 16, 2025
Your Great Road Opens Up: Dōgen's Approach to Continuous Practice
with Norman Fischer
1-Day Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Courses & Study Groups
Fall 2025
Awakening the Heart Practice Mahayana: Emptiness, Heart Sutra
with Tim Burkett
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Spring 2025
Morning Study Group: Cultivating the Empty Field by Hongzhi
with Ted O'Toole
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
"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 Dōgen, Genjōkōan