‘Remembered and Recited’

Grandmother, Motherly, Auntie Mind

Buddha Way, Feminine Divine

There is no Shuso

So whom do I serve

All Beings, she said

It’s how we preserve

Grandma, Memaw, Nena, Gran

Lend me now your generous hand

You’ve shown me the way

through your years of service

May your selfless lives

come to the surface

Uttara, Mitta, Mother Gotami

Punna, Sumedha, Mittakali

Our founding women ancestors

forgotten and left unsaid

This All Beings Ango

your words have been read

Walking kinhin in a new dimension

Go calmly, she said, and we have listened

A wish for freedom

Present day Nigrodha Grove

All you 500 women

Our steps, you wove

Aoyama Roshi, Sister Chan Khong,

Inryū Sensei, true baika song

Women give light

No world can stain her

Plum blossoms bloom

in their winter container

Thursday December 21, 2023 – End of Ango and Winter Solstice Ceremony – We will invite the return of the light. Inryǔ Sensei and members of the sangha will be offering 108 recitations of the Enmei (see chant below) along with bells, drumming and prostrations followed by a dedication of merit.    We will enjoy the reading of the 2023 Benji Poem by Zen’etsu Clay which will conclude our Fall 2023 Ango (practice period).

Join us from home via our cloud zendo here. If asked for a password use 955165

Order of Service

Inryū Sensei will explain the ceremony

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo X108

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

Dedication of Merit

Benji Poem by Zen’etsū Clay Crowell

Congratulations

Closing with the Refuges in Pali

 

Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 955165

Tonight we will have a short service in Spanish 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.

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

Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo

Heart Sutra in Spanish

25 Minute Zazen Period

5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)

25 Minute Zazen Period

Four Great Vows

Refuges in Pali

Brief Check in and announcements



In person sangha members celebrating the completion of the 2023 Rohatsu Sesshin for All Beings Zen Sangha. Many members (not pictured) joined us throughout the week waving in and out in person and via the cloud. It was really great! Gate, Gate, Parasite, Parasamgate, Bodhi Svaha!

To join via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 286807

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

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

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

ABZS Sesshin Schedule Sunday December 3rd starting at 6:30pm and ending on Friday December 8th at 5pm

***For Sunday night please use the link below. For all other days go to www.allbeingszen.org website home page for sign in links.***

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Sunday December 3rd

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

Sunday December 3, 2023 11am – Jukai (formal ceremony to receive precepts) for Suzanne Erenhalt and Sylvette Froeliger

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Tuesday Dharma Tea:  2pm – 2:45pm led by Sensei Inryǔ.  Topic  “Oryoki” or just enough.  Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 386593

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Way Seeking Mind Talk by Eishin Mike Barreda following a brief period of zazen.

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.

Tuesday Dharma Tea:  2pm – 2:45pm led by Eshō Beth Milligan.  Topic  “Let’s Talk About Sangha” based on the book ‘Buddhism After Patriarchy’   Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 842721

We start with 5 minutes of silent tea drinking. Shōku Cristina will offer information on the topic.

The dharma tea concludes at 2:45pm Eastern. All are welcome.

For the All Beings Zen Sangha Tuesday Teas at Two, a topic is introduced and then a few questions are proposed for discussion by those present. The Teas are online only.

We start with 5 minutes of silent tea drinking. Shōku Cristina will offer information on the topic.

The dharma tea concludes at 2:45pm Eastern. All are welcome.

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