All Beings Zen Sangha is announcing a call to artists for the 2025 Sangha calendar project.
Submissions are now being accepted for drawings, paintings, photography, poetry, brief writings, and other forms in digital format.
Please submit up to three works for consideration via e-mail to Rev. Inryū Sensei at inryu@allbeingszen.org and to John Flanagan at emailjohnf@gmail.com.
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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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All Beings Zen Sangha
27290 Woodburn Hill Road
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
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All Beings Zen Sangha
C/O Rev. Inryū Ponce-Barger,
2801 Adams Mill Road NW 402
Washington DC 20009
Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 522050
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 (text available at highlighted links)
Greeting by the Kokyo
Heart Sutra in Spanish
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
25 Minute Zazen Period
If asked for a password use 149227
6:30 – 7:10 Zazen
7:10- 8:00 Morning Service
8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break
9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear
10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk
11:00-11:30 Zazen
11:30-11:40 Kinhin
11:40- 12:15 Zazen
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:30 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study
1:30-2:30 WorkPractice
2:30- 3:00 Explaination of Shosan Ceremony
3:00-3:10 Kinhin
3:10 -3: 40 Zazen
3:40 — 3:50 Kinhin
3:50-4:20 Zazen
4:20 – Shonsan Ceremony/Photographs/ Refuges/ End of Sesshin
Open
6:30 informal potluck/Sesshin leftovers in 412
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| 6:30 – 7:10 Zazen |
| 7:10- 8:00 Morning Service |
| 8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break |
| 9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear |
| 10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk |
| 11:00-11:30 Zazen |
| 11:30-11:40 Kinhin |
| 11:40- 12:15 Zazen |
| 12:15-1:15 Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study |
| 1:45-2:00 Break |
| 2:00-2:30 Work Practice |
| 2:30-3:15 Tea with Discussion |
| 3:15-3:30 Break |
| 3:30- 3:45 Kinhin |
| 3:45-4:15 Zazen |
| 4:15-4:25 Kinhin |
| 4:25-4:55 Zazen |
| 4:55 – 5:00 Service/Sunday close of Rohatsu Ceremonies |
| 5:00 – 6:30 Dinner Evening Break |
| 6:30 – 7:00 Zazen |
| 7:00 – 7: 10 Evening Service |
| 7:10-7:40 Zazen |
| 7:40-7:45 Kinhin |
| 7:45-8:15 Zazen |
| 8:15 Refuges |
If asked for a password use 149227
To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 463913
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
40 minute period of Zazen
Short Morning Service to include the Sandokai in English
Morning greetings
To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 790875
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
40 minute period of Zazen
Short Morning Service
Morning greetings
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2-2:45pm – Tuesday Tea at Two – Esho Beth Milligan will present a talk and discussion on “Zen Master Ekaku Haquin: Art for the People!” Online only Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 024787
Painting and calligraphy by Hakuin Ekaku.
Monday November 25, 2024 6:30am – EiShin Mike Barreda will offer Way Seeking Mind Talk following a brief period of zazen. To join online use this link. If asked for a password use 149227
Saturday November 23, 2024 3pm – Talk by Rev Jiko Nakade on Daifukuji temple. Use this link to sign in. If asked for a password use 272989
Born in Ohio and raised in Kona, the Rev. Jiko Nakade has been the 12th resident minister and first woman minister of the Daifukuji Soto Mission since 2004. She is a graduate of the Departments of Religion and Japanese Language at the University of Hawaii and studied at Komazawa University in Tokyo. She is the student of the Reverend Ryuji Tamiya of Niigata, Japan and a graduate of the Hawaii Soto Shu Ministers Training Program. She grew up attending Daifukuji. Her grandparents along with their 11 children ran the Oshima family grocery store located a few miles from the temple. Later, her father, his 4 brothers and their spouses operated the business. At age 19 years she spent 2 months at the Aichi Senmon Nisodo monastery of Aoyama Roshi.
Daifukuji Soto Mission (Temple of Great Happiness) est. 1914 in Kealakekua, Hi
To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 463913
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
40 minute period of Zazen
Short Morning Service to include the Sandokai in English
Morning greetings
