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  • Shakuhachi Performance

    Join us in the Stillpoint meditation hall on Sunday, August 20th at 4:00pm for a live performance of shakuhachi music with internationally renowned Grandmaster (and Pittsburgh resident) Cornelius Boots. Shakuhachi is an ancient form of Japanese bamboo flute that is closely associated with Zen Buddhism. The traditional Zen devotional repertoire (or “honkyoku”) shares the program

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  • Painting Work Party

    Painting Work Party

    On Saturday, August 5th at 10:30am, we’ll be having a work party to improve the Stillpoint building exterior. We’ll be scraping the peeling paint from the foundation on the front of the building and repainting that area, and also working on restoring and refinishing the wooden ramp on the side of the building. Anyone who

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  • Fall 2023 Retreat

    Fall 2023 Retreat

    We are pleased to announce that Shohaku Okumura Roshi has generously offered to conduct another Fall Retreat in Western Pennsylvania at the Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center. Stillpoint is honored to sponsor Okumura Roshi at Villa Maria on October 12-15, 2023. Okumura Roshi and Stillpoint have conducted many fall retreats at Villa Maria, but our

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