Upcoming Events

VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON DHARMA SCHEDULE 

Here are some current ways to practice together online and in person.  We will be adding more ways on an ongoing basis, so stay tuned to this page and our calendar.   Please maintain Zendo decorum for all activities.  If you need to take care of personal needs, please turn off your video screen.  If you are on our email list, you have been sent the links for all streaming events as well as sign-up sheets for on-site events.  If you are not on our email list and wish to participate, please sign-up for our email list at the bottom of our Home page.  Masks are currently optional while indoors, however, if you develop symptoms of being sick, please consider joining via Zoom from home. Alternatively, you may attend in-person with a negative self-test and mask indoors.


Recurring Offerings:

Join all events via this Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 592 934 8543

Passcode: Horse26


Zen Center is on Bare Bones Schedule

Thursday, January 8- Saturday, January 31

Please note January is our Bare Bones Month and our only scheduled activities are on weekends beginning on Saturday, January 10.

 


 

Saturday Service

Saturday, January 10 • 8:30 a.m.- 11:15 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

8:30-9:00 a.m. Saturday Service

9:00-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 Outside Walking
10:30-11:00 Zazen/4 vows/Bows
11:00-11:15 Temple Caretaking Practice

 

 

49th Day Memorial Service for Walter Van Vort

Sunday, January 11 • 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

8:30-9:00 a.m. Gate of Sweet Nectar/Monthly Memorial Service

9:00-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony
10:30 49th Day Memorial Service for Walter Genei Van Vort

 

 

Fushinzamu

Sunday, January 11 • 11:30 a.m. • In-person Only

Help maintain ZCLA’s temple and grounds

Lunch provided for participants.

 

 

 

 

Martin Luther King Day of Reflection 

Saturday, January 17 • 8:30 a.m. -12:20 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

Led by Sensei Katherine Senshin Griffith & Marcos Villatoro

8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Intro to Zen Meditation II

8:30-9:00 a.m. Founders Service

9:00-9:35 Precept Reading & Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking Zen
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 Outside Walking Zen
10:30-10:45 Zazen
10:45-11:00 Precept Talk
11:00 Break/Snack
11:20-12:20 p.m. Council

Day of Reflection chantsheet

Day of Reflection Transference of Merit

 

 

 

Evergreen Cemetery Visit for Nyogen Senzaki Roshi

Sunday, January 18• 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

8:30-9:00 a.m. Gate of Sweet Nectar

9:00-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony
11:00 Evergreen Cemetery Visit for Nyogen Senzaki Roshi

FOLLOWED BY LUNCH FOR PARTICIPANTS IN BOYLE HEIGHTS

 

Tangaryo

Saturday, January 24 • 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. • In-person Only

Led by Sensei Lorraine Gessho Kumpf

Learn More

 

 

 

Sunday Zazen

Sunday, January 25 • 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

8:30-9:00 a.m. Gate of Sweet Nectar

9:00-9:35* Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony
10:30 49th Day Memorial Service for Walter Genei Van Vort

 

*9:35-10:40 Aspects of Zen Practice #1: Forms of Zendo Practice

 

 

Jundo & Board Lunch w/Residents 

Sunday, January 25 • 11:45 a.m. • In-person Only

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday Service

Saturday, January 31 • 8:30 a.m.- 11:15 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

8:30-9:00 a.m. Saturday Service

9:00-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 Outside Walking
10:30-11:00 Zazen/4 vows/Bows
11:00-11:15 Temple Caretaking Practice

 

 

 

Sacred MIschief Training

Saturday, January 31 • 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. • Zoom & In-person

Levity Strategies for Daily Life & Turbulent Times

Learn More

 

 

 

 

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Note: Zoom Protocol

1. Develop Focus. Distraction is especially easy during online meetings. Bring the same intentionality to online meetings as you bring to the zendo. Consider ZCLA zoom events as if on the grounds of the Zen Center. Dress appropriately, wear rakusu if received jukai, don’t multitask and close other windows on the computer, and consider sitting for a few minutes before talks and events.

2. Practice mindful screen habits. Those zooming in need to be mindful of themselves on screen as their actions can disrupt the zoom session for others. Refrain from walking around with computer or phone, eating on screen, and other actions that may distract others. If you need to eat, take a break, use the bathroom or move around, please turn off your video.

3. Refrain from photos. Please do not screen shot or photograph ZCLA zoom meetings or share on social media.