Dear Sangha,
Due to the current virus situation our normal schedule has been suspended. In its place we are holding a telephone based series of "virtual" or "distance" group sittings and retreats in collaboration with Dharma practitioners from a number of Buddhist communities in North America. Although this is currently audio based, we can switch to video if there is sufficient interest in doing that.
Our "distance" sittings are currently on Saturday mornings from 9 am- 10:15 am, and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 - 8:50 pm. If there is sufficient interest we will add sittings at other dates and times as well.
The procedure for all sittings is to dial: 425-436-6394 and after that key in access code 553766. Any practitioner can participate in all or part(s) of these sittings, but please try to be quiet during zazen. Please turn your phone onto "speaker", and don't introduce yourself if practice has already started. The schedule for all sittings will be 30 minute of sitting zazen, then approximately 5 minutes of kinhin, then 30 more minutes of sitting zazen, then a short 10-15 minute Sutra service.
There will be participants from different groups in North America and we hope to have leaders and Sutra translations from them but since we are in a start up stage we will be using a start up set of Sutras. If you would like a set of them please email dharman_shakya@yahoo.com
Our summer "distance" retreat dates are Saturday, June 20, July 18, and August 15. If you would like to participate in all or part of a retreat please contact us using our "contact" page.
Looking forward to doing zazen with you during this challenging time,
Dharman for Csangha
"It is better to practice a little than to talk a lot." - Zen Master Muso Soseki
Due to the current virus situation our normal schedule has been suspended. In its place we are holding a telephone based series of "virtual" or "distance" group sittings and retreats in collaboration with Dharma practitioners from a number of Buddhist communities in North America. Although this is currently audio based, we can switch to video if there is sufficient interest in doing that.
Our "distance" sittings are currently on Saturday mornings from 9 am- 10:15 am, and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 - 8:50 pm. If there is sufficient interest we will add sittings at other dates and times as well.
The procedure for all sittings is to dial: 425-436-6394 and after that key in access code 553766. Any practitioner can participate in all or part(s) of these sittings, but please try to be quiet during zazen. Please turn your phone onto "speaker", and don't introduce yourself if practice has already started. The schedule for all sittings will be 30 minute of sitting zazen, then approximately 5 minutes of kinhin, then 30 more minutes of sitting zazen, then a short 10-15 minute Sutra service.
There will be participants from different groups in North America and we hope to have leaders and Sutra translations from them but since we are in a start up stage we will be using a start up set of Sutras. If you would like a set of them please email dharman_shakya@yahoo.com
Our summer "distance" retreat dates are Saturday, June 20, July 18, and August 15. If you would like to participate in all or part of a retreat please contact us using our "contact" page.
Looking forward to doing zazen with you during this challenging time,
Dharman for Csangha
"It is better to practice a little than to talk a lot." - Zen Master Muso Soseki
