Join Us This Week | Saturday, March 27th | Saturday Community & More

 

Join Us This Week | Saturday, March 27th | Saturday Community

Saturday Community, March 27       10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   Zazen 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.   Talk       Dharma Talk by by ​Erik Zenjin (善神) Shearer, Student of Kwong-roshi   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 A Prayer of Near & Far

May the pains of Suffering find a center, So that the breath Of the silent bell May freely enter.   No Near, No Far...   The small mind will capture Life's moments in the jar... Simply practice Simply here Not Knowing---   No Near, No Far...   —Alexander Cook, Fort Worth, TX SMZC Sangha Member since Jan 2021

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

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Halfway through kinhin how many have passed beneath these smiling eyes of Kanzeon     by Russ Jakushin(寂心) Flynn, Lafayette, IN Received Jukai (Serenity/Tranquility Mind) from Rev. Shōhaku Okumura in 2014

SMZC Sangha Treasure Thank you, Shannon DeJong in Petaluma, CA for covering the cost of our updated membership page. Shannon is a renewed member since Jan 2021.   Artwork by Barbara Tanko (旦光) Médaille, Received Jukai (Dawn Light) from Kwong-roshi in 2004 and SMZC Sangha Member since 2001   Membership Info

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