April 16, 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 Aprill 13th 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, Kat Haimson: Great Bell Chant from Thich Naht Hanh: https://youtu.be/F1ZwaEzMtJw
• From our dharma sister, Alisa Tu, an article on grief:  https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief?fbclid=IwAR2f8ajEFn_MpazcdxvTj8MsuQZ7xlNtS44KG2b0NukPh6K012FWfGCdd8A
• 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.

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From our dharma sister, Mary Lou Lacina: 

In the Time of Pandemic

by Kitty O'Meara

And the people stayed home.

And they read books, and listened, and rested, 

and exercised, and made art, and played games, 

and learned new ways of being, and were still.

And they listened more deeply. 

Some meditated, some prayed, some danced.

Some met their shadows. 

And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed.

And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, 

dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, 

the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, 

and the people joined together again, 

they grieved their losses, and made new choices, 

and dreamed new images, 

and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, 

as they had been healed.

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