August 2018
Dear Sangha,
As we bask in the summer’s glow in Seattle, we can see Mount Rainier on a daily basis. We can celebrate the blue in a blue sky, the green in the vibrant growth that surrounds us. Let us not miss this golden moment, wherever we are! With inner joy and equanimity, let us encourage ourselves. Consider the Third Gate of our Primary Kong-ans in this regard:
Master Jui-yen used to call to himself every day, “Master!” and would answer, “Yes?”
“You must keep clear!”
“Yes!”
“Never be deceived by others, any day, any time!”
“Yes! Yes!”
By this call to awareness, attention and action, may we make the most of our precious time together. May we never be deceived by our desires or phantom agendas, or other people’s ideas and desires. Free of deception, the world is already whole, without gaps of any kind. May we take good care of its needs as if it were our own body and mind.
Yours in the awe-inspiring 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:
August 7th
2nd Sunday with Zen Master Jeong Ji or Eric Nord, JDPSN:
August 12th
3rd Wednesday with Zen Master Jeong Ji:
August 15th
3rd Thursday with Eric Nord, JDPSN:
August 16th
Consulting Interviews:
None scheduled this month
Special Chanting:
Sunday, August 5th
Please visit the
website calendar
for complete and current details of these events and for the weekly practice schedule.
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Community Dinner
Friday August 17th 6:30pm
Kick-off the nine-day retreat with a community vegetarian potluck and short talk. Come to socialize, eat good food, and prepare for the retreat. Everyone welcome.
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Annual Nine-Day Retreat
Saturday August 18th - Sunday August 26th
Daily : 6am - 8:30pm (6am - noon, Sunday, August 27th)
Sunday : 6am - 3pm
Blue Heron Zen Community is pleased to announce our annual nine-day retreat with JDPSNs Jeff Tipp, Eric Nord, and Zen Master Jeong Ji. The retreat will begin at 6am Saturday, August 18th and continue daily from 6am to 8:30pm, ending at noon on Sunday, August 26th. Please join us for this rare opportunity to engage in an extended period of intensive Zen training. You may choose from a number of attendance options including the full nine days; either or both weekends; any of the weekdays or evening sessions. Here's more
detailed information and a
retreat schedule.
Daily Retreat Fees:
Members: $30 plus dana* per day. ($15 for Sunday, August 27)
Non-members: $40 plus dana* per day. ($20 for Sunday, August 27)
*Dana is a voluntary donation of gratitude to our teacher(s).
Evenings:
Evening group practice takes place daily from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, and may be attended on a drop-in basis. Please note that you may enter the dharma room ONLY at 6:30 pm and must remain until the end of the day's practice at 8:30 pm.
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Zen Trash News – the July 15 Neighborhood Cleanup
A bag had split at the side of the street, showering the gravel with a salt spray of shredded paper – the messiest trash we found during our neighborhood cleanup on July 15. Three, and then four, and then three Zen practitioners picked up 3 inch pieces of white confetti. Neighbors walking by warmly expressed their gratitude.
Nine of us joined together last Sunday and cleaned trash from the nearby streets, splitting into groups to sweep up N 103rd, N 105th, Mineral Springs Park and Densmore. And we collected a lot of trash - one 32-gallon garbage can could not contain our haul. We left our mark by removing all trace of discarded items.
Please join us on Sunday, October 21, for our next neighborhood cleanup!
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Advice for Future Corpses
Saturday, August 4 7:00pm
We have a wonderful
opportunity to hear Portland writer Sallie Tisdale, in conversation with Seattle writer David Shields, talk about our mortality and how to live.
Sallie brings to bear her practiced writer’s eye, her years of work as a palliative-care nurse, her Buddhist practice, and more in her new book,
Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying (Touchstone).
Location:
The Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
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Outreach Event: BBQ at Idriss Mosque
The Idriss Mosque has extended an invitation to all friends, neighbors, religious and civic communities in the Puget Sound to their annual BBQ. Sunday, August 12, 2018, 2:00 - 5:00 PM, at the Idriss Mosque, 1420 NE Northgate Way, Seattle, WA 98125
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Looking Forward
Fundamentals of Zen:
Sunday September 9th 1-4pm
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