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.


 

Streaming Morning Zazen from our Zendo:

Wednesday – Friday 6:00-7:00 a.m. Followed by morning service

In person practice opportunities for members and non-members.

Must attend in-person Intro to Meditation Class before attending in person.

Meeting ID: 592 934 8543
Passcode: Tiger22

Exploring Your Practice: Biweekly: Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

All welcome to drop in online weekly for zazen, a teaching and sharing about practice. No rsvp necessary.

June 7 & 21; July 12; August 2 & 16; September 6 & 20; October 4 & 25; November 8; December 13

Meeting ID: 815 7103 6299
Passcode: Wed22

 

Beginner’s Wednesday — evenings

7:00pm-8:30pm: In-person only. 

with: Sensei George Mukei Horner

Face to Face offered.
Newcomers, please arrive by 6:45 p.m.

7:00-7:35 Zazen
7:35-7:45 Outside Walking Zen
7:45-8:30 Zazen/4 vows/Bows/Closing Ceremony

 

 

Hidden Lamp Study Group: Biweekly: Thursdays, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Every other Thursday, calendar permitting, we will study together a chapter of “The Hidden Lamp: Stories from 25 Centuries of Awakened Women.” No sign-up needed, just zoom in. Everyone is encouraged to buy the book.

June 8 & 22; July 13; August 3 & 17; September 7 & 21; October 5 & 26; November 9; December 14

Click here to learn more.

 

 

 

Introduction to Zen Meditation — Zoom Only

Sundays @ 10:00-11:30 a.m.

April 23; May 21; June 25; July 23; August 27; September 24; October 22; November 9; December 14

Click here to register.

 

 


 

 

Public Face-to-Face 

Led by Sensei Tom Dharma-Joy Reichert

Thursday, June 1 @ 7-8:30 p.m.: Zoom & In-person

 

 

 

 

Facing Whiteness Group Meeting

Friday, June 2 @ 5pm-6 pm.: Zoom Only

My Grandmother’s Hands:
Chapter 17-18, pages 215-244

Click here for more information.

 

 

 

Saturday Morning Zazen

Saturday, June 3 @ 9 am.: Zoom & In-Person

9-9:35 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
11-11:15 Temple Caretaking Practice

 

 

 

Dharma Chat by Sacha Joshin Greenfield

“Finding agency in not-knowing and knowing.”

Sunday, June 4 @ 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.: Zoom & In-Person

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

9-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony

11:00 Dharma Chat by Sacha Joshin Greenfield

FOLLOWED BY SANGHA LUNCH

 

 

 

The Five Buddha Families & Relational Dynamics

A Five Class Zoom Series: Class #5
Led by Dharma-Holder Nem Etsugen Bajra
Tuesday June 6 @ 7:00-8:30 p.m.: Zoom Only

Click here to register.

 

 

 

Zen Leadership Training Begins

A Street Retreat in San Diego with Roshi Genro Gaunt & D.H. Jitsujo Gauthier

Thursday, June 8-Sunday, June 11

Street Retreat: Click here for information.

 

 

 

 

Saturday Morning Zazen

Saturday, June 10 @ 9 am.: Zoom & In-Person

9-9:35 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
11-11:15 Temple Caretaking Practice

TBD: Jukai Rehearsal

 

 

 

Jukai Ceremony for Receiving the Precepts for Toby Rider

Sunday, June 11 @ 11 a.m.

9-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony

11:00 Jukai Ceremony for Receiving the Precepts for Toby Rider

Followed by Sangha Lunch.

 

 

 

Encountering the Sutras Circle

Monday, June 12 @ 7pm-8:15pm.: Zoom Only

Please contact EncounteringTheSutrasCircle@gmail.com for meeting link.

 

 

 

 

 

Ceremony of Atonement

Thursday, June 15 @ 7pm-8:30pm.: Zoom & In-person

 

 

 

 

 

Facing Whiteness Group Meeting

Friday, June 16 @ 5pm-6 pm.: Zoom Only

Personal Reflection on facing whiteness, white privilege, white silence, why this work is important to me, for us.

Click here for more information.

 

 

 

Facing Whiteness Group Meeting

Saturday, June 17 @ 9am-11am.: In-person Only

9:00 a.m. Sitting Meditation in the ZCLA Garden

9:30 Intention-Setting and Guidelines

9:50 Bearing Witness and Trash Pick-up

11:15 Group Reflections

11:50 End

 

 

 

Dharma Talk by Dharma-Holder Jitsujo Gauthier

Sunday, June 18 @ 11 a.m.

8:30 a.m. Gate of Sweet Nectar Service

9-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony

11:00 Dharma Talk by Dharma-Holder Jitsujo Gauthier

 

 

 

Day of Reflection on Precept #10: Not Speaking Ill of The Three Treasures

Saturday, June 24 @ 11 a.m.

Led by Geri Meiho Bryan

8:30 a.m.: Founders Service

9-9:35am Precept Reading & Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking Zen
9:45-10:15 Zazen
10:15-10:30 Precept Talk
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Council

Day of Reflection chantsheet

Day of Reflection Transference of Merit

 

 

 

Dharma Chat/Panel with Zen Leadership Participants

Sunday, June 25 @ 11 a.m.

8:30 a.m. Gate of Sweet Nectar Service

9-9:35 Zazen
9:35-9:45 Outside Walking
9:45-10:20 Zazen
10:20-10:30 4 Vows, Bows, Closing Ceremony

11:00 Dharma Chat/ Panel with Zen Leadership Participants

 

 

 

 

June Intensive Sesshin

Led by D.H. Jitsujo Gauthier

Thursday, June 27 (eve.)- Saturday, July 1

Click here to apply.

Click here to register.

 

 

 

 

Zen Leadership Training

Led by D.H. Jitsujo Gauthier

ENDS Saturday, July 1

 

 

 

ZCLA IS CLOSED FOR INDEPENDENCE HOLIDAY.

Sunday, July 2-Wednesday, July 5

 

 

 

 

 

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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.