September 4, 2019
Roshi Out of Town Roshi leaves tomorrow morning, Thursday, September 5, for Santa Fe and a visit with his family. He’ll be back in a week (late Thursday, September 12). Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit Center member Jennifer Byrnes has passed the following along to us: The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb traveling exhibit from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial…
August 20, 2019
Staff Break A reminder that tonight, Tuesday, August 20, will be the last formal sitting before the Center’s two-week break. We’ll resume on Wednesday, September 4, with early-morning zazen and dokusan. Help with a Move Sangha member Benjamin D. Taylor (who was on staff a few years ago) will be moving to a new house…
August 13, 2019
Sangha Picnic this Saturday Summertime, and picnicking is easy! This year’s potluck picnic is set for this Saturday, August 17, and the weather forecast is looking good. Everyone is invited – Sangha, friends, children, and dogs! We’ll get underway this year at 11 a.m. with some of the games from the Buddha Bazaar that we…
August 9, 2019
Thursday Dokusan Cancelled The usual Monday evening and Wednesday morning dokusans will take place as scheduled next week; however, dokusan on Thursday evening, August 15, is cancelled. August All-Day Sitting Cancelled Attendance at August all-day sittings has been unusually low compared to other all-day sittings throughout the year. We suspect a lot of folks are…
August 7, 2019
4-day Sesshin Moved In the process of preparing the calendar for the last quarter of the year, we’ve discovered a problem: because Thanksgiving is so late this year (November 28), there’s not enough time between the Jukai ceremony on Saturday, November 30, and the previously scheduled start of the December 4-day sesshin. Our only viable…
July 19, 2019
Air Conditioning in the Zendo Now that we have some experience with our new zendo “mini-split” unit (which heats in winter and cools in summer), we’ve figured out how to combine fans and A/C to make summer sittings less of an ascetic practice. (We won’t, of course, go to the opposite extreme of offices and…
July 12, 2019
Unclaimed Shoes, Coats, and Other Items We recently did a vast sweep of unclaimed clothing in both Arnold Park buildings. All unclaimed shoes, boots, coats, and sweaters from the link coat room, 5 Arnold Park entrance area, and shoe cubby holes near the zendo are now in the basement laundry room of 7 Arnold Park….
July 6, 2019
Sangha Hike Tomorrow, Sunday, July 7: New Location The next hike organized by the Sangha Engagement Committee will take place tomorrow, Sunday, July 7, at Shadow Pines in Penfield. Participants will be meeting at the Clark House parking lot (600 Whalen Road) at 2:00 PM. (A MapQuest link is here.) For those who would like…
July 5, 2019
An Announcement from Roshi about the 2020 Summer Sesshins In scheduling 7-day sesshins for next year, I’ve invited Amala-sensei to lead the two in the summer, and am pleased to say that she has agreed to do so. In recent years one or another of my teacher-disciples, at my invitation, has stepped in to lead…
June 28, 2019
Sangha Hike on Sunday at Durand Eastman Park The next hike organized by the Sangha Engagement Committee will take place this Sunday, June 30. Participants will be meeting near the “Olive Shelter” at the end of Log Cabin Road at approximately 2 PM. (A map is posted here.) For those who would like to share a…