“The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism announces that our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95.
We invite our global spiritual family to take a few moments to be still, to come back to our mindful breathing, as we together hold Thay in our hearts in peace and loving gratitude for all he has offered the world.”
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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All Beings Zen Sangha
27290 Woodburn Hill Road
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
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All Beings Zen Sangha
C/O Rev. Inryū Ponce-Barger,
2801 Adams Mill Road NW 402
Washington DC 20009
Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323
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.
40 minute period of Zazen
Morning Service
Morning Greetings
Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323
Tonight we will have a short service followed by one period of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between) and then our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony. 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
Greeting by the Kokyo
Harmony of Difference and Equality
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
Our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony
Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323
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.
40 minute period of Zazen
Morning Service
Morning Greetings
Happy Rohatsu 2025 – Photo by Zen’etsu
Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 493323
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 have our monthly Pass the Feather sharing and conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali.
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
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
25 Minute Zazen Period
Pass the feather
Refuges in Pali
Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323
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.
40 minute period of Zazen
Morning Service
Morning Greetings
To join via Zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 493323
Monday to Saturday December 1-6, 2025
| December 1-6, 2025 |
| 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 closing ceremony |
| 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 |
Sunday December 7th, 2025
| December 7th, 2025 |
| 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 – Shosan Ceremony/108 Heart Sutra/Photographs/ Refuges/ End of Sesshin |
| Open |
| 6:30 informal potluck/Sesshin leftovers in 412 |
Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323
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.
40 minute period of Zazen
Morning Service
Morning Greetings
Please join us for evening practice, where we will have a shortened period of Zazen and evening service, followed by the Shuso Talk on our current Ango-practice text, Valley Sounds, Mountain Colors.
To join us online via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 493323
Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323
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.
40 minute period of Zazen
Morning Service
Morning Greetings
Baikaryu Eisanka 6-7pm– Japanese Plum Blossom Style Hymns with bells. Today we will be reviewing and singing ‘Sanbo Gowasan – English: Hymns of the Three Treasures’ .. as well as continuing to learn ‘Magokoro Ni Ikiru – English: Living with a True Heart’ in person only – Contact Zen’etsu @ zenjoyclay@gmail.com for more informationBaika Vows we chant before beginning of practice:
