My Encounter with Monasticism – A Dharma Talk by Pat Yingst

Saturday, January 8 at 10:00 - 11:30 am

Pat (center) with Mako Voelkel and Joshin Shaevel
  • Speaker  Pat Yingst 
  • Date/Time  Saturday, January 8  at 10am
  • Location  AZC Online Zendo
  • Fee  By donation 

About Pat Yingst Pat began practicing Zen meditation in 1988 and has been a member of Austin Zen Center since its inception. She has seven years experience teaching meditation in prisons and was active in the Austin intra-Buddhist prison volunteer organization, Inside Meditation. For two years, she served as office manager/bookkeeper for the center in 2005-2006. She was co-editor of AZC’s journal, Just This, for its first five years. Pat has also served on the AZC Board of Directors.

Pat, who has recently returned from a three-month Fall Practice Period  at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, will speak about the experience viewing it through the lens of an essay by Norman Fischer which discusses how monastery life can transform our practice.  

 

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

Time: Saturdays from 9AM-Noon 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 – 10:00 am      Short break (no chant)

10:00 – 11:30 am    Dharma Talk & Discussion (see before & after lecture chants)

11:30 am                Announcements/No Breakout Rooms due to retreat

Please read about AZC Online Zendo Etiquette HERE.