Oxford Soto Zen
Monthly Dogen (January)
     Cold penetrates the root of cold; heat penetrates the root of heat. Even if you try millions of times to avoid cold or heat, it is like trying to put a tail where your head is.
NEWS HEADLINES:
  >New Zazen Period offered Mondays, 11:30AM beginning January 7;
  >NEW YEAR'S Celebration 12/31 10PM -1AM
  >Core Support for Zazen & Life resumes 1/26 with Class #1 "Know your Bones."

 












 

SPECIAL EVENTS
JANUARY, 2019

JAN 5
  Saturday
 Dharma Discussion & Ceremony
Repentance, Refuge & Resolution in Zen
Oryoki-Tenzo & Hana Gyosha:
Kido

JAN 6
  Sunday
Dharma Reads:
Anderson: Being Upright
              Chapters 5 - 8


JAN 12
  Saturday
10:00 Dharma Talk
Bodhidharma
11:00 Doan Training

JAN 19
  Saturday
Dharma Discussion
Shitou & Sandokai

JAN 24
Thursday
BUTOH
8:30AM Barre
9:15 - 10:00 Project

JAN 26
Saturday
CORE SUPPORT for ZAZEN & LIFE
Unit #1.  "Know your Bones"

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

SCHEDULE
SHIKAN-TAZA! (Just Sit!) - EVERY MON,TU & TH
Mondays:  11:30AM-12:30PM
Tuesdays & Thursdays:  6:00-7:00 AM  
     Sessions include: Zazen (sitting meditation), Kinhin
     (walking meditation) &  Sutra Service

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



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.