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
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.
The Dharma discussion will be on various topics of training in the Soto Zen Tradition.
Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion
Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.
Meditation and practicing the Buddhist Precepts are the foundation of Zen Buddhist Practice. The lay ordination ceremony is a way to formally commit to keeping the precepts; to take the precepts, in this way, is to formally become a Buddhist. At today’s ceremony five people will be taking the precepts and you are welcome to join us in supporting them in taking this step. The ceremony is full of teaching about the precepts and will be followed by a festive tea.
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.
The Dharma discussion will be on various topics of training in the Soto Zen Tradition.