Month: June 2024

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Study – Resumes Sept 15 – Opening to Oneness, Nancy Mujo Baker

[The Study Group is taking a break for the summer.  It will resume on Sept 15 with Chapter 7, facilitated by Shokai.]

Oxbow Zen Study takes place on the third Sunday of each month. We are meeting in the Zendo after our usual Sunday sit, beginning at 9:30.

We’re studying Opening to Oneness: A Practical Guide to the Zen Precepts by Nancy Mujo Baker.”  For those who wish to order the book online the following link is provided:  https://www.shambhala.com/opening-to-oneness.html

Upcoming:  Sept 15 (Chapter 7, Shokai)

Past meetings: June 23 (Chapter 6, HonGō), May 19 (Chapter 5, Meikame), March 17 (Soshin Sensei, Chapter 4),  Feb 18 (Jo-Ei, Chapter 3), Nov 19 (Ann, Chapter 2), Oct 15 (Shokai, “Non-killing”),

[There’s also a YouTube video when she talked with the VZ book group.]

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Fusatsu – June 23

We are doing a Fusatsu ceremony about once a month,  usually on the third Sunday of each month — sometimes without a precepts talk.

Fusatsu is an ancient Buddhist chanting and bowing ceremony of atonement and purification that provides us with the opportunity to acknowledge our deep karmic entanglements. There will be a short talk on one of the Bodhisattva precepts.

We’ll sit for one 30 minute round before going into Fusatsu, which takes about 45-65 min, depending on whether there’s a talk.

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Study – June 23: Opening to Oneness, Nancy Mujo Baker

Oxbow Zen Study takes place on the third Sunday of each month. We are meeting in the Zendo after our usual Sunday sit, beginning at 9:30.

We’re be studying Opening to Oneness: A Practical Guide to the Zen Precepts by Nancy Mujo Baker.”  For those who wish to order the book online the following link is provided:  https://www.shambhala.com/opening-to-oneness.html

Upcoming:  June 23 (Chapter 6, HonGo)

Past meetings: May 19 (Chapter 5, Meikame), March 17 (Soshin Sensei, Chapter 4),  Feb 18 (Jo-Ei, Chapter 3), Nov 19 (Ann, Chapter 2), Oct 15 (Shokai, “Non-killing”),

[There’s also a YouTube video when she talked with the VZ book group.]

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Jun 16: Descending / Ascending the Mountain (VZ)

The Village Zendo will hold a Shisanshiki ceremony on Sunday, June 16 at 10:00 am.

In this traditional Zen ritual, Enkyo Roshi, the outgoing Abbot, will “descend the mountain” and Shinryu Roshi, the incoming Abbot, will “ascend the mountain.” It will be our first Shisanshiki ceremony since 2002, when Enkyo Roshi was installed as Abbot.

We hope you will be with us on this special occasion for the Village Zendo community.

The ceremony will be hybrid.  Join the VZ Zendo Online.

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