The Experience of Sesshin: A Dharma Talk with ShiOn Pat Yingst

  • Teacher  ShiOn Pat Yingst
  • Date/Time  Saturday, March 16th at 10:15am
  • Location  In person & Online Zendo
  • Fee  By donation*
Having just returned fresh from a 5-day sesshin at Green Gulch led by Kokyo Henkel, Pat will talk about that experience and widen out to personal observations on 3 ‘S’ words: sesshin, spaciousness, and shikentaza.

ShiOn Pat Yingst is a Lay Entrusted teacher at Austin Zen Center.

She Began practicing Zen meditation in 1988 and has been a member of Austin Zen Center since its inception. She received Lay Entrustment from Rev. Doshin Mako Voelkel in March 2022.

She has served on the AZC Board of Directors,  worked for several years as the AZC bookkeeper, taught Buddhist meditation for many years in Central Texas prisons and was one of the two founding editors of Just This – originally the AZC journal  which continues to this day as an online blog.  Currently she is a member of the practice committee, and administers the Saturday Morning Zazen Instruction program. 

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* While our Saturday Morning Program has no charge, we depend on the generosity of our members, donors, and participants to continue to make such offerings available.

Austin Zen Center invites you to the Saturday Morning Program in the Online Zendo: 

Time: Saturdays from 9-12 AM CST   (repeats weekly on Saturdays)

Schedule: 

8:00 – 8:30 am      Informal Zazen 

8:30 – 8:40 am      Kinhin

8:40 – 9:05 am       Informal Zazen

9:05 – 9:15 am       Han for Zazen

9:15 – 9:50 am        Zazen

9:50 – 10:15 am      Service & Announcements

10:15 – 11:30 am    Dharma Talk & Discussion (see before & after lecture chants)

11:30 am                Tea and cookies

Please read about AZC Online Zendo Etiquette HERE.