During the week we sit together in the morning for two sets of 1-hour periods of zazen (silent meditation). This accommodates a few of our students who are on different time zones. You’re welcome to come for any part of the sit, and take breaks as needed.
Daily Morning Zazen:
5:30 - 6:30 am Zazen and Verse of the Kesa
6:30 - 7:30 am Zazen and Four Immeasurables (Long)
7:30 - 8:30 am Zazen and Verse of the Kesa
8:30 - 9:30 am Zazen and Four Immeasurables (Long)
This is a recurring Zoom link, so you only have to register once and can reuse the link any day, regardless of the date you registered for.
To deepen your zazen practice and learn more about the Buddhist teachings through dharma talks and study sessions led by our Guiding Teacher, Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, join us for Wednesday Evening Zazen.
We look forward to sitting with you.
Please know that your generous dana supports the operations of the Ocean Mind Sangha and makes it possible for us to offer event scholarships to those who need them.
What is Zazen?
In Buddhism, the main path to liberation is meditation, or, as it’s called in Zen, zazen, seated meditation. Zen Buddhist practitioners sit in silence, and often sit with sangha. It is an illuminating and immeasurable practice, and the one way to truly know what zazen is, is to do it and to do it consistently. This is why OMS offers Beginner’s Instruction, in various formats, and many ways to sit together online freely almost every day. All are welcome.
OMS Resources for Beginner’s Instruction:
How to Meditate, watch a video or listen to audio offering Beginner's Instruction with Zuisei
Wednesday Evening Zazen, please let Zuisei know so she can plan to give you beginning instruction and an orientation to OMS
Private Teaching, you are also invited book a private session with Zuisei
“In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”
—
Pico Iyer
