This April Zazenkai (1/2 day Meditation Retreat) was on Sunday April 17th. Participants were delighted to be at Shao Shan Temple for this first in-person Zazenkai in several months due to either weather or muddy roads or covid.
The morning’s program included opening and closing ceremonies, zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation). Instead of a Dharma Talk there was a reading from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. We had a group walking meditation outside on this early spring day during one of the moments between sun, rain and snow.
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| excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's "Be Kind to Yourself" |
