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WEEKLY PRACTICE Tuesday: 6:15 am to 7:30 am Thursday: 7:30 pm to 9 pm Friday: 6:15 am to 7:30 am Sunday: 9 am to 11 am First Tuesday of the Month: Discussion Group 7:30 pm to 9 pm Sunday and Thursday practice consists of bowing, chanting, sitting, and walking meditation, with occasional Dharma Talks or readings. Tuesday and Friday morning practice is sitting and walking meditation. Every other Sunday individual instruction is available in interviews with Abbot Mark Davis or Abbess Emeritus Fran Turner. Please arrive ten minutes early, since we lock the doors to maintain privacy and security promptly at the start times. Dress is casual and comfortable, and we provide sitting cushions. Please join us for weekly practice any time--no i! ntroduction, registration, or orientation is necessar! y. If you are a first-time visitor, just let us know and we will offer some basic instruction on the meditation forms we use. EVENTS AT THE CZC Intro to Furnace Mountain--Saturday, July 19 Join us for this opportunity to get acquainted with Furnace MountainÑthe spiritual home of the CZC, located in the foothills of the Appalachians east of Lexington, KY. WeÕll meet at the CZC to depart at 9:30 am to attend an Intro workshop at Furnace Mountain from 1 to 5 pm, returning to the CZC by around 8 pm. Please bring a Òbrown bagÓ lunch. The fee is $20 payable to Furnace Mountain. To reserve a spot respond to this email or sign-up at the CZC. !Saturday Night Intensive Practice--July 26 & Aug 30 We open the Center on the last Saturday of the month (unless there is another event scheduled) for evening practice from 7:30 to midnight. No fee. Intro to Zen Workshop--Saturday, Sept 13 In a new variation on an old theme at the CZC, this Intro workshop will be from 9 am to Noon and will cover the basics of the meditation forms we use: sitting, walking, chanting, bowing, and koan practice. The fee is $20 and preregistration is required. EVENTS AT THE HAMILTON ZEN CENTER (see ! hamiltonzencenter.com) Intro to Zen One-Day Retreat--Saturday, Aug 23 Please join the Hamilton Sangha from 10 am to 4 pm for an Intro Retreat led by local Dharma teachers from the Cincinnati & Hamilton Zen Centers. Preregistration is required.Ê Prepaid fees are $50 for standard registration or $25 for students or those living simply.Ê Fees are $60 & $30 the day of the workshop.Ê A vegetarian lunch will be served. Weekend Retreat with Zen Master Dae Gak Sept 26 - 28 Led by Zen Master Dae Gak at the Hamilton Zen Center, practice consists of sitting, walking, chanting, bowing, Dharma Talks and interviews. The retreat will begin at 7 pm Friday and will end on Fri! day and Saturday at about 9:30 pm each day. Practice will resume the following morning at 7 am, ending with lunch on Sunday. There will be no on-site overnight accommodations. Participants are expected to sit the entirety of the retreat to maintain consistency of the retreat experience. Vegetarian meals are provided. The fee is $80 and pre-registration is required. REGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOPS & RETREATS Space is limited for workshops and retreats and pre-registration is required. Please contact us at CZC@fuse.net or 513-684-4216 with your name, address, phone and email address and we will reply to confirm your registration. Fees are payable to the Cincinnati Zen Center, and can ! be mailed to P.O. Box 24437, Cincinnati, OH 45224. Sli ding-scale fee accommodation may be requested. MEMBERSHIP For those who wish to offer financial support, the CZC gladly accepts donations, which along with retreat and workshop fees wholly support the Center. For those wishing to donate more formally, we offer a Standard membership at $25 per month, and a Student/Simple Living membership on a sliding scale to $5 per month. Membership benefits include preferred status for retreat registration at the CZC, Hamilton Zen Center and Furnace Mountain. |