Five Voices, One Path: A Weekend of Zen Teachings

Join us for a rare weekend of teachings with Jan Chozen Bays Roshi, Hogen Bays Roshi, Fred Eppsteiner, and Angie Parrish, with Guo Gu hosting and offering commentary throughout.

Each teacher will lead a period of sitting meditation followed by a 30–40 minute Dharma talk drawn from their current work, practice, and reflections. The weekend includes periods of meditation, group conversation, and a special Friday evening dialogue introducing all teachers.

This gathering offers a textured, multi-perspective look at practice—five distinct voices, five different angles, one shared intention.

Schedule Overview
Friday, Jan 30
• 7:00 pm – Opening sitting + introductions
• Group conversation with all teachers

Saturday, Jan 31
• Morning – Jan Chozen Bays Roshi: Sitting + Dharma talk
• Afternoon – Fred Eppsteiner: Sitting + Dharma talk
• Evening – Conversation with GuoGu, Jan Chozen Bays Roshi, and Fred Eppsteiner

Sunday, Feb 1
• Morning – Hogen Bays Roshi: Sitting + Dharma talk
• Afternoon – Angie Parrish: Sitting + Dharma talk
• Closing dialogue with Guo Gu, Hogen Bays Roshi, and Angie Parrish

Open to all levels of practice.

Jan Chozen Bays Roshi
Co-Abbot, Zen Community of Oregon

Jan Chozen Bays Roshi has practiced Zen for 50 years, under the guidance of Taizan Maezumi Roshi and Shodo Harada Roshi, and taught Zen for 40 years. She and her husband Hogen Bays have served as Co-Abbots of Great Vow Zen Monastery in Oregon and Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple in Portland. She has written six books including Mindful Eating and Mindful Medicine and articles in Buddhadharma and Lion’s Roar.

Hogen Bays Roshi
Co-Abbot, Zen Community of Oregon

Hogen Bays Roshi began practicing Zen in 1968 with Philip Kapleau, Roshi doing residential training at Zen Center of Rochester and eventually at Zen Center of Los Angeles with Taizan Maezumi Roshi. He has been teaching since 1985 and has continued his Zen studies with Shodo Harada Roshi in Japan and on Whidbey Island from 1990 – 2015.

Fred Eppsteiner, Founder, Florida Community of Mindfulness

Fred Eppsteiner, a Dharma teacher in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, has been a student of Buddhism and a practitioner of meditation for over fifty years and has devoted himself to teaching the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha) since 1996. Although Fred has practiced primarily in the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist lineages, he bases his teachings on the full breadth of Buddhist philosophical, psychological and meditative traditions.

Angie Parrish, Dharma Programs Leader, Florida Community of Mindfulness

Angie Parrish is a Dharma Instructor and the Leader for Outreach and Engagement with the Florida Community of Mindfulness. She is also a Qualified Teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the author of Attune: Creating Harmony in Your Communications and Your Life. She is particularly enthusiastic about finding creative ways to bring Engaged Buddhism to our society.