

SUMMER PRACTICE PERIOD
Saturday, August 5–Saturday, September 2
Join Us On Site & Online for Zazen Daily
Join us for Summer Ango! Download and fill out the Commitment Form below, and send a scanned copy of your intentions to office@smzc.org. Six zazen periods are open daily to the public. Drop-ins are welcome. Come and join us in practice this month. Please help us sustain our programming by donating to the Summer Practice Period.
Shuso (Head Student)
Shoshin (初心) Brynjar Kristinsson

Shoshin Brynjar Kristinsson first attended a introductory course at Nátthagi Zen Center in Iceland in 2013. He received Jukai from Kwong-roshi in 2016 and was given the Dharma name Shoshin, beginners mind. Shoshin has served the Icelandic Sangha in various practice positions and been a member of the board of directors. He has also translated Kwong-roshi's book No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen into Icelandic. Brynjar works and studies as a carpenter and lives with his partner and their two daughters in Reykjavik, where they divide their time between the city and their cottage by a small pond.
Summer Ango Theme
Date
Time (PST)
Ango Events (registration required to attend)
Saturday, August 5
Saturday, August 5
10:30am–12:00 noon
2:00–4:00 pm
Bodhisattva Monk Ordination (Shukke Tokudo) - ON SITE (in Zendo)
Bodhisattva Monk Ordination (Shukke Tokudo) - ONLINE (on Zoom)
Saturday, August 12
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Saturday, August 19
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Sunday, August 20–
Sunday, August 27
7:30 pm–
4:00 pm
Saturday, September 2
8:30 am–1:30 pm
2:00-4:30 pm
Friday, September 1

DOWNLOAD CHANTS
Morning Service (Tue, Thur & Sat in English)
Morning Service (Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun in Japanese)
- Sandokai
- Gojushichi Butsu (Fifty-Seven Buddhas)
- Daihishin Dharani
Evening (Mon–Sat)
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Fukanzazengi (Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen)

THROUGHOUT the MYRIAD MILLIONS/
TRILLIONS of SEASONS,
SPACE HAS GRACIOUSLY RECEIVED THIS LIGHT
BEYOND the SPEED of SOUND
ALIGHTS ONLY on ONE SPOT
The TALLEST MOUNTAINS
The HIGHEST TREES
AND OUR UNRIVALED JOY............
Zensan Jakusho Kwong