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
Thursday February 20th , 2025 7pm – 8:15pm Evening Zazen – Evening Service with one period of zazen and one interval of 5 minute Kinhin (slow walking) and the monthly Wellbeing Servicer. In person and online – visit www.allbeingszen.org home page to sign in.
***ABZS Affinity Groups ***
Sundays 5pm – 6pm Weekly Healing Circle – ongoing every Sunday Contact Shinren markstone1924@gmail.com Online only
Monthly Dharma Book Club – contact Shoku @ cristinamariabenavides@gmail.com Online only. Next book club meeting is on March 10th, 2025 6pm. We will be discussing ‘Inciting Joy’ by Ross Gay
Baikaryu Eisanka – Japanese buddhist hymn and baika bells – contact Zen’etsu @ zenjoyclay@gmail.com for more information.
2025 this week
Tuesday February 18th, 2025 – Tuesday Tea at 2pm – Dharma Tea led by Zen’etsu Clay on “Baikaryu Eisanka (Plum Blossom Style Hymns)”. Online Only Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 024787
Sunday February 23rd, 2025 10-4pm – Zazenkai (full day meditation retreat). To include: Morning Public Service Samu (work practice), Oryoki lunch and Dharma Discussion over afternoon tea. All are welcome. Suggested donation $15-$30. email Inryū to register inryu@allbeingszen.org. Volunteers needed – work leader, cook and time keeper. In-person and online
Tuesday February 25th, 2025 – Dharma Tea on Tuesdays at 2 -2:45pm Tea led by Beata Stylianos on her “Experience of Meeting the Dalai Lama on a Roof in Cambridge, MA”. online only
Thursday February 27th, 2025 – Zen Sewing Class – 10am to noon – urban zendo In person only. rsvp to inryu@allbeingszen.org
Friday February 28th, 2025 7pm – Dharma Movie Night at the Zendo – Join us for light snacks and refreshments as we watch the movie ‘Paterson’ written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Check out the trailer here: https://youtu.be/m8pGJBgiiDU?si=b40wSpOSkvM56M0X. After the film, we will have a short open-discussion about the film. In-person only
Monday March 10th, 2025 6:00-7:00pm – ABZS Book Club Online only– For the month of March, we will be reading ‘Inciting Joy’ by Ross Gay. Please join on March 10th to share and discuss!
Sunday March 23rd, 2025 8:30am-1:30pm – Half Day Zen Retreat and Vegetarian Lunch at Blue Ridge Farm VA– Join All Beings Zen Sangha members for a half day retreat at the famous Blue Ridge Farm “pig shed”. The “pig shed zendo” is a modified outdoor zen meditation space on the mountainside of Blue Ridge Farm located 45 miles west of DC (80 min from DC). Following outdoor zazen and outdoor kinhin, the sangha will relocate to the farm house for an outdoor porch(?) potluck brunch. Dress accordingly in down coats and covered warm shoes/boots. Email Inryū for questions, carpool info or to register inryu@allbeingszen.org. In-person only
Sunday April 13, 2025 3:30pm – 4:30pm – Seminar
June 25-29, 2025 – ABZS visit to Green Gulch Farm/Green Dragon Temple 5 days at $90 per night with daily work practice and Dharma study activities. Here is a photo of our group from or last visit to Green Gulch in June 2019. Registration details TBA.
September 15-18, 2025 – Suzuki Roshi Branching Streams Conference, Loyola University’s Retreat and Ecology Center, Woodstock, IL. More details to follow
October 23-26, 2025 – Annual U.S. Soto Zen Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
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