Oxford Soto Zen
Monthly Dogen (November)
   If you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors are venerated and juniors are revered.
NEWS HEADLINES:
  >Kido is Tenzo & Hana Gyosha for November.
  >Dharma Reads revisits Uchiyama's Opening the Hand of Thought discussing topics from the entire book on Sunday, November 4 at 5:00PM.
  >November is Founders's Month











 

SPECIAL EVENTS
NOVEMBER, 2018

NOV 3
  Saturday
  Matsuoka;
 Precious Mirror Samadhi:
Oryoki:
Tenzo & Hana gyosha: Kido

  NOV 4
  Sunday
Dharma Reads:
Uchiyama: Opening the Hand of Thought
Review whole book
Select new book

NOV 10
  Saturday
Dharma Talk by Kido
"Branching Rivers, Twining Streams"
Kido's Matsuoka & Sawaki Lineages

NOV 17
  Saturday
OSZ Founders Celebration; Kido's & Taiun's Suzuki Lineages

NOV 24
Saturday
Zen Memorial Service
Funeral/Remembrance Service

Offering meditation, Zen practice and Dharma Study in the Soto Tradition
Sutra of the Month 
Precious Mirror Samadhi
(Text posted on Dharma Texts Page)

SCHEDULE
SHIKAN-TAZA! (Just Sit!) - EVERY TU & TH

       6:00 - 6:40 AM   Zazen (sitting meditation)

        6:40 - 7:00 AM   Service w/Sutra of the Month

BUDDHIST HOLIDAYS: 1st Saturday of Each Month

       6:00 - 6:30 AM Zazen, Kinhin & Robe Chant

       6:30- 8:50 AM Five Zazen periods, w/ Kinhin between

       8:50 - 9:00 Regular Full Service w/Sutra of the Month
     
       9:00 - 9:10 Break

       9:10 - Holiday Celebration/Ceremony

     10:15 - 11:00 AM  Brunch


MINDFUL MORNINGS: 2nd, 3rd & 4th Saturdays 

       9:00 - 9:20 AM  Zazen (1st Period)

       9:20 - 9:30 AM  Kinhin (walking meditation)

       9:30 - 9:50 AM  Zazen (2nd Period)

       9:50 - 10:00 AM  Service with Sutra Chanting

     10:00 - 10:10 AM  Break

     10:10 - 10:50 AM  SPECIAL EVENT (See left sidebar.)

     10:50 - 11:00 AM  Closing Chant

NOTE:  Core Support for Zazen & Life classes will be offered again on 4th Saturdays, beginning January 26, 2018.

5th Saturday (Quarterly)
Sangha Meeting & Soji, or Roshi Online

        8:00 - 9:00AM         Zazen & Kinhin

        9:00- 9:50AM          Sangha Meeting

       10:00 - 11:00AM     "Roshi Online" 
                                       Interactive Sangha Conference
                                            OR
                                       Zendo Cleaning & Repairs







 

     MINDFUL MORNINGS
       Tuesdays
          6:00  - 6:40  Zazen (sitting meditation)
          6:40  - 7:00  Kannon Sutra (chant, w/bells)


     DEEPENING ZEN
        Saturdays
          9:00 - 9:20   Zazen (sitting meditation)
          9:20 - 9:30   Kinhin (walking meditation)
          9:30 - 9:50   Zazen
          9:50 - 10:05 Service 
       10:15 - 10:50  Special Event (See left sidbar.)
       10:50 - 11:00  Closing Chant


 


         

                   
  
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ZENDO LOCATION

Oxford Soto Zendo
352 Price Street
Oxford, MS  38655

     * This is a red brick house on the South side of Price street, the second house East of the corner of Martin Luther King

     * Ok to park in the driveway behind Kido's white Hyundai with the "Here Now" car tag.  (1st person in, please pull right.)
       Street parking OK too.