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
Jul
15
Sat
Working Meditation Day
Jul 15 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Work is a long standing element of practice in the Zen tradition and represents a concrete way to put practice into action in our everyday life. Working Meditation days at the Priory are a way to concentrate on and develop this aspect of practice and they are a way to give expression to generosity by helping take care of the practical elements of the life of the temple.

Read more about working meditation practice here.

Jul
16
Sun
Meditation
Jul 16 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.

Zoom Kanzeon Ceremony
Jul 16 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Since the teaching of compassion is fundamentally important in Buddhism, in many Zen temples each day begins with a ceremony for the Bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshwara or Kanzeon. Our Kanzeon ceremony is a variation of our morning service, emphasizing the scripture of Avalokiteshwara, a chapter of the Lotus sutra.

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

Jul
17
Mon
Priory Closed
Jul 17 all-day
Jul
19
Wed
Meditation and Vespers
Jul 19 @ 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm

30 minutes of meditation followed by vespers, the last ceremonial of the day. Vespers is the Chanting of The Litany of the Great Compassionate One followed by other short verses.

Dharma talk
Jul 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

The Dharma discussion will be on various topics of training in the Soto Zen Tradition.

Jul
21
Fri
Meditation and Class
Jul 21 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion

Jul
23
Sun
Meditation
Jul 23 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.

Meditation Morning
Jul 23 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

This morning’s schedule is an opportunity to come and get a little extra meditation.

Starting at 9:30am, we will have 25min periods of meditation alternating with walking meditation until 11:40am. Meditation will be followed by a Dharma discussion and you are welcome join us at any time during the morning for as much or little as you would like.

We will start the zoom meeting at 10:30am as usual with sound on in the meditation hall.

Jul
24
Mon
Priory Closed
Jul 24 all-day