Tuesday Dharma Tea at 2PM for July 11, 2023 led by Betty Mooney on the topic of the “Alexander Technique and how it can support Zen practice” .   Online only Use this link to join and if asked for password use 842721

Betty’s bio here

After majoring in dance at the University of Michigan and simultaneously obtaining a degree in Massage Therapy I proceeded to dance professionally and open my own massage practice. After several years I found myself suffering from back pain from giving massages and it was recommended to me that I study the Alexander Technique. I was very fortunate to study in Lincoln, Nebraska under Majorie Barstow who was trained by Alexander in England and was one of the first teachers in America. After several years of study and having resolved my back problems I began teaching the Alexander Technique at my dance studio in Charlottesville, VA.  My meditation practice began with Thich Nhat Hahn at his monastery Deer Park and I attended several week long retreats when he would come to the United States to teach. I have continued my meditation practice with several teachers since the 1980’s: Tara Brach, Anam Thubten, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and currently Norman Fischer. 

I presently have a private practice and teach meditation and resiliency retreats for the Compassionate Care Initiative at the University of Virginia Nursing School. Both the weekly sessions and the retreats have a mindful movement component based on the Alexander Technique. 

I’ve always felt that because of my Alexander training the idea of being embodied in meditation practice was second nature for me and I found many overlapping concepts; concentration of the mind, awareness of the body and the practice of restraint or pausing to think in an embodied way before acting. 

Tonight we will have a short service that includes chanting the Heart Sutra in English. Followed by one period of Zazen and a Dharma Talk offered by Inryū Sensei . Will we close with chanting the refuges. You are welcome to stay online following the chanting of the refuges to share greetings with the sangha.

Here is the link to join us via the cloud zendo at 7PM for the All Beings Zen Sangha evening program.

If you are asked for a password please use this   041285

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

All Buddhas Chant

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

Dharma Talk

Four Great Vows

Refuges in Pali

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

KAN ZEON

NA MU BUTSU

YO BUTSU U IN

YO BUTSU U EN

BUP PO SO  EN

JO RAKU GA JO

CHO NEN KANZEON

BO NEN KANZEON

NEN NEN JU SHIN KI

NEN NEN FU RI SHIN

Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva,

when deeply practicing prajña paramita,⨀

clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty

and thus relieved all suffering.

Shariputra,

form does not differ from emptiness,

emptiness does not differ from form.

Form itself is emptiness,

emptiness itself form.

Sensations, perceptions, formations,

and consciousness are also like this.

Shariputra,

all dharmas are marked by emptiness;

they neither arise nor cease,

are neither defiled nor pure,

neither increase nor decrease.

Therefore, given emptiness, there is

no form, no sensation, no perception,

no formation no consciousness;

no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue,

no body, no mind;

no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste,

no touch, no object of mind;

no realm of sight… no realm of mind consciousness

There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance…

neither old age and death,

nor extinction of old age and death;

no suffering, no cause, no cessation, no path;

no knowledge and no attainment.

With nothing to attain,

a bodhisattva relies on prajña paramita,⨀

and thus the mind is without hindrance.

Without hindrance, there is no fear.

Far beyond all inverted views, one realizes nirvana.

All buddhas of past, present, and future

rely on prajña paramita ⨀ and thereby attain

unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment.

Therefore, know the prajña paramita ⨀ as

the great miraculous mantra,

the great bright mantra,

the supreme mantra,

the incomparable mantra,

which removes all suffering

and is true, not false.

Therefore we proclaim the prajña paramita ⨀ mantra,

the mantra that says:

“Gate Gate ⨀ Paragate ⨀ Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha.” ∅

THE FOUR GREAT VOWS

Beings are numberless; I vow to save them.

Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.

Dharma Gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.

Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to become it.

Refuges in Pali (Call and Response)

Accapella, inflections as follows:

➞Buddham Saranam Ga➚cha➘mi➞iii

BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

Tuesday Dharma Tea at 2PM for June 20, 2023  Led by Suzanne Erhnhalt on “The summer solstice”. online only.    Use this link to sign in.     If asked for a password use   629543.     or go to  www.allbeingszen.org to sign in on the day of the event.  online only 

Tuesday Dharma Tea at 2PM for June 13, 2023. Led by Seiryū Paula Chiplis on the topic of “My Experience of Being the Benji for the Spring 2023 Practice Period”  Use this link to sign in.     If asked for a password use   629543.     or go to  www.allbeingszen.org to sign in on the day of the event.  online only 

Tuesday: Dharma Tea at Two.      2:00pm-2:45pm:    Our ABZS Ino Seidō David Sarpal will lead the conversation on the topic of “Zen Practice & Artistic Creation”   Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 629543. The first 5 minutes we will have silent tea drinking. All are welcome.

