Join us to ring in the New Year! Please RSVP here by 12/29.
The evening starts informally at 9:00 pm with an individual purification ceremony in the Forman House Dharma Hall. Each of us lists on a piece of paper all the patterns of negative and harmful behaviors we would like to relinquish. Then, chanting the Verse of Purification, we each consign our lists into the fire.
All are invited to Dai Bosatsu Zendo for its New Year's Celebration. Join DBZ members for a family-friendly New Year's Eve with the residents at the monastery. The evening will begin with zazen, a talk by Shinge Roshi, and a special New Year's feast. Then everyone will be invited to welcome in 2016 with the traditional Joya no Kane chanting and ringing of the konsho (big outdoors temple gong) 108 times, ending at midnight and followed by refreshments. There will be a New Year's brunch the next morning. Read more »
Please join us for our January commemoration of our ancestral teachers and celebration of interconnection with all beings. Chanting is from 9:00-10:00am in the Zendo in lieu of regular Morning Service. Zazen will follow at 10:00am.
We invite you and your family to join us for our yearly Thanksgiving dinner. The celebration will begin with a Dharma talk by Shinge Roshi on Thursday afternoon, followed by a delicious vegetarian feast. An informal brunch on Friday will conclude the event, but guests will be welcome to linger and enjoy the monastery and grounds. A donation of $250 is suggested, but work-exchange is welcome. For more information and to make a reservation, please contact office@daibosatsu.org. Read more »
I know we all continue to feel the transformative power of our great winter sesshin. Now let’s continue it with a special Parinirvana All-Day Sitting February 16, followed by Dharma Study that evening (note change from February 9).
Please join us at 9 a.m. that Sunday for the Parinirvana Ceremony, which commemorates the final passing into Nirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. Bring white socks or tabi; ordained, shinigi. Read more »
