Photo by Iris Dotan Katz
Friday 24th December 18:30
PUJA SERVICE
with Angela Romani & Liz Allmarl
Zoom:
https://bit.ly/3ed1eob -:- Meeting ID: 834 8550 7346 -:- Passcode: 858571
NEW YEAR SANGHA GATHERING
"Mindful of the Past: Faith in the Future"
The New Year Retreat 31st December.to 4th January
All times are Rome time zone
The retreat starts at 14:00 (Rome) which is New Year in Australia
PROVISIONAL FULL PROGRAMMEFriday 31st December
New Year's Eve14:00 Gathering & Orientation
- Introductory Dharma Talk by Dharmavidya
- Break
16:30 Guided Meditation
- Sharing New Year Resolutions
- Break
18:30 Puja - meditation, chanting, recitations & readings
- Break
21:30 Chanting Nzmbutsu for Peace in the World
24:00 Celebrating the New Year
Saturday 1st January
Birth Anniversary of Reverend Master Jiyu Kennett Roshi11:00 Gathering
- Puja for Roshi Kennett
- Break
14:00 Accounts of Applied Dharma: 4 speaker panel
15:30 Break
15:45 Reading from the Writings of Kennett Roshi - Liz Allmark
- Break
18:15 Led Meditation: Nei Quan Chih Quan - Dharmavidya
- Break
19:15 Practice Session - Ganendra
Sunday 2nd January
Birthday of Dharmavidya10:00 Puja - Liz Allmark
- Birthday Celebration
11:30 "Pureland & Sufism" - Ganendra
- Break
14:00 "Nine Bows for Reflection & Renewal" - Will Holcomb
15:30 "The Journey Begins with a Visit to Hell" - Angela Romani
17:00 Writing Workshop - Carol English
- Break
19:00 "Contact with Nature in Faith & Healing" - Helen Evanfé
Monday 3rd January
Birth Anniversary of Irene Brazier10:00 Puja - Geeta Chari
- Poetry Reading for Irene
11:30 "The Flavours of Compassion" - Ganendra
- Break
14:00 "Friendship with the Other" - Iris Dotan Katz
15:30 "Whales" - Benjy Day
17:00 Dialogue: "Renewal in Psychotherapy: Reviewing Old & New"
- Iris Dotan Katz & Yaya de Andrade
Tuesday 4th January10:00 "Vinaya & Pureland" - Geeta Chari
11:30 "Focussing & Buddhism" - Shoji Tsuki & Kimiko Nita
- Break
14:00 (Title to be announced) - George Daly
15:30 Science Fiction & Buddhism - Geeta Chari & Liz Allmark
16:30 Gathering
- End
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SANGHA DAY REPORT
18th December 2021
The day began with a short lecture on the main principle of the Diamond Sutra, establishing the perspective of paramita - the possibility of seeing all situations either from a mundane or from a spiritual point of view, the former being related to the mentality of accumulation (alaya) and the latter to the infinite merit of acting without ego. In the succeeding discussion we also looked at a poem by Dogen:
Inexpressible -
the heart
of one who, at full moon
beholds the first fall of snow
upon autumnal golden leaves !
which illustrates how the experience of infinity is not alien to the ordinary person. It also, perhaps, alludes to the purity of the prajna paramita (snow) may fall amongst the dead leaves of samsara and suddenly make it radiantly beautiful.
Then, following the break, we had a discussion of the various ideal types found within different schools of Buddhism, namely, the Buddha, the arhat, the bodhisattva, the myokonin, the bhikshu, and the hijiri. This led to a discussion of the idea of life as a pilgrimage and the place of pilgrimage (yatra) in Buddhism with examples from India and Japan. We were also treated to some myokonin poetry and had a description of the Ten Ox-herding Pictures.