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Zazen (meditation)
Instruction and Orientation
is held in the Zendo on Saturdays
from 8:45 -10:10 a.m.
Weekly Wednesday
Night Drop-In Group;
All are weclcome.
Schedule:
7:20 p.m. Zazen
8:00 p.m. Service
8:10 – 9:00 p.m. Tea & Discussion |
20's and 30's Dharma Group
Sojun Roshi invites students in their 20s and 30s to join him once a month for a short period of zazen and open discussion about Zen, Buddhism, the teachings,
meditation, and/or your own practice. Selected Buddhist texts may also be discussed.
Meetings are held in the zendo on a Saturday after lecture at 11:30 a.m. For more information and upcoming meeting dates contact Peter Overton, peterovrtn@gmail.com
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NOTES
OLD PLUM MOUNTAIN: The Berkeley Zen Center, Life Inside the Gate
This film by documentarian and BZC member Ed Herzog weaves a rich tapestry of Soto Zen's ancient ceremonies and rituals, and shows how the Berkeley Zen Center has created a unique practice of American Zen that has widened its appeal around the country, helping to popularize eastern spiritual practices in the West.
Copies of the DVD are available at BZC, or contact: edherzog@comcast.net or www.oldplummountain.org.
Men's Shelter Dinner Still a Hit
BZC has a crew that cooks and serves Friday night dinner at the Berkeley Men's Shelter twice a month, every month- and we've been doing it for over 15 years! Lance Shows heads things up on the second Friday of the month and Laurie Senauke is the tenzo on the fourth Friday. Every time they do this, they need two or three volunteers to be assistant cooks, four more people to serve the food and clean up the shelter kitchen at the end of the meal, a shopper, and someone to provide dessert. It's satisfying work, and more help is always needed. Please consider adding your name to the sign-up sheet on the BZC bulletin board. The food offerings to help the homeless are, like offerings in the zendo, an opportunity to give to something larger than oneself. For more information, contact Lance at lanceshows@pacbel.net, or Laurie at alan@kushiki.org.
Women's Potluck
Saturday, February 4, noon - 2:00 pm
Margret Wotkyns' house, 2929 Wheeler St., Berkeley
The women of Berkeley Zen Center invite you to attend our afternoon potluck. This will be our first informal get-together after our Women's All-Day Sitting Meditation in October. As one of the attendees from our all-day event said, "We are looking to keep the momentum going from our women's sesshin, which was a gathering of great bonding and learning. We successfully created a wonderful space in which people openly expressed themselves fully, and that's no easy trick!" To continue the process of growing our women's community, we welcome women for a delicious lunch and ever-stimulating conversation.
Please join us! Reply to Sue Oehser, soehser@earthlink.net or 510-339-0243, Margret Wotkyns, mwotkyns@comcast.net or 510-710-2974, or Afsaneh Michaels, afsaneham@gmail.com or 415-533-0491. The sign-up sheet will be posted on BZC's bulletin board two weeks before the potluck. Let us know what you'll bring and please have food already prepared.
New Book by Raul Denkei Moncayo
Routledge has just published a new book by BZC's Raul Denkei Moncayo: The Emptiness of Oedipus. Identification and Non-identification in Lacanian Psychoanalysis.
Raul will donate two copies to the library in case anyone in the sangha is interested.
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JANUARY
Sittings & Event Listings
New Year's Day
(zendo closed)
Sunday, 1/1
Half-day Sitting
Sunday, 1/8
8 am - noon
One-day Sitting
Saturday, 1/21
5 am - 9:10 pm
Kidzendo
Saturday, 1/28
FEBRUARY
Sittings & Event Listings
Half-day Sitting
Sunday, 2/5
8 am - noon
Two-day Sesshin
Saturday - Sunday
2/18 - 2/19
Kidzendo
Saturday, 2/25
Beginners' Sitting
Sunday, 2/26
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