Select Page

Special Events & Classes


NEW YEAR’S EVE ZEN: FIRE, BELLS, AND NOODLES –  Sunday, December 31, 2023 @ 7:15 PM – 12:30 AM

Please join us in-person at our Lincoln Square zendo or online (hybrid event).
After reflecting upon the past year, we will ritually let go of what holds us back from caring presence and upright activity with fire and sound. After the year turns at midnight, we will enjoy traditional japanese noodles prepared by our sangha member David Weiner and toast 2024 with sparkling apple cider.

All are welcome to come and go during any portion of the evening.

7:15pm Doors open
7:30 pm Temple cleaning
8:30 pm break
9:00  Zazen
9:35 Kinhin
9:45 Zazen
10:15 PM Brief Talk on Relinquishment
Fire ceremony
Zazen
11:45 Pali Refuges
108 bells
New Year’s Noodles and cider toast

NEW YEAR’S DAY COMMUNITY: ZAZEN, DEPARTURE CEREMONY, AND SANGHA BRUNCH – Monday, January 1, 2024 @ 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Our sangha will gather for zazen and a ceremony to wish our sangha member, Wade, well before he departs for a year of practice at San Francisco Zen Center. Afterwards, we will have Sangha Potluck Brunch with time to connect celebrate our dragon community.  Please let our Tenzo, Mike E., know what food you plan to bring to the brunch.

Hybrid Event (and in person potluck) – Join anytime.
11:45 am Doors open @ LS Zendo
12:00p Zazen
12:30  Heart Sutra and NY Reflections
Temple leaving ceremony for Wade
12:45 Community potluck brunch at the Lincoln Square Zendo