| Hi hi fellow Sangha friends 🙂 |
For this three-month practice period, I will be Benji, aka Inryū’s administrative assistant ~~ helper with various Ango activities.
What does this mean? Well, for starters I am the middle-man to help you connect with Sangha! Inryū Sensei will be accepting Dokusan meetings all Ango, which gives the opportunity to have private one-on-one conversations with our teacher. Practice period is a wonderful time to go inward + dive deeper within our practice; as we enter this three-month Dharma Gate, it’s nice to receive teaching and direction. Another way to lean on Sangha is by sitting down/having a phone call with one of our senior practice leaders (Shinren, Shoryu, Myoshin, Seido, Koryu). If either of these interest you, I’m your person to schedule these 🤗
As you may know from past Ango’s, we will start to have Way Seeking Mind Talks on Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings (after a shorter period of zazen), as well as Tuesday Tea Talks at 2pm. Way Seeking Mind talks, I find, can be also understood as Way ‘Finding’ Talks! These are talks where we get to talk about our lives, and how we found our Zen practice in the start or maybe even within this year. Now, Tuesday Tea Talks are a bit more casual, but also creative! On Tuesday’s, we convene to hear the speaker of the week talk (or present via powerpoint and the likes) about whatever Buddhist-related topic they wish. It is as long or short as you want the talk, and could even just be a big ole’ discussion with Sangha! Super interesting, but also grounding to have tea in the afternoon with Sangha.
We would like to hear from all of you, so at your earliest convenience please contact me at zenjoyclay@gmail.com to schedule your Way Seeking Mind talk (Monday/Wednesday/Friday) and a Tuesday Tea Talk if possible. Practice period is from September 28 through December 21. If you have any questions about anything, or if I can be of assistance to you this practice period in any way, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I would love to help. 🙏zenjoyclay@gmail.com
💛A Smile,Zen’Etsu Clay