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This Week at the Zen Center of Los Angeles
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"Like water, doubt is fluid. It has no fixed position. If you pour water into a round container, it becomes round, and if you pour water into a square container, it becomes square. In the same way, doubt or unknowing flows in accordance with the situation. It’s the state of surrender, of being open to what is. Only when we raise sufficient doubt and questioning can we go further.”
-Bernie Glassman
Excerpt from “Instructions to the Cook”
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February 3 - February 9, 2025
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Join all events via this Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID and Passcode for events using separate links provided.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5929348543?pwd=lYgv0Plq0ICViP7ExVUcbcel0CMF8c.1
Meeting ID: 592 934 8543
Passcode: Snake25
All events are virtual unless otherwise indicated.
All in-person events:
Attending an in-person "Introduction to Zen Meditation Class" or Beginner's Wednesday is a prerequisite for attending all onsite activities.
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Monday, February 3 & Tuesday, February 4
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Meeting ID: 592 934 8543
Passcode: Snake25
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7:00-7:40 a.m. Morning Zazen with Bill Tetsui Press
7:00 Gatha of Atonement, Zazen
7:40 Verse of the Kesa
Followed by an optional informal morning check-in.
ZOOM ONLY
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7:00-8:00 p.m. Evening Zazen
Newcomers please arrive by 6:45 p.m.
7:00-7:30 Zazen
7:30-7:40 Slow kinhin
7:40-8:00 Zazen
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6:00-7:00 a.m. Morning Zazen (Zendo)
5:55-6:00 Be in Your Seat
6:00-6:30 Zazen
6:30-6:35 Slow Kinhin
6:35-7:00 Zazen
Followed by Service at 7:00 a.m. (Buddha Hall)
6:45-7:00 p.m. Evening Service (Buddha Hall)
7:00-8:30 Wednesday Evening Zazen (Zendo)
In-person F2F Offered
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
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6:00-7:00 a.m. Morning Zazen (Zendo)
5:55-6:00 Be in Your Seat
6:00-6:30 Zazen
6:30-6:35 Slow Kinhin
6:35-7:00 Zazen
Followed by Service at 7:00 a.m. (Buddha Hall)
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
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7:45 a.m. Thursday morning Breakfast
(Sangha House)
IN-PERSON ONLY
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7:00pm-8:00pm The Hidden Lamp Study Group
Led by Sensei Senshin & Sensei Dharma-Joy
Ch 51 “Ziyong's Last Teaching”
ZOOM ONLY
Everyone welcome to Zoom in, no sign-up needed.
Click here to join Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 830 6551 2700
Passcode: Chiyono
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6:00-7:00 a.m. Morning Zazen
(Zendo w/in-person F2F)
5:55-6:00 Be in Your Seat
6:00-6:30 Zazen
6:30-6:35 Slow Kinhin
6:35-7:00 Zazen
Followed by Service at 7:00 a.m.
(Buddha Hall)
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
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Day of Reflection
Precept #5: Not Being Ignorant
Led by Jenny Jusen Bright
8:30-9:00 a.m. Saturday Service (Buddha Hall)
9:00-9:35 Precept Reading & Zazen (Zendo w/In-person F2F)
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking Zen
9:45-10:20 Zazen (Zendo w/In-person F2F)
10:20-10:30 Outside Walking Zen
10:30-10:45 Zazen (Zendo w/In-person F2F)
10:45-11:00 Precept Talk
11:00 Break/Snack
11:20-12:20 p.m. Council (Dharma Hall)
Day of Reflection chantsheet
Day of Reflection Transference of Merit
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
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Intro to Zen Meditation II
IN-PERSON ONLY
8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Registered participants, please arrive onsite by 7:45 a.m.
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1:30-3:30 p.m. 2025 Winter Jukai Class Series*
Led by Sensei Tom Dharma-Joy Reichert
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
*Pre-requisite is to have taken the precept class at some point before this.
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8:30-9:00 a.m. Gate of Sweet Nectar Service
9:00-9:35 Zazen (Zendo w/In-person F2F)
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen (Zendo w/In-person F2F)
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Public Face-to-Face with Sensei Katherine Senshin Griffith
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
FOLLOWED BY SANGHA LUNCH
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Intro to Zen Meditation I
8:00-10:30 a.m.
Registered IN-PERSON participants, please arrive onsite by 7:45 a.m.
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Getting to Know Our Streets:
A Day of Action & Reflection
Cutting Vegetables for the Soup Kitchen at St. James
Sunday, February 16
1:30-3:30 p.m.
IN-PERSON ONLY
Stewarded by Sensei Jitsujo Gauthier & John Kyogen Rosania
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Day Street Walk
Saturday, March 1
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
IN-PERSON ONLY
Stewarded by Sensei Jitsujo Gauthier & John Kyogen Rosania
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Zazenkai
A One Day Meditation Retreat
Friday, March 21 (eve.)- Saturday, March 22
IN-PERSON ONLY
Led by Dharma-Holder Nem Etsugen Bajra
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2025 Beginner’s Mind Sesshin
A 3-day meditation retreat
ZOOM & IN-PERSON
Thursday, February 20 (eve) – Sunday, February 23
Led by Sensei Katherine Senshin Griffith
Sesshin, “to unify the mind,” is an essential practice for the deepening for one’s zazen. This introductory sesshin is designed to introduce you to sesshin practice by providing more opportunities for instruction, questions, and explanations. Full time participation is encouraged as it’s only a little over three days. If you wish to participate part time, please let Myoki know your precise attendance, including expected arrival and departure times. Part time consists of at least a half a day, including all scheduled activities. Housing is not guaranteed. First come, first served. Both first time and seasoned practitioners are encouraged and welcome to participate.
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Cook in the ZCLA kitchen!
"Put your awakened mind to work, making a constant effort to serve meals full of variety that are appropriate to the need and the occasion, and that will enable everyone to practice with their bodies and minds with the least hindrance."
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(If you have concerns about payments or any other questions, please contact Myoki at [email protected])
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The Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up In The Land of Attachments
$11.16
by Eve Myonen Marko and Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Zen teachers Roshi Eve Marko and Roshi Wendy Nakao (Appreciate Your Life) update centuries-old koan stories and reflections for modern life in this engaging, empathetic collection. Zen koans are educational dialogues that have become literary devices used to understand and respond to everyday experiences with spontaneity, imagination, patience, and acceptance. The authors argue that koans help readers access Zen judgment principles; when one faces a challenge, one must reject the observer mentality and embrace what is unfolding in the present. Sixty-six brief koans by contributors from around the world and various Zen paths target home, children, work, illness, death, and Zen meditation practice. For example, koans offer spiritual guidance for adult sibling rivalry, letting a screaming child finish her screams while Mom meditates, contemplating the labor and life cycle of food, and taking care of an elderly parent. With its sophisticated Zen Buddhist ideas and reflections, this intricate, stimulating collection of koans offers constructive advice that will appeal to those with at least some experience as Zen practitioners.
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