Dharma Field Zen Center

Dharma Field Zen Center We welcome everyone.

Dharma Field Meditation and Learning Center is a community dedicated to the practice of Zen and the teachings of Buddhism in a setting not bound to any one culture. The Dharma Field page is maintained by volunteers in the Dharma Field community, though occasionally teachers or staff may monitor some discussions and comments.

Sunday Talk - October 11 at 10 am (Central Time)Dokai Georgesen will give a Dharma Talk via Zoom. He began his study of ...
10/10/2026

Sunday Talk - October 11 at 10 am (Central Time)

Dokai Georgesen will give a Dharma Talk via Zoom. He began his study of Zen Buddhism at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center under the direction of Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1974. He is the Guiding Teacher Emeritus at Hokyoji Zen Practice Community.

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Sunday Talk - October 4 at 10 a.m. (Central Time)We are honored to welcome Myo On Hagler, who will give a talk live at D...
10/03/2026

Sunday Talk - October 4 at 10 a.m. (Central Time)

We are honored to welcome Myo On Hagler, who will give a talk live at Dharma Field and via Zoom. She began her Zen practice in the autumn of 1980 at MZMC. She went there to find a place to meditate and hit the jackpot when encountering Katagiri-roshi and the MZMC sangha. She is a priest at the Clouds in Water Zen Center.

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The Art of Living with Others: Open Discussion at Dharma FieldSaturday, October 3, starting at 9 a.m.This year, the curr...
09/25/2026

The Art of Living with Others:
Open Discussion at Dharma Field

Saturday, October 3, starting at 9 a.m.

This year, the curriculum at Dharma Field will be exploring the topic of the art of living with others. As a twentieth-century Zen master pointed out, Zen is the practice of learning to live with others. In a world as heated as it currently is—in all of the ways we understand the word “heated”—I think it will be a fruitful topic to look at. As we do so, I imagine we will start to question what “living with others” even means, hopefully opening up how we respond to the world.

The community is invited to come together and kick off the curriculum year with a conversation about how living with others shows up in our lives and our practice. It will be an open discussion, meaning it will be community-driven. Head teacher Steve Matuszak will facilitate. The event will be offered in person and online If you live in the Twin Cities, in-person participation is strongly encouraged. It will begin at 9 a.m. (CDT) and will end when we run out of things to say or it is noon, whichever comes first.

Treats will be offered, so bring an appetite along with your insights. We hope to see you there! – Steve Matuszak, Head Teacher

Zoom link:
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Sunday Talk - September 20 at 10 a.m. (Central Time)Steve Matuszak will give a Dharma talk live at Dharma Field and via ...
09/19/2026

Sunday Talk - September 20 at 10 a.m. (Central Time)

Steve Matuszak will give a Dharma talk live at Dharma Field and via Zoom. He began practicing in 2007. In 2015, he was ordained by Steve Hagen, from whom he received dharma transmission in 2020.

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Hey Everyone,It’s September, which means the beginning of a new year of practice and studies at Dharma Field. As usual, ...
09/03/2026

Hey Everyone,

It’s September, which means the beginning of a new year of practice and studies at Dharma Field. As usual, we start the season with our September sesshin, followed by our first classes and the initial Sunday meeting of fall practice period.

September is also the beginning of two consecutive months of planned ordination ceremonies, participants willing. This year, on Wednesday, September 16, at 7 pm, Oregon-based Dharma Field member Don Monjure will be taking up priest ordination in our first home-leaving (tokudo) ceremony since 2015, when Jed Larson and I took our vows.

The home-leaving ceremony has traditionally marked the moment an initiate left home to move to a monastery, and for many today it retains that purpose. However, as Dōgen pointed out to his students, one can live in a monastery and still not have left home.

So for those not relocating to a monastery or Zen center—not uncommon for urban centers in the West—the home-leaving ceremony can more pointedly signify the intention to leave behind one’s usual preconceptions and preoccupations, devoting oneself instead to a life of carrying out the Buddha Way.

It also signals a commitment to prioritizing the formal practice of Zen, dropping off worldly pursuits not alive with necessity. It is a serious commitment.

We can show our gratitude to Don and the Buddha Way by attending his home-leaving ceremony. In doing so, we support him while he supports us. That’s how Buddhism works. It’s how reality works.

Before I close out this month, I would also like to draw your attention to The Art of Living with Others discussion on Saturday morning, October 3. It is an open discussion—that is, the community will be sharing their thoughts on the topic and its significance to their lives, Zen, and the world—and will be moderated by me. It’s intended to be a casual event to kick off this year’s annual topic. See the update below for more information.

Enjoy the upcoming holiday. I hope to see you soon.

Take care and be well,

—Steve Matuszak

What the Buddha Taught: The Four Noble TruthsTuesdays, September 15 - October 20, 7:45-8:45 pmLed by Steve MatuszakThis ...
09/02/2026

What the Buddha Taught: The Four Noble Truths
Tuesdays, September 15 - October 20, 7:45-8:45 pm
Led by Steve Matuszak

This course will focus on the primary teachings of the Buddha and their implications for living in today’s world. These universal and timeless truths not only show us the source of our anxiety, but point the way to sorrow’s end—the complete peace and sanity that are total freedom of mind.
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​Available live at Dharma Field or via Zoom.
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Register here: https://www.dharmafield.org/store/c3/COURSES.html

Sunday Talk - August 23 at 10 a.m. (Central Time)Patrick Quinn began attending Dharma Field in 2009. He received the pr...
08/22/2026

Sunday Talk - August 23 at 10 a.m. (Central Time)

Patrick Quinn began attending Dharma Field in 2009. He received the precepts in 2010 and received lay ordination in 2023. His roles at Dharma Field include meditation instruction and doan duties in addition to giving talks on Wednesdays and Sundays.

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