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August 25th, 2026 Tuesday Tea at Two pm. (,2-2:45pm ) . Jorge Viscal will offer an examination of the teaching of no-thought (wu-nian) in the Platform Sutra (Red Pine’s translation and commentary) and a part of the introduction of “Zen Mind, Beginners Mind” for this Tuesday Tea.
Please join us tonight for an online only discussing of the Dharma Book Selection for August. “I am a cat”.
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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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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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From Saturday, August 1, through Sunday, August 16, the All Beings Zen Sangha will be closed for a Summer break. During these two weeks, our regular scheduled zazen gatherings will pause. Regular practice and daily schedule will resume on Monday, August 17. We look forward to seeing you then.
May all beings be happy.
May they be joyous and live in safety.
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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.
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 (Enmei and Heart Sutra in English) followed by one 25-minute period of Zazen, a five minute interval of Kinhin, and a 15-minute period of Zazen, followed by the Ryaku Fusatsu, or Full Moon ceremony.
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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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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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