Tonight we will have a short service that includes chanting the Heart Sutra in English. Followed by one period of Zazen and a Dharma Talk offered by Inryū Sensei . Will we close with chanting the refuges. You are welcome to stay online following the chanting of the refuges to share greetings with the sangha.

Here is the link to join us via the cloud zendo at 7PM for the All Beings Zen Sangha evening program.

If you are asked for a password please use this   794038

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

All Buddhas Chant

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

Dharma Talk

Four Great Vows

Refuges in Pali

THE FOUR GREAT VOWS

Beings are numberless; I vow to save them.

Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them.

Dharma Gates are boundless; I vow to enter them.

Buddha’s way is unsurpassable; I vow to become it.

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

KAN ZEON

NA MU BUTSU

YO BUTSU U IN

YO BUTSU U EN

BUP PO SO  EN

JO RAKU GA JO

CHO NEN KANZEON

BO NEN KANZEON

NEN NEN JU SHIN KI

NEN NEN FU RI SHIN

Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva,

when deeply practicing prajña paramita,⨀

clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty

and thus relieved all suffering.

Shariputra,

form does not differ from emptiness,

emptiness does not differ from form.

Form itself is emptiness,

emptiness itself form.

Sensations, perceptions, formations,

and consciousness are also like this.

Shariputra,

all dharmas are marked by emptiness;

they neither arise nor cease,

are neither defiled nor pure,

neither increase nor decrease.

Therefore, given emptiness, there is

no form, no sensation, no perception,

no formation no consciousness;

no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue,

no body, no mind;

no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste,

no touch, no object of mind;

no realm of sight… no realm of mind consciousness

There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance…

neither old age and death,

nor extinction of old age and death;

no suffering, no cause, no cessation, no path;

no knowledge and no attainment.

With nothing to attain,

a bodhisattva relies on prajña paramita,⨀

and thus the mind is without hindrance.

Without hindrance, there is no fear.

Far beyond all inverted views, one realizes nirvana.

All buddhas of past, present, and future

rely on prajña paramita ⨀ and thereby attain

unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment.

Therefore, know the prajña paramita ⨀ as

the great miraculous mantra,

the great bright mantra,

the supreme mantra,

the incomparable mantra,

which removes all suffering

and is true, not false.

Therefore we proclaim the prajña paramita ⨀ mantra,

the mantra that says:

“Gate Gate ⨀ Paragate ⨀ Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha.” ∅

Refuges in Pali (Call and Response)

Accapella, inflections as follows:

➞Buddham Saranam Ga➚cha➘mi➞iii

BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

 

Tuesday: Dharma Tea at Two.      2:00pm-2:45pm:  – What to keep?  What to let go of?  Let’s have a discussion about the meaning(s) of things.  And discuss how and when to best decide what to keep and what to let go of?  Inryū Sensei will lead the conversation.   Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 629543

Dharma Tea at Two PM Eastern for May 16th. Use this link to join . If asked for a password use 629543

Inryū Sensei. Suzanne and others will share photographs and discuss the experience of visiting Tassajara Zen Mountain Center during the May 2-7 Sangha week.

Thursday May 11th, 2023 – 7PM Guest Dharma Teacher Rev. Jisan Tova Green, Sensei to offer a talk on the topic of “Respect for Things” following a brief period of zazen. In person and online. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 794038.

Jisan Tova Green was ordained as a Zen priest in 2003 and received Dharma Transmission from Eijun Linda Cutts in 2015. She is currently the Liaison for Branching Streams, the network of over 75 Zen Centers and sanghas in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage. During her 23 years in residence at San Francisco Zen Center she has served in varied roles, including City Center Director, Vice President, Development Director, and Board Secretary. Tova is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and spent four years doing hospice social work after she completed five years of priest training at Tassajara and Green Gulch Farm. Tova co-founded the SFZC Queer Dharma Group in 2010, and has taken a leadership role in many of SFZC’s Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, including the group “Unpacking Whiteness – Reflection and Action.” Tova enjoys playing the cello and reading and writing poetry.