New Year’s Eve at Green Gulch Farm, Online 12/31

Practice Center
Date / Time
December 31, 2020 / 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Event Type
Special Events & Exhibits
Description

Hosted in the Online Zendo

Meeting URL
Meeting ID: 264-616-8381
Passcode: 805991


New Year’s Eve Tea, Zazen, and Bell Ringing
Thursday, December 31, 7:30 – 9:30 pm PT

Led by Meiya Sōju Wender and Tenshin Reb Anderson

百八つ梵鐘の先
平和なれ

The great temple bell rings
one hundred eight times—
May there be peace!
   — Mitsu Suzuki

All are invited to join in an online, silent broadcast from Green Gulch Farm of events in celebration of New Year’s Eve.

At 7:30 pm, Green Gulch tea teacher and senior priest Meiya Sōju Wender will make a formal tea offering in the zendo.

Senior Dharma Teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson will officiate the evening, and after the tea offering will lead a period of zazen until 8:30 pm. Following zazen, the Green Gulch Farm great bell will be rung 108 times in closure of this year 2020 and in joyful welcoming of 2021.

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Registration not required.