Long Beach Zen Meditation Group

Dear Sangha, You are invited to our forthcoming **Thursday** evening sittings using Zoom. See post above for Saturday seating. Here's how it will work:... You will be able to be seen and heard, using a laptop, iPad, iPhone or other smart devices. To join the meeting, click the following link. (If the link does not work for you, simply copy and paste the URL into your browser's address bar.) **For access to Zoom please contact us via Facebook.** If you have not used Zoom before, you'll be asked to download the Zoom software. It's free. To test your connection, you can visit https://zoom.us/test at any time. I recommend you do this prior to our meeting. For more specific information about joining a Zoom meeting on various platforms (such as Windows, iOS, or Chrome), please visit this tutorial https://support.zoom.us//201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting- Here's the Thursday schedule: 6:45PM please join meeting. We will provide additional instructions at that time 7:00 Jikido rings bell; Heart Sutra 7:05 start 30 minutes zazen 7:35 start kinhin. Path according to your possibilities 7:45 start 2nd zazen session 8:15 "4 vows and end Finally, these days when donation box is deep inside a 20-foot container, please donate through PayPal (using either your credit card or PayPal account). Here's our account link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

Dear Sangha, You are invited to our forthcoming **Saturday** morning sittings using Zoom. For Thursday's meeting see post below. Here's how it will work:... You will be able to be seen and heard, using a laptop, iPad, iPhone or other smart devices. To join the meeting, click the following link. (If the link does not work for you, simply copy and paste the URL into your browser's address bar.) **For access to Zoom please contact us via Facebook.** If you have not used Zoom before, you'll be asked to download the Zoom software. It's free. To test your connection, you can visit https://zoom.us/test at any time. I recommend you do this prior to our meeting. For more specific information about joining a Zoom meeting on various platforms (such as Windows, iOS, or Chrome), please visit this tutorial https://support.zoom.us//201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting- Here's the Saturday schedule: 8:45 please join meeting. We will provide additional instructions at that time 9:00 Jikido rings bell; Heart Sutra 9:05 start 30 minutes zazen 9:35 start kinhin. Path according to your possibilities 9:50 start 2nd zazen session 10:20 "social" gathering (will explain later) 10:35 dharma talk (Wayu) ~11:20 4 vows and end Finally, these days when donation box is deep inside a 20-foot container, please donate through PayPal (using either your credit card or PayPal account). Here's link to our account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

If you'd like to follow Saturday morning's schedule: 09:00 Heart Sutra* 09:05 Zazen 09:35 Kinhin (3 minutes slow,12 minutes fast)... 09:50 Zazen 10:20 Break 10:30 Dharma Talk 11:30 Four Vows* 11:30 Announcements *Attached are the Heart Sutra and Four Vows.

If you'd like to follow Saturday morning's schedule: 09:00 Heart Sutra* 09:05 Zazen 09:35 Kinhin (3 minutes slow, 7 minutes fast)... 09:50 Zazen 10:20 Break 10:30 Dharma Talk 11:30 Four Vows* 11:30 Announcements *Attached are the Heart Sutra and Four Vows.

Dear Friends of LBZMG, To celebrate the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the founding of our group. we will be holding a ZAZENKAI! FEBRUARY 1st - Starting at 7am and ending at 5pm WHAT?... A Zazenkai is a full-day meditation retreat. It’s composed of zazen (sitting meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), a communal meal, all conducted in silence. WHERE? Unitarian Universalist Church 5450 E Atherton St. Long Beach, CA 90815 Tenshin Roshi, Abbott of Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, will provide a dharma talk and Dokusan (one-on-one interviews). A $50 donation is requested to cover expenses. Checks for donations should be made out to the Long Beach Zen Meditation Group and should be mailed, along with RSVP’s, to: Long Beach Zen Meditation Group 2634 E. 1st St Long Beach, CA 90803 RSVP no later than January 25th please. Volunteers are needed to help throughout the day. Please indicate if you are able to volunteer for any of the following tasks: Set up the night before Provide water jug and cups Help set up food area and organize meal (which is Thai, vegetarian, catered) Help with clean up You are welcome to attend all or part of the day. We look forward to seeing you there!

Good news!! Caltrans has announced that Highway 74 to and from Hemet will now be open with pilot car 24/7 starting this Friday, August 30th. Below is link to t...he Idyllwild Town Crier page with more details and future dates concerning Highway 243. https://idyllwildtowncrier.com//update-on-highways-74-and/