Thursday Evening Practice

THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAM

Our central weekly practice and community meeting. The usual pattern is: 1st Thursday  of the month Precepts Ceremony, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Thursdays of the month Regular Schedule, and if there's a 5th Thursday of the month we have the Member Appreciation & Sangha Conversation. The Winter Practice Period Schedule is from mid January to early March each year and the Dharma Seminar Schedule is used in July.

In-person at BUF and online via Zoom - see our Zendo page for details.

Regular Schedule:
6:50pm han begins
7:00pm zazen (sitting meditation)
7:30pm kinhin (walking meditation)
7:40pm service (chanting and bowing)
8:00pm dharma talk by Guiding Teacher Nomon Tim Burnett and others
8:40pm discussion
8:55pm refuge chant
9:00pm close

Dokusan will be available in both places - an announcement will be made at the beginning of the program.

Printable Chant Books covering all chants done at Red Cedar events are available here.