Mountain Wind: Join Us Online | Wed, August 11, 8pm

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Join Us Online | Wed, August 11, 8pm | Founder's Ceremony Online

Please join us online or at the Zen Center gaitan (front zendo hall for those who are fully vaccinated & pre-registered). This 7-day sesshin is zoomed from the zendo for online participants. Please email us to inquire about in-person sesshin if you are fully vaccinated.

BY REGISTRATION ($40/day/online)

Zoom link will be emailed to participants upon registration. View Online Schedule.

No Meditation Instruction or Saturday Community next Saturday, August 21st.

Summer Ango Practice

Wednesday, August 11th

7:30–8:00 p.m. Zazen

8:00–8:30 p.m. Founder's Ceremony

Please enter the virtual zendo a few minutes early to get settled (seated and logged in before the starting bell).

Ango Schedule Online

Summer Practice Period (Morning)

5:00 a.m. Zazen

5:40 a.m. Kinhin

5:50 a.m. Zazen

6:30 a.m. Morning Service

Summer Practice Period (Evening)

7:30 p.m. Evening Zazen

8:10 p.m. Kinhin

8:20 p.m. Zazen

8:40 p.m. Recite Fukanzazengi

Saturday Meditation Instruction

Saturday, August 14th

9:00–9:45 a.m. Meditation Instruction

Drop in for meditation instruction, designed for those who are new to Zen or needs brushing up.

Photo by Doshin (道心) Steven Yoder

SMZC Member since 1994

Meditation Instruction Link

Saturday Community, Aug 14

10:10–11:00 a.m. Zazen

11:00–11:30 a.m. Shuso Talk

Shuso talk will be given by Shuso Kevin Shindo (心土) Souza, a student of Kwong-roshi, following 10:30 am zazen. Read more about Shindo.

Saturday Zoom Link

Donate to Saturday Community. To sustain SMZC and its program offerings, please donate for the Saturday Community online program ($10 suggested for non-members).

Online Zazen Reflection

At home or in the office every day at 3:30 pm, I take a break and have a drink of pure water. It's like a gulp of fresh air after a day's work, calling me to this moment. First there was the sound of a hologram of peace, harmony, curiosity, gentle presence without a trace, freedom. Later thought: how good it would be to stay in it, a better life.... I came back.

I have been practicing since 2009 in a Polish sangha in Warsaw under the leadership of Uji Mikołaj Markiewicz. I met Kwong-roshi for the first time in 2009 at a retreat in Poland, and this is how my “zen adventure” began. In 2014 I was at SMZC for three months and have been mentally connected with this unique place. As soon as an opportunity to participate and practice online became available, I was very grateful.

—Edyta Nogaj, Warsaw, Poland

Polish Sangha Member since 2009

Photo: Fire Island Rough Atlantic

by Claudia Seishin (清心) Conlon
SMZC Member since 2001

Saturday Community Talk replays are available on YouTube. Please subscribe to our channel, add your comment, and share with your family and friends!

SMZC Sangha Treasure

Our deep gratitude goes to the following donors this summer:

Erik Zenjin Shearer in Napa, CA for donating a zendo camera and laptop so that we can continue to practice together online via zoom and offer online programs in the zendo. Zenjin has been a student of Kwong-roshi and a member since 2012.

Lizbeth Myoko Hamlin in Santa Rosa, CA for donating a yearly subscription fee for Adobe Creative Suite software so that we can continue to create email newsletters, update our website, and send out fundraising materials. Myoko has been a student of Kwong-roshi and a member since 2014.

Carol Adams in Santa Rosa, CA for donating a new iMac desktop computer to replace a several-year old iMac. Carol has been our newest resident since July and a member since March 2021.

Become A SMZC Member

In order to continue to offer these programs and ensure the future of SMZC, we are asking for your support. Your donation is tax deductible. Sonoma Mountain Zen Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Tax ID #23-7304793

6367 Sonoma Mountain Road, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404

(707) 545-8105

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