One day sitting - New Year's Entering the Gate | Sonoma Mountain Zen Center

Deepen your practice and join us from 5:15 am to 5 pm. An opportunity for beginners as well as experienced sitters to plunge into the heart of Zen practice.  8 periods of meditation, formal meals, chanting and mindfulness work practice.  Includes Friday 6 pm dinner and overnight stay. 


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Start the New Year With Us!

Ringing in the New Year

108 strikes on Great Bell!

Sunday, December 31

10:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.

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Rohatsu Sesshin • Dec. 4-9 | Sunrise Ceremony "Founder Service"

Tetsuya "all night sitting" Saturday
December 9, 12 to 4 am

Sunrise Ceremony "Founder Service" Sat. Dec. 9, 6am

Rohatsu Sesshin Dec. 4-9

Community Gathering & Potluck: Wildfires Dedication on November 4

November 04, 2017

Community Gathering & Potluck: Wildfires Dedication: 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Members as well as the public are invited to the Zen Center for a day of reflection honoring those that have lost their lives, the firefighters, police, first responders, and those that have been affected by the wildfires of Northern California.  We will have meditation, a silent walk bearing witness to the fire damaged area of our temple's land, offerings/ceremony at Shunryu Suzuki's memorial and ending with a sumptuous informal buffet potluck lunch.  Sharing Dharma, our personal experiences of the wildfire and food.

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Please bring a good dish to share as an offering of good health and healing for everyone!

Message from the Abbot

My deep gratitude for all your thoughts, prayers and help - especially to our first responders, as well as to our courageous fierce Zen Fire Warriors - Because the FIRESTORM answered - as the flames died exactly at the fire-line right behind the foot of Suzuki-roshi's STUPA!  In our world of suffering, Sonoma Mountain ever so upholds a rare and calm space open for everyone's return.....

 

Nine Bows,

Zensan Jakusho Kwong-roshi

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Fall Study Group

We would like to invite you to join our fall study group that will start next week on Tuesday, October 3rd at 7:30pm. You will find the flier and the syllabus in the attachment.

Sonoma-Mandala Ground Breaking Tuesday, June 27, 2017

SONOMA-MANDALA
GROUND BREAKING

Please join us!
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 8:30 am

Rendering of new zendo and kitchen

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SONOMA-MANDALA TOGETHER ACTION

Saturday June 3 at 1:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Everyone we need your helping hand!  Pitch in and help us remove brush and wood clearing space for our new workshop.  Whatever activity - big or small all of our wholehearted activity creates energy for the Mandala to appear!

Gotanjoji Slideshow Wed. May 17 at 7:00pm

Rev. Yogetsu Akasaka is on his 3rd year at Gotanjoji Monastery located in Fukui Japan. Soto Zen Headquarters International Department sent Rev. Akasaka to Sonoma Mountain Zen Center to experience Zen in America. Rev. Akasaka will be giving a slideshow of his experience and training at Gotanjoji.  Come and join us and meeting him as well.

Gotanjoji Slideshow Wed. May 17 at 7:00pm

Upcoming May Events

COME AND JOIN US ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE RAINS HAVE BROUGHT A LUSH AND LOVELY SPRING

May 6 Workfest
May 20 One Day Sitting
May 27 Kids Community

May 12 - 16 Closed


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Then and Now Sangha Potluck: Saturday April 22, 2017

THEN AND NOWSANGHA COMMUNITY GATHERING AND POTLUCK
Saturday April 22, 2017

Schedule
10:30-10:35am   Welcome
10:35-10:45am   Introduction of new Board Members to Sangha
10:45-11:00am   Introduction of New Members & Offering of Incense
11:00-11:35am   Then and Now slideshow of SMZC
11:35-11:50am   Now - Manifesting the Mandala Project
11:50-11:55am   Closing Announcements
12:00-1:30pm    Potluck Buffet

SMZC April 2017 Community Events

MYRIAD WAYS IN APRIL TO DEEPEN OUR PRACTICE AND CELEBRATE THE DHARMA

This April promises to be an eventful month with numerous community events happening. Please come join us as we realize the Way together.

Birth of Buddha Sesshin: April 5 - 8
Buddha's Birth Ceremony: Sun. April 9
Tea Workshop: Sat. April 15
Sangha Potluck: Sat. April 22
Saturday Kids Community: Sat. April 22

SMZC April 2017 Community Events