Please join us on Tuesday, November 27th at 6:00 p.m. for a screening of the 2003 movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter....and Spring or Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (the original title, running time: 125 minutes). It is an award-winning film directed by South Korean film director Ki-duk-Kim. It is about a boy raised by a Buddhist […]
Please join us for Eric Remington's Dharma talk after zazen on Wednesday, November 28th. Eric is a resident at Jikoji Temple and an early student of Kobun, Jikoji's Founder, in the early 1970s. After years spent studying with Kobun and founding a school for children, Eric was ordained and subsequently trained at Tassajara Monastery for a year. […]
If you plan on attending Sesshin on December 8th please join Umar Q. for Oryoki training on Saturday, December 1st at 10:20 a.m. Oryoki is the traditional way that Japanese monks eat their food in monasteries. At Sesshin 2 meals (breakfast and lunch) will be eaten Oryoki style. Newcomers are particularly welcome, but experienced people […]
Carrying on the centuries-old tradition of Chinese and Japanese Zen monasteries and temples, Kannon Do will hold its annual Temple Cleaning Day on December 1, starting at 10:30. Tasks will include items not normally included in our weekly work periods, such as washing windows and vacuuming behind the sitting platforms (tans). Please join your fellow Sangha […]
If you plan on attending Sesshin on December 8th please join Ken Simpson for Oryoki training on Friday, December 7th at 6 p.m. Oryoki is the traditional way that Japanese monks eat their food in monasteries. At Sesshin 2 meals (breakfast and lunch) will be eaten Oryoki style. Newcomers are particularly welcome, but experienced people […]
Kannon Do will host a one-day meditation retreat, or Sesshin on Saturday, December 8th. 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. The distractions and […]
Kannon Do’s annual holiday party will be held on Sunday, December 16, 5:00 – 8:00 PM, at the home of Janet Harrington, 771 Orange Avenue, Los Altos. Please join us. Dinner will be POTLUCK, so please bring food or drink to share.
Please join us at 10:30 AM for an Introduction to Zen on Saturday, December 22nd. This orientation is intended primarily for individuals new to Zen practice, as well as experienced practitioners who have questions about their contemplative practice. This informal get together takes place on the first Saturday of the month, lasting about 90 minutes.
Please join us for our regularly scheduled meditation (zazen) on Wednesday, December 26th at 7: 10 p.m. However, due to the holidays, there will be no Dharma talk.
Please join us on Saturday, December 29th for our last Garden Day of 2018! We'll meet in the courtyard at 10:30 AM for cookies and tea, then do an hour or so of raking leaves, light pruning and general garden clean-up. Join in to help, and feel free to bring children and friends too. Gloves and tools will […]
Please join us for our regularly scheduled meditation (zazen) on Wednesday, January 2nd at 7: 10 p.m. However, due to the holidays, there will be no Dharma talk.
