We will have a short service (Enmei and Heart Sutra in Spanish) followed by one 25-minute period of Zazen and a “Way Seeking Mind Talk” by Shinsei Ilaria Tassi .
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.
This morning we will have brief period of Zazen followed by a Way Seeking Mind Talk by Shōkū
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.
On November 7, 2026, All Beings Zen Sangha enjoyed the opportunity to support our guiding teacher, Inryū Ponce-Barger, Sensei as she concluded her 2026 Shuso experience with a Hossenshiki ceremony at the Chapel Hill Zen Center.
Abbot Josho Pat Phalen Roshi oversaw the weekend of ceremonies in their Red Cedar Mountain Temple of which she is the founding teacher and current Abbot.
The high Sotoshu official for the weekend was Sokan Gengo Akiba Roshi. In English, he is referred to as the Bishop of Sōtō shū in North America, covering Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
On Friday, November 6, the Bishop delivered a Dharma talk on the koan selected for this Hossenshiki which is Case 87 of the Blue Cliff Record:
Yunmen, teaching to his community, said, “Medicine and disease subdue each other; the whole earth is medicine, what is your self?”
The Dharma talk was followed by a formal tea ceremony.
Altogether, it was an enjoyable and meaningful experience that brought together priests, teachers and sangha members from across the United States to participate in and support the Hossenshiki. formal tea and Dharma offering by the Bishop and a Dharma Talk on Sunday by Inryu.
One meaningful result of this ceremonies is a deepened relationship with the Sōtō shū across North America and Japan. We are grateful for the experience and look forward to further opportunities to uplift each other and our practice.
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.
November 1, 2026: Seijiki Ceremony. 3:00-6:00 pm: Our annual outdoor event celebrating the ancestors.
Sejiki is an annual Soto Zen Buddhist ritual of Feeding the Hungry Ghosts where we honor the recently deceased, offer spiritual nourishment to tormented spirits, and address unresolved personal karma.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The All Beings Zen Sangha welcomes and affirms all who come here to seek the Way, and who will work toward respectful acceptance of others across our many differences, harmonizing the one and the many.
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