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Morning Practice with Watermoon Dojo

Tuesday August 9th, 2022, 6:30am to 8:30am Pacific Time
Morning Practice with Watermoon Dojo
Now back to in-person practice. Drop by the Dojo for a morning of practice with Seattle’s OneDrop group. Address and directions can be found here: Water Moon Dojo.

The morning events will consist of Choka (chant service), zazen and dharma talk with a casual “tea” to follow. For the Dharma Talk we will be reading from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Download a PDF of it here (note: links to a 43MB pdf). You can find notes and recordings of the previous discussions here: Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp.

Virtual Practice

Water Moon will continue to broadcast their practice periods for those unable to attend in person.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8538897236?pwd=TVlDNFMxZDVEYzNsL3hKUUM5dlNKUT09

Download the sutra book here: Virtual Sutra book

Before taking part in a Virtual Event at Tahoma please read this post:
Guidelines for Virtual Events

To receive the links for the Virtual Events by email: Tahoma Virtual Events mailing list.

Thank your for your continuing support and please email us with any questions:  Contact Information. 

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Virtual Water Moon Dojo Visit

The second Monday of most months the head monk from Tahoma Zen Monastery visits Watermoon Dojo in Seattle, for an evening and morning service. As we are all in lockdown during this time we will observe these events virtually using Zoom. While we of course will miss our time at WMD, this does allow anyone to take part in this virtual visit. If interested in taking part, please read through our Virtual Practice Guidelines before joining the events.

Monday April 13th, from 7pm to 8:30pm
7:00pm: Chant Service (Heart Sutra, Song of Zazen, Dai Segaki)
7:15pm: Two periods of zazen
7:55pm: Han / Kinhin (or break)
8:00pm: Short talk and Q&A
8:25 Concluding zazen and chanting of the Four Great Vows

Download a PDF with all the chants here: Chant booklet

Tuesday April 14th, from 6:30am to 8:30am
6:30am Choka (chant service)
7:00am Zazen
7:20am Han / Kinhin (or break)
7:30am: Dharma talk
8:00am Zazen
8:30am Conclude with a few minutes for chatting

Note
We will follow the Tahoma Choka, except for the Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo and after the Four Great Vows we will chant Dai Segaki for the dead and dying and conclude with Sampai.

Download sutra book here: Tahoma Sutra book
Dai Segaki can be found here: Chant booklet

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Rohatsu at Water Moon Dojo Seattle

The special Rohatsu schedule starts Sunday, Dec. 1st and ends on Sunday, Dec. 8th.  Zazen will start at 6:30a.m. each day, ending with a mini-sesshin on Dec. 8th.

The mini-sesshin will include a breakfast of oatmeal, fruit compote, peanut butter, raisins, sugar,and granola.  If you would like to donate or cook any of these items, reply to this email.

Zazen Schedule for Rohatsu

Sunday, 12/1:       6:30-7:30 AM
Monday, 12/2:       6:30-7:30 AM    & 7-8:30 PM
Tuesday, 12/3:       6:30-8:30 AM
Wednesday, 12/4:  6:30-7:30 AM
Thursday, 12/5:      6:30-7:30 AM
Friday, 12/6:           6:30-7:30 AM
Saturday, 12/7:      6:30-8:30 AM
Sunday, 12/8:        6:30-11:15 AM 
(formal breakfast at 8AM, Sitting for part of mini-sesshin is allowed.)

For more information check the Watermoon website or contact Celia Bowker.

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One Day Zen Retreat with Zen Priest Daichi Zenni at Water Moon Dojo

One Day Zen Retreat (Kosesshin) with Zen Priest Daichi Zenni.

Monday May 28 (Memorial Day) Water Moon Dojo, 4232 6th Ave NW. Seattle. 10 am – 9 pm.

10 am orientation, zazen, 12 noon lunch, 2 pm zazen, 4 pm light supper, break, 5:30 sanzen instruction (sanzen is one on one teacher instruction) and zazen, 6:30 sanzen with Daichi Zenni, 8:15 tea and chanting.

Register: contact@watermoondojo.us tel: (731) 599-2837

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Chisan at Water Moon Dojo March 29

March 29

4231 6th Ave NW, Seattle

5:30 ~ 8:30 pm

(5:30 open sitting; 6-7 pm talk on

sanzen and what is sesshin; 7 pm Q & A;

period of zazen; ending with tea)

WATERMOON.INFO@GMAIL.COM

https://www.facebook.com/OneDropSeattleCityZendo/

 

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Upcoming Spring Sesshin

www.tahomazenmonastery.com/sesshin/sesshin-application

 The cost of kosesshin is $50/day. APPLY HERE:
www.tahomazenmonastery.com/sesshin/sesshin-application 
May 2018 :
May 5 Kokuho, May 6-12, 7 days Samu Sesshin
May 13 Calligraphy Show Bayview Hall Whidbey Island
May 14-19 Kosesshin w Harada Roshi
May 21-26 Sesshin w Daichi Zenni
May 28 day Sesshin w Daichi Zenni at Water Moon Dojo
Payment can be by paypal, or please send checks to:
Rozan Lenny Gerson
2552 NE 46th Ave
Portland, OR 97213
(occasionally payments may be made in person upon arrival)
Schedules, guidelines for conduct, and directions to the monastery can be found here,
www.tahomazenmonastery.com/sesshin-guidelines/Attending
Temple housing is limited and we appreciate your flexibility.  Any help with set up before or clean up following sesshin is greatly appreciated.
Rozan Lenny Gerson
lenogerson@gmail.com
MONASTERY ADDRESS
Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery
6499 Wahl Road
Freeland, WA 98249
Email:   tahoma@whidbey.com
Phone:  360.331.4142
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Water Moon Dōjō Seattle

One Drop Seattle  ~ Water Moon Dōjō

Seattle’s center for zazen, in the Rinzai tradition of Yamada Mumon, Shodo Harada, and Daichi Zenni Roshis, is located on the western edge of Fremont neighborhood in Seattle at  4231 6th Ave. NW., Seattle, WA, 98107. It is the dark green house across from Hale’s Ales on Leary Way. Parking is available on the street, or across Leary Way by the Fred Meyers.*

Currently we offer zazen [followed by tea] on Monday nights from 7 – 8:30 pm, Tuesday mornings from  6:30 – 8:30 am *, Thursday mornings from 6:30 – 7:30 am, and Saturday morning from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.  [*Note: Tuesday morning zazen hosts a longer choka/sutra chanting.]

It is recommended to wear comfortable (subdued color) clothing. We have zafus, zabutons, a few seiza benches and chairs if needed but feel free to bring your own cushion(s).

Kindly remove shoes by the door. Please arrive before the start times as we do begin promptly. If you need instruction, please email or call the number below and arrange a time.

If you need to leave zazen early, you can quietly slip out during kinhin (walking meditation).

Please let us know if you need orientation to zen practice or any other questions. Updates or changes in the schedule will be posted here.

Arigato & deep bow…

For more information contact:  japaneseacupuncture(at)icloud.com (206.930.1238).