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Morning Practice

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Morning Service

Morning Greetings

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July 14,2025 6pm — Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri, translated by Morgan Giles Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 043056

Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincidences to Japan’s Imperial family and to one particular spot in Tokyo; the park near Ueno Station – the same place his unquiet spirit now haunts in death. It is here that Kazu’s life in Tokyo began, as a labourer in the run up to the 1964 Olympics, and later where he ended his days, living in the park’s vast homeless ‘villages’, traumatised by the destruction of the 2011 tsunami and enraged by the announcement of the 2020 Olympics. Akutagawa-award-winning author Yū Miri uses her outsider’s perspective as a Zainichi (Korean-Japanese) writer to craft a novel of utmost importance to this moment, a powerful rebuke to the Imperial system and a sensitive, deeply felt depiction of the lives of Japan’s most vulnerable people.

Know someone who would like to join this dharma focused book club. This is a Monthly Dharma Book Club – contact Shoku @ cristinamariabenavides@gmail.com to be included in reminder emails and notices about future selections

Ten members of All Beings Zen Sangha enjoyed a 5 day sangha week retreat that included a visit to Sokoji Temple, Diaryú Michael Wenger’s art show at Enso Village and a hike along Coyote Ridge.

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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.

Morning Practice

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Morning Service

Morning Greetings

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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 Morning Practice

Robe Chant

40 minute period of Zazen

Four Great Vows

Full Moon Service

Evening Greetings

Historically, July’s full moon is called the buck moon because it aligns with the time of year where the antlers of male deer, or bucks, are quickly growing, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Other monikers for July’s full moon from Indigenous tribes are indicative of the summer season. The Cree, located primarily in Canada, know it as the molting moon to indicate the time of year when birds are shedding their feathers, while the Tlingit tribe in the Pacific Northwest Coast call it the salmon moon to signify the seasonal salmon migrations. information from…CNN news service