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This morning we will have one 40 period of Zazen followed by a service comprised of the Hymn to the Perfection of Wisdom, the Heart Sutra, and the Shosaimiyo Kichijo Dharani.

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Tuesday Tea at Two pm.  “The Bell Gatha” led by Zen’etsu online only. 2-2:45pm 

Eight sangha members arrived by 10am at Woodburn Hill Farm on and exceptionally beautiful and relatively cool summer day. We enjoyed 4 periods of Zazen with slow walking intervals between each period of sitting meditation. We cleared the Iris beds between the two main houses and enjoyed a tasty vegan lunch silent lunch together before closing with chanting the refuges and heading back to our respective homes.

It was a welcome day of silent practice with sangha companions. Below are a few photos taken by Myoshin Carlos Moura of the activities.

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This evening we will a short service (Enmei and Heart Sutra in Chinese and Dogen’s instructions for Zazen) followed by one period of Zazen, a five minute interval of Kinhin and a Talk by Inryū Sensei

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Due to inclement weather in the D.C. area and my inability to make it into the zendo, we will not be having Baika practice this evening. – Zen’etsu

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Train Dreams traces the life of Robert Grainier, a laborer in the early 20th-century American West. After a wildfire takes his family, Grainier retreats into the landscape, living out his days in quiet isolation amidst the shifting wilderness. Grainier’s journey is marked by a witnessing of change, grief, and the slow retreat of the world he was born into.

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This evening we will a short service (The Harmony of Difference and Sameness in English) followed by one period of Zazen, a five minute interval of Kinhin and our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony (Enmei 9 times, Lovingkindness Sutra and a dedication of merit).

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