Looking forward to connecting with everybody for a Fall Sangha Meeting on September 2! Thanks for sharing your date preferences at our Doodle Poll (https://doodle.com/poll/c2ewmf8zb3i2zzub).
Also, a Fall Zazenkai will take place on Sat Oct 27.
May 27 Council Circle
Bodhisattvas! Fellow Dharma friends! Dear Sangha community!
Our current Sunday morning lease at the Upstairs Studio completes at the end of the month. Next Sunday, May 27, marks—for now—the last Oxbow Zen sit at the Upstairs Studio. Come June the Sunday sit will move to Magna House.
The Upstairs Studio has been the home of our Sunday morning sit for a number of years. On May 27 we’ll be setting aside some time for sitting in a Council Circle: speaking and listening together from the heart, as this particular outer form of the sitting location changes. Please consider participating, perhaps sharing brief appreciation, anecdotes, feelings, silence, questions, wonderings, …, as each arises in the moment.
Looking forward to coming together in Council!
April Sangha Meeting
You are warmly invited to a Sangha Meeting on April 8, to connect and explore how to support our practice together. Email for details. Looking forward to seeing you!
Thank you: March Zazenkai
Dear Oxbow Zen Sangha:
Settling into deep stillness and silence together, sharing potluck oryoki, experiencing the shifting light of the weather and the mind, deep teachings. Special thanks to all those who braved storm and snow and rain and other hindrances to be part of the March Zazenkai. Deep gratitude to Ryotan Sensei for his teaching!
Zazenkai w/ Ryotan Sensei
Dear Oxbow Zen Sangha:
We’re excited to announce the dates for a
Spring Zazenkai with
Ryotan Sensei on
Saturday March 3 from
8 AM – 4 PM
at Shokai and Mark’s house in Southampton. Please mark your calendars!
All are welcome to gather for a day of deep practice.
Watch the email list for more information regarding the potluck sign-up and other logistics in early February.
Spring events
Starting in February we will be following this monthly schedule:
1st Sunday – Speaking Sunday (Dharma Talk and Study)
2nd Sunday – Service Sunday
3rd Sunday – Simple Sunday (seated Heart Sutra)
4th Sunday – Service Sunday
5th Sunday – Silent Sunday (no chanting)
Check out the online Calendar to confirm specific events on specific dates.
December Sangha Meeting
Mark your calendars for the Sangha Meeting on December 3 2017, from 10AM-Noon at Magna House. All are welcome!
Falling Leaf Zazenkai 2017
At the Sep 30 Zazenkai, Ryotan Sensei invoked Ryokan’s poem
Maple leaf
Falling down
Showing front
Showing back
as an invitation to look deeply into this mind.
Three full bows in gratitude to Ryotan Sensei for making the trip to share the teaching with the Oxbow Zen Sangha!
And, as always, many thanks to the many hands that create and maintain the container in which we can settle deeply into whole-hearted practice. Very special thanks to Shokai and Mark for their hospitality!
Harvest Zazenkai in Sept 2017
Happy Fall Equinox, everyone! Please register now via email for our day-long Harvest Zazenkai on Sept 30, with talk by and interview with Ryotan Sensei from the Village Zendo. Sign up for our electronic email list to stay up-to-date on the shared planning and decision process.
Fall Events
Exciting new events at Oxbow Zen coming up this fall! Mark your calendars!
- Sept 30: All-day Zazenkai with Ryotan Sensei from the Village Zendo.
- Oct 8: Service (Kenko) + Study (10AM – noon)
- Oct 22: Dharma Talk (Soshin)
- Nov 12: Service & Talk (Kenko) + Study
- Dec 10: Fusatsu Service w/ Talk (Soshin) + Study
Earlier start to Sunday sit: arrive 7:45 AM, bell for the first sit at 8:00 AM.
Evening sit moves to Wednesday: 6:00-7:30 PM at Magna House. Contact us for location details.
Looking forward to deepening the practice together!