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Category Archives: Events
Many Hands Make Light Work
There is a lot happening at Yokoji at the moment. We’ve got people coming and going, events springing up one after another (in a good, we-are-running-a-busy-temple kind of a way as opposed to a train-out-of-control-with-possible-wreck-ahead kind of a way). We’ve … Continue reading
Here We Go Again…
The Yokoji 2011 Spring Training Period has begun. We are nearing the end of the first day of the first 7-day sesshin. Jishin is the head trainee and I think she’ll do a great job. She is the mother hen … Continue reading
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Tagged Retreat, Sesshin, Tenshin Roshi, training period, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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Snow Madness
Winter has reasserted herself, shaking off the Spring-like days of sunshine and pleasantness, becoming big and bad again. Last week we had three days of snow, ending up with an average of 18 inches on the ground. We spent all … Continue reading
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Tagged 4wd, Kubota, Snow, Storm, tractor, work practice, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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Germany 1 – Holland 0
We are now in the middle of our January sesshin. We have also just started the retreat, and are close to the end, too. As the sesshin spans Friday night to Sunday morning, there isn’t a whole lot of time … Continue reading
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Tagged Sesshin, Tenzo, tractor, work practice, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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Beaches and Belts
Today I headed down to Long Beach to give a talk for the Saturday program. Wayu often leads the class, but sometimes other senior students get the chance to do it, and today was my day. It was the first … Continue reading
Fixed stuff and Taxes
There is always a lot to do at the beginning of the new year. In the office we have to fill out what seems like an endless amount of forms for various government bodies regarding a number of different taxes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dodge, Tax, Tenzo, tractor, work practice, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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Happy New Year!
First and foremost, a happy new year to everyone in the sangha! It has been real hectic up on the mountain for the past few weeks. Last Wednesday we had a morning of snow, which then suddenly turned in to … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha Hall, Maezumi Roshi, New Year, Retreat, Roshi, Sesshin, Snow, Tenshin Roshi, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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Rain. New Carpet. More Rain.
Having basked in the warm, blue-skied Californian month of December for the past couple of weeks, it was clear that at some point it would get a bit more wintry. That has now happened. I drove in to Idyllwild this … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddha Hall, samu, work practice, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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New Bloggers On the Horizon
There will be two new bloggers appearing on this page in the next few weeks. Suiryu and Jishin have both agreed to join in with the Yokoji blogging on a regular basis and I’m hoping to get a few more … Continue reading
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Tagged samu, tractor, work practice, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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Yokoji Zen Mountain Center: A Short Film
Apologies for a blatant lack of blogging over the past few days which have amounted to a length of time-elapsed better counted by weeks and parts thereof than the casual 24 hour period. So what is new in the mountains, … Continue reading
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Tagged Retreat, Roshi, samu, Sesshin, Tenshin Roshi, work practice, Zen, Zen Buddhsim, Zen Center
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