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Wild Fox Zen welcomes all earnest practitioners. We are dedicated to exploring the sublime quality of human life by supporting wholehearted Soto Zen Buddhist training.

The spirit and the subtle truth of Soto Zen are best learned through earnest vivid sitting (shikantaza) and the forms of monastic training. Working in this way, however, is not easy. Thus, Zen practice is best suited to mature, strong and capable people who are ready to investigate the phenomena before their eyes, looking deeply at human life.

As a lancet to help us probe the depths of this life, we explore the teaching of Dogen-zenji, the thirteenth century founder of Soto Zen in Japan. In contrast to the modern world’s focus on “getting,” Dogen’s Zen heart of “practice-enlightenment" inspires a distinctive orientation to spiritual training which does not cling to getting that which is “quick and easy.”

Wild Fox Zen offers a teacher to direct training, a small group of practitioners who work closely together and a training environment for dropping body and mind. Our program includes morning and evening zazen, weekly classes, monthly Monday night dharma talks and monthly sesshin. Our aspiration is eventually to found a rural monastery. We are now in the beginning stages of developing Wild Fox Zen and most activities occur in Dosho Port’s home, Yugeji.

Wild Fox Zen embraces the Buddhist tradition of dana or generosity. In this way of giving and receiving, the dharma is offered without charge and we receive gifts without judgment. Participants are invited to give without expectation or agenda and receive the teaching while taking responsibility for practicing it.

We invite you visit and participate in our blog at http://wildfoxzen.blogspot.com, to investigate our email newsletter, Wild Fox Drool, and participate in the practice at Yugeji.

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