Zenkai (October 12, 2025) with Guest dharma talk by Carlos Abusaid Elias – In Person and Zoom

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Please join us for a special opportunity this zenkai to hear a talk by our dharma brother, Carlos. Many of us know and have practiced with Carlos for years.

In December 2022, on the last day of the 8-day Winter Bones Intensive, Carlos Abusaid Elias received transmission as an apprentice teacher in the Diamond Sangha and Mountain Lamp lineages. He trained extensively at Mountain Lamp for many years, participating in all activities and practices. And before taking up the zen path, he trained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as well.

Three Treasures Sangha will hold this event in-person at our Dharma Gate facility and live by Zoom. Registration information (for in-person) and current Covid-19 Guidelines are posted below the schedule. Guidelines are likely to change before the event, so check again as the date gets closer.

If you are able, please join all or part of this opportunity for intensive practice with others.

Zoom Link: Send email to ttssangha@gmail.com. If this will be your first event with TTS, we will arrange for an orientation prior to the event.

Schedule:

8:15 Samu – cleaning, work period

8:55 Gathering on Zoom, be seated

9:00 (5 Remembrances), Zazen, Kinhin

10:10 Teisho, dharma talk

10: 45 Zazen, kinhin, dokusan/interviews

12:00 Prepare for lunch

12:10 Opening meal gatha

12:25 Closing meal gatha, informal discussion

12:50 Clean up, break

1:10 Be seated

1:15 Sutras

1:45 Zazen, kinhin, interviews/dokusan

2:50 Four Infinite Vows

3:00 Closing remarks

 

Guidelines for In-Person Attendance
To keep all of us in the dojo as safe as possible, we ask those having symptoms of cold, flu, or Covid to join by Zoom rather than in person. We encourage those attending in-person to be up to date on vaccines and to feel free to wear a face covering to reduce any risk of air-borne pathogen.

 

Event Registration
Contact Madelon for registration – mbolling22@gmail.com, (206) 395-5226
Attendees who have not pre-registered can try and drop in the day of the Zenkai with the understanding that, if full, you may not be able to sit in the dojo.

 

Dana
For those who wish to offer dana (donation) to TTS:

https://three-treasures-sangha.org/donate/