Spring 2024 Practice Period

Oryoki

“Oryoki, often translated as “just the right amount,” is a highly choreographed ritual of serving and eating food—a ceremonial dance of giving, receiving, and appreciation.”
-John Kain, Tricycle Magazine, Fall 2003

     This spring we will study the traditional 3-bowl eating used at AZG during day sits and sesshin. We will begin by reading and understanding the origins of the practice, but primarily we will engage hands-on with preparing bowls, practicing eating together in the formal way, and learning how to cook and serve this way of ‘just enough’.
     Class dates are April 7, April 28, May 5, May 26; 1:30-3pm. Tell Elvira that you would like to be in the class. She will provide the study materials to all who sign up.
     You CAN be in class without committing to Practice Period!

AND, for those who are ready to bring vigor to their Spring: For Practice Period, as well as being in class, Gene would like you to make commitments to sit zazen, to study, and to participate actively in community building. These are the requirements:

Zazen at least twice per week in community

Participating in all or parts of the sesshin April 5-6

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Class April 7
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Bodhisattva ceremony April 8
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All or part of work period April 27*
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Class April 28
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Class May 5
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Bodhisattva ceremony May 6
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All or part of work period May 25*
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Class May 26
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Participating in all or parts of the sesshin May 31 - June 1

*If you can’t participate in work period, you can learn a zendo role.

Tell Gene about your commitments. He will support you to deepen your practice this way. Please communicate directly with Gene here.

Spring 2024 Practice Period

Oryoki

Arcata Zen Group