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Dharma Talk – Oshin

Apr. 29, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

May 16, 2013
6:35 pmto7:05 pm
June 13, 2013
6:35 pmto7:05 pm

Oshin will give a dharma talk.

Zazenkai with dharma talk by Koshin

Mar. 4, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

June 15, 2013
8:00 amto6:00 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 .

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
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 Stretching
2:55 Zazen
3:25 Service (Service: Heart Sutra, Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani, Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo)
3:50 Kinhin
4:00 Zazen
4:30 Kinhin
4.40: Hansaku Gyo Cha
5:10 Open sozan
Four Vows
Samu Service/prepare room for Sunday

Dharma Talk – Roshi

Jan. 17, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

February 17, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
March 31, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
May 12, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
June 16, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
July 21, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
September 8, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
September 22, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
October 31, 2013
6:35 pmto7:05 pm
November 10, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm

Dharma talk by Roshi Enkyo O’Hara

Enkyo Roshi

Dharma Chat – “Coming Home: Meditation Practice Where You Live” with Eisho,

May. 15, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

June 18, 2013
6:45 pmto7:45 pm

Many of us can not come to the zendo every day for zazen. What is helpful when we are practicing meditation at home, without the support of others? How do we establish a home practice that works for our personal circumstances? In this informal chat we will discuss these and other home practice issues.

Fusatsu with Precepts Talk by Roshi followed by Sangha Tea

Dec. 18, 2012 - Posted in: Blog, Calendar, Events - Comments Off

January 24, 2013
5:30 pmto8:00 pm
February 28, 2013
5:30 pmto8:00 pm
March 28, 2013
5:30 pmto8:00 pm
April 25, 2013
5:30 pmto8:00 pm
June 20, 2013
5:30 pmto8:00 pm
November 21, 2013
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. Roshi 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.

Dharma Talk – Sensei Joshin O’Hara

Jan. 17, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

March 10, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm
June 23, 2013
11:45 amto12:30 pm

Sensei Joshin O’Hara will give a dharma talk.
Sensei Barbara Joshin O'Hara

Zen Training with Myoko

May. 15, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

June 26, 2013
7:15 pmto8:30 pm

What is this about and why do we use this term? What are some of the forms it takes here at the Village Zendo and how might it serve us and the world?

Dharma Talk – Tokuyu

Jan. 17, 2013 - Posted in: Blog, Events - Comments Off

June 27, 2013
6:35 pmto7:05 pm

Jeremy Tokyu Manasia

Tokuyu will give a dharma talk.

The Path of the Ox in Contemporary Terms

Jan. 9, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

February 24, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
March 31, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
April 28, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
May 19, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
June 30, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
July 21, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
September 22, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
October 27, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
November 24, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm
December 15, 2013
1:30 pmto4:30 pm

Ox Herding Pictures
 
 

 

 

From ancient time, all traditions have set up ‘paths’ of spiritual development.  The Zen Ox-Herding Pictures show the passage from initiation – the search for self - to a maturation of insight and return to ordinary life.

What is it to awaken in a postmodern scientific era?  What are the contours of practice in a time of unprecedented technological, economic, and ecological change?

This ten month class will explore what it means to wake up in a world that more than ever requires our awakening.  We will find out what stories we need to awaken from in order to discover what new stories we may create.

The texts we’ll use are:  David Loy’s The World is Made of Stories (required), the Ten Ox Herding Pictures (supplied) and short, thoughtful supplementary readings from contemporary writers (also supplied).

 

The monthly classes will include lecture, discussion, exercises and journal writing.

 

Fee $600.  Class size is limited.

 

Payment in full is due at time of registration.   Contact signup@villagezendo.org

 

 

 

Meditation Tune Up with Ryotan

May. 15, 2013 - Posted in: Events - Comments Off

July 9, 2013
6:45 pmto7:45 pm

What’s up with your meditation practice? Have there been bumps in the road? Could you use a refresher? During this informal one-hour review we will go over posture and technique, then take your questions.