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
- 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 offer bows for Lucille Dacanay's stepson, Mario Dacanay, who has tested positive for COVID-19
- Please offer bows for all those in residence at Gordon Manor diagnosed with COVID-19
- Please continue to offer bows of well-being for:
- 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 friend, Mary Hofstedt: UNESCO virtual tours of world heritage sites (Pompeii, the Taj Majal, Stonehenge, Great Pyramids, etc) Unesco is providing virtual tours of world heritage sites
- From our dharma sister, Sylvia: a relaxing afternoon with sheep:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UrKkchVOOAs - From our dharma sister, Kat Haimson: Great Bell Chant from Thich Naht Hanh: https://youtu.be/F1ZwaEzMtJw
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From our dharma teacher, Jill Kaplan:
A PRAYER FOR
THIS TIME BEING:
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| Jill Kaplan |
(Adapted from Jaune Evans and Wendy Johnson)
Special gratitude to the first responders and dedicated Cal Fire
Team protecting Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma and in all
the counties
Gratitude to the farmers and food service workers providing fresh foods and hot meals for thousands of public school children throughout CA and across the country
Gratitude to the grocery story workers and cashiers
Gratitude to the police and 911 operators who are offering us assistance and protection
Gratitude to the unnamed multitude of citizens who are donating funds to small family-owned restaurants who in turn are providing hot meals
Gratitude for all medical personnel – those on the front lines and those behind the scenes – risking their lives by providing round the clock care to coronavirus patients
Prayers for all the families gathered in Labor and Maternity centers in our hospitals to celebrate the miracle of birth and new life in a time of pandemic
Prayers to all the refugees jammed into camps who cannot go forward on their journeys or return home
Prayers for those who live in close quarters in institutions with no way to escape
Gratitude to the farmers and food service workers providing fresh foods and hot meals for thousands of public school children throughout CA and across the country
Gratitude to the grocery story workers and cashiers
Gratitude to the police and 911 operators who are offering us assistance and protection
Gratitude to the unnamed multitude of citizens who are donating funds to small family-owned restaurants who in turn are providing hot meals
Gratitude for all medical personnel – those on the front lines and those behind the scenes – risking their lives by providing round the clock care to coronavirus patients
Prayers for all the families gathered in Labor and Maternity centers in our hospitals to celebrate the miracle of birth and new life in a time of pandemic
Prayers to all the refugees jammed into camps who cannot go forward on their journeys or return home
Prayers for those who live in close quarters in institutions with no way to escape
Prayers for those in nursing and care facilities throughout our
state and our nation.
Prayers for those who have sent their children alone across the Border living with the fears and grief of not knowing if they are safe or still alive
Prayers for those who are so vulnerable in their remote villages without food or access to resources, medicines, or safety of any kind
Sorrows and prayers for those who have died during this pandemic, may we bring comfort to families in grief and shock
Gratitude for the hospice workers and chaplains accompanying some of the dying by FaceTime on cell phones
Prayers and gratitude for those who work in funeral homes, the ones who are washing our bodies, the ones who are burying and burning those who have passed on already
Gratitude for the croaking chorus of tree frogs singing all night long in honor of spring rain
Gratitude for the tender messages sent by friends, family, neighbors and even strangers who pass us by on the road with a warm greeting and a smile
Gratitude for the equanimity we can bring forward and share in our lives, for the equality of heart-mind presence, for the dropping away of delusion and tyranny of pettiness, and prejudice and a life constrained by our preferences, by our suffering of needing to be ‘right’ instead of really just not knowing, just being human….
Gratitude for all of us sitting together on this ceremonial network of loving relationships and deep caring for the well-being of all beings.
Prayers for those who have sent their children alone across the Border living with the fears and grief of not knowing if they are safe or still alive
Prayers for those who are so vulnerable in their remote villages without food or access to resources, medicines, or safety of any kind
Sorrows and prayers for those who have died during this pandemic, may we bring comfort to families in grief and shock
Gratitude for the hospice workers and chaplains accompanying some of the dying by FaceTime on cell phones
Prayers and gratitude for those who work in funeral homes, the ones who are washing our bodies, the ones who are burying and burning those who have passed on already
Gratitude for the croaking chorus of tree frogs singing all night long in honor of spring rain
Gratitude for the tender messages sent by friends, family, neighbors and even strangers who pass us by on the road with a warm greeting and a smile
Gratitude for the equanimity we can bring forward and share in our lives, for the equality of heart-mind presence, for the dropping away of delusion and tyranny of pettiness, and prejudice and a life constrained by our preferences, by our suffering of needing to be ‘right’ instead of really just not knowing, just being human….
Gratitude for all of us sitting together on this ceremonial network of loving relationships and deep caring for the well-being of all beings.
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are sending me articles to share, links to helpful information, and for making
comments…it is a gift beyond measure. Please know that you can either
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