| Shusho-e
(Eihei-Ji)
Hatsumode-daikitoukai
(Shoji-ji)
1
January |
New
Year celebrations |
| Dogen
ZenJi's Birth |
Dogen
Zenji's Birth |
| Nehan-e,
Paranirvana
15
February |
Buddha’s
Death
On this day we solemnly observe the passing of Sakyamuni
Buddha into Pari-nirvana. |
| Haru-no-Higan
21
March |
Festival
of Kannon Bsu, Buddhists mark the time of change by meditating
on the impermanence of death. |
| Hanamatsuri
8
April |
Zen
Buddhist celebration of the Buddha's birth
(563 BCE) |
| Obon
13-15
July |
Zen
Buddhist festival honoring departed ancestors |
| Daily
Memorial Service
5
- 10 August |
Daily
memorial service for Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings |
| Aki-no-Higan
23
September |
Day
Japanese Buddhists mark the time of change by meditating
on the impermanence of life |
| Ryosoki
29
September |
Dogen
Zenji and Keizan Zenji are, in terms of their faith, like
father and mother. Dogen Zenji died on August 28, 1254
at the age of 53 and Keizan Zenji died on August 15, 1325
at the age of 58. According to the Western calendar, both
of these dates fall on September 29th. |
| Daruma-ki
5
October |
Day
honoring Bodhidharma (470-543), who believed one could
attain Buddhahood by realizing one's own Buddha nature. |
| Keizan
Zenji's Birth
23
November |
Keizan
Zenji's birth |
| ROHATSU,
Jodo-e
8
December |
Celebration
of the Buddha's enlightenment |
| Joya-e
31
December |
New
Year's Eve we meditate on the countless blessings we have
received throughout the year and express our gratitude
to our parents, our nation, all beings and Buddha. |
| Zazenkai
(All-Day
Sittings) |
Zazenkai
provides us with the opportunity for deepening one's
practice through the experience of intensified periods
of zazen.
Zazenkai
Schedule
9
AM Morning Service
9:30 AM zazen – sit walk sit
10:45 AM samu – work
11:45 AM Lunch
1 PM zazen – sit walk sit
2:45 PM Tiesho
3:15 PM zazen – sit walk sit
4:30 PM samu
5:00 PM Evening Service
5:30 PM tea
Zazenkai
might be considered a very special day, it is also a
very ordinary day. We are living our lives
with more or less awareness. We observe
thoughts and experience body sensations. We touch,
smell, listen, look, no different from any other day,
yet on this day we take the time to be mindful of everything
we do, studying the Buddha way.
“Not to study the Buddha way is to fall into the
realm of shameless and erroneous ways. All preceding
and succeeding Buddhas always practice the Buddha way”.
- Dogen Zenji
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