The purpose of practice is
to accept
ourselves.
Knowing that,
all our efforts are to accept ourselves.
Whether we become a great man
or not is not the point.
When we can accept
ourselves,
we are already one with all existence.
When spring
comes,
we can enjoy the spring flowers.
When summer comes,
we can enjoy
the cool moonlight.
When autumn comes,
we can appreciate the beauty of
the foliage.
In winter we will appreciate snow.
When we can accept
ourselves,
we can accept anything.
There is no self in our mind.
What we have is big mind,
big self.
We can treat our body
as we treat others' body.
We will
treat our own things
as we treat others' things.
Suzuki Roshi, August 28, 1965
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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)
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 friends, Diane and Wing: The History of Juneteenth from The Daily on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000478602271
- 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:
- 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
- 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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