Hazy Moon Zen Center
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The Hazy Moon Zen Center is a Soto Zen center in Los Angeles, California
. It was founded in 1996 by William Nyogen Yeo
Roshi through the honorary founder Taizan Maezumi Roshi
. Nyogen Roshi practiced 27 years with Maezumi Roshi and was the last of the successors in the Maezumi Roshi Lineage.
As an active Zen temple, the Hazy Moon offers daily zazen
practice that allows the public to practice with the temple monks, and Dharma talks are given by Nyogen Roshi on a weekly basis. As with most Zen temples, intensive retreats (sesshin
) and regular classes that aid practitioners in strengthening their Zen practice are offered throughout the year.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. It was founded in 1996 by William Nyogen Yeo
William Nyogen Yeo
William Nyogen Yeo is a White Plum Asanga roshi and spiritual director of Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, California, one of only twelve Dharma Successors of the late Taizan Maezumi. He is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.-References:...
Roshi through the honorary founder Taizan Maezumi Roshi
Taizan Maezumi
Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and rōshi, and lineage holder in the Sōtō, Rinzai and Harada-Yasutani traditions of Zen. He combined the Rinzai use of koans and the Sōtō emphasis on shikantaza in his teachings, influenced by his years studying under Hakuun Yasutani in the...
. Nyogen Roshi practiced 27 years with Maezumi Roshi and was the last of the successors in the Maezumi Roshi Lineage.
As an active Zen temple, the Hazy Moon offers daily zazen
Zazen
In Zen Buddhism, zazen is a meditative discipline practitioners perform to calm the body and the mind, and be able to concentrate enough to experience insight into the nature of existence and thereby gain enlightenment .- Significance :Zazen is considered the heart of Zen Buddhist practice...
practice that allows the public to practice with the temple monks, and Dharma talks are given by Nyogen Roshi on a weekly basis. As with most Zen temples, intensive retreats (sesshin
Sesshin
A sesshin , literally "touching the heart-mind" , is a period of intensive meditation in a Zen monastery....
) and regular classes that aid practitioners in strengthening their Zen practice are offered throughout the year.