Weekly Schedule
Monday Temple is closed
Tuesday 7:00 am meditation and morning service, 7:30pm meditation and vespers
Wednesday 7:00 am meditation and morning service, 7pm meditation, vespers, Dharma Class
Thursday 7:00 am meditation and morning service. No evening meditation.
Friday No formal morning meditation or morning service. Usual Friday
services, 7:30pm meditation and vespers
Saturday 7:30 am meditation, 7:30pm meditation and vespers
Sunday 9:30 am Meditation & Walking Meditation, usual Sunday services

 

Monthly Calendar
Feb
7
Sun
Zoom Full Morning Service
Feb 7 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

We will hold this ceremony via zoom, if you would like to join us, please get in touch.

Feb
8
Mon
Priory Closed
Feb 8 all-day
Feb
10
Wed
Online Dharma Discussion: Wednesday
Feb 10 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Wednesday evening Dharma class and vespers via zoom. (For access information, send us an email.) Lately we have discussing the Zen koans in Nyogen Senzaki’s book “The Iron Flute.”

Feb
12
Fri
Online Dharma Discussion: Friday
Feb 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Friday Dharma class and and mid-day service (includes the recitation of Dogen’s Rules For Meditation or, Fukenzangi) via zoom. (For access information, send us an email.)

Feb
14
Sun
Zoom Family Day
Feb 14 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

We will hold this event via zoom, if you would like to join us, please get in touch.

A family day is an opportunity for families with children to come and learn a bit about practice in a kid friendly way. The morning usually starts with a little walking meditation and some guided sitting meditation followed by a story and some activity that will allow us to explore practice in daily life. We end the morning with a snack and closing circle. Parents are encouraged to come and practice with their children.

Feb
15
Mon
Priory Closed
Feb 15 all-day
Feb
17
Wed
Online Dharma Discussion: Wednesday
Feb 17 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Wednesday evening Dharma class and vespers via zoom. (For access information, send us an email.) Lately we have discussing the Zen koans in Nyogen Senzaki’s book “The Iron Flute.”

Feb
19
Fri
Online Dharma Discussion: Friday
Feb 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Friday Dharma class and and mid-day service (includes the recitation of Dogen’s Rules For Meditation or, Fukenzangi) via zoom. (For access information, send us an email.)

Feb
20
Sat
Introduction to Practice and Meditation Instruction
Feb 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Meditation instruction and an introduction to the ceremonial aspect of the Soto Zen tradition. Please call to confirm: 503 238 1123 (Introduction to practice could be conducted via zoom, during the covid-19 restrictions.)

Feb
21
Sun
Zoom Festival of Avalokiteshwara
Feb 21 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

(We will be live streaming this Festival via Zoom; if you would like to participate, contact us here for the access information.)

Avalokiteshwara is the Bodhisattva of compassion and embodies the compassionate aspect of Buddha Nature, which can be found and cultivated in each of us. The name Avalokiteshwara is Sanskrit (Japanese: Kanzeon, Chinese: Guanyin, Tibetan: Chenrezig), and means “The regarder the cries of the world”. To practice compassion is to pay attention to the cries of suffering within ourselves and from those around us and to be willing to respond positively to that suffering

At this festival, a variety of images of Avalokiteshwara are placed around the temple and we circumambulate the hall and bow to each image as we pass it. This represents the appearance of compassion in many different forms and sometimes in unexpected ways. We can come to know a deeper peace and contentment in our lives when we accept, and bow to, all these different appearances of the real.

The ceremony will be followed by a short Dharma talk and tea.