Half-Day Sitting

Sunday, June 28

Experience Zen Buddhist Practice

6:00 am - 1:00 pm

For beginners and established practitioners alike.

Half-Day Sittings are an opportunity to enter or deepen practice in a half-day of immersion in Zen Buddhism with teachers and a sangha. They are appropriate for newcomers to Ashland Zen Center.

The morning will include zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and service. Breakfast will be eaten in oryoki style, and lunch will be an informal buffet. At lunch there will be an opportunity to ask questions and get to know each other and the teachers.

An newcomer orientation for the event including oryoki instruction is required, and will be offered on Saturday, January 17 from 10-11:30 am. Zazen instruction is also required for newcomers. Zazen instruction is offered on Wednesday evenings at 6:15 pm. Register here

The half-day sitting is offered for $30, which covers the costs of holding the event. Any additional contribution sustain our practice. Your registration fee is Religious Education, which is tax-deductable. Ashland Zen Center is a 501(3)c organization, recognized in the State of Oregon as a non-profit, tax-exempt church. Payment can be mailed, delivered or paid below via PayPal.

Dokusan (a private meeting with a teacher to ask questions and share your practice) will be available; sign up on the dokusan board when you arrive. The board is in the hallway of the zendo building.

The menu will be vegetarian. We adhere to Buddha's teaching of 'no picking and choosing' and we are unable to cater to food preferences. List medical dietary restrictions (e.g. diabetes or pregnancy) on your registration form and the tenzo (head cook) will be sure to keep you nourished.

Register by June 21.

Schedule

Morning

6:00 am zazen
6:40 am kinhin
6:50 am zazen
7:30 am service
8:00 am breakfast (oryoki)

8:50 am break/cleanup

Mid-morning

9:40 am zazen
10:20 am kinhin
10:30 am zazen
11:00 am kinhin
11:10 am zazen
11:50 am service
12:00 pm informal buffet lunch

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