2024 Fall Shuso Hossen Ceremony

Saturday December 14, 2024 11am – Shuso Hossen Ceremony. ABZS 2024 Fall Shuso (head student) Seiryū Paula Chiplis receives the assemble sangha’s questions in a traditional formal ceremony marking the end of their term in the Shuso position. In person and online

Photo by Zen’esu

Evening Practice for December 12, 2024 7pm Eastern

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 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

Heart Sutra in Spanish

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

25 Minute Zazen Period

Four Great Vows

Refuges in Pali

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December 8th, 2024 Final Day Rohatsu Sesshin

To join use this link

If asked for a password use 149227

6:30 – 7:10 Zazen
7:10- 8:00 Morning Service
8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break
9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear
10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk
11:00-11:30 Zazen
11:30-11:40 Kinhin
11:40- 12:15 Zazen
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:30 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study
1:30-2:30 WorkPractice
2:30- 3:00 Explaination of Shosan Ceremony
3:00-3:10 Kinhin
3:10 -3: 40 Zazen
3:40 — 3:50 Kinhin
3:50-4:20 Zazen
4:20 – Shonsan Ceremony/Photographs/ Refuges/ End of Sesshin
Open
6:30 informal potluck/Sesshin leftovers in 412

Fall 2024 of Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule


6:30 – 7:10 Zazen
7:10- 8:00  Morning Service
8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break
9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear 
10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk
11:00-11:30 Zazen
11:30-11:40 Kinhin
11:40- 12:15 Zazen
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study
1:45-2:00 Break
2:00-2:30 Work Practice 
2:30-3:15 Tea with Discussion
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30- 3:45 Kinhin 
3:45-4:15 Zazen
4:15-4:25 Kinhin
4:25-4:55 Zazen
4:55 – 5:00 Service/Sunday close of Rohatsu Ceremonies
5:00 – 6:30 Dinner Evening Break
6:30 – 7:00 Zazen
7:00 – 7: 10 Evening Service
7:10-7:40 Zazen
7:40-7:45 Kinhin
7:45-8:15 Zazen
8:15 Refuges

To join use this link

If asked for a password use 149227

Morning Practice for November 29, 2024 6:30am Eastern

To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 463913

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

Short Morning Service to include the Sandokai in English

Morning greetings

Morning Practice for November 27, 2024 6:30am Eastern

To join us via zoom use 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

Short Morning Service

Morning greetings

Special Guest Speaker for November 23, 2024 3pm Eastern – Rev. Jiko Nakade

Saturday November 23, 2024 3pm – Talk by Rev Jiko Nakade on Daifukuji temple. Use this link to sign in. If asked for a password use 272989

Born in Ohio and raised in Kona, the Rev. Jiko Nakade has been the 12th resident minister and first woman minister of the Daifukuji Soto Mission since 2004. She is a graduate of the Departments of Religion and Japanese Language at the University of Hawaii and studied at Komazawa University in Tokyo. She is the student of the Reverend Ryuji Tamiya of Niigata, Japan and a graduate of the Hawaii Soto Shu Ministers Training Program. She grew up attending Daifukuji. Her grandparents along with their 11 children ran the Oshima family grocery store located a few miles from the temple. Later, her father, his 4 brothers and their spouses operated the business. At age 19 years she spent 2 months at the Aichi Senmon Nisodo monastery of Aoyama Roshi.

Daifukuji Soto Mission (Temple of Great Happiness) est. 1914 in Kealakekua, Hi