All Beings Zen Sangha

Upcoming events for October 2014

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All –

All Beings continues to move, shake.  There’ll be a retreat on October the 12th and it’ll be out in Maryland.  Get in touch if you need a ride, want to come, etc.  Details are as follows:

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All Beings One Day Zen Retreat at Woodburn Hill Farm, Mechanicsville MD.

Sunday, October 12th, 2014

10-4 (informal lunch provided)

 

10 Opening Bell Chant/Kanzeon/Heart Sutra

10:15 Zazen

10:40 Kinhin

10:50 Zazen

11:15 Practice Discussion

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Zazen

1:30 Kinhin

1:40 Zazen

2:10 Kinhin

2:30 Book Discussion One Bird, One Stone with tea and cookies

3:15 Zazen

3:45 Kinhin

3:50 Closing Circle/Refuges

 

Inryu can provide directions and help coordinate ride sharing to the farm from the city environs.  RSVP with Inryu at bobbi@bagheerayoga.com

 

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Also!  Here are the dates for November and December all-day sits:

 

Sunday November 16th – All Beings Zen Sangha Day Retreat – Adams Morgan

Sunday December 21st –  All Beings Zen Sangha Day Retreat – Adams Morgan

 

As always, get in touch if you’re interested so we know how many people to expect.

 

Thanks folks!
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2801 Adams Mill Road NW 402
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Month: September 2014

  • Morning Practice for November 5, 2025 6:30am Eastern

    Use this link to join. If asked use this password 493323

    Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.

    Robe Chant

    40 minute period of Zazen

    Four Great Vows

    Morning Service

    Morning Greetings

  • Baika Practice for November 4, 6:00 – 7:00pm

    Baikaryu Eisanka 6-7pm– Japanese Plum Blossom Style Hymns with bells. Today we will be reviewing and singing ‘Sanbo Gowasan – English: Hymns of the Three Treasures’ .. as well as continuing to learn ‘Magokoro Ni Ikiru – English: Living with a True Heart’ in person only  – Contact Zen’etsu @ zenjoyclay@gmail.com for more information
    Baika Vows we chant before beginning of practice:

    1. We will live according to proper teachings through baikaryu eisanka.
    2. We will live in harmony with others through baikaryu eisanka.
    3. We will create a cheerful world around us through baikaryu eisanka.

  • November 4 2025: Tuesday Tea Cancelled

    Unfortunately due to technical difficulties, today’s Dharma Tea with Shinren Mark is cancelled. We will be rescheduling it soon. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.

  • Tuesday, November 4: Tuesday Tea at 2pm

    Dharma Tea on Tuesday Tea at 2pm- 2:45pm, Use this link to join If asked for a password use 493323

    Shinren Mark will discuss Eihei Dogen’s teaching that every moment is a full expression of all existence, containing past, present, and future simultaneously. This perspective may offer valuable insights into the felt experience of our zazen meditation. Shinren, a longtime member of All Beings Zen Sangha, shares meditation practices with the underserved in DC. online only.

  • Evening Practice for October 30, 2025 7pm Eastern

    Use this link to join. If asked, use the password: 493323

    Photography by Seido David Sarpal

    Tonight we will have a short service followed by one period of Zazen, an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between) and another period of Zazen. We will conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali.

    Please feel welcome to stay on Zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha.

    Please put your Zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service. Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.

    Order of Service

    Greeting by the Kokyo

    Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

    Heart Sutra in Chinese

    25 Minute Zazen Period

    5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

    25 Minute Zazen Period

    Refuges in Pali

  • Evening Practice for October 23, 2025 7pm Eastern

    Photo by Seidō David Sarpal

    Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 493323

    Tonight we will have a short service followed by two periods of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking). We will have our monthly Pass the Feather sharing. We will conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali.

    Please feel welcome to stay on zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha.

    Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.

    Order of Service

    Greeting by the Kokyo

    Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

    Heart Sutra in English

    25 Minute Zazen Period

    5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

    25 Minute Zazen Period

    Refuges in Pali

  • Dharma Tea on Tuesdays for October 21, 2025 “The Vanishing of Rose B” 2-2:45pm Eastern

    Today! Dharma Tea on Tuesday for October 21, 2025 2pm

    “The Vanishing of Rose B” – Please join All Beings Zen Sangha for a book talk led by author Nancy Garruba. To join use this link. If asked for a password use 493323 online only

  • All Beings Zen – October Zazenkai 2025

    All Beings Zen – October Zazenkai 2025

    Group photos after our full day of zazen, kinhin (indoor and outdoor), tea-discussion, and oryoki … in which, we decided the theme for our silly closing photo to be ‘pickled plum’ … being that our Tenzo Bruno made the most delicious traditional japanese 3-bowl meal, with pickled plum as a condiment. Valley Sounds, Mountain Colors, Sour-Sublime Tastes.

  • Dharma Tea on Tuesday for October 14, 2025 2-2:45pm Eastern

    Dharma Tea on Tuesday for October 14, 2025 2-2:45pm Eastern

    Tuesday, October 14: Tuesday Tea at 2pm “Direct Experiencing and Gestalt Awareness Practice” – led by Glen Bradley (they/Glen). Online only Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 613535

    Glen, who is a Gestalt psychotherapist (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Washington DC, will present on an awareness process from Gestalt psychotherapy called Gestalt Awareness Practice. It’s a secular spiritual practice inspired by the Zen philosophy of “direct experiencing” through somatic embodied expression without (or with minimal) verbal language. The process is a path toward accessing emotions and energetic content through somatic means and embodied expression. 

  • Morning Practice for October 13, 2025 6:30am Eastern

    Use this link to join. If asked use this password 613535

    Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.

    Robe Chant

    40 minute period of Zazen

    Four Great Vows

    Morning Service

    Morning Greetings