One-day sittings offer traditional Soto Zen all-day meditation practice. In order to understand the nature of our formal retreats and to be clear about the details of the practice, please review a typical one-day sitting schedule. We ask those who attend one-day sittings to commit to participating in the complete schedule. We will be using ...
A gentle introduction for beginning sitters. The morning will include instruction in sitting meditation (zazen) and walking meditation (kinhin), followed by alternating brief periods of zazen (20–25 minutes) and kinhin (10–15 minutes), and discussion with the leader.
Saturday, 8:40 – 9:25 am, in the Buddha Hall at City Center - Please arrive by 8:30 am. Zazen (Meditation) Instruction is offered by senior practitioners and is required before ...
Teachers: Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers. These traditional yet relaxed all-day sittings begin at 9:00 am and include meditation, a silent lunch, Dharma talk/discussion, and dokusan ...
Saturday, 11:20 am – 12:15 pm - Please arrive by 11:10 am and enter by the side door on Laguna Street. Zendo (Meditation Hall) Forms Instruction is offered by senior ...
A gentle introduction for people who are new to meditation. The morning will include instruction in sitting meditation (zazen) and walking meditation (kinhin, variations available if needed), followed by alternating ...
A monk once asked the 10th-century Zen master Yunmen, “What are the teachings of a whole lifetime?” Yunmen replied, simply: “An appropriate response.” Our lives ask this of us again ...
This gentle one-day sitting will begin mid-morning to allow participants coming from outside Green Gulch to join more easily. We'll begin at 9am and follow the traditional forms of zazen ...
This page is for in-person at City Center one-day sitting registration. If you want to join online, register for the Saturday One-Day Sitting, Online 10/3. One-day sittings offer traditional Soto ...
This page is for the ONLINE one-day sitting registration. If you want to sit in-person at City Center, register for the Saturday One-Day Sitting, City Center 10/3. One-day sittings offer traditional Soto Zen all-day meditation practice. We ask those who join one-day sittings to commit to participating in the complete schedule. (View a sample schedule). ...
A gentle introduction for beginning sitters. The morning will include instruction in sitting meditation (zazen) and walking meditation (kinhin), followed by alternating brief periods of zazen (20–25 minutes) and kinhin ...
Fridays, October 9–November 20 A series of half-day sittings led by senior students at City Center will take place every Friday morning from October 9 through November 20 in the ...
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