November 1, 2026: Seijiki Ceremony. 3:00-6:00 pm: Our annual outdoor event celebrating the ancestors. This will take place at the home of a sangha member in the Van Ness neighborhood. RSVP to Shōku shoku.cristina@gmail.com
Sejiki is an annual Soto Zen Buddhist ritual of Feeding the Hungry Ghosts where we honor the recently deceased, offer spiritual nourishment to tormented spirits, and address unresolved personal karma.
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This morning we will have brief period of Zazen followed by a Way Seeking Mind Talk by Gensei Ofosu.
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We will a short service (Enmei and Heart Sutra in Japanese) followed by one 25-minute period of Zazen, a Way Seeking Mind Talk by Zen’etsu Clay Crowell.
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Photo by Barbara Wenger
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting Zazen with you.
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This morning we will have one 40 period of Zazen followed by a short service
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We will a short service (Enmei and Heart Sutra in English) followed by one 25-minute period of Zazen, a Dharma Talk by our Ino (head of the practice hall) Rev. Seidō David Sarpal.
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Photo by Seidō David Sarpal
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting Zazen with you.
Six All Beings Zen Sangha members took part in a morning Peace Walk. In the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, Mahatma Gandhi and American Civil Rights Leaders. We silently walked through the parks and streets. We stopped in Malcolm X Park and each person offered the merit of the walking to others.
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This evening we will a short service (Enmei and Heart Sutra in Chinese) followed by one 25-minute period of Zazen, a Dharma Talk by our Guiding Teacher Inryū Sensei and the Ango Opening Ceremony. .
Photo by Seidō David Sarpal
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting Zazen with you.
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This evening we will a short service in Spanish followed by two periods of Zazen with a five minute interval of Kinhin in between. We will conclude with singing the refuges in Pali. If you can stay on the call we can do introductions before closing.
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting Zazen with you.
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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).
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting Zazen with you.
Seven members of All Beings Sangha enjoyed a week of practice at the Beginners Mind Temple which is located near Tassajara Creek in the Los Padres National Forest.
The All Beings Zen Sangha welcomes and affirms all who come here to seek the Way, and who will work toward respectful acceptance of others across our many differences, harmonizing the one and the many.
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All Beings Zen Sangha
27290 Woodburn Hill Road
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
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All Beings Zen Sangha
C/O Rev. Inryū Ponce-Barger,
2801 Adams Mill Road NW 402
Washington DC 20009