Morning Practice for August 22, 2025 Eastern

Use this link to join. If asked use this password 573036

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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

May All Beings Be Happy!

The All Beings Zen Sangha welcomes and affirms all who come here to seek the Way, and who will work toward respectful acceptance of others across our many differences, harmonizing the one and the many.

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  • Morning Practice for August 22, 2025 Eastern

    Use this link to join. If asked use this password 573036

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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

  • Evening Practice for August 21, 2025 7pm Eastern

    Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 480731

    Tonight we will have a short service followed by one period of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between) and then our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony. 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

    Evening Bell Chant

    Harmony of Difference and Equality

    25 Minute Zazen Period

    5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

    Our monthly Wellbeing Ceremony

    Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

    Loving Kindness Meditation (call and response)

  • Baika Practice for August 19, 2025

    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.

  • Morning Practice for August 20, 2025 6:30am Eastern

    Use this link to join. If asked use this password 480731

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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

  • Evening Practice for August 14, 2025 7pm Eastern

    Photo by Seidō

    Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 480731

    Tonight we will have a short service followed by two periods of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between). 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

    Introductions and Announcements

  • Healing Circle for August 10, 2025 5pm Eastern

    Healing Circle – online only

    Inryū Sensei and Betty Mooney serving as Host and Guardian for tonights online practice. New to healing circle? Please contact inryu@allbeingszen.org 30 minutes before the event to receive sign in link.

    Photo by Seidō David Sarpal

  • Morning Practice for August 8, 2025 6:30am Eastern

    Photograph by Inryū Sensei

    Use this link to join. If asked use this password 480731

    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

    Greetings

  • Evening Practice For August 7, 2025 7pm Eastern

    Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 480731

    Tonight we will have a short service followed by two periods of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between) and then 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

    Pass the feather

    Refuges in Pali

  • Baika Practice

    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.

  • Zazenkai (one day meditation retreat) on August 8, 2025

    Finishing the day with the mudra for patience with Kannon Bodhisattva helping us out too.