Norman Fischer
Norman Fischer will be in the Twin Cities Thursday, July 10 through Sunday, July 13. The visit began as an invitation from our friends at Compassionate Ocean Dharma Center and has evolved into a collaboration with them and two other local centers. These four centers participating are: Compassionate Ocean, Dharma Field, Minnesota Zen Center and Clouds in Water Zen Center.
Thursday, July 10, 7–9 p.m. at Jewish Community Center
  Exploring Judaism and Buddhism: an interfaith dialogue
Jewish Community Center
4330 Cedar Lake Road South, Minneapolis
Please call 612.825.7658 to reserve a seat
Friday, July 11, 7 p.m. at Dharma Field
  Dharma Talk
Suggested donation: $15 at the door.
Doors open at 6:15. Informal meditation beginning at 6:30.
Open to the public (no registration).
Dharma Field is located at 3118 West 49th Street. (map)
Saturday, July 12, at Clouds in Water Zen Center
  Sailing Home Retreat
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members* $50. Nonmembers $60.
Information and registration at cloudsinwater.org.
You can also register by mailing your payment to Clouds in Water. Please note on the memo line of your check “Fischer Retreat.”
Please direct inquiries to CIWZC. Email or phone 651.222.6968, Ext 1.
CIWZC is located at 308 Prince Street, Suite 120 in St. Paul.

 

 *Up-to-date membership at any one of the sponsoring centers (DF, CIWZC, CODC & MZMC)
Sunday, July 13, 10 a.m. at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
  Dharma Talk
Suggested donation: $15 at the door.
Meditation beginning at 9:10.
Open to the public (no registration).
Please direct inquiries to MZMC. Email or phone 612.822.5313.
MZMC is located at 3343 East Calhoun Parkway in Minneapolis.
Sunday, July 13, 3 p.m. at Magers & Quinn
  Book Reading
Magers and Quinn
3038 Hennepin Avenue South, Minneapolis
Please direct inquiries to 612.822.4611.
 

NORMAN FISCHER is one of the most well-known Zen teachers in the country as well as a published poet and former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest Zen Center in the West. He gives frequent talks on creativity and interfaith issues, as well as on conflictresolution and meditation.

He is also the founder and spiritual director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, an organization dedicated to adapting Zen Buddhist teachings to Western culture.
Norman Fischer