April 14, 2020

Our ZHS on-line schedule (go to our website for more information: zenheartsangha.org):

• Mondays: 7-8:30pm - zazen, short service, lecture/discussion
• Tuesdays-Fridays: 5:30-6:10pm - zazen, offering of merit/bows
• Saturdays: 8:00-10:15am - zazen, short service, tea, discussion/study

Special bows for today:  

• Please offer bows for Nick Battaglia, Camille Spar's father, who died this morning at the age of 104
• Please continue to offer bows for the family of Alison Templeton, a Peninsula School parent, who died on April 1st after a long struggle with cancer
• Please continue to offer bows for Jeff Ghazarian and his family, friends of Lilliana Mendez-Soto’s nephew who died on March 19^th at the age of 34 from COVID-19
• Please continue to offer bows of well-being for:   
• Gil Bergman, Shannon's husband who is recovering from illness
• Rev. Les Kaye, Misha’s Zen teacher, who is recovering at home while undergoing chemotherapy
• Brendan, Kate Haimson’s son, who is recovering at home from surgery 
• Michael Tieri Ricaud, Dainuri Rott’s brother, who is suffering from MS

Wonderful links shared by sangha and friends:

• New tab on Zen Heart Sangha website with resources about COVID-19 (zenheartsangha.org)
• From our dharma sister, Misha, from Joffe Emergency Services: Cooking during COVID The page, Cooking at Home in the Time of Coronavirus takes pride in helping the at-home cook stir up something special with what is hidden in the pantry.
• From our dharma friend, Fumiko Arao, a beautiful video on the tea ceremony from the Asian Art Museum:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn7r63iDfL0
• From our dharma sister, Alisa Tu, an article on grief:  
• https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR2f8ajEFn_MpazcdxvTj8MsuQZ7xlNtS44KG2b0NukPh6K012FWfGCdd8A

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From our dharma friend, Mary Hofstedt: 

Every hand that we don’t shake must become 

a phone call that we place.

Every embrace that we avoid must become a 

verbal expression of  warmth and concern.

Every inch and every foot that we physically 

place between ourselves and another must 

become a thought as to how we might help that other, 

should the need arise.

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky —

Congregation B’nai David-Judea,

Los Angeles

(Photo: Jizo Bodhisattva, the protector 

of children and travelers)


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