Virtual Zazen
Monday Morning Meditation
Zazen from 7:00 to 7:20 a.m. and from 7:30-7:50 a.m.
followed by informal chat from 8:00-8:30 a.m.
Please email Michelle Jissan Nicolle at michellejissannicolle@gmail.com for Zoom password.
Join us for online zazen on Monday mornings. There are two sessions, and you are welcome to join for one or both of the sessions: 7:00-7:20 am and 7:30-7:50 am. At the conclusion of the 7:50 sit we chant the Four Bodhisattva Vows to set our intention for the day. Our informal coffee chat is from 8:00 - 8:30 am.
"It [zazen] is about being radically open to things just as they are, not grasping at or rejecting phenomena, but simply being present and at ease with moment to moment uncertainty and groundlessness. It is fully embodied presence, with no separation between the mind, heart, body, and the context of our lived experience, and letting openness or not knowing deconstruct our version of reality. It is the method of non-method. Nothing extra, nothing added. This is zazen… just sitting upright." Joan Halifax, full reading go to: On Zazen—by Roshi Joan Halifax - Upaya Zen Center