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THIS COMING WEEK at ABZS !   

Saturday December 3, 2022 – Jukai Ceremony for four members of the Sangha at WHF.  In person only

Sunday December 4, 2022 – Thursday December 8, 2022 (Rohatsu Observation Week) In person and online

for those dropping in for Sesshin – good entry points are before blocks of Zazen begin or during Kinhin periods. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use  833340

6:30 – 7:10 Zazen

7:10- 7:30  Morning Service

7:30-8:45 Breakfast Morning Break/Dharma Study

8:45- 9:45 Morning Walk or indoor exercise

9:45- 10:15 Zazen

10:15- 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

4:25-4:50 Zazen

4:50 – 5:00 Service

5:00 – 6:20 Dinner Evening Break

6:20 – 6:50 Zazen

6:50 – Kinhin

7:00 – 7: 10 Service/////  Thursday alternate schedule to include Shosan Ceremony, Benji Poem and 108 recitations of “the” heart sutra.

7:10-7:40 Zazen

7:40-7:45 Kinhin

7:45-8:15 Zazen

8:15  Purification Chant /Refuges in Pali

November 25, 2022: Way Seeking Mind talk by Rui – following a brief period of zazen. Use this link to join.

If asked for a password use   050542

Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of Rui’s talk – 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.

ABZS does keep an attendance of participation in sangha events*  this is done for the welfare of it’s members and for guidance in future programing

Click below to see the order of service and chants.

Click Here for the Order of Service and Chants

Here is the link to join us via the cloud zendo at 7PM  for the All Beings Zen Sangha evening program.  Tonight we will have 25 minute period of zazen followed by a Way Seeking Mind talk offered by Cristina Benavides

If you are asked for a password please use this  837695

ABZS does keep an attendance of participation in sangha events*  this is done for the welfare of it’s members and for guidance in future programing

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

Greeting by the Kokyo

25 Minute Zazen Period

Four Great Vows chant

Way Seeking Mind Talk offered by Cristina Benavides

Closing

Join us via Zoom at 6:30am for morning zazen practice. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 465517

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.

Tuesday November 22, 2022: Dharma Tea at Two pm/2pm-2:45pm:  Koryu Naomi will share an update from the 100th anniversary of Soto Zen in North America Event that concluded on Sunday. Please join using this link. If asked for a password use 995606

Join us via Zoom at 6:30am for morning zazen practice. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 425074

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.

ABZS does keep an attendance of participation in sangha events*  this is done for the welfare of it’s members and for guidance in future programing

Click below to see the order of service and chants.

Click Here for the Order of Service and Chants

November 16, 2022: Way Seeking Mind talk by Lucy Turner – following a brief period of zazen. Use this link to join.

If asked for a password use  465517

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.

ABZS does keep an attendance of participation in sangha events*  this is done for the welfare of it’s members and for guidance in future programing

Click below to see the order of service and chants.

Click Here for the Order of Service and Chants

Please use this link to join. If asked for a password use  995606 We begin with 5 minutes of silent tea drinking.

Shinren Mark Stone will lead a tea discussion on the subject of grief

Here is the link to join us via Zoom at 6:30am for morning zazen practice.

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.

If asked for a link please use  425074

ABZS does keep an attendance of participation in sangha events*  this is done for the welfare of it’s members and for guidance in future programing

Click below to see the order of service and chants.

Click Here for the Order of Service and Chants

Join All Beings Zen Sangha for the second of two discussions of “Kobun Chino’s Commentary on the Platform Sutra”. Whether you are versed in the Platform Sutra or not, the transcript and edited talks by Kobun Chino offer a revealing Zen Practice perspective. Join by using this link. If asked for a password use 907978 .