UPCOMING EVENTS:
In-Person Fall Sesshin – October 20 to October 23
Evening Zazen – every Wednesday at 7:05pm
Morning Zazen – Mondays and Fridays
7:05am – Zoom room opens
7:10am – to be seated on cushions
7:15am – Robe Chant followed by the bell ringing 3 times
7:45am – End of sitting
Sunday Sit’n’Study Schedule: (Click here for further information)
August 14: No Sit’n Study on this date (summer break)
August 21: No Sit’n Study on this date (summer break)
September 4: No Sit’n Study on this date (summer break)
September 11: Marion Pape – “Timeless Freedom” from “Each Moment Is The Universe” by Dainin Katagiri.
Women Zen Teachers
September 18: Judy Daylen: – “Being Just This One” from “Seeds For a Boundless Life” by Zen Kai Blanche Hartman
September 25: Julie Higginson – “Depending on Nothing” from “Subtle Sound” by Maureen Stuart
October 2: Maggie Tuck – “A Farmer Came to See…” from “The Truth of This Life” by Katherine Thanas
October 9: Sheila Dobie – “Cultivating the Silent Mind” from “The Truth of This Life” by Katherine Thanas
October 16: Ashley Moran – “See the Colour Blue” from “How to Train a Wild Elephant” by Jan Chozen Bay
October 23: No Sit’n Study on this date (Fall Sesshin)
Zen Koans
October 30: Heather Martin-McNab – “Engaging Effort” from “Deep Hope” by Dianne Rizzetto
November 6: Edie Brown:- “The Velveteen Rabbit and Becoming Real” by Margery Williams
November 13: Michelle Reed- The Hidden Lamp Collection – “The Old Woman and the Fire Poker” (Page 342)
November 20: JoEllen Moldoff – “We Are Already It” from “Seeds For a Boundless Life” by Zen Kai Blanche Hartman
November 27: Shirley Graham –“Is That So” Hakuin and the Baby from Kannon Do website, Les Kaye.
December 4: Shirley Graham – Book of Equanimity – Case 19: “Unmon’s Mount Sumeru” (p. 60)
December 11: Simon Rompre – Blue Cliff Record – Case 14:“Yun Men’s Appropriate Statement” (p. 94)
No Sit’n Study on the last two Sundays in December
Wednesday Zazen Talks Schedule:
Sept 7: Ashley Moran
Sept 21: Peter
Oct 5: Geoff Fishleigh
Oct 19: No Zazen (due to Fall Sesshin)
Nov 2: Koya Mathias
Nov 9: Fusatsu Ceremony
Nov 16: Judy Daylen
Nov 30: Peter
Dec 7: Simon Rompre
Dec 21: Peter