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
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
or to:
All Beings Zen Sangha
C/O Rev. Inryū Ponce-Barger,
2801 Adams Mill Road NW 402
Washington DC 20009
Tuesday, December 21, 2021: 7pm – 8:15pm Solstice Service closing the Fall 2021 Practice Period.
Join ABZS in our cloud zendo for the end of the Ango closing ceremony. The ceremony will include the reciting of the Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo chant 108 times, the recitation of the male and female Soto Zen Ancestors and the 2021 Benji Poem by our All Beings Zen Sangha Fall 2021 Practice Period Benji Kōryū Naomi Knoble. Use this link to join. If asked use the password 173700
Tuesday, December 21, 2021: Tuesday Tea at Two pm lead by EiShin Mike Barreda on the Topic of “Play as Practice? 2-2;45pm The first five minutes we will share together silently having tea. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 784873
EiShin will use this poem in his presentation
Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758–1831) was a quiet and unconventional Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit.
First Days Of Spring – The sky
First days of Spring-the sky
is bright blue, the sun huge and warm.
Everything’s turning green.
Carrying my monk’s bowl, I walk to the village
to beg for my daily meal.
The children spot me at the temple gate
and happily crowd around,
dragging to my arms till I stop.
I put my bowl on a white rock,
hang my bag on a branch.
First we braid grasses and play tug-of-war,
then we take turns singing and keeping a kick-ball in the air:
I kick the ball and they sing, they kick and I sing.
Time is forgotten, the hours fly.
People passing by point at me and laugh:
“Why are you acting like such a fool?”
I nod my head and don’t answer.
I could say something, but why?
Do you want to know what’s in my heart?
From the beginning of time: just this! just this!
The calendars have arrived!! Work practice Saturday is happening!
Join us for an All Beings Zen Sangha calendar mailing party, otherwise known as work practice, in-person tomorrow, Saturday December 18, at our urban zendo!!
Can’t make it in-person, but want to be a part of the fun? Pop by on Zoom and say hi! Here is the link. If you need a password use 263968
Dharma tea at 2pm led by Kōryū Naomi Knoble on the topic “The Paramita of Patience”. We will start with 5 minutes of silent tea drinking and conclude the discussion with the four great vows. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 784873.
Fun Photo from our in-person (limited capacity due to Covid-19) final Rohatsu Day December 4th, 2021. Fourteen additional people joined us via our streaming cloud zendo during the 7 days and six additional people dropped in for in-person practice to support those pictured. It was a great Rohatsu! Zen practice will find a way….
Way Seeking Mind talk by EiShin Mike Barreda following a short period of Zazen. Use this link to join. If you are asked for a password use 471305
Dharma tea at 2pm led by Rui Sun on the topic “Right livelihood – incorporating practice into work”. We will start with 5 minutes of silent tea drinking and conclude the discussion with the four great vows. Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 784873.
Way Seeking Mind talk by Suzanne Ehrenhalt following a short period of Zazen. Use this link to join. If you are asked for a password use 628996
Join All Beings Zen Sangha Sunday November 29, 2021 for the Monday Full Day Schedule in observance of Rohatsu (Buddha’s enlightenment). You are welcome to join as little or as much as your schedule permits. In-person participation is limited so check with Inryū if you plan to participate in-person
Monday through Friday Rohatsu Schedule Use this link to join via zoom. If asked for a password use 395693
| 6:30 – 7:10 Zazen |
| 7:10- 7:30 Morning Service |
| 7:30-8:45 Breakfast Morning Break/Dharma Study |
| 8:45- 9:45 Morning Walk or indoor exercise |
| 9:45- 10:15 Zazen |
| 10:15- 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 |
| 4:25-4:50 Zazen |
| 4:50 – 5:00 Service |
| 5:00 – 6:30 Dinner Evening Break |
| 6:30 – 7:00 Zazen |
| 7:00 – 7: 10 Kinhin |
| 7:10-7:40 Zazen |
| 7:40-7:45 Kinhin |
| 7:45-8:15 Zazen |
| 8:15 Purification Chant /Refuges in Pali |
Saturday Final Day of Rohatsu Sesshin. Use Monday-Friday link to sign in.
| 6:30 – 7:10 Zazen |
| 7:10- 7:30 Morning Service |
| 7:30-8:45 Breakfast Morning Break/Dharma Study |
| 8:45- 9:45 Morning Walk or indoor exercise |
| 9:45- 10:15 Zazen |
| 10:15- 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 |
| 4:15-5:00 Shosan Ceremony, Chanting Heart Sutra in Pali 108 times, Refuges in Pali |
| End of Rohatsu Sesshin |
