Aloha,

Our next Zazenkai will be Saturday, June 14 at Rinzai Zen Mission. Michael will be coming from O’ahu. It begins at 9 am and ends at 4 pm. Please bring a bag lunch and water for the day. The fee for attending is $20–unless you have done an annual pledge–in addition to any Dana you would like to offer to Michael and to the temple. Please email me if you plan to attend: supirsch@gmail.com or call me at 280-1150 if you have any questions or needs.

Maui Zendo will also be coordinating parking for Rinzai Zen Mission’s Obon Festival on Saturday, August 16. We need all hands on deck from 5 pm to around 7:30 pm. Please email Ken to let him know that you will be there at hgpken@gmail.com

Dear Maui Zendo Sangha,

I look forward to seeing you at the Paia Rinzai Zen Mission this Saturday for our Samu Zazenkai. This will be a full day of practice with Zazen and Dokusan in the morning and Dharma Assembly, a 2 hour period of focused Samu practice, along with a special closing ceremony in the afternoon. Please note that our lunch time will be from 11:30 AM -12:30 PM, a half hour earlier than usual, but we will still end at 4:00 PM with tea and conversation following.

What would it be like to experience working at the Paia Rinzai Mission— sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, washing windows, pulling weeds — as just as valuable a practice as doing zazen? There is no question that this is precisely the teaching of the Zen tradition going all the way back to Baizhang’s saying, “A day without work is a day without eating.” When we view samu practice as a burden or obligation that needs to be fulfilled so that we can then have a place to go to do the real practice, we completely miss a huge piece of the wisdom and transformative power of our tradition, not to mention that same potency in our own daily activities. We’ll celebrate this bounty together on Saturday. See you there.

Best to all,
Michael

The Maui Zendo will be having a Samu Zazenkai this coming Saturday, May 3rd at the Rinzai Zen Temple in Paia from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Samu is Work Practice done in a mindful and aware manner. Simply stated, samu is a form of meditation done as a means of maintaining the monastery and as practicing mindfulness and Dana.

The schedule will include morning zazen with Samu in the afternoon.

Please bring a brown bag lunch and water along with a change of clothes for Samu.

If you plan on attending, please email me. This will assist in the planning process. pattycake@hawaii.rr.com.

Come join in and contribute to our very special temple.

Maui Zendo board is meeting on Monday, March 31 so there will be no sitting that evening. Please feel free to attend the meeting if you are interested.

Our three day sesshin with Nelson Foster is coming up. The dates are February 28-March3. The cost is $190 for full-time attendees and $25 per block for part-time attendees. If you have paid the yearly pledge of $550 to Maui Zendo your cost is already covered. Please contact us at info@maui-zendo.org if you would like to attend and we will give you further details.

Happy New Year!

With the dawning of the new year comes the annual request seeking pledges for Maui Zendo. Please note there are a variety of ways to support MZ and any support at all is deeply, deeply appreciated!

Please CLICK HERE to download the 2014 Membership Pledge Form

Annually, Maui Zendo hosts two sesshin (a three-day with Nelson and a five-day with Michael), regular Zazenkai and twice weekly sitting at Rinzai Zen Mission. We could not hold these opportunities for practice open without the generous support of sangha.

If you have any questions about the form please let us know. We will happily try to clarify.

Thank you!

Aloha all

Just a quick note to let you know October’s Zazenkai has been canceled.

Dear Sangha-
This is a reminder that the is Friday October 11th. Please let us know your plans for participation. The 5 day sesshin with Michael Kieran will begin Friday afternoon, November 8th and end Wednesday midday November 13th. Please Click Here for the Sesshin Application Form.

It is important to know if you are full time or part time. If part time please fill out the time blocks that you are planning to attend. Scan and email the registration form or send to: Maui Zendo PO Box 791354 Paia HI 96779.
Thank you,
Ken