Quite a few people here this morning, brainstorming, prioritizing, and figuring out the best ways to implement a whole range of ideas, to help us get a fresh start at Windhorse. More members are showing up to volunteer time and energy at the Center, a trend that is not only enormously helpful – especially now with fewer residents to manage things – but it also gives a stronger, livelier sense of community.
After the meeting we set up an extra table on the back deck and enjoyed a big Mexican-style meal together in the bright warm sunshine. What a gorgeous day in these sweet mountains!
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday, January 19 (tonight)
We’ll have our usual evening sitting at Panther Branch: 2 ½ rounds with dokusan, ending with a chanting service, 7:00-9:00.
Thursday, January 21
Lawson leaves in the afternoon for Florida, where he’ll be conducting a weekend sesshin for the Clearwater sangha. He returns next Monday.
We’ll hold to our basic schedule this evening, with 3 full rounds of zazen, finishing with the Four Vows. 7:00 – 9:00
Friday, January 22
Join us if you can for our in-town sitting this Friday, 5:30 – 7:15, with 3 shorter rounds of zazen and chanting. Last week we had a full house, with a special service for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti – powerful chanting in that zendo on 12 Von Ruck Court. And there's new side-lighting that really warms up the atmosphere.
Please remember to park in the driveway whenever possible.
Sunday, January 24
We’ll hold our usual Sunday morning program: zazen, chanting and teisho, 9:30–11:30, followed by a vegetarian potluck brunch.
Please Note: NO ONE IS IN ANY WAY REQUIRED TO BRING A DISH FOR THIS BRUNCH! If you can bring something, great; if not, please don’t let this keep you from coming! If no one brings anything, we’ll just have tea together, and everyone will leave to find food afterward. It truly is 'pot luck.' It can be a real strain for busy people to try to prepare a dish on a Saturday night or Sunday morning. The main thing is to sit together; anything else is a bonus.
Also: Latecomers will need to sit in the Kannon room if there’s no space in the zendo.
Sunya, it is wonderfull to see you take your first tentadive steps in the blogger world.I look forward to reading your thoughts albeit with less of the administrative stuff. This is a superlative medium for sharing the Dharma as you percieve it.
ReplyDeleteWith much love and admiration, Rainer