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  • Morning Practice for October 30, 2026 Eastern – WSM Talk offered by Gensei Ofosu

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    This morning we will have brief period of Zazen followed by a Way Seeking Mind Talk by Gensei Ofosu.

    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.

  • Evening Practice for October 29, 2026 7pm Eastern

    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.

  • Morning Practice for October 28, 2026 6:30am Eastern

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    This morning we will have one 40 period of Zazen followed by a short service

    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.

  • Evening Practice for October 22, 2026

    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.

  • Peace Walk on Sunday October 18, 2026

    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.

  • Evening Practice for October 15, 2026 7pm Eastern – Fall Ango Begins

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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.

  • Evening Practice for October 8, 2026 7pm Eastern

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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.

  • Evening Practice for September 17, 2026 7pm Eastern

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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.

  • August 4-9, 2026. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center All Beings Zen Sangha Week

    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.

  • Dharma Tea at Two pm led by Jorge Viscal on “no thought”.

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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.

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