THIS SATURDAY: Saturday Community Dharma Talk - Join Us On Site or Online

 

THIS SATURDAY: Join Us for Saturday Community

Dharma talk will be given by Jakusho Kwong-roshi, founding abbot of SMZC, following 10:30-11:00 am zazen.   Open to the public: If you live within driving distance, please attend on site! Informal vegetarian lunch will be provided at noon. Zen Dust Store will be open 12:00 - 1:30 pm.   About Roshi

Jakusho Kwong-roshi is the founder of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center - Genjoji temple, authorized by the Sotoshu in Japan. He is a successor of the late Shunryu Suzuki - roshi’s lineage. Kwong-roshi travelled and taught throughout America and Asia as well as Poland and Iceland where Zen practice places have been established. Also he has deep connections with the Theravadin, Shambhala/Drala Mountain Center, Rinzaiji, Soen-Korean Zen with Christian Carmelite and Benedictine traditons. He had the good karma to meet all the great Asian teachers who came West. His publications include Mind Sky: Zen Teaching on Living and Dying, No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen, and Breath Sweeps Mind. Jakusho continues to deepen his insight prior to the present to share with many international sincere people.

ON SITE or ONLINE | $15 Admission*

*10-20% Member Discount (Please log in first to receive the discount.)

THIS FRIDAY: Join Us for Fusatsu Atonement Ceremony

Message from Roshi on Fusatsu Ceremony I urge you to actively participate on site. This ancient ceremony will offer you a spiritual foundation to help you, families, friends, and the whole world in our everyday lives. You will feel the sense of Samgha/Community doing it as one body—which has the strength of harmony that we are not alone. I, personally, over 50 seasons have always wanted our Samgha/Community to directly experience this Fusatsu At-one-ment Ceremony. Only when you engage in it, you will feel its benefits as it’s in accord with the Principles of the UNIVERSE....

Atonement Ceremony is a Buddhadharma training—Blessing from the teacher and a ritual of chanting, bowing, purification, and renewal of vows/direction. Traditionally practiced on the full moon, Fusatsu is one of the most beautiful and profound ceremonies in the Zen tradition. Together, we acknowledge our karmic entanglements and hindrances, at-one for the beginningless greed, anger, and ignorance—restoring harmony and happiness. Read more.   7:30 - 8:00pm Zazen | 8:00 - 9:00pm Service   Open to the public—YOU! (If you live within driving distance, please attend on site.)

ON SITE or ONLINE | By Donation

NEXT TUESDAY: Join Us for Spring Study Group

Hybrid in-person and Zoom format. A rare opportunity to explore the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and build a foundation for daily practice through discussions on the book Lankavatara Sutra by Red Pine. Order your copy at Zen Dust for $19.95 (plus S&H). Register all 12 weeks in advance (and receive 1 week free) or by week.

$132 for all 12 weeks or $12/week | Attend Week 1 Only ON SITE or ONLINE

*10-20% Member Discount (Please log in first to receive the discount.)

NEXT WEEKEND: Join Us for 1-Day Sitting

This retreat is an introduction to Zen training and an opportunity for beginners and experienced sitters to plunge into the heart of Zen practice. Retreatants will experience a moderate schedule of zazen (eight periods of sitting meditation), samu (work practice), oryoki (formal meals) and sutra chanting. Please wear warm, loose, and subdued clothing for zazen.   Check-in at 5:00pm on Friday, March 10, 2023. This one-day retreat includes a 6pm Friday evening dinner and an overnight stay for on-site participants. Oryoki instructions will follow the evening dinner at 6:40pm. View Schedule

ON SITE $85* & up | ONLINE $40* Admission

*10-20% Member Discount (Please log in first to receive the discount.)

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