Each month at the full moon, the community gathers to renew our Bodhisattva vows. All are welcome. This is a formal ceremony including chanting and full bows. If it is your first full moon ceremony or you are unfamiliar with the forms, please follow others. An example of the ceremony can be downloaded here. The text ...
Ceremony follows morning zazen. Words of the season are offered during this ceremony; you are welcome to bring a short poem or reading. Held in the courtyard of 300 Page St., weather permitting.
Each month at the full moon, the community gathers to renew our Bodhisattva vows. All are welcome. This is a formal ceremony including chanting and full bows. If it is your first full moon ceremony or you are unfamiliar with the forms, please follow others. An example of the ceremony can be downloaded here. The text ...
The ceremony will take place in the City Center Buddha Hall. There will be a ten-year memorial service for former Abbess Zenkei Blanche Hartman who passed away in 2016. Brief words will be offered by some of her students. The memorial will be live streamed using the online zendo link. - This will be an ...
Each month at the full moon, the community gathers to renew our Bodhisattva vows. All are welcome. This is a formal ceremony including chanting and full bows. If it is your first full moon ceremony or you are unfamiliar with the forms, please follow others. An example of the ceremony can be downloaded here. The text ...
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration Service (see also the Wikipedia entry) will be held in the City Center Buddha Hall following zazen.
Each month at the full moon, the community gathers to renew our Bodhisattva vows. All are welcome. This is a formal ceremony including chanting and full bows. If it is your first full moon ceremony or you are unfamiliar with the forms, please follow others. An example of the ceremony can be downloaded here. The text ...
Zen Sin Fronteras (Zen Without Borders) is a global community of Zen practice founded by Sozan Miglioli. In this public ceremony, practitioners will receive the sixteen bodhisattva precepts and vow to live their lives in accord with them. Everyone is welcome to attend this free ceremony. Note: for this formal ceremony, please wear shirts/dresses/blouses that ...
Words of the season are offered during this ceremony; you are welcome to bring a short poem or reading. Held outdoors in the courtyard, weather permitting.
Ceremony follows morning zazen. Eihei Dogen (1200–1253) is the founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. He is the author of the fascicles on Buddhist practice and insight collected in Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye). He founded Eihei-ji, one of the two main Soto Zen training temples in Japan, located in ...
SFZC's Beginners Mind Temple/City Center invites you to join us for these special ceremonies, as well as to be aware of the changes to our regular schedule. For more information, call 415.863.3136, or email ccoffice@sfzc.org. Each month at the full moon, the community gathers to renew our Bodhisattva vows. All are welcome. This is a ...
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