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Day of Silence (Zazenkai)

"Zazenkai" is a one-day intensive meditation "retreat”. The day includes sitting and walking meditation, plus a teisho (teaching and encouragement talk) and daisan (private encounter on practice) with Sensei.The day usually starts at 8:30am and goes until 4:30pm. Coffee, tea, snacks and cold drinks will be provided. Please bring a brown bag lunch. A $10.00 donation is requested and registration is appreciated. Please check the calendar for the next zazenkai.

Walt Whitman wrote in his poem, Leaves of Grass, "I am large. I contain multitudes." This can be interpreted as an invitation to explore who we are, and realize that we are more than we think. It is in this spirit that the Empty Bowl Zendo invites you to our day long zazen intensive. Zazenkai offers a wonderful opportunity to deepen our practice together. In the midst of our busy lives zazenkai provides the chance to drop into a day of stillness where we can re-connect to our true self that has no boundaries.   

Please register at least a week in advance, by sending an email to the registrar with your name, phone number and the date of the zazenkai you wish to attend. Confirmation of your reservation will follow.  

Our next Day of Silence is Saturday, May 10th, 2008 

To register, send an email to the address below

Email address is;           registrar@emptybowlzendo.org

All sentient beings are essentially Buddhas.
As with water and ice, there is no ice without water;
apart from sentient beings, there are no Buddhas.
Not knowing how close the truth is,
we seek it far away
--what a pity!

Hakuin Ekaku Zenji