Monday, June 19, 2023

June 1/2 day Zazenkai


Within moist soft air laden with the scent of lilacs, practioners gathered on Sunday, June 18th at Shao Shan Temple for a full morning of intensive practice.


The Zazenkai program included opening and closing ceremonies, zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), and dokusan(individual meetings) and a Dharma reading/talk. 



The theme for this weekend (both Saturday's and Sunday's Dharma Talk) was Hakuin Zenji's "Song of Zazen".







All beings by nature are Buddha,
As ice by nature is water.
Apart from water there is no ice;
Apart from beings, no Buddha.
...
...
This very place is the Lotus Land,
This very body, the Buddha
- Zen Master Hakuin