centre news 2001

Regular zazen meetings will continue during this holiday season, except for Tuesday January 1st when there will be no zazen.

New Years activities.
Monday December 31st 11am-3pm. Grand cleaning of the Zen Centre.
Tuesday January 1st noon. Pot luck lunch.
The end of year cleaning and celebration of the New Year are traditional Zen activities. They are one way of expressing the cleansing and resolving of the past before starting anew. This cycle is occurring in all things at all times. Practising this and true growth and development occurs.

The recent sesshins have been very full. Some people were too late to get in for the November sesshin. Because of this four sesshins are planned for Galiano Island next year. February 23rd - March 2nd, April 27th - May 4th, August 10th - 17th and November 16th - 23rd. Plan now !!

Numbers rise and fall for the zazen meetings. Recently the zendo has been filled throughout the week. This could be the gradually increasing core group or the autumn/winter burst of new folks. Time will tell. Still, there are jokes about another renovation needed!

	The storm on December 13th bought down the decrepit back fence. It was planned to be replaced this winter. Looks like the storm set the date for us !