March 27, 2026
In The Practice of Emptiness, Guo Gu highlights how our use of words and language conditions us and the importance of exposing this as part of […]
March 18, 2026
Guo Gu led a 4-day retreat at the Haku-un-ji Zen Center during March 13-16, 2026. Retreat participants express their gratitude to the organizers and the teacher […]
March 16, 2026
The Tallahassee Chan Center hosts its Sunday Morning Service (in person and on Zoom), including talks by Guo Gu’s students. As part of the Heart of […]
March 16, 2026
Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse celebration took place on Tuesday, February 17th. The evening featured a short reflection to welcome the new year by Guo […]
February 16, 2026
A rare weekend with Jan Chozen Bays Roshi, Hogen Bays Roshi, Fred Eppsteiner, and Angie Parrish, with Guo Gu hosting. Jan 30 – Feb 1, 2026 […]
February 8, 2026
This is our annual retreat to remember Master Sheng Yen. During a three-day intensive retreat from February 6 – 8, 2026, 30 in-person and 10 online […]
January 10, 2026
A new video podcast series is now available based on Guo Gu’s (Jimmy Yu) edited book titled Readings of the Gateless Barrier. Interviews based on each […]
February 26, 2025
Guogu’s (Jimmy Yu) new edited book is published in January 2025 by Columbia University Press which offers rich contributions by scholars and Zen teachers. A book […]
February 26, 2025
Guogu’s reflection on the World of Chan group on February 3, 2025: Today is my teacher’s death anniversary. It has been 16 years since he shed […]