April 28, 2020

Our ZHS on-line schedule (for more information: www.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 all those in residence at Gordon Manor diagnosed with COVID-19
• Please offer bows for Donald Kennedy, former president of Stanford University, who died from COVID-19
• 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 PS parent, who died on April 1st 
• Please continue to offer bows of well-being for:   
• Claudio Pannunzio, dharma friend of Twining Vines Zendo, who is undergoing chemotherapy
• 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 
• Mario Dacanay, Lucille Dacanay's stepson, who has tested positive for COVID-19
• 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 (www.zenheartsangha.org)
• From our dharma sister, Sylvia: on the sentience of plants:  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/smarty-plants    
• From our dharma sister, Lucille, for a little humor on 'What You Should and Should Not Do": https://youtu.be/wVs5AyjzwRM
• From our dharma sister, Jill: Poet and essayist, Wendell Berry, being interviewed by Krista Tippet and reading aloud his poetry: podcast can be found at onbeing.org, show #827. 
• 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 

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“In Wildness is the Preservation of the World” 

by Eliot Porter

Each new year is a surprise to us.  

We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence.  

How happens it that the associations it awakens are always pleasing, never saddening; reminiscenses of our sanest hours? 

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

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