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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Month: September 2014

  • The Lankatavara Sutra

    The Lankatavara Sutra

     

    Hi everyone –

    So, a few of us are going to be reading and discussing the Lankatavara Sutra, the famous text Bodhidharma gave to his successor right before he vanished, saying something to the effect of, “Everything you need is in this book.”  It’s a Zen standard.

    Red Pine is the name Bill Porter takes when he translates old Chinese texts.  His translations are fantastic, both for their erudition and the presence the author brings to the work.  Red Pine lives this stuff, and it shows in his translations.

    Bobbi is going to be getting a few copies of Red Pine’s Lanka for members to purchase, but if you want to try to find it through a library, here’s the link to the record in WorldCat (WorldCat is a compendium of library catalogs around the world).

    Thanks everyone.  Looking forward to reading this with others.

    Sam

  • 15 people attended the July 28th half day retreat

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    A Wabi-Sabi Oryoki set waiting to be to be used

  • Ten People attended All Beings Half Day Retreat in Adams Morgan on June 23rd, 2013

    The All Beings Zen Sangha hosted a half day sitting on Sunday June 23 in Adams Morgan.    Ten people attended the 6 hour retreat.  We were blessed with an amazing rain storm during the mid-morning and the sounds of birds and city life throughout.

    Here is a photo of the zendo before we began.

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    Gratitude to the many people who helped with zendo duties and clean up.

    Peace and Blessings,

    Inryu Bobbi & Anastasia

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  • Fifteen people attended our May 19th Half Day Retreat

    Recipe for the Muesli that went into the first bowl for Oryoki breakfast on May 19th, 2013

    Ingredients.

    • 3 tablespoons of apple sauce
    • 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
    • 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • Pinch of nutmeg
    • 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
    • 1/2 cup flaked almonds
    • 1/2 cup pepitas
    • 1 cup shredded coconut
    • 1 1/2 cups puffed rice
    • 1 cup all bran
    • 1/2 cup chopped apricots
    • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
    • 1/2 cup raisins

    Method.

    Preheat the oven to 200C / 390F. Makes about 8 servings

    In a large bowl drizzle the apple sauce and maple syrup all around the inside of the bowl. Add the oats, cinnamon and nutmeg and stir in until all the apple sauce and maple syrup is mixed in.

    Spread the oats evenly on a large oven proof tray and bake in the oven for ten minutes.

    Remove the oats from the oven and sprinkle the pecans, almonds and pepitas on top. Sprinkle the coconut on last. Return to the oven for around 3 minutes; until the coconut is toasted.

    Take from the oven again and add the puffed rice. Turn the oven off and put the muesli back in for a minute to crisp up the puffed rice.

    Remove the tray from the oven, pour the muesli back into the bowl with dried fruit. Mix together and leave to cool before storing.

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    The recipe is a slight adaptation from: http://veganforeveryone.com/recipes/apple-pecan-muesli/

  • All Beings Abode Zen Sangha May 19th Half-day Sitting Schedule

    All Beings Abode Zen Sangha May 19th
    Half-day Sitting Schedule

    6 am zazen
    6:40 kinhin
    6:50 zazen
    7:17 Robe Chant
    7:20 morning service
    7:40 zazen/open
    8:00 continued
    8:20 kinhin
    9:00 Oryoki instruction
    9:15 Oryoki (oroyki means “just enough,” and the meal is eaten in silence in the meditation hall)
    9:30 break
    10:00 zazen
    10:35 kinhin
    10:45 Practice discussion
    11:35 zazen
    noon Three Refuges

     

  • Zen Mind….

    Beginnings

     

     

    This is the first post for the new All Beings Abode Zen group’s website.  There will be more soon.  Bear with us while we get this up and running, folks.  Thanks!