What's New at PBA - October 31, 2024
October 31st, 2024
PBA’s Fall Trimester In-Service Takes Faculty to Chozen-ji to Learn More about the Hawaiian Zen Practice of the Kalihi Valley Sangha
Last Friday marked the end of the 24-25 Fall Trimester. While students took the day to decompress from fall trimester finals, PBA’s full-time teachers and administrators rode in “Big Buddha” to the back of Kalihi Valley to the Chozen-ji International Zen Dojo of Hawaiʻi, a Rinzai Zen Daihonzan, or central temple, established in 1972 by Omori Sogen and Tenshin Tanouye.
We could not have picked a more beautiful day for our visit. The skies were clear, the morning lightened by a cool breeze scented with eucalyptus and moisture lifted from the Kalihi hillsides.
