With guest speaker
Michael Kieran, Palolo Zen Center

“Living by Vow: The Pure Land and Our Ecological Crisis”

Hawaii Betsuin holds its 2019 Earth Day Service on Sunday, April 21 at 10 a.m. We are pleased to announce guest speaker Michael Kieran from the American Zen tradition. Michael is the current teacher at Palolo Zen Center, Honolulu affiliate of the Diamond Sangha.

Michael worked with Robert Gyoun Aitken Roshi (co-founder of the Honolulu Diamond Sangha) for many years and began teaching at Koko-an Zendo in the 1980s. He withdrew from teaching to focus on his family and growing business. Later, after Aitken Roshi’s retirement, he began to work with Nelson Foster, a dharma heir of Aitken Roshi and the visiting teacher of Palolo Center. Michael was authorized to teach by Nelson Foster in 1999 and received transmission in 2004, ascending the Mountain Seat in 2006. He is an O’ahu resident and offers regular dokusan and sesshin at Palolo Zen Center.

After the service and fellowship in the Social Hall, our speaker will join us for an Earth Day dharma dialogue in the Annex Temple. All welcome!