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JOIN US ONLINE 

April 11th, 2020
SATURDAY COMMUNITY 
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Zazen
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Dharma Talk by Jakusho Kwong -roshi, founding abbot of SMZC

April 18th, 2020
SATURDAY COMMUNITY 
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Zazen
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m    Talk by Nyoze Kwong, vice abbot of SMZC

April 25th, 2020
SATURDAY COMMUNITY
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   Zazen
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m    Dharma talk by Zenki Astvauldur Traustasson

Please watch top of blog for updates.

Saturday Community Link

Morning  Zazen Schedule (on going)
Monday-Saturday
6:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.    Zazen
6:30 a.m.    Opening Bell  
7:00 a.m.    Recite Verse of the Kesa
                 

Morning Zazen Link

Evening   Zazen Schedule (on going)
Wednesday - Friday
7:30 p.m. -8:00 p.m.    Zazen
7:30 p.m.   Opening Bell
8:00 p.m.    Recite Verse of The Four Vows

Evening Zazen Link

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ONLINE MEDITATION INSTRUCTION

Saturdays 9:00 a.m- 9:30 a.m 
join us for an introduction to Zazen prior to Saturday Community

     Meditation Instruction Link

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Follow the link to the Online Zendo for information on more programs, forms and Zoom instruction –

ONLINE ZENDO

TEMPLE DONATION

Buddha's Birthday Celebration • Saturday, April 4th 2020 • ONLINE EVENT

SONOMA MOUNTAIN ZEN CENTER

47th FLOWER FESTIVAL

CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE BUDDHA

   LINK TO ON-LINE BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY EVENT

11:00   Arrival of the Maha Sangha*
11:15   Sweets and Tea Offering
11:20   Welcoming Words
11:25   All Recite Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra (English PDF)**
11:35  Pouring Sweet Rain Over the Baby Buddha & Flower Offering***
11:40  Abbots Words Commemorating The Birth of The Baby Buddha
11:45  Musical Offering
11:50   All Recite Ryaku Sanbo- "All Buddha's Throughout
                                                         Space and Time..."
12:00  Closing Words

*A.M. Pacific Standard Time

*** Bring Flower(s) and place in vase/cup next to you for Flower Offering.

**Link to Heart Sutra (English Version)

Follow the link to the On-Line Zendo for information on forms and Zoom instruction.

ON-LINE ZENDO

Welcome to SMZC's on-line zendo

"Night dies into day. Day dies into night. 

Exhaling is intimate with loss,

Inhaling I am renewed." 

- Kwong-roshi

In this challenging time,​

we invite you to come together with us online.

We offer a morning and evening schedule.

Click here for more Information, the Schedule,  Zendo forms and downloading Zoom.

Gassho