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Join us for one of our services at the Zendo: 18005 Vashon Highway SW, Vashon, WA 98070, (previously Island Funeral Services.) Feel free to come 10 minutes early for instruction, or just jump right in.

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    Early Sunday Sit: 8:30-9:30am
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  • Monday Evening: 7:00-8:45pm
  • Wednesday Evening: 7:00-8:30pm
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Intro to Zen

January 11, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Free

Bring your curiosity, your questions, and a friend, and join us for our free Intro to Zen class.

Whether you’re a long-time Buddhist practitioner or a Buddhist skeptic; whether you meditate frequently or you’ve never meditated before; whether you’re wearing a black Buddhist robe or a ski jacket; your presence and your questions are welcome here.

Abbot Koshin Chris Cain and Elizabeth Fitterer will lead the program which includes:

Part 1: Why Zen?
Introductions. Any questions about Zen?
What we love about Zen and how we got into it
What’s the goal of practice at this Zen Center?

Break: tea and cookies

Part 2: Our Zen Center
Meditation instructions: chairs, cushions and benches
Brief explanations of zen ritual: tea, chanting, the role of the jiki and shoji, bowing
A very brief version of a Zen service-tea, jiki offers incense, one chant, bowing, sitting for 5 minutes, walking meditation.

Discussion and questions 

Details

Date:
January 11, 2020
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Fauntleroy Church – 4th Floor Chapel
9140 California Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98136 United States

Organizer

Puget Sound Zen Center
Email:
programs@pszc.org