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
Mar
17
Sun
Festival of Avalokiteshwara
Mar 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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: Kwan Yin, 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.

 

Mar
18
Mon
Priory Closed
Mar 18 all-day
Mar
20
Wed
Meditation and Vespers
Mar 20 @ 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
Mar 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Mar
22
Fri
Meditation and Class
Mar 22 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Meditation, Mid-day Service and Dharma Discussion

Mar
24
Sun
Meditation
Mar 24 @ 9:30 am

Meditation, walking meditation and meditation.

Short Morning Service
Mar 24 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Mar
25
Mon
Priory Closed
Mar 25 all-day
Mar
27
Wed
Meditation and Vespers
Mar 27 @ 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
Mar 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

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