Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 899367

Thursday evening practice . Jan 15th, 2026 7:00pm in person and online. – Join All Beings Zen Sangha for a short period of zazen and a talk from our guest speaker Rev. Shudo Paula Lazarz.

Rev. Shudo Paula Lazarz is a 6th degree Black Sashōin Shaolin Kung Fu and an ordained priest in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. Her over two decades of study in the martial arts and Buddhist practice has been an exploration of the idea of the historical Shaolin Temple, culminating in Warrior’s Path Buddhist Academy. Paula is a co-owner of Energy Fitness, Inc., Head Instructor at HealthKick Kung Fu and a Practice Leader at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

Use this link to join. If asked use this password 899367

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.

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Morning Service

Morning Greetings

Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 899367

Tonight we will have a short service followed by two periods of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between). We will have our monthly pass the feather sharing and conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali. Please feel welcome to stay on zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha.

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.

Order of Service (text available at highlighted links)

Greeting by the Kokyo

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

Heart Sutra in Spanish

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

25 Minute Zazen Period

Four Great Vows

Pass the feather

Refuges in Pali

Year End Appeal

Taken refuge with All Beings Zen Make a year end contribution to keep the lights on

For 22 years the All Beings Zen Sangha has supported the practice of Zen in the Metropolitan Washington DC area.  In 2025 we hosted Sesshins (zen meditation retreats), forest bathing, mountain and beach zen group gatherings, dharma study events and temple arts activities.  Members of the sangha have represented ABZS at both the National and International level.  We brought back  knowledge on ways to support and sustain the thriving zen community we all desire.  Help us continue to thrive by providing a financial donation as we move into the new year of 2026.

In addition to supporting these activities and events, your dana also allows us to offset basic expenses associated with the zendo such as food and materials for retreats, maintenance, utilities and other fees.

Below are just a few photos of our diverse and engaging practice opportunities during the year 2025.

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And old fashioned check can be made out to: 

All Beings Zen Sangha

2801 Adams Mill Road NW #306

Washington DC 20009

***Zendo Closed and most activities are cancaled from Tuesday December 23nd, 2025 – Thursday January 1st, 2026 ***Our normal schedule will resume on Friday January 2nd, 2026

Please join us again in the new year!

Use this link to join. If asked use this password 899367

Image is from our recent Shuso Hossen Ceremony on December 21, 2025. Left to right: Fall 2025 Shuso Zen’etsu Clay Crowell, Fall 2025 Practice Leader, Rev. Inryū Poncé-Barger, Sensei and Guest and friend of the All Beings Zen Sangha, Rev. Dammadipa Cardenas.

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.

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Morning Service

Morning Greetings

Joining us on in our Cloud Zendo today? Please be certain to mute your microphone.

Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 056435

Photograph by Barbara Wenger

Happy Rohatsu 2025 – Photo by Zen’etsu

Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 493323

Tonight we will have a short service followed by two periods of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between). We will have our monthly Pass the Feather sharing and conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali.

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.

Order of Service

Greeting by the Kokyo

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

Heart Sutra

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

25 Minute Zazen Period

Pass the feather

Refuges in Pali

To join via Zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 493323

Monday to Saturday December 1-6, 2025

December 1-6, 2025

6:30 – 7:10 Zazen

7:10- 8:00  Morning Service

8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break

9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear

10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk

11:00-11:30 Zazen

11:30-11:40 Kinhin

11:40- 12:15 Zazen

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-1:45 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study

1:45-2:00 Break

2:00-2:30 Work Practice

2:30-3:15 Tea with Discussion

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30- 3:45 Kinhin

3:45-4:15 Zazen

4:15-4:25 Kinhin

4:25-4:55 Zazen

4:55 – 5:00 Service/Sunday closing ceremony

5:00 – 6:30 Dinner Evening Break

6:30 – 7:00 Zazen

7:00 – 7: 10 Evening Service

7:10-7:40 Zazen

7:40-7:45 Kinhin

7:45-8:15 Zazen

8:15 Refuges

Sunday December 7th, 2025

December  7th, 2025

6:30 – 7:10 Zazen

7:10- 8:00  Morning Service

8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break

9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear

10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk

11:00-11:30 Zazen

11:30-11:40 Kinhin

11:40- 12:15 Zazen

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-1:30 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study

1:30-2:30 WorkPractice

2:30- 3:00 Explaination of Shosan Ceremony

3:00-3:10 Kinhin

3:10 -3: 40 Zazen

3:40  — 3:50 Kinhin

3:50-4:20  Zazen

4:20 – Shosan Ceremony/108 Heart Sutra/Photographs/ Refuges/ End of Sesshin

Open

6:30  informal potluck/Sesshin leftovers in 412