As part of the Winter Practice Period, on Sunday, March 20, the temple held a well-attended half-day meditation retreat (Zazenkai).
The Zazenkai was online because this year's “mud season” is the most intense in decades and many dirt roads are nearly impassable. We joined together online supporting one another in a morning of intensive practice.
The morning’s program included opening and closing ceremonies, zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), and a Dharma Talk by Rev. Kenzan. In the Dharma Talk Kenzan wove together passages from the "Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi" and the theme of Spring Equinox - speaking of the balance & interpenetration of light and dark, the dark as a metaphor for oneness and unity and allowing our roots to sink into the unknowable mystery.
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| Close up of a road mud puddle |
