Week of Jan 3rd
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Zendo Holiday Zendo Holiday
All day
Mon, Jan 2, 2023No talk or service - informal zazen schedule to be determined.
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Way Seeking Mind Talk: Gensan Kristopher Thompson Way Seeking Mind Talk: Gensan Kristopher Thompson
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Fri, Jan 6, 2023There will be a student talk in the online zendo after 5 minutes of zazen:
5:40 pm: zazen
5:45 pm: way-seeking mind talkWhat is a "way-seeking mind" talk? See below.
Way-Seeking Mind at Berkeley Zen Center
“Way-Seeking Mind” talks by practitioners at Berkeley Zen Center have been a regular event on Monday mornings for more than thirty years. Each of us came to Zen practice as a seeker, with a spirit of inquiry. Each of us arrives at BZC from our own diverse backgrounds—social, familial, educational, religious, and so on. The idea of our way-seeking mind talks is for students to share how it is that they came to practice. Each person tells his or her own story in a unique way that often blends autobiography, spiritual biography, and the practice questions that each of us is engaged with.
The talks are by invitation, and last about twenty-five minutes, including time for presentation and short question & answer period. For newer students, this is a chance to meet and hear those we are sitting with. Those invited to talk have been sitting steadily at BZC; for them it is an opportunity to tell their story and be seen and heard. One of the teachers or senior students is available for advice in shaping one's talk, should that be useful.
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Lecture: Abbot Hozan Lecture: Abbot Hozan
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Sat, Jan 7, 2023Saturday Morning Schedule:
- Zendo opens: 8:30 am
- Zazen: 8:40 – 9:20
- Service: 9:20 – 9:30
- Kinhin/break 9:30 – 9:40
- Zazen: 9:40 – 10:10
- Lecture: 10:15 – 11:15
Sojun Roshi Interment POSTPONED Sojun Roshi Interment POSTPONED
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Sat, Jan 7, 2023This event postponed until January 21.
A portion of Sojun’s ashes will be interred beneath his memorial stone in the Memorial Garden on Saturday, January 21, at 11:15 a.m., following Hozan’s talk that morning. This ceremony will include placement of the ashes, chanting, and purifying the space with sangha offerings of fresh water.