As we wrap up the month dedicated to womens’ history and an international day of recognition for the vitality and essentiallity of women and thier lives in history and present we wanted to honor one of our beloved and revered, the adoptive mother and maternal aunt of the person who was know about 2500 years ago to awake to buddhahood. After his awakening she became the first buddhist nun.
Please join us as we conduct our Mahāprajāpatī-shiki on Saturday in great appreciation, adoration and thanks for helping wake us up to true reality.
The ceremony will follow the dharma talk.
Join us for zazen (seated meditation) at 9:30am, with the Dharma talk to follow at 10:30. We offer in-person distanced attendance, and we also will continue to offer a Zoom web conferencing for video and/or audio presence for the scheduled events. There’s an earlier sitting at 6:30am, in addition to the later one at 9:30am (you can log into the conference starting at 9am to socialize). A period of zazen is typically 40 minutes, and it’s ok to adjust your sitting posture as needed. The Dharma talk includes time for questions and answers, occasionally followed by a particular ceremony such as the celebration of Buddha’s Birthday. We enjoy tea and cookies together afterwards. Please click here to be routed to our Zoom gathering
And as always you can contact us to arrange an introductory session ~8:45am if you are a beginner.
As a reminder any week you do not see a speaker announced it is our Abbot, Rev. Myo Lahey.