Just wanted to let everyone know that we have some events coming up this fall, all worth your time. I’ve listed them out here but they’ll remain under Fall 2016 Events on the site as well. If you have any questions, please send Shinren Mark Stone an e-mail. Many thanks, hope to see you soon, and have a cup of tea.
Sam
These are on a Thursday evening at 7 pm at the All Beings Zendo, unless otherwise noted:
September 15th —Rev. Inryu talk on “The Bodhisattvas All Around Us”
October 6th — Way Seeking Mind Talk, Shinren Mark
October 27th —Way Seeking Mind Talk, Jirin Colleen
October 30th —Sunday morning 8am book discussion tea—“One Bird, One Stone”
November 5th — One Day Meditation Retreat at Woodburn Hill Farm
November 17th —Dharma talk, R. Liam Ōshin Jennings
November 20th—Sunday morning 8am—Dharma talk, Konin Melissa Cardenas
December 8th — Practice Discussion: “Reflections on a Week at Tassajara” Eric Jonas
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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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.
Photograph by Suzanne Ehrenhalt
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,
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.
Photograph by Choku Proudfoot
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.
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 have our monthly pass the feather sharing and 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.
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)
Tonight we will have a short service that includes chanting the Heart Sutra in Chinese. Following by two periods of Zazen. 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 Chinese
All Buddhas Chant
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
25 Minute Zazen Period
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.
Seido David Sarpal, Seiryū Paula Chiplis and Inryū Sensei offering an oryoki demonstration following the filmGift boxes made for the film attendeesYear of the Water Rabbit Calligraphy by Inryū on each box
