Dedication:
In 1994, the late German artist and Zen Master, Ven. Gesshin Prabhasa Dharma, Roshi said, "In the future, Dharma could be taught with the computer, it is patterned after our minds." This was said before the World Wide Web as we know it, existed. Roshi did not live to see the day when thousands of Dharma centers all over the world would have web sites on the Internet. She died in the spring of 1999, in southern California, where she lived and taught by the sea, in the mountains, and in her beloved Mojave desert for over four decades. A biography of Ven. Gessin Prabhassa Dharma, Roshi can be found at her successor's (Jiun Hogen, Roshi) internet site www.zeninstitute.org. Ven. Roshi Jiun teaches at her Zen center, the INTERNATIONAL ZEN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA AND EUROPE in the Netherlands and is the spiritual teacher of the INTERNATIONAL ZEN INSTITUTE OF FLORIDA.
Zen Homeschooling was invisioned with Ven. Gessin Prabhasa Dharma in 1994 during a conversation when she visited a small school (the first Apple Alley) in Longmont, Colorado. Her memory and teaching touches every aspect of our online school. (Photo credit: Roshi is smiling at photographer Helios Wilson, age 5 at the time.)

Acknowledgement:
With gratitude we respectfully acknowledge the early work of Russian artist Nickolas Roerich, who in the first half of the last century said, "Where there is peace there is culture, and where there is culture there is peace." He inspired our logo, and our Peace Education program is a continuation of his foresighted "PAX CULTURA" (Peace Culture) movement. The Roerich Peace Pact was ratified by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and can be viewed (as well as the original banner and many paintings) by clicking the Nicholas Roerich Museum link and logo.

Logo:
Our logo has ancient roots. Its parent was made to be used as a signal to indicate a neutral zone for safety and protection in times of war to preserve places of artistic, scientific, and historic value.

The meaning of the ZHS LOGO
The three jewels in the center are:
Truth The truth of nature, of being.
Community The community of human beings on Earth.
Awareness The moment to moment practice of being present.
The circle around the jewels represents Life itself.
Dark blue is a color of peace and healing.