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
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All Beings Zen Sangha
C/O Rev. Inryū Ponce-Barger,
2801 Adams Mill Road NW 402
Washington DC 20009
Saturday December 21 Winter Solstice Event 7pm Eastern. To join use this link. If asked for a password use 124425.
Photo by Zen’etsu
Join the members of the All Beings Zen Sangha to greet the Solstice and the New Year with chanting 108 times the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo. Each recitation will include the big bell and some members offering full prostrations. All are welcome.
Happy Solstice to planet Earth and all its residents. For the next half year, daylight gets longer north of the Equator and shorter south of the Equator. Confirming that yes, contrary to what many people think, days get **longer** in the Winter and **shorter** in the Summer.
To join us via zoom use this link to join. 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
Morning greetings
Saturday December 14, 2024 11am – Shuso Hossen Ceremony. ABZS 2024 Fall Shuso (head student) Seiryū Paula Chiplis receives the assemble sangha’s questions in a traditional formal ceremony marking the end of their term in the Shuso position. In person and online
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.
