All Beings Zen Sangha

Join us on zoom by using this link. If asked for a password use 790875

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 Morning Practice

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Morning Service

Morning Greetings

Monday, April 21, 2025 6-7pm – Our April book is is “Lathe of Heaven” by Ursula K. Le Guin. While not explicitly a Buddhist text, this novel is said to be infused with themes that align with our practice: impermanence, non-attachment, the nature of reality, and the limits of control. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 307165

Join us on zoom by using this link. If asked for a password use 480731

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 Morning Practice

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Morning Service

Morning Greetings

Use this link to join.. If asked for a password use 627083

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 Morning Practice

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Full Moon Service

Morning Greetings

Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 522050

Tonight we will have a short service followed by one period of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between) and then our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony. We will 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

Greeting by the Kokyo

Evening Bell Chant

Harmony of Difference and Equality

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

Our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

Loving Kindness Meditation (call and response)

Baikaryu Eisanka – Plum Blossom Style Hymns with bells.  in person only  – The current song we are learning is “Magokoro ni Ikiru” which means “Living with a Sincere Heart” Contact Zen’etsu @ zenjoyclay@gmail.com for more information.

Join us on zoom by using this link. If asked for a password use 790875

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 Morning Practice

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: 522050

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 conclude with 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

Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 522050

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

The Harmony of Difference and Sameness

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

25 Minute Zazen Period

Four Great Vows

Pass the feather

Refuges in Pali

On Sunday, March 23rd, All Beings Zen Sangha gathered for a half-day retreat at Blue Ridge Farm. Just as the sun was rising, we sat together for three periods of zazen in the ‘pig-shed-zendo,’ followed by periods of kinhin (walking meditation) across our Sangha member’s beautiful farm. After sitting in silence, immersed in the sounds of nature, we added our own voices with a short chanting service and group sharings. We concluded our time of being together with a delicious potluck on the balcony, overlooking the spring landscape of Blue Ridge Farm — sharing stories, laughter, and nourishment amidst the ever-changing world. It was a wonderful and much needed retreat into nature.

Below is a video clip of our day together. Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HNHJfUDgf/?mibextid=wwXIfr.