8:30AM – 4:30PM Mukai Farm Summer Day Sit-In the Field Beyond Wrong and Right

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In-person and Zoom day sit,  Saturday July 31st, 8:30am-4:30pm, Mukai Farm and Gardens, Vashon.

The 13^th century mystic Rumi asks us to meet him in the field that is “out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing.”  In the same century, in the Mumonkan, Huineng, the 6^th Ancestor of Zen, says:  “Think neither good nor evil.  At his very moment, what is your original self?”

It is our challenge to find the field beyond wrong and right, evil and good.  That is the place of possibility and awakening.  

We will be sitting together for the first time in 16 months.  We are honored to be able to sit in the Mukai House-  an integral part of Vashon history.  The house, Japanese garden, and  strawberry farm was home to the Mukai family from 1926-1942.

We will be sitting, spaced to the extent possible, in the large living room of the Mukai House, with doors and windows open, and on the adjoining outside verandah.

Covid protocol:  The PSZC Board approved guidelines for in-person sitting for the Mukai Day sit. The guidelines can be found on the website here.

Registration:  Limit 25 in-person (including teacher and officers); no limit for Zoom.

We will be bringing our own bag lunches and drinks (a refrigerator is available for storage).   Please also bring your own cushions or chair.    Please also bring a mask for chanting.

Schedule:
8:30 Tea and chanting
8:50 Zazen and kinhin
10:15 Dharma talk with Koshin
12:15 Lunch
12:45 Nitten soji (cleaning)
1:05 rest period (David Steel will lead qigong)
1:25 Zazen and kinhin
2:45 Tea and chanting, followed by zazen and kinhin
3:45 Questions and answers with Koshin
4:15  Kinhin
4:30  Ending

Registration is closed for the in-person event. The in-person event is at capacity. Register at links below for Zoom participation.

Member registration for participation on Zoom $20

Non-member registration for participation on Zoom $25