THIS SATURDAY: Saturday Community - Join Us On Site or Online | Fusatsu Atonement Ceremony | Spring Study Group | Upcoming 3-Day Sesshin

 

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.   For those who are new to Zen, please register for meditation instruction from 9:00 to 10:00 am. (Check in at 8:50am in Sangha House.) Open to the public: If you live within driving distance, please attend on site. Informal vegetarian lunch will be provided at noon in Sangha House. Zen Dust Store will be open from 12:30 to 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 traditions. 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.

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$15 Admission (10-20% Member Discount: Please log in first to receive the discount.)

TOMORROW: Join Us for Fusatsu Atonement Ceremony

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.   7:30 – 8:00pm Zazen 8:00 – 9:00pm Service

Read Article: "Ryaku Fusatsu—The Full Moon Ceremony” by Sheryl Gyonyo Hamilton (Reprint from Mountain Wind, October-December 2022)   Open to YOU! If you live within driving distance, please register to attend ON SITE.

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....

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Open to the Public by Donation

NEXT TUESDAY: Join Us for Spring Study Group

Last Class Facilitated by Jakusho Kwong-roshi JUNE 6 CHAPTER FOUR: Final Questions (No. 86–90), Page 253–270   A rare opportunity to explore the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and build a foundation for daily practice through discussions on the book The Lankavatara Sutra by Red Pine (the pen name of Bill Porter). Pick up your copy at Zen Dust for $19.95 (plus tax). Register by week.

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$12 Admission (10-20% Member Discount: Please log in first to receive the discount.)

NEXT WEEK: "Returning to the Ground of Being" 3-Day Sesshin

Sesshin, literally “to touch the Mind,” is a period of time set aside for an intensive meditation retreat to let go of the conditioned self and resume our original nature. This special time of practice will allow us to dive into the core of Zen training. A silent meditation intensive to still the mind from moment to moment, manifesting the realization of the Way; for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. A rigorous schedule that begins at 5:00 am includes 11 periods of meditation, chanting, mindful work, and a Dharma Talk. Days end at 9pm. (View Schedule)

Retreat begins Thursday, June 8 at 6pm and ends Sunday, June 11 at 4pm. Check-in between 5:00 and 6:00pm on Thursday. This 3-day retreat includes a 6pm Thursday informal dinner and an overnight stay. Oryoki instructions will follow the dinner at 6:40pm. Day practice option available without overnight stay or online via event calendar.

$85–160/night ON SITE | $85/day ON SITE (Day Practice) | $120 ONLINE

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

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

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