Sunya-sensei will be traveling to Poland this Thursday, July 1, and will return late on Monday, July 26th. During this time we’ll have a somewhat different work & sitting schedule (see below).
Next Monday, former resident Simon Goldberg will be moving to Madison, WI (home of Bucky Badger) to attend graduate school in Counseling Psychology. Simon will be missed & we wish him well.
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday, June 29
We’ll hold to our usual schedule tonight, with 3 rounds of zazen with dokusan, followed by chanting. 7- 9 PM at Panther Branch.
Thursday evening, July 1
This week and for the next month, we will not have our usual Thursday night sittings with dokusan. The next regular Thursday sitting will likely be on July 29. Members are welcome to come out and sit at Panther Branch on Thursday evenings during this time, but sittings will be informal.
Friday, July 2
We’ll hold our in-town sitting at the rented zendo on 12 Von Ruck Court: 5:30 – 7:15, with 3 shorter rounds of zazen with dokusan (with Lawson-sensei), followed by chanting.
For the sake of harmonious relations with Von Ruck neighbors, many of whom have no garage and need to park their cars on the street, please remember to park your vehicle in the driveway if at all possible.
If you arrive late: Please park in the driveway anyway, enter quietly, and simply do zazen in the entrance room until kinhin.
Sunday, July 4th
Doshin (Mitch Doshin Cantor) will be giving the Dharma talk this Sunday morning on Independence Day. Doshin is a Dharma heir of Peter Muryo Matthiessen, of the White Plum Sangha, and leads the Southern Palm Zen Group in Boca Raton, FL. Doshin and his wife Fran spend their summers here in the Weaverville area and often sit with us on Sundays.
As usual, our program begins at 9:30, ends by 11:30, and is followed by a vegetarian potluck brunch. (No one has to bring anything, but we’ll share whatever offerings arrive.)
Coming Up: Save the Date!
On Sunday, July 11, we’re having another benefit for Windhorse: a magical evening of storytelling with writer and storyteller Rafe Martin at Unitarian Universalist church, 7:00 PM. Many of you attended a similar event last August, when Rafe enchanted listeners with a fine spectrum of stories, including Jataka tales. His work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, The NY Times and USA Today; this year he will be a featured storyteller at the annual National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN, over the first weekend of October. Rafe has generously offered Windhorse this evening of storytelling as a way for us to raise funds and to open up to the larger community. All proceeds will go to Windhorse and our building fund. Suggested donation at the door: $15.00, but no one will be turned away.
Bakers Needed
We're hoping to enlist volunteers to make desserts for the bake sale portion of our this event. Elisa Alvarado has again kindly offered to coordinate the menu for the sale; you can reach her at 828-768-2039. We'll be sending out more information soon, but if you’re wiling to do some baking, please let Elisa know ASAP. Thank you!
Tuesday, June 29
We’ll have our usual schedule this evening, with 3 rounds of zazen with dokusan with Lawson-sensei, followed by chanting. 7- 9 PM at Panther Branch.
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