June 2018
Dear Sangha,
Sunlight appears; sunlight disappears. Temperatures rise and fall, and tides come and go. All the while, we are, each one of us, weathering just like the surfaces of the earth. Somewhere lava spews into the atmosphere. Somewhere else, a temper flares. As it says at the end of our Temple Rules that we recite at every retreat,
Water flows down to the sea. Clouds float up to the heavens.
What does it mean to be weathering? Who knows! So let’s experiment. Having no fixed point whatsoever, let’s freely exchange breath with the unknown and embody our vows with the generosity of substance, the generosity of truth, and the generosity of our fitting function.
Yours in the free-flowing tides of dharma,
Jeong Ji
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photo by Eric Nord, JDPSN
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Kong-An Interviews:
1st Tuesday with Zen Master Jeong Ji:
June 5th
2nd Sunday with Zen Master Jeong Ji or Eric Nord, JDPSN:
Canceled due to retreat
3rd Wednesday with Zen Master Jeong Ji:
June 20th
3rd Thursday with Eric Nord, JDPSN:
June 21st
Consulting Interviews:
None this month
Special Chanting:
Sunday, June 3rd
Please visit the
website calendar
for complete and current details of these events and for the weekly practice schedule.
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Dharma Talk
Thursday, June 7th, 7pm
Please join us for a public dharma talk. Senior Dharma Teacher Paul Gulick will give the introductory talk "Take the Uncharted Path” and Eric Nord JDPSN will answer questions from the audience. Everyone is welcome.
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Three Day Retreat with Eric Nord, JDPSN
Friday - Sunday, June 8-10
Fri-Sat: 9am - 5pm
Sun: 9am - 3pm
Join us for our spring retreat. Retreats offer a rare opportunity to let go of the demands of our busy lives and recognize our inherent compassion and wisdom through dedicated Zen training. Each day includes chanting, sitting and walking meditation, a private kong-an interview and lunch. Here’s more detailed
retreat information and a
retreat schedule.
Members: $30 plus dana* per day, Non-members: $40 plus dana* per day.
*dana is a voluntary gratitude to our teacher
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Retreat Experiment With a Lighter, 9 - 5 Schedule
As our lives get more complicated, and as our bodies age, we felt it was time to try a new experiment with retreats. This coming retreat, June 8 – 10, we’ll be trying a shorter daily schedule, starting each day at 9am. Friday and Saturday, the retreat day ends at 5pm; Sunday, at 3pm. We’ll forgo the work period for this retreat. Also, with only one meal to prepare (lunch), there will be fewer breaks. So, in total, we will still be packing in a significant amount of sitting time. Check the
schedule for details.
Please join us for this new retreat experiment , and let us know what you think!
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Tacoma Group Comes to a Close
Changing, changing, changing! Not good, not bad, but always something new. Membership in the Tacoma practice group has dwindled over the past couple of years to the point where there were only two consistent practitioners. This month, it became clear that it was not feasible to sustain the practice location without a local sangha to support it, and each other. So the hard decision was made.
I would just like to acknowledge the many years of devoted practice, leadership and camaraderie that existed within that practice group! Special shout-out to Steve Allen, Gary Wessels, Chris Coker and Josh Krebsbach for their years of dedication. They have all expressed their commitment to practice, however, and it is my hope that we will see them occasionally in Seattle. While the form changes, our original nature stays the same!
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Looking Forward
Fundamentals of Zen, Sunday July 8th
Nine Day Retreat, Sat-Sun, August 18-26
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