2016 Activity Report

Hoko Karnegis
法光カーネギス

2 March: gave a
dharma talk at
Confluence Zen
Community in
St. Louis after
conducting a
weekend strategic
planning session
there.

5 January: named the next abbot of Sanshin Zen

Community, suceeding Shohaku Okumura when he
retires in 2023.

20 March: assisted my dharma sister Eido Reinhart

as she gave the precepts in Minneapolis for the first
time. I served as doan and sang some baika.

2 April: gave a dharma talk at Shinzo Zen Meditation

Center in University City, MO.

9 April: led a
one-day retreat
at Sanshin.

24 January: visited Sanshin for a sangha meeting

about succession and transition.

6 February: organized a lecture and dharma talk in

Cedar Rapids, IA for Paul Rouzer, author of a new
book on Han Shan.
21 April: organized another Rouzer book event, this
time at Northfield (MN) Buddhist Meditation Center.
22 April: Rouzer book event at Minnesota Zen Center
in Minneapolis.
29 May: gave a dharma talk at Cedar Rapids (IA) Zen
Center.
19 June: installed as vice abbot of Sanshin Zen
Community.
20 June: attended shuso hossen for Joshu Toland at
Sanshin Zen Community.
26 June: assisted with Sanshin Zen Community’s
annual board meeting.
7 July: visited a Buddhism class at the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis to speak and answer
questions.
17 July: attended shuso hossen at Ryumonji Zen
Monastery in Dorchester, IA.
23 July: gave a baika lesson at Cedar Rapids Zen
Center
24 July: gave a dharma talk at Cedar Rapids Zen
Center.
21 August: moved from Hokyoji Zen Practice Com-
munity in Eitzen, MN to Sanshin Zen Community in
Bloomington, IN.
27 August: a new book, The Eightfold Path,
became available; I contributed a chapter on
Right Mindfulness.
7-9 September: attended the annual Sotoshu
conference in Los Angeles
24 September: facilitated a board strategic planning
retreat at Milwaukee Zen Center

25 September: gave a dharma talk at Milwaukee Zen
Center.
2 October: led a one-day retreat at Sanshin Zen
Community.
9 October: gave a dharma talk at Sanshin Zen
Community.
10 November: my article, “The Gate of Right Belief,”
appeared in Buddhadharma magazine.
30 November - 8 December: served as ino for
Sanshin’s Rohatsu sesshin.
5 December: represented Sanshin at an interfaith
event at the Episcopal Campus Ministry at the
University of Indiana.