June 17 Saturday is the corrected date for Work in the Room: 6:30 to 8:30 AM with Sarah Bender, Sensei To schedule an appointment please contact Sarah Bender sembender@gmail.com
Two Koan Circles
with Sarah Bender, Sensei
Sundays, June 18 and June 25, 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Creek Bend Zendo, 7528 Jenkin Place
Suggested donation: $10
No previous experience with koans is needed. Come and play!
If you would like to receive the koans ahead of the sessions
contact: Sarah Bender sembender@gmail.com
When we welcome koans into the circle of our shared meditation, they can come alive in our midst with power and beauty,
Zen ancestors appearing in our time. Then, who is the host and who the guest? They join our circle and create with us a fresh experience of our ancient Way of Awakening.
It’s a bit like making art together—and here we are making a way of life for our times. You never know what it will look like until it shows up!
and:
A Sutra Jam!
Sunday, June 25, 6:30 PM
7528 Jenkin Place
This is the second Sutra Jam for those who could not make the first jam in May and for those who did make the first jam! Come with instruments, or without, and sing sutras together.
We take our time with them, and let them lead us a bit….
quite a bit of improvisation is involved here, and it’s delightful to feel how different aspects of our familiar sutras light up and warm our hearts.
contact: sembender@gmail.com