Facilities and Garden Work Retreat (March 11-12, 2017)
2017 Facilities retreat schedule March 11-12, 2017 This schedule applies to both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time so be sure to set your clocks ahead or you will miss sitting on Sunday. Please feel free to attend any portion of this retreat. No need to attend it all. This is a chance for all of us to take care of and improve our meditation ‘home’ in community with others who use it. 8:30 – 9:30 Meditation. 9:30 -10:00 Orientation to jobs and stretching, change clothes. 10:00 – 12:00 Work (Silence)....
read more2016 Year End Letter
“There is a reality even prior to heaven and earth.” Dai-o Kokushi: On Zen “Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act.” Rebecca Solnit Greetings Three Treasures Members & Friends December, 2016 Most of the leaves are off the trees, fall rain is gently dripping from bare branches and the days getting shorter and shorter. I am writing to you once again to ask for your year-end donation to Three Treasures Sangha. This year has...
read moreAnnual 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.
read moreZenkai January 7 & 8, 2017
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...
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...
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,...
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.
read moreZen Meditation Retreat with Madelon Bolling (October 9)
Please join us on October 9th for a day of Zen meditation and a talk titled, “Liu Tiemo: More Than We Can Imagine.” Beginners who are interested in Zen and experienced Zen students are welcome. Schedule 8:15am Work period 9:00am Opening, Five Remembrances, Zazen 9:35am Zazen 10:00am Dharma talk 11:00am Zazen 12:00pm Informal lunch (Soup will be provided. Please bring food to share.) 1:00pm Sutras 1:30am Zazen, Interviews 2:50pm Closing, Great Vows
read moreTwo-Day Zen Retreat with Jack Duffy (August 13,14 )
Three Treasures Sangha is hosting a two-day retreat with Jack Duffy Roshi at Dharma Gate zendo on August 14-15th. 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. Bring your own lunch on Saturday. Breakfast will be served on Sunday. 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...
read moreOne-Day Zen Retreat (Zazenkai) with Leland Shields (July 10th, 2016)
Dharma Talk: Every koan is a story of support – two or more people engaging and clarifying. In his Dharma talk, Lee will examine the nature of the support reflected in koans, the story of Lin-Chi, and how we can extend this support to our lives and the world outside the dojo. Schedule 9:00am Opening, Five Remembrances, Zazen 9:35am Zazen 10:00am Dharma talk, discussion. 11:00am Zazen 12:00pm Informal lunch (Please bring food to share. Soup will be provided. No time to get food? – Come anyway.) 1:00pm Sutras 1:30pm Zazen, Interviews...
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