Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Buddhist temple in Minneapolis, MinnesotaWikipedia
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Sep 20, 2026
Ben ConnellyHOST
Some of them just to keep the technology simple, but we usually do that during retreat anyway.
Ben ConnellyHOST
So at the end of my offering here, before the announcements at MZMC, we'll sign off and return to our silent container of practice that we have been in.
Ben ConnellyHOST
And entrust you all to your various containers of practice.
Ben ConnellyHOST
So towards the beginning, I'm going to be addressing the people on the Zoom call a fair amount just because we've been together.
Doshin TurbakHOST
Email me, and I can email you the stuff I talked about, or anybody can email you the different texts.
LouAUDIENCE
Are you Doshan at Minnesota Zen Center?
Doshin TurbakHOST
No, I'm Terb78 at gmail.com, but if you email the Zen Center, that's cool too.
Doshin TurbakHOST
Terb,
Evan BritziusHOST
My name is Jikon Evan Britzius.
Evan BritziusHOST
I started practicing here at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in 2013.
Evan BritziusHOST
I received the Dharma name Jikon in 2017 when I went through lay ordination or Jukai or initiation.
Evan BritziusHOST
And the name that I've had the whole time that I've been here is Evan.
Kikan Michael HowardHOST
Katagiri Roshi was the founder of the branch of Buddhism we're in in this building called Soto Zen Buddhism.
Kikan Michael HowardHOST
I don't have time to go into the whole story, but he was the person, the monk who was invited to go over to Minnesota, well, actually, I mean, Minnesota Zen Meditation Center wasn't even there yet.
Kikan Michael HowardHOST
They, you know, purchased the building and basically so that he could teach there, which he did for a number of years and delivered something like, it's hard, I don't have an exact count for you, but He gave like two talks a week and it's probably like close to a thousand talks or something like that.
Kikan Michael HowardHOST
He left behind an incredible reference source because I think he was really trying to convey the topics that he thought were important to his students and to Westerners in general.
Michael Genpo O'NealGUEST
It's not long.
Michael Genpo O'NealGUEST
And actually, I memorized this at the Minnesota Zen Center.
Michael Genpo O'NealGUEST
But just to make sure, I could do about 95% of it right now.
Michael Genpo O'NealGUEST
But then I'd be bobbling the other five.