Renewing the Precepts

This is the semi-monthly recitation of the Precepts ceremony which takes place on alternate Wednesdays at the monastery.

Short Morning Service

Monks and lay trainees chant The Scripture of Great Wisdom (Heart Sutra) and the Ancestral Line in a daily ceremony at Throssel Hole.

Zen Meditation

This video describes the fundamentals of the practice of zazen (sitting meditation). Former abbot Rev. Master Daishin and other Throssel Hole and OBC monks and lay trainees describe and demonstrate the physical and mental aspects of the practice and show how the principles of meditation can be applied to the activities of daily life. The video shows how we can be still within the events of life and experience things as they are, with nothing added or taken away, and explain how such acceptance can lead to the realization of our true nature.