Annual Solstice Celebration (December 23)
Our annual Solstice celebration will take place on Friday, December 23, from 6:30-7:30 a.m., followed by a potluck breakfast and seasonally flavored ‘Buddhist Ballads’. The celebration includes candles, readings, bells and bows. Everyone is encouraged to bring a poem or reading to share. Please be on time; come a few minutes early to enjoy the luminary.
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Having missed November Zenkai, Jack offered to come down for a 2-day Zenkai in January. We scheduled one for January 7 and 8, 2017. The topic of the talks will be announced later. Here is the schedule: Saturday, January 7: 8:15 AM—Work practice if you can make it 9:00 AM—Opening Ceremony/Sutras 9:30 AM—Zazen 10:30 AM—Dokusan 12:00 Noon—Lunch/Samu 1:30 PM—Zazen 2:00 PM—Teisho 3:00 PM—Zazen 3:30 PM—Dokusan 4:20 PM—Closing Sunday, January 8: 6:00 AM—Opening ceremony/Tea 6:45 AM—Zazen 7:15 AM—Dokusan 8:30 AM—Breakfast/Samu 10:00 AM—Sutras 10:30 AM—Zazen 11:00 AM—Teisho 12:15 PM—Dokusan 1:25...
Read MoreZen Meditation Retreat with Madelon Bolling and Lee Shields (December 11)
Please join us on December 11th for a day of Zen meditation. Lee and Madelon will co-lead the retreat. Rather than listening to a talk, we will offer music as teisho. Wu-Men Kuan case 16: Yun-men said, “See how vast and wide the world is? Why do you put on your seven-piece robe at the sound of the bell?” Wu-Men’s Commentary (excerpted): Does the sound come to the ear or does the ear go to the sound? If both sound and silence die away, at such a juncture how could you talk of Zen? While listening with your ear, you cannot tell. When hearing with your eye, you are truly intimate. Beginners who...
Read MoreTwo-Day Zen Retreat with Jack Duffy (November 12,13 , 2016)
Three Treasures Sangha is hosting a two-day retreat with Jack Duffy Roshi at Dharma Gate zendo on November 12-13th. Jack Duffy will give a talk each day and hold dokusan (practice-related interviews). Everyone is welcome even if you haven’t attended a Three Treasures Sangha retreat. If you’re looking for other opportunities to sit Zen with Three Treasures, check out our Calendar. For more information about this or other retreats, contact ttssangha@gmail.com. SCHEDULE Saturday, August 13th...
Read MoreSeven-Day Zen Retreat (Sesshin) with Jack Duffy (September 10th-17, 2016)
Three Treasures Sangha holds two, seven-day meditation retreats (Sesshins) each year at Mountain Lamp, a rural practice center near Bellingham, Washington. See our Sesshin page for more information.
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