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Movie Night: Kumare

Please join us on Tuesday, September 11th at 6:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Misha Merrill

Please join us for Misha Merrill's Dharma talk after zazen (at 7: 10 p.m.) on Wednesday, September 12th .  Misha was one of the first Zen students at Kannon Do, several years before it was established at Rock Street.  Today she is the teacher at Zen Heart Sangha in Menlo Park.

Sangha Meeting

Please join us for the Sangha meeting held in the Sangha house at 10: 30 a.m. on September 15th.  Everyone is welcome.

Kannon Do Off-Site Fall Retreat

This year’s Kannon Do Fall Weekend Retreat will run from 6pm on Friday 28th September until 3pm on Sunday 30th September. The venue is the Jikoji Zen Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains; a peaceful forest setting for a weekend in nature. The weekend will consist of meditation, samu (work periods), walking and ceremony.

Garden Day

Please join us on Saturday September 29th for a garden work day. There is pruning, weeding and general neatening-up to be done as we head towards the rainy season. We'll meet in the courtyard at 10:30, and tools and gloves will be provided. Everyone is welcome to join in, and to bring friends along.

Kannon Do Fall Workshops with Marcia Lieberman

Please join us on Saturday, October 6th at 10:30 a.m. for a Dharma Talk and workshop titled “Pen to Paper Sutra Copying” led by long-term Buddhist practitioner and artist Marcia Lieberman. Using brush and ink is one of the key temple arts practiced by Buddhist monks.

Oryoki Training

If you plan on attending Sesshin on October 13th please join Victor Legge for Oryoki training on Friday, October 12th at 6 p.m.  Oryoki is the traditional way that Japanese monks eat their food in monasteries.

One Day Meditation Retreat (Sesshin)

Kannon Do will host a one-day meditation retreat, or Sesshin on Saturday, October 13th. This day of mindfulness offers a rare opportunity to turn our awareness to the simple activities that sustain our lives, and that we normally take for granted: breathing, walking, eating, being attentive to the workings of our mind.

Movie Night: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

Please join us on Tuesday, October 16th at 6:00 p.m. for a screening of the 1989 movie Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Running time: 145 minutes) It is an award-winning South Korean film written, produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun, a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul.

Sangha Meeting

Please join us for the Sangha meeting held in the Sangha house at 10: 30 a.m. on October 20th.  Everyone is welcome.