Weekend Meditation Retreat

This weekend meditation retreat is the second retreat of the Fall Practice Period on the Lion’s Roar of Queen Srimala, led by visiting teacher Rev. Kokyo Henkel. Currently we plan to be in-person only, and masked except while sitting as long as Travis County is in Stage 3 or lower.

PLEASE NOTE: We are committed to maintaining a safe environment in which we can come together for practice, while acknowledging the risks involved in doing so. As such, we are only able to accept retreat registrations from those who have registered their vaccination proof with us, and we ask that everyone coming to AZC in-person: (1) has registered their proof of vaccination via the above link; (2) has received a confirmation email granting access to the temple; (3) has no COVID symptoms; (4) has not had contact with anyone who has tested positive within the last two weeks. Thank you for your assistance in making it possible to come together responsibly!

As always, AZC is committed to making the teachings available to everyone. To request financial assistance from our Scholarship Fund, or if you would like to donate to the Fund for others to be able to participate, please call our Administrator Maida Barbour at 512-452-5777.

About Kokyo: Kokyo “Luminous Owl” Henkel trained for 19 years in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (most recently as Tanto, or Head of Practice), Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, and Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Reb Anderson, receiving Dharma Transmission from him in 2010. He served as Head of Practice at Tassajara and Head Teacher of the Santa Cruz Zen Center. Kokyo has also been practicing with the Tibetan Dzogchen (“Great Perfection”) Teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche since 2003, in California, Colorado, and Kathmandu.

Tentative Weekend Retreat Schedule – Saturday November 13th 2021

Friday (eve):

6:30pm Oryoki/Server Instruction (TBD, depending on Covid restrictions)

7:30 Orientation

8:00 Zazen

8:35 Refuges

Saturday:

6:00 am Zazen

6:35 Kinhin

6:45 Zazen

7:20 Morning Service

7:50 Breakfast

8:40 Rest

9:15 Zazen

9:50 Kinhin

10:00 Dharma Talk

10:50 Kinhin (outside)

11:10 Zazen

11:45 Kinhin

11:55 Zazen

12:30 Midday Service

12:40 Lunch

1:30 Rest

2:10 pm Work Meeting (foyer)

2:50 End Work, Tea

3:20 Zazen

3:55 Kinhin

4:05 Zazen

4:40 Kinhin

4:50 Zazen

5:25 Evening Service

5:35 Supper

6:20 Rest

6:50 Zazen

7:25 Kinhin

7:35 Zazen

8:10 Kinhin

8:20 Zazen

8:55 Three Refuges, End of Day

Sunday: