A Rinzai Zen Buddhist Community – Come Sit with Us
Basic schedule
7am Morning service
9am Bring your own breakfast
9:30am Samu (work practice) period
10:15am Rounds of Zazen and Kinhin
12pm Bring your own lunch and break
1:15 Rounds of Zazen and Kinhin, Dharma Talk recording,
5pm Close
Rohatsu is the celebration of the historical Buddha’s enlightenment. In Zen, this is traditionally commemorated by an 8 day sesshin.
Burning House Zendo will offer the following:
Sunday Dec 1st: 7am-9am
Weeknights Dec 2-6th: 7:30pm-9pm
*Saturday Dec 7th: Zazenkai 7am-9pm Sunday Dec 8th: 7-9am
*Sunday Dec 8th: Zazenkai 9a-12pm
Newcomers/Beginners are welcome.
*RSVP is required for partial or full participation in the following portions:
Saturday September 7th 7 AM – 5 PM
Morning Service
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Samu (Work Practice)
Diamond Sutra Recitation
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Sangha Lunch
Dharma Talk (recording)
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhim
Zazen and Kinhin
Saturday Night Dinner break 5 PM-7 PM
Saturday Night 7-9 PM
Dharma Lineage Chanting
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Sunday September 8th 7AM – 12 Noon
Morning Service
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Tea and Break
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Closing Ceremony
Genro Lee Milton from Endless Mountain Zendo is returning to Burning House Zendo for a sesshin on the weekend of September 6th.
RSVP is required for both full attendance or partial attendance.
Please RSVP to classes@BurningHouseZendo.org
$10 fee for Saturday Lunch Donations not requires, but are appreciated. Suggested donation: $50
Friday September 6th 7 PM – 9PM
Dharma Lineage Chanting
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Opening Talk by Genro Lee Milton
Saturday September 7th 7 AM – 5 PM
Morning Service
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Samu (Work Practice)
Diamond Sutra Recitation
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Sangha Lunch
Dharma Talk
Zazen and Kinhin Dharma Meeting: Private Interview with Genro
Zazen and Kinhim Dharma Meeting
Zazen and Kinhin Dharma Meeting
Saturday Night 7-9 PM
Dharma Lineage Chanting
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Sunday September 8th 7AM – 12 Noon
Morning Service
Zazen and Kinhin Dharma Meeting
Zazen and Kinhin Dharma Meeting
Tea and Break
Zazen and Kinhin Dharma Meeting
Zazen and Kinhin Dharma Meeting
Closing Ceremony
This is a chance for practitioners to engage in deeper, longer practice in a supportive setting. Partial participation is welcomed if you are unable to attend the entire schedule.
This event is free except for the lunch fee if you wish to have lunch with us. There is a significant break in the schedule after lunch if you would like to obtain your own lunch.
Fee for Saturday lunch: $10 (pay to Burning House Zendo), otherwise free if no lunch is consumed.
RSVP is required for both full attendance or partial attendance. E-mail classes@burninghousezendo.org to RSVP.
Friday July 12th 7 PM – 9PM
7 pm Dharma Lineage Chanting Zazen Kinhin Zazen Han Namu Dai Bosa Chanting
Saturday July 13th 7 AM – 5 PM
7 am Morning Service Outdoor Neighborhood Kinhin Han Zazen Kinhin Zazen 9:15 am Samu (finish by 10 am) 10:15 am Zazen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin 12 pm Formal Lunch ~12:30 pm -2:45 Break 3:00 pm Kanzeon Chanting Dharma Talk Zazen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin Zazen Han Great Vows Close
Sunday July 14th 7AM – 12 Noon
7 am Morning Service Outdoor Neighborhood Kinhin Han Zazen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin 9:15 am Break/Stretching 10 am Zazen Kinhin Zazen Kinhin Sarei Zazen Han Closing
Every Day Vow Sangha is a group on the app, Insight Timer, which was tested by sangha members from Burning House Zendo and Endless Mountain Zendo. Here’s what the group has to say about it:
Interested in strengthening your practice with a commitment to daily zazen? For lay practitioners, this aspiration can elude us. A pilot group of smart-phone wielding Zen students are trying out an established meditation timer app called Insight Timer in an effort to reach this goal. it offers a timer to track your sits, and a group service that lets people stay connected, plus other features. At the heart of this student group’s charter is a simple goal: Sit every day for 30 days, for a minimum of 20 minutes. Repeat.
Anyone can join this group, and each 30 day commitment cycle begins on the 1st of the month. By using the application’s timer feature, your consecutive sitting days are recorded within the app and made visible to the group. If you miss a day, it happens – feel free to check in with the group – and keep sitting! The group service itself facilitates sangha support in this, and the app makes it possible to send messages to the group and cheer each other on.
The next 30 day cycle begins on April 1, 2019. if you would like to join us, visit your smart-phone’s app store and download Insight Timer (link on the menu bar to the right). An account is needed. Once you’re in, search for the group called Every Day Vow Sangha (See screenshot below).
We extend our best intentions and gratitude to our members who will be traveling to Endless Mountain Zendo to join their Rohatsu Sesshin January 11th-19th. We will maintain our usual schedule at BHZ and look forward to the mindful energy our members will bring back to us.
Come start the new year with us in meditation. We will have two sitting periods with walking meditation between on New Year’s Day 9:30-11am.
To commemorate the passing of our dear Dharma friend Hoin, we will offer a weekend sesshin on March 23rd through March 25th. Hoin was tremendously important to the sangha and we are approaching the first anniversary of his death.
At 11AM on the last day of sesshin, March 25th, we’ll offer an hour memorial service with friends and family. Those coming for the memorial service are asked to arrive by 10:45 AM.
Fee for Saturday lunch: $10 (pay to Burning House Zendo), otherwise attendance is free if no lunch is consumed.
RSVP is required for both full attendance or partial attendance. E-mail classes@burninghousezendo.org to RSVP.
Here is the schedule for the weekend:
Friday March 23rd 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Dharma Lineage Chanting
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Saturday March 24th 7 AM – 5 PM
Morning Service
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Samu (Work Practice)
Diamond Sutra Recitation
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Sangha Lunch
Dharma Talk
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Sunday March 25th 7 AM – 12 PM
Morning Service
Zazen and Kinhin
Zazen and Kinhin
Tea and Break
Zazen and Kinhin
Closing Ceremony for Sesshin
Service of Remembrance with Friends and Family – 60 minutes
