6:30-7:30am Morning Service

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

12 noon - 1:00pm - Mid Day Sit for IPP

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

7:00pm - 8:00pm Evening Service

Join us on Zoom only (https://zoom.us/j/5117064990) Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes with time for stretching in between.

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6:30-7:30am Morning Service

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

9 - 10am - Wednesday Morning Dokusan

Dokusan is a confidential meeting with a Zen teacher to discuss practice. It is open to all members of PSZC. Dokusan with Abbot Chris Cain is offered every Wednesday, from 9 to 10am, and 5-6 pm. Sign up for a 15 minute slot here. Please sign up at least a day in advance......More

Dokusan is a confidential meeting with a Zen teacher to discuss practice. It is open to all members of PSZC. Dokusan with Abbot Chris Cain is offered every Wednesday, from 9 to 10am, and 5-6 pm. Sign up for a 15 minute slot here. Please sign up at least a day in advance.

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States

12 noon - 1:00pm - Mid Day Sit for IPP

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

5-6pm - Wednesday Evening Dokusan

Dokusan is a confidential meeting with a Zen teacher to discuss practice. It is open to all members of PSZC. Dokusan with Abbot Chris Cain is offered every Wednesday, from 9 to 10am, and 5-6 pm. Sign up for a 15 minute slot here. Please sign up at least a day in advance......More

Dokusan is a confidential meeting with a Zen teacher to discuss practice. It is open to all members of PSZC. Dokusan with Abbot Chris Cain is offered every Wednesday, from 9 to 10am, and 5-6 pm. Sign up for a 15 minute slot here. Please sign up at least a day in advance.

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States

7-8:30pm - Wednesday Evening Service

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. During the IPP Wednesday evenings will be poetry discussion/workshops

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States

6:30-7:30am Morning Service

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

12 noon - 1:00pm - Mid Day Sit for IPP

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

7:00pm - 8:00pm Evening Service

During the Intensive Practice Period from March 24 – April 19 there will be in person sits in the zendo in addition to sitting on Zoom on Thursday evenings. Join us on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/5117064990) Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting per......More

During the Intensive Practice Period from March 24 – April 19 there will be in person sits in the zendo in addition to sitting on Zoom on Thursday evenings. Join us on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/5117064990) Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes with time for stretching in between.

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States

6:30-7:30am Morning Service

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

12 noon - 1:00pm - Mid Day Sit for IPP

Join us in person or online. Our Zoom link is https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes, one walking meditation between them.

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

7:00pm - 8:00pm Evening Service

During the Intensive Practice Period from March 24 – April 19 there will be in person sits in the zendo in addition to sitting on Zoom on Friday evenings. Join us on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/5117064990) Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting perio......More

During the Intensive Practice Period from March 24 – April 19 there will be in person sits in the zendo in addition to sitting on Zoom on Friday evenings. Join us on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/5117064990) Please email [email protected] for our current password. Two sitting periods of 25 minutes with time for stretching in between.

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States

8-9:00 am Meditation and Qigong Saturday with Anshin

Join us for Zazen from 8-8:30, followed by Qigong from 8:30 to 9. Relax. Breathe. Move.Join us in the ancient practice of harmonizing body and mind using simple, easy to follow meditation in motion. You will learn breathing techniques that generate free- flowing energy ......More

Join us for Zazen from 8-8:30, followed by Qigong from 8:30 to 9. Relax. Breathe. Move.Join us in the ancient practice of harmonizing body and mind using simple, easy to follow meditation in motion. You will learn breathing techniques that generate free- flowing energy in the spirit of non achieving. and removing hindrances for health benefits. The Qigong forms may include:Shibashi (19 movements, also considered the Tai Chi of Qigong.}Eight Brocades (Bau Duan Chin, a very old form)Zhan Zhuang (Standing Like a Tree, 5 movements)Duong Singh (Vietnamese, practiced by Thich Nhat Hahn monks and nuns using bamboo sticks)All are welcome. No experience necessary. This event is now on Zoom only.A Poem About Qigongby student Elizabeth Fitterer You remember vaguely,the circling. How simple it is,yet how intricate. Like, if you were a bird,this is how you might move. Like a creature who,when she has someplace to go,picks herself up then goes there. And when she landsshe folds herself into herselfin just a few well-rehearsed motions. And when she sleepsthe rain beads right off of her featherslike tears she doesn’t need anymore.

