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4/3/06

ZEN MEDITATION WORKSHOP APRIL 5 AT SLU

CANTON - Zen Buddhism master the Reverend Roko Sherry Chayat, abbot of the Zen Center of Syracuse, will give a workshop on Buddhism and meditation on Wednesday, April 5, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Herring-Cole on the St. Lawrence University campus. All are welcome; no meditation experience is necessary. A reception will follow.

Chayat travels widely to give Zen talks, workshops and retreats. With Eido Tai Shimano Roshi and Kazuaki Tanahashi, she compiled, translated and edited Endless Vow: The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa, and she wrote the introduction to, compiled and edited Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. The author of Life Lessons: The Art of Jerome Witkin, she has written many articles and reviews for such journals as Shambhala Sun, Tricycle, Sculpture Mazagine, ARTnews, American Ceramics, Present Tense and Lilith. She is a member of the Judicatory Council of the InterReligious Council of Central New York.

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For more information: Biography of Roko Sherry Chayat, from the Zen Center of Syracuse Web site