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Dharma Talk – Tokuyu

Feb. 2, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

March 8, 2012
6:35 pmto7:05 pm
May 17, 2012
6:35 pmto7:05 pm

Jeremy Tokyu Manasia

Tokuyu will give a dharma talk.

Zazenkai

Feb. 4, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

May 19, 2012
8:00 amto5:00 pm

The Village Zendo’s monthly one-day retreat (zazenkai) is a great way to experience a short, intensive meditation retreat right here in the city. People are welcome to come for the entire day or any portion of it, but need to inform the registrar in advance.

Instruction is available for those who are unfamiliar with Zen rituals and procedures. Please make sure to contact the registrar in advance if you need instruction.

Pre-registration required: $25 for members, $50 for non-members.
For more information, please contact Kaizen: registrar@villagezendo.org
zazen . oryoki lunch . dharma talk

8:15 Zazen
8:50 Verse of the Kesa, Kinhin
9:05 Zazen
9:40 Kinhin
9:50 Zazen
10:20 Kinhin
10:30 Dharma Talk by Roshi
11:05 Kinhin
11:20 Zazen
11:50 Kinhin
12:00 Oryoki Lunch

12:45 Clean Up, Silent Rest

1:30 Zazen
2:00 Kinhin
2:10 Zazen
2:40 Kinhin
2:50 Zazen
3:20 Service (Standing Service: Heart Sutra, Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani, Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo)

3:45 Zazen
4:15 Kinhin
4:25 Open Sozan
5:00 Four Vows

Zazenkai with dharma talk by Chodo

May. 1, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

May 19, 2012
8:15 amto5:00 pm

The Village Zendo’s monthly one-day retreat (zazenkai) is a great way to experience a short, intensive meditation retreat right here in the city. People are welcome to come for the entire day or any portion of it, but need to inform the registrar in advance.

Instruction is available for those who are unfamiliar with Zen rituals and procedures. Please make sure to contact the registrar in advance if you need instruction.

Pre-registration required: $25 for members, $50 for non-members.
For more information, please contact registrar@villagezendo.org

8:15 Zazen
8:50 Verse of the Kesa, Kinhin
9:05 Zazen
9:40 Kinhin
9:50 Zazen
10:20 Kinhin
10:30 Dharma Talk by Chodo
11:05 Kinhin
11:20 Zazen
11:50 Kinhin
12:00 Oryoki Lunch

12:45 Clean Up, Silent Rest

1:30 Zazen
2:00 Kinhin
2:10 Zazen
2:40 Kinhin
2:50 Zazen
3:20 Service (Standing Service: Heart Sutra, Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani, Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo)

3:45 Zazen
4:15 Kinhin
4:25 Open Sozan
5:00 Four Vows

Dharma Talk – Soshin

May. 1, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

May 20, 2012
11:45 amto12:30 pm

Soshin will give a dharma talk

The Art of the Drum

Dec. 1, 2011 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

January 22, 2012
1:00 pmto4:00 pm
February 19, 2012
1:00 pmto4:00 pm
March 18, 2012
1:00 pmto4:00 pm
April 15, 2012
1:00 pmto4:00 pm
May 20, 2012
1:00 pmto4:00 pm
June 17, 2012
1:00 pmto4:00 pm

The Village Zendo Drumming Group

Drumming is an intuitive and joyful way to become intimate with time—to become time. When we drum as a group, we experience each other, the world, and ourselves differently: we are sound and movement, stillness and silence, all flowing together.

The Village Zendo Drumming Group will be an opportunity to go deep into sound and time through the art of drumming. We will learn to play frame drums and other percussion, to communicate with each other through rhythm, to listen, and to act. The group will begin as a class and develop into a space for creative musical expression. No experience is necessary and all levels are welcome. No matter where you’re coming from, this drumming will both challenge and reward you.

*The VZ drumming group will meet monthly on the third Sunday of each month. The material will build on itself, so you will derive the most benefit from an ongoing practice. Space is limited. Please contact me by email (fugan.dineen@gmail.com) to reserve a spot or with any questions.

The fee for each class is $20

gassho,

Fugan

Fusatsu Ceremony and Precept Talk Followed by Sangha Tea

May. 1, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

May 24, 2012
5:30 pmto8:00 pm

A Traditional Buddhist Ceremony of Atonement and Purification

Followed by Sangha Tea

Fusatsu is an ancient Buddhist chanting and bowing ceremony of atonement and purification that provides us with the opportunity to acknowledge our deep karmic entanglements. Myoko will give a talk on one of the Bodhisattva precepts.

