Zen Practice with Hoka Chris Fortin

Sea of Suffering – The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

Documentary film screening, panel discussion, and slide show.

Sunday, May 6, 5 - 7 pm
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Avenue

This is an opportunity to hear many concerned and deeply informed people speak to the suffering in this Buddhist country. There is no charge for this event, but donations are welcome for Rohingya Muslim relief and interfaith dialog in Myanmar. Co-sponsors: Everyday Zen, San Francisco Zen Center, Buddhist Humanitarian Project, and Berkeley Zen Center. Chris is a panelist.

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Book Club: "Racial Inquiry and Dharma" continues in 2018 at Stone Creek Zen Center in Graton, CA.


with Chris Fortin, Sarah Emerson and Charlie Pokorny
One Wednesday a month, ongoing.
Click here for complete information

How do we live with clarity and compassion in this beautiful and suffering world?

Zen is the everyday practice of wholehearted living.

Turning and being turned in our living, awakening the heart of
practice, meeting ourselves and all beings with compassion
and kindness, we become true human beings.

We "shine one corner of the world." (Shunryu Suzuki Roshi,
from the Lotus Sutra)

NEWS: "Honoring the Path of the Warrior" (now Veteran's PATH) program is featured in the February 2015 issue of Mindfulness magazine. Click here to read the article. This program was co-founded and is co-led by Chris.

Below left: Araivapa Canyon Women's Retreat, October 2014. Right:Buddha statue at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii

Chris at araivapa canyon retreat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Chris Fortin is one of the remarkable ones. A person for whom caregiving and teaching are a natural expression of her life. She has a wealth of professional skills as a seasoned therapist, years of  study and dedicated practice as a Zen priest and the all important common sense that arrives with maturity. Chris has a bright and cultivated mind but she transmits her wisdom through an ever expanding, open heart."

Frank Ostaseski
Founder, Metta Institue 
Co-Founder, Zen Hospice Projec

Chris Fortin
Hoka Soko
Zen Teacher

Sitting in the center of our lives, giving ourselves to body and breath, letting go beyond knowledge or knowing, we find a quiet confidence to not turn away from the one heart of the world. There is freedom and love here—for ourselves and all beings.

My life and practice is dedicated to this wholehearted way of living. It is impossible to do this alone. Warm heart to warm heart we awaken along with everything. bio

Chris Fortin

 



13th Annual Women's Retreat, Commonweal, Pt. Reyes Seashore, February 2018

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Branching Streams Member Seal

Soto Zen Buddhist Association Member Seal

 
   
Julai Jukai (Lay Initiation) Ceremony, Lotus Sangha, Dharma Heart Zen, Aug 30, 2015
   
Aravaipa Canyon

Aravaipa Canyon. Chris leads Zen retreats here twice a year. See the calendar for more information.

 

Dharma Heart Zen: Living with Clarity and Compassion | with Chris Fortin
chrisfortin@comcast.net