Zenshji 100th Anniversary: A Series of Lectures and Conversations is a series to commemorate Zenshuji Soto Mission’s 100th Anniversary, which is the 100th anniversary of Soto Zen in North America. The temple was founded in 1922 as the first official branch of Soto Zen in North America. Events in the series explore the diverse and emerging story of American Zen, and Zenshuji’s contribution to it. There will be one lecture or conversation a month till November 2022.

The first lecture in the series will begin Saturday, January 22, 2022, at 8pm Eastern Time offered by Prof. Duncan Ryuken Williams titled “Zen at the Half-Century: Zenshuji Temple and the WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans.”

Please visit Zenshuji.org for more information about the lecture series which will be offered by Zoom and hybrid Zoom/in-person for those in the Los Angeles, CA, area. Email the Zenshuji webmaster to receive a Zoom link for the lectures (email information is available on the lecture series flyer on the website).