5:30pm – 6:00 zazen
6:00 – 6:05 slow kinhin
6:05 – 6:30 zazen
6:30 – 6:35 slow kinhin
6:35 – 7:20 Fusatsu ceremony
Followed by sangha tea which ends around 8

Practitioners are encouraged to attend the periods of zazen preceding Fusatsu.

Sangha Tea is an informal time to meet other sangha members and teachers. Light refreshments are served.

Just Sitting

Jan. 3, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

January 28, 2012
2:00 pmto5:00 pm
February 25, 2012
2:00 pmto5:00 pm
March 17, 2012
2:00 pmto5:00 pm
May 26, 2012
2:00 pmto5:00 pm
June 23, 2012
2:00 pmto5:00 pm

Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.

Zenrin Kushu, Fifteenth-century China

2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Just Sitting offers a free and spacious afternoon of meditation, an opportunity for pure practice without anything extra.

The afternoon will be liturgy-free and you may join in or leave at any time during the three-hour period.

Fees: For members, no charge; non-members, suggested donation $10.
No registration required.

For information contact: Howard Thoresen at HowardT457@aol.com

Zendo Closed

Dec. 13, 2011 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

January 2, 2012
January 16, 2012
February 20, 2012
May 28, 2012
July 4, 2012
September 3, 2012
October 8, 2012
November 12, 2012
November 22, 2012
December 25, 2012

The zendo has adopted a policy that we will be closed on all federal holidays.

Dharma Talk – Anna Myoan Gamma, followed by Sangha Tea

May. 6, 2012 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

May 31, 2012
4:35 pmto7:05 pm

White Plum teacher Anna Myoan Gamma will give a dharma talk. Followed by sangha tea.

Path of Practice

Dec. 7, 2011 - Posted in: Blog, Events - Comments Off

February 5, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
March 4, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
April 1, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
May 6, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
June 3, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
September 9, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
October 7, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
November 4, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm
December 9, 2012
1:30 pmto5:00 pm

Dotokuji
Expression of the Way

The Path of Practice Training Program:
The Paramitas, Service and our Daily Lives

This is a ten-­month training program to assist Zen students in deepening their capacity for self-­awareness and for developing the spiritual tools to participate harmoniously and meaningfully in their lives.

A Path of Practice is a way of living mindfully so as to become aware of the habits of mind that keep us mired in the painful, self‐centered loop that engenders suffering. The Paramitas are the spiritual muscles we exercise in overcoming this self-­centeredness. As our awareness grows we can develop the skills to serve not only ourselves but all sentient beings with wisdom and compassion.

Each month we will focus on a different Paramita and by means of inquiry, self-­reflection and discussion, use it as a lens to study ourselves. The Paramitas, literally translated as perfections, are actually traditional Buddhist virtues that represent the process and the fruits of practice. The Mahayana Tradition lists six–generosity, morality, tolerance, energy, meditation, wisdom and the Theravadin tradition lists four more–skillful means, aspiration, spiritual power, and knowledge. We will engage all ten, utilizing them as a guide to self-inquiry and our functioning in the world. The training will include sitting meditation, interpersonal group work, liturgy, reading and reflective writing.

Participation requires a commitment to the following:

  • Daily sitting practice
  • Monthly Interview with VZ teachers
  • Attendance at all sessions
  • Inquiry practice with a Path group member
  • Monthly written reflections
  • Participation in liturgical training during Path sessions and other times

The course will run from Feb 2012 thru Dec 2012 and will be co-taught by Roshi and Sensei Joshin on the first Sunday of the month from 1:30pm to 5pm

Feb 5 – Sensei and Roshi
March 4 – Roshi
April 1 – Sensei
May 6th – Roshi
June 3rd – Sensei
July 1st – No meeting
August 5 – No meeting
Sept 9th – Roshi
Oct 7 –Sensei
Nov 4 – Roshi
Dec 9 – Sensei and Roshi

Texts:

Required:
Robert Aitken: The Practice of Perfection (Will be made available in photocopy format)

Recommended:
Dale Wright, The Six Perfections
Shantideva, A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, translated by Stephen Batchelor

The course is open to any serious practitioner who can make a commitment to study for the year.

The cost is $600 for the year, payable in two portions: the deadline for first payment is January 10; the deadline for the second payment is June 10.

A sliding scale is available for anyone with financial hardship. No one is turned away due to finances.

PDF downloadPath of Practice Application