All events in Eastern Standard Time
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6:30am – Morning Zazen – 40 minute period of zazen followed by a short service. In person and online see www.allbeingszen.org home page to sign in
NOTE: No service on Thanksgiving Thursday 11-28
Thursday November 21, 2024 – Shuso offers talk on Sandokai
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
Monday November 25, 2024 6:30am – Way Seeking Mind Talk following a brief period of zazen – Mike Barreda will give a WSM talk.
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2-2:45pm – Tuesday Tea at Two – Esho Beth Milligan will present a talk and discussion on “Zen Master Ekaku Haquin: Art for the People!” Online only
Painting and calligraphy by Hakuin Ekaku.
No service on Thanksgiving Thursday 11-28
Monday December 2 – Saturday December 8, 2024 6:30am – 8:30pm Rohatsu sesshin – annual zazen intensive in honor of Gautama’s enlightenment on Dec 8, Bodhi Day. The word Rohatsu is Japanese and means “8th Day of the 12th Month” which marks the day which the historical Buddha reached enlightenment under a Bodhi tree. We are looking forward to another year where we can gather together and immerse ourselves in this ancient Zen tradition. Please support the dharma by giving generously. Contact Inryu inryu@allbeingszen.org for questions and if you plan to attend.
Tuesday December 3, 2024 – Dharma Talk offered by Seido David Sarpal, Ino
Wednesday December 4, 2024 – Suzuki Roshi Memorial Service
Saturday December 14, 2024 11am – Final Shuso Ceremony
Saturday December 21, 2024 – Winter Solstice and end of the Ango with 108 Enmei Jukku Kannon gyo recitations
*some portions Online
***ABZS Affinity Groups ***
Sunday October 20, 2024 5pm – Weekly Healing Circle – ongoing every Sunday Contact Shinren markstone1924@gmail.com Online only
Monthly Dharma Book Club – contact Shoku @ cristinamariabenavides@gmail.com Online only
Monday Nov 11, 2024 Suzuki Roshi’s “Branching Streams Flow on in the Darkness”
Monday Jan 13, 2024 Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s
“In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying”
Baikaryu Eisanka – Japanese buddhist hymn and baika bells – contact Zen’etsu @ zenjoyclay@gmail.com for more information.
Looking ahead to 2025
Monday January 13th, 2024 6-7pm – ABZS Book Club – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche,
“In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying” online only
June 25-29, 2025 – tentative ABZS Green Gulch Farm Sangha week
September 15-18, 2025 – Suzuki Roshi Branching Streams Conference, Loyola University’s Retreat and Ecology Center, Woodstock, IL
October 23-26, 2025 – Annual U.S. Soto Zen Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii