Zen Center Seeks New Home

November 7, 2009

Author: Dana Clark Felty

Source: Savannah Morning News

http://savannahnow.com/accent/2009-11-07/zen-center-seeks-new-home

Soto Zen Buddhist priest-in-training Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach shares a personal story when trying to explain Buddhists' appreciation for "nonattachment."

"My first pottery instructor came up to me and looked at the glasses I had thrown and said they were lovely. Then, as he was leaving, he said, 'Don't ever fall in love with your pots ... because they can break,' " Beach said.

"See them as broken so you can enjoy them as whole."

Recently, Beach has applied that lesson on the ever-changing nature of the universe to her own faith community.

After moving from rented space at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah and later, a Drayton Street yoga studio, members of the Savannah Zen Center are looking for a new home to have their daily meditation.