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The Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center

Sunday dharma talk by Myo-O Habermas Scher

November 1, 2009
9:40 am	to	10:30 am

HOLY HOLY HOLY

Where is holiness in Zen practice? When the Chinese emperor asked Bodhidharma the meaning of the highest of the holy truths why did Bodhidharma say, “No holy”? What would you have said? As we travel towards the dark of the year let’s find the place of rest and holiness, together!

Rev. Myo-O Marilyn Habermas-Scher is an ordained priest and senior practitioner in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, teaching classes, lecturing, and leading retreats.  Her root teacher was Dainin Katagiri roshi, the first Japanese Zen teacher in Minnesota, with whom she studied from 1975 to 1990.  Now affiliated with Hokyoji Zen Community under the guidance of Rev. Dokai Georgesen, she has been practicing in the Soto Zen and Vipassana Buddhist traditions for more than 30 years.  Myo-O has an extensive background in the performing arts and is also trained in a number of body-mind practices, including T’ai Chi, Qi Gong and Body Mind CenteringTM. She teaches somatically based VoiceWork in private sessions, and she also works as an inter-faith chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center and Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN.

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