Join Us This Week | Saturday, March 13th for One-Day Sitting

 

Join Us This Week | Saturday, March 13th for One-Day Sitting

Saturday, March 13 “Just This Moment” One-Day Sitting Online Deepen your practice and join us from 6:30 am to 12 pm. An introductory retreat for both beginners and experienced sitters to plunge into the heart of Zen practice. We invite newcomers to join us!   Open to all. Please donate to register ($20 suggested).   No Meditation Instruction on March 13 No Saturday Community on March 13 6:00 a.m.    Wake up 6:23 a.m.     Bonsho 6:30 a.m.     Zazen 7:10 a.m.     Break 7:20 a.m.     Zazen 8:00 a.m.     Soji 8:20 a.m.     Zazen 8:30 a.m.     Break (silent meal at home)   9:20 a.m.     Zazen 10:00 a.m.   Break 10:10 a.m.   Zazen 10:50 a.m.   Break 11:00 a.m.   Zazen 11:50 a.m.   Recite Four Vows 12:00 p.m.   Closing Circle

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Everyday Zen: Zazen nourishing study study nourishing zazen both nourishing Shoaku Makusa. Shoaku Makusa: Refraining from evil, carrying out all sorts of good, clarifying the mind, becoming a responsible human being. Shoaku Makusa nourishing everyday zen. Putting on our socks…… the heart/mind of just this!   —Doshin (道心) Steven Yoder, Boulder, CO Senior Student of Kwong-roshi & Ordained Priest Received Jukai (Way of Heart) from Kwong-roshi in 2004

Saturday Community Dharma talk replays are available on our Facebook and YouTube. Please like us, write us your comment, and share with your friends and family!

Morning Zazen Reflection Across the World Entering the day Stillness envelopes the air Dog snores with Buddha

To join the worldwide sanga provides a hopeful pause of connection and depth of practice. Residing in breath to breath is a reminder that in my day to day, the practice does not end with zazen bells.   —Lizbeth Myoko (妙光) Hamlin Secretary of SMZC Board of Trustees, Santa Rosa, CA Received Jukai (Profound Light) rom Kwong-roshi in 2016 and SMZC Sangha Member since 2014

Daily Meditation Schedule 6:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.   Morning Zazen 7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.   Evening Zazen   Please enter the virtual zendo a few minutes early to get settled (seated and logged in before the starting bell).   Join Us Online

SMZC Sangha Treasure   Thank you, Barbara Tanko (旦光) Médaille  for donating to cover the cost of our new scheduling software for members to book their dokusan with teachers.   Artwork by Barbara Tanko (旦光) Médaille, Healdsburg, CA Received Jukai (Dawn Light) from Kwong-roshi in 2004 and SMZC Sangha Member since 2001   Membership Info

Online Programs Are Open to All. Thank you for your support! Our temple gates are always open to those who wish to practice Zen.

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   DONATE ONLINE

We welcome submissions of your zazen reflections, Zen-related poetry, prose, photo, and art.

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