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A Diamond Sangha Affiliate Group
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(note that ZDS email is checked only about once per week; please do not use ZDS email for urgent messages; instead, call phone numbers of (or send email to) contact-people for the relevant events or activities given in our listings here)
April and May Dokusan, with Pat Hawk Roshi (for students of Pat Hawk): on certain Mondays and Saturdays when he joins us, Roshi will hold dokusan at ZDS.
Zazenkai, with Pat Hawk Roshi, Sat., May 3, 2008, 6:00 AM - 3 PM. $30/$35, Members/non-members (financial assistance available).
Register!: Helen -- email: Announcing: Peer Talks on Zen Buddhism at ZDS; first Saturday of each month (unless displaced to other date by other event), following end of zazen at about 10:30 AM, at the Zendo. Short talk on a topic by one of our peer ZDS students, followed by open discussion. The Sat., May 10, 2008 Peer Talk, "Sangha", will be presented by Susan Weimer. Click to view/print image of Peer Talks flyers. Annual Membership Dinner, Sat., May 10, 2008, 6:00 PM, with Pat Hawk Roshi and the ZDS Board. Free. The dinner is in appreciation of the work and contributions of our members and supporters. This year we are also celebrating the 10th Anniversary of ZDS's purchase of our Martin Ave. property, and the establishment of our Zendo. Next ZDS Board Meeting, Sat.; May 17, 2008; 10:45 AM. Participation by interested ZDS people in ZDS BOD Meetings is encouraged, and all are welcome. Sangha Work Day, Sun., May 18, 2008; 8:00 AM. Help apply the final coat of stucco to the NW extension of the zendo building. Instruction and materials provided. Help apply white roof-sealant to the zendo building's roof. Sealant is non-toxic and water-based. Bring work clothes/shoes/sunglasses/sun-hat. Other Samu jobs are also available for those not working on stucco or roof. Samu (Sangha Work) is integral to our overall Zen practice: don't miss this precious opportunity for practice with your fellow sangha members. Refreshments provided. Please contact Dan Dorsey or Kim Howell to sign up so we will know if we have enough hands to do the stucco work, and if you have questions. Announcing: Tuesday mid-day Zazen at ZDS; since Tues., Feb. 12, 2008, mid-day zazen is available at ZDS from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, each Tuesday, continuing for the next three months or beyond. Potluck and Poetry -- Monthly Sangha Arts Evening -- Sat., May 31, 2008; 6:00 PM - 8:30 (?) PM, in the comfortable ZDS Fireplace Room. Food-sharing from 6-7 PM; arts-program (poems, stories, show-and-tell, songs, musical performances, jokes, puppet-shows, etc.) from 7 PM - about 8:30 PM. Bring food and drinks and poems, etc., to share, and musical instruments, brief show-and-tell items, etc. Or, just come to eat and check out the happenings. Get to know your fellow sangha members, and show them something of yourself. Open to all the family: don't miss this fun monthly event! All Welcome; FREE.
Recurring Thursday Afternoon Zazen and Dokusan, at Picture Rocks (not at ZDS). For ZDS people, and all others:
Thursdays, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, at St. Alphonsus Zendo. Three rounds of Zazen (first round followed by dokusan with Roshi).
At the Redemptorists Renewal Center. Contact: Sue Weimer at 235-4275,
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Pat Hawk Roshi's Tucson Sesshin/Retreat/Training Schedule Retreat Schedule, 2008 (PDF format)
ZDS Board of Directors, and Sesshin Coordinator (List of current BOD Members, and info)
Minutes of Board Meetings Recent and Past ZDS Board Meeting Minutes (several formats)
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