Join Us This Week | Saturday, March 20th | Saturday Community

 

Join Us This Week | Saturday, March 20th | Saturday Community

Saturday Community, March 20       10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   Zazen 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.   Talk       Dharma Talk by by ​Katsuzen King, Founding Teacher of Windsor Zen Sitting Group in Windsor, California   DONATE to Saturday Community To sustain SMZC, please donate for the Saturday Community online program ($10 suggested for non-members).   Saturday Zoom Link

Morning Zazen Reflection Across the World Here is a haiku on morning zazen. I offer this to you:

Frigid morning run Warm muscles kneaded, stretched soft Today, I sit centered   After a sudden transition, from NC to Taiwan, I hope to sit with you all again in your morning, my night.   —Halden Levin, Chapel Hill, NC (currently in Kaohsiung, Taiwan until June) SMZC Sangha Member since 2020

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).   Poem and artwork by Joan Scott, Vernon, BC Canada (SMZC Member since April 2020)   Join Us Online

Music by Pete Estabrook Trumpet Artist / Instructor Alexander Technique   After attending Buddha's Birthday Celebration at SMZC with his father while in high school, Pete eventually began practicing Zazen at age 20. He formally met Kowng-roshi (for dokusan) at a retreat in Cambridge, MA in 1986. While attending college in Boston, Pete practiced regularly at the Cambridge Zen Center. Throughout his life, regular practice and an interest in Zen was encouraged and fueled by his father who introduced Pete to Zen practice as well as Suzuki-roshi's and Dogen Zenji's writings through a series of treasured hand-written letters. Pete has been a regular member of SMZC since 2017. Pete has a BA in Music from Berklee College of Music, a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Jazz Studies from California Institute of the Arts, and is certified to teach by the Northern California Center for the Alexander Technique and American Society for the Alexander Technique. He has been an adjunct at Santa Rosa Junior College for 25 years and has served on the faculty at Sonoma State University, Napa Valley College, and Pacific Union College. Pete has worked for Carnival, Princess, and Holland America Cruise lines, appeared on 7 albums by various San Francisco Bay Artists in a variety of genres and served as the Racetrack Bugler on the Northern California Horse Racing Circuit for 34 years. He released his own solo debut Jazz album Reflections Vol. 1in 2020.

Behind the sangha house in Buddha's hands the whole world a single flower     by Russ Jakushin(寂心) Flynn, Lafayette, IN Received Jukai (Serenity/Tranquility Mind) from Rev. Shōhaku Okumura in 2014

SMZC Sangha Treasure Thank you, Dan 'Kajin' Landault, Oliver BC, Canada for volunteering to mail donation letters and covering the cost of postage. Kajin is a renewed member since 2019 and received jukai (Good Person) from Kwong-roshi in 2012.   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

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