June 15, 2020

...it is said that there are four kinds of horses: excellent ones, good ones, poor ones, and bad ones. The best horse will run slow and fast, right and left, at the driver's will, before it sees the shadow of the whip; the second best will run as well as the first one does, just before the whip reaches its skin; the third one will run when it feels pain on its body; the fourth will run after the pain penetrates to the marrow of its bones. You can imagine how difficult it is for the fourth one to learn how to run!”
- Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind


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Our ZHS on-line schedule:  

• 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
• For more information:  www.zenheartsangha.org)  

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Special bows for today: 

• Please offer bows for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and others who have died from police brutality
• Please offer bows for Dottie Kelly, Misha's family member, who died of lung disease on May 20th
• Please offer bows for Annette Merrill, Misha's cousin, who died on May 13th from lung cancer
• Please offer bows for Donald Kennedy, former president of Stanford University, who died from COVID-19
• Please continue to offer bows for Nick Battaglia, Camille Spar's father, who died Aprill 13th 
• 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:   
• Beverly Klemme whose beloved horse Saphire died May 26th
• Rev. Les Kaye, Misha’s Zen teacher, who is recovering at home undergoing chemotherapy

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Wonderful links shared by sangha members and friends:

• Zen Heart Sangha website: resources about COVID-19: www.zenheartsangha.org
• From our dharma sister, Kathleen:  PBS series called "Race Matters": This is a 7 minute interview between Charlayne Hunter Gault and Kevin Murphy  Go to minute 44:44 of this show:
  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/june-5-2020-pbs-newshour-full-episode  
• From our dharma friends, Diane and Wing: 'blue eyes/brown eyes exercise:  https://youtu.be/f2z-ahJ4uws
• From our dharma sister, Jill: Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind:   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/rutger-bregman-our-secret-superpower-is-our-ability-to-cooperate
• From our dharma sister, Camille: an important commentary on race, riots and society to help us understand from Trevor Noah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c
• From our dharma sister, Jill:  Jane Elliot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebPoSMULI5U
• From our dharma brother, Stephen: Maui surfers paddling out to create a circle of aloha in support of George Floyd and his family: https://www.kitv.com/story/42197703/maui-surfers-hold-paddle-out-in-honor-of-george-floyd?fbclid=IwAR1BHWD5nekMFW4bXRQrOhx2vNgydZoXdv7zrz1TxCPOdEdLyfVh4mDF0rs
• From our dharma sister, Jill: Ibram X Kendi on “racism and anti-racism”:  
•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D6Ge1VXySo
• Anti-racism resources for white people: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABco-l62s*wWgmhgauhStr-4WtSmpVLQ
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