These listings will help you to learn about and attend our various practice offerings.  If you would like to receive periodic email reminders about calendar events, please visit our Membership page and consider signing up as a Friend of Salt Spring Zen Circle.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Spring and Fall Sesshin

***NOTICE: SSZC’s 2020 Spring Sesshin at Stowel Lake Farm is canceled.***

Sunday Sit’n’Study

During the physical distancing phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Salt Spring Zen Circle has adapted the Sit’n’Study for online access via Zoom video conferencing. No download is required, and we have found it an intimate and enjoyable way to study the Dharma together. To access the meeting, please sign up for our Friends list and an email will be sent out weekly with the meeting link.

Please join the meeting by 8:55AM and be settled on your cushion when study begins at 9:00AM.  Participants are encouraged to sit one or more periods of zazen at home, prior to joining the meeting. If you wish to offer the service of leading a study session, please choose a text from the list on the Study page, or one of your own. Email your selection and the date you wish to lead to Benny at benjamin.william.baird@gmail.com with the subject line ‘SSZC STUDY: [name of text and date chosen to lead]. You are welcome to choose any date below which is labeled ‘Open Leader’.

July 12, 2020: Open Leader

July 19, 2020: Open Leader

July 26, 2020: Open Leader

August 2, 2020: Open Leader

August 9, 2020: Open Leader

Revealing the Dharma Through a Name

This series of student talks will be given after our usual Wednesday night zazen practice via Zoom on the dates indicated.  Please join the meeting by 7:05PM and be settled on your cushion when zazen begins at 7:15PM.  Participants will be asked to mute their audio until the talk begins.

July 8, 2020 Hannah Sullivan, Seiu Heian, Gentle Rain Peaceful Hermitage