Calendar During COVID-19

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 EquanimityCase 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                                                                       

             

                                                                                    

                  

             

Contact Us

Salt Spring Zen Circle
PO Box 235
Salt Spring Island, BC
V8K 2V9
(250) 537-2062