Here's what's happening this week. We'd love for you to be part of it.

<ul><li>7pm-7:25pm - Silent Sitting Meditation (Zazen)</li><li>7:25p-7:40p - Service</li><li>7:40p-8:30p - DHARMA TALK: "Living by Vow" - Chap 7 Sandokai (Merging of Difference and Unity) Shared by Guiding Teacher Sensei Dean Williams We will begin looking at this chapter from the Living by vow book. A highly recommended additional source book for our study of this important early Zen text is "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness" by Shunryu Suzuki.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>

We will not be meeting at the Wilton Road zendo per usual - special program at Shady BrookCOST: $25 - at door or onlineL <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="text-primary underline" href="http://www.shadybrook.org/crooked-river-zen">www.shadybrook.org/crooked-river-zen</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>9:00 a.m. Intro to Meditation</li><li>9:30 a.m. Guided Meditation</li><li>10:00-11:30 a.m. Talk: The Six Perfections Shared by: guiding Teacher Sensei Dean Williams The six paramitas or perfections are what Reb Anderson, former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, calls “the 6 heroic practices of the bodhisattvas”.&nbsp; In Buddhism, the bodhisattvas are the enlightened beings who have transcended the normal human mind.You don’t have to be a Buddhist—or an enlightened being—to discover these practices and how they might transform your everyday life.Come explore the 6 perfections and how you can start practicing them in your own life.</li></ul>

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