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WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
SUNRISE MEDITATION: Monday thru Friday mornings at 6:00AM - 7:05AM. Join us any time.
Please find more details following the link
STUDENTS: If you are visiting for a class (e.g. Comparative Religion), please come to our 7:30p Wednesday Workshop: "Introduction to Zen Meditation." You may also attend Sunday morning, but will have less time for Q&A. Please DO NOT drop by unannounced at any other time. This ensures that there is someone who can answer your questions and you will not disturb the residents.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday Night Book Discussion Group
Book: Zen Mind Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki
When: November 11, 2019 - March 2, 2020
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Center(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl, Suite C
Atlanta, Ga 30306
Fee: $5 dana offering
The first 25 minutes is zazen(meditation) followed by an informal discussion that ends at 9:00 PM.
CLICK HERE for the detailed reading schedule.
UNRAVELING THE HEART OF ZEN WORKSHOP
Speaker: Elliston Roshi
When: Saturday, December 7, 2019
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM EST
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
Live Streaming available
Fee
$25 Student Registration
$50 General Registration
CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
ROHATSU SESSEHIN
BUDDHA’S ENLIGHTENMENT Rohatsu Sesshin is an opportunity to deepen our practice of zazen. Includes a
special 3-hour intensive class on “Unraveling the Heart of Zen” workshop led by Elliston Roshi. Dokusan will also
be offered.
When: Friday, December 6, 2019 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday December 7, