All Beings Zen Sangha for the week of 1/20-1/27

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January 20th – Dharma Tea on Tuesday – “A Visit to Luz Serena Temple” led by Rev. Seidō David Sarpal

January 21st – 6:30am Zazen and Service

January 22nd – 7pm Zazen and Wellbeing Ceremony

January 23rd – 6:30am Zazen and Service

January 26 – 6:30am Zazen and Service

January 26 – 6pm Monthly Dharma Book Club – Kokoro by Natsume Soseki led by Shoku Benevides

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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  • 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!