27 June two events! Full Moon Ceremony & Samu 作務 Garden Practice
Saturday, June 27 @ 11am it is our July 2015 full moon ceremony. This is the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month’s Moon was the Full Hay Moon
and as such, it is our renewal of our Bodhisattva vows this upcoming Saturday morning after the Saturday Morning Dharma talk.
The ceremony takes about a half-hour and involves some thirty full prostrations, but simple standing bows are also all right if prostrations are too strenuous. All are welcome to join in this ceremony/celebration.
After Tea & some socializing around roughly noon, we are looking for assistance with a short garden samu work period from Noon to 3pm.
We will be primarily focused on the irrigation re-configuring for water conservation and some tidying up. Please join us if you can!
Every Saturday we offer early morning zazen (seated meditation), morning service, a brief drop-in meditation instruction at 8:30am. And again zazen at 9:25 am. We wrap up with a dharma talk at 10:15am followed by ceremony when applicable and then right to social time, tea and cookies. Please join us!
Sat, June 13 – garden work effort for HSZC @noon
Wed, 11 Feb @7pm hszc member annual meeting
On Wed @ 7pm, we will meet in lieu of a board of director meeting with the full membership of hszc to have our annual meeting for the year 2014. Please all members and to be members join us, and please also see the letter below the image from the board of directors:
Dear Sangha (hszc community) Friend,
We hope this finds you doing well.
HSZC is expanding the membership of its Board of Directors, and seeking board members both inside outside of our immediate ‘temple family.’
This coming Wednesday (February 11) at 7 p.m., we’ll hold our annual Board meeting; it’s an opportunity for those interested in participating to observe, and ‘meet and greet.’
Our sangha and friends have a wide and varied depth of experiences across it’s membership, so I’m making a sales pitch to you…
HSZC is an active, intimate temple with 5 full time residents and twice daily zazen and service. 2015 holds an ambitious agenda for us; a nascent capital campaign, plans for a symposium to mark the 25th anniversary of our founder- Issan Dorsey’s- passing and celebrating the ongoing practice today, expanding our relationship to Maitri Compassionate Care, etc. We also host Meditation in Recovery (MIR) on Fridays, HIV and HIV Caregiver’s meditation groups, and monthly Women’s and Men’s MIR evenings.
Being a board member is a very meaningful way to ‘practice in the world.’ We care deeply about Issan-ji, and we all work with the ‘primary purpose’ of it’s well being as our intention.
So, think about being part of the HSZC Board of Directors: we’d be grateful to welcome you. And come visit this Wednesday, 11 February, at 7 p.m.
In gassho,
Hartford Street Zen Center Board of Directors
Please support HSZC!
Greetings and best wishes for the New Year to all of you, with many thanks for your continuing support. The new year will bring us to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passing of our founder, Issan Dainei. Through his original vision, along with the work and support of many people since, Hartford Street Zen Center has been offering the Dharma in the Castro for more than thirty years.
We ask that you help insure the practice of the Buddha Way in the Castro through your generosity. (click here for full annual appeal for donations letter)
we need your help!
FUNdraising for our temple – Castro St Fair; Oct 6th
Once again, Hartford Street Zen Center has been chosen as one of the organizations to benefit from the proceeds of the fair. More volunteers means more proceeds. Be a cheerleader for HSZC and volunteer for a four hour shift, doing anything from safety, to production assistant, to staffing the gates. Give the gift of your time. Flexible shifts and all volunteers will receive a gift bag from Whole Foods Company. Registration is simple and easy on eventbrite. Volunteer today. For questions contact the volunteer coordinator at terrikota@gmail.com
