November 2023
Dear Everyone,
We have been receiving requests for Introductions to Zazen, seated meditation. We will offer these on Saturday mornings. Morning meditation during the week will be dedicated to sitting quietly together. Tuesday evenings will be our Sangha gatherings including meditation, Dharma talks and conversations.
​Warm regards and bows,
Jisen
Meditation is in person and via Zoom. Thank you for the interest in BZC.

​Tuesday - Friday Mornings:
7:00-7:40am Zazen
7:40-7:50am Walking meditation
7:50-8:20am Zazen
8:20am. Robe Verse
How great, the robe of liberation,
a formless field of merit.
Wrapping ourselves in Buddha’s teaching,
we free all living beings.
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Tuesday Evening:
6:00-6:30 Zazen
6:30-6:40 Walking Meditation
6:40-7:10pm Zazen
​7:10pm Four Vows
Beings are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.
Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them.
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable, I vow to realize it.
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​Saturday Morning:
8:00-8:30am Zazen
8:30-8:40am Kinhin
8:40-9:10am Zazen
9:10am Four Vows

Below are guidelines for joining via Zoom. We will offer an Introduction to Zazen for those new to the practice on Saturday mornings.
Guidelines:
1. If we haven't met recently or ever, please send something about yourself and your meditation practice.
2. Set up your seat in a quiet place and place your device near your seat so that we can see each other
3. Zoom room will open at 6:45am, 5:45pm, and 7:45am.
4. Let’s be in our seats 5 minutes before zazen.
​5. Please mute your device and unmute when you are speaking and please keep the microphone muted during chanting.
With bows,
​Jisen