Weekly Schedule

  • Sunday Program

    8:20 am Zazen (sitting meditation)
    8:50 Kinhin (walking meditation)
    9:00 am Zazen (sitting meditation)
    9:30 am Service (bowing and chanting)
    9:45 am Dharma talk, book reading or poetry sharing
    In person with a zoom option

    Chant Rotation
    1st Sun - Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Heart Sutra
    2nd Sun - Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma Sutta
    3rd Sun - Metta Sutta & Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo
    4th Sun - Identity of Relative and Absolute
    5th Sun - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo

    Script for Assembly Participation in Sunday Zazen and Service.pdf

  • Mornings - Monday through Friday

    6:00 am Zazen (sitting meditation)
    6:40 am Service (chanting and bowing)
    In person with a zoom option

    Chant Rotation
    Week 1
    Mon - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo
    Tues - Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Heart Sutra
    Wed - Song of the Trusting Mind
    Thurs - Metta Sutta
    Fri - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo

    Week 2
    Mon - Song of Zazen
    Tues - Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi
    Wed - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo
    Thurs - Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Heart Sutra
    Fri - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo

  • Evenings - Monday through Friday

    5:30 pm Zazen (sitting meditation)
    6:10 pm Service (bowing and chanting)
    In person with a zoom option

    Chant Rotation
    Week 1
    Mon - Song of the Trusting Mind
    Tues - Metta Sutta
    Wed - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo
    Thurs - Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Heart Sutra
    Fri - Refuges in Pali

    Week 2
    Mon - Maka Hannya Haramitta Shin Gyo
    Tues - Great Wisdom Beyond Wisdom Heart Sutra
    Wed - Song of the Grass Hut
    Thurs - Maylie’s Prayer for Peace
    Fri - Refuges in Pali

  • Monday and Wednesday

    Monday
    10:00 am Zazen (sitting meditation)
    10:30 Well-being Ceremony (15 min)
    On Zoom only

    Wednesday Eureka Sit
    First Methodist Church
    520 Del Norte St, Rm 12
    (Corner of F and Sonoma. Enter via the door on Sonoma St.)

    6:00 pm Zazen (sitting meditation)
    6:30 pm Kinhin (walking meditation)
    6:40 pm Reading and discussion
    In person only

  • Saturday Program

    9:00 am Zazen (sitting meditation)
    9:30 am Home-based Work Period
    10:00 am Sangha Check-in

    On Zoom only

    (Not held when sesshins or in-person work periods are scheduled.)