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7:00pm - 8:00pm Evening Service

Two meditation periods with time for stretching or walking between them. On Zoom. To request our current password, please email [email protected].

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States

8:30-9:30am - Early Sunday Service

This event will consist of two meditation periods with a brief period between them to walk or rest. You may now attend in person or by Zoom. To join on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/5117064990 For our current password, email [email protected].

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

10am - 12pm Sunday Service

Our Sunday service consists of chanting, two periods of sitting meditation, and a dharma talk. You may join us in person or by Zoom.https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. You may request the password by emailing [email protected]

Puget Sound Zen Center, 18005 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

7:00pm Spring Sesshin - Trust in Mind: Knowing Beyond Talking and Thinking

Registration is now closed for this retreat. If you wish to be put on the waitlist contact [email protected]. Buddhism comes to China and over time blends with Taoism to become Chan, what we know as Zen. One of the earliest expressions of this blending comes in the tea......More

Registration is now closed for this retreat. If you wish to be put on the waitlist contact [email protected]. Buddhism comes to China and over time blends with Taoism to become Chan, what we know as Zen. One of the earliest expressions of this blending comes in the teaching poem, “Trust in Mind,” attributed to the third Chinese Ancestor, Sengcan.In this poem we are taught, “The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.” What? How can we possibly live in the world and realize these words? That question carries us into a text that is deep and richly nuanced. While encouraging us to set aside our habitual reactivity, “Trust in Mind” reveals a deeper unity with all of life and teaches us to respond to the world without getting ensnared by our personal preferences and opinions.Please join us in this seven day sesshin at Camp Sealth, Vashon Island.Dive deep in our seven-day Spring sesshin at beautiful Camp Sealth. This will be a formal residential retreat in the Rinzai tradition: seated and walking meditation, chanting, dharma talks, silent walks through the woods.  Our teachers will be   our Abbot, Koshin Chris Cain, and Eko Jeff Kelley, an Osho in the Soto tradition, who will offer optional interviews daily.All meals (vegetarian) and dormitory-style accommodations (heat, electricity, bathrooms with showers) included. If you have questions, or if you have not previously attended a multi-day retreat, please contact the registrar at [email protected]. From out-of-town? The registrar will find you a place to stay the night before if needed.The retreat will begin at 7pm on Sunday 21 April and end at 1:00pm Sunday April 28.REGISTRATION:  Both full-time and part-time registration options are available. Part-time registrants will attend either the first half or the 2nd half. The first half is Sunday-Wednesday (April 21, 22, 23, 24). The second half is Thursday-Sunday (April 25, 25, 27, 28). Seating is limited to 24 participants.Fees:Full-time: PSZC member $450. Non-member $500Part-time: PSZC member $300. Non-member $350SCHEDULESunday 21 April:5:00pm arrival6:00 dinner7:00 zazen (alternating periods of seated meditation for 25 minutes, then walking meditation for 10 minutes)8:30 tea and chanting, closingMonday-Saturday:4:30am wakeup5:00 tea and chanting, zazen7:15 breakfast7:45 break8:30 zazen10:15 dharma talk, zazen (optional teacher meetings during zazen)12:30pm lunch1:00 samu (work practice)1:30 break2:15 zazen, tea, chanting, zazen (long sitting-sit/walk at your discretion)4:45 qi gong5:15 dinner5:45 break6:30 gyodo, dharma talk, zazen (optional teacher meetings during zazen)8:30 tea and chanting, closingSunday:4:30am wakeup5:00 tea and chanting, zazen7:15 breakfast7:45 break8:30 qi gong9:00 zazen10:15 dharma talk, zazen (optional teacher meetings during zazen)11:00-11:15 close-11:15-1:00.  Samu- pack up camp1:00  Group lunchCamp Sealth is a conference and retreat center on Puget Sound on SW Vashon Island,  owned and operated by Camp Fire. Its lodges and dormitory type lodgings are secluded, in the midst of nearly 400 acres of forest and wetlands, plus a mile of saltwater beach.

Camp Sealth, 14500 SW Camp Sealth Rd, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

Spring Sesshin - Trust in Mind: Knowing Beyond Talking and Thinking

Registration is now closed for this retreat. To be placed on the waitlist contact [email protected] comes to China and over time blends with Taoism to become Chan, what we know as Zen. One of the earliest expressions of this blending comes in the teaching poem......More

Registration is now closed for this retreat. To be placed on the waitlist contact [email protected] comes to China and over time blends with Taoism to become Chan, what we know as Zen. One of the earliest expressions of this blending comes in the teaching poem, “Trust in Mind,” attributed to the third Chinese Ancestor, Sengcan.In this poem we are taught, “The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.” What? How can we possibly live in the world and realize these words? That question carries us into a text that is deep and richly nuanced. While encouraging us to set aside our habitual reactivity, “Trust in Mind” reveals a deeper unity with all of life and teaches us to respond to the world without getting ensnared by our personal preferences and opinions. Please join us in this seven day sesshin at Camp Sealth, Vashon Island.Dive deep at our seven-day Spring sesshin at beautiful Camp Sealth. This will be a formal residential retreat in the Rinzai tradition: seated and walking meditation, chanting, dharma talks, silent walks through the woods.  Our teachers will be   our Abbot, Koshin Chris Cain, and Eko Jeff Kelley, an Osho in the Soto tradition, who will offer optional interviews daily.All meals (vegetarian) and dormitory-style accommodations (heat, electricity, bathrooms with showers) included. If you have questions, or if you have not previously attended a multi-day retreat, please contact the registrar at [email protected]. From out-of-town? The registrar will find you a place to stay the night before if needed.The retreat will begin at 7pm on Sunday 21 April and end at 1:00pm Sunday April 28.REGISTRATION:  Both full-time and part-time registration options are available. Part-time registrants will attend either the first half or the 2nd half. The first half is Sunday-Wednesday (April 21, 22, 23, 24). The second half is Thursday-Sunday (April 25, 25, 27, 28). Seating is limited to 24 participants.Fees:Full-time: PSZC member $450. Non-member $500Part-time: PSZC member $300. Non-member $350SCHEDULE:Sunday 21 April:5:00pm arrival6:00 dinner7:00 zazen (alternating periods of seated meditation for 25 minutes, then walking meditation for 10 minutes)8:30 tea and chanting, closingMonday-Saturday:4:30am wakeup5:00 tea and chanting, zazen7:15 breakfast7:45 break8:30 zazen10:15 dharma talk, zazen (optional teacher meetings during zazen)12:30pm lunch1:00 samu (work practice)1:30 break2:15 zazen, tea, chanting, zazen (long sitting-sit/walk at your discretion)4:45 qi gong5:15 dinner5:45 break6:30 gyodo, dharma talk, zazen (optional teacher meetings during zazen)8:30 tea and chanting, closingSunday:4:30am wakeup5:00 tea and chanting, zazen7:15 breakfast7:45 break8:30 qi gong9:00 zazen10:15 dharma talk, zazen (optional teacher meetings during zazen)11:00-11:15 close-11:15-1:00.  Samu- pack up camp1:00  Group lunchCamp Sealth is a conference and retreat center on Puget Sound on SW Vashon Island,  owned and operated by Camp Fire. Its lodges and dormitory type lodgings are secluded, in the midst of nearly 400 acres of forest and wetlands, plus a mile of saltwater beach.

Camp Sealth, 14500 SW Camp Sealth Rd, Vashon, WA, 98070, United States

12:00pm - 1:15pm: Zen Death Group

The Zen Death Group will continue our meaningful and meandering discussions of “What does death mean to you and how are you preparing for it?” This question will be guiding our discussions for awhile. As one participant said, “I’ll be thinking about this until I die.” W......More

The Zen Death Group will continue our meaningful and meandering discussions of “What does death mean to you and how are you preparing for it?” This question will be guiding our discussions for awhile. As one participant said, “I’ll be thinking about this until I die.” We meet, as usual, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month, from noon to 1:00 or 1:15. Use the regular PSZC Zoom link and passcode. For questions, contact [email protected].

https://zoom.us/j/5117064990. Request password by emailing [email protected], WA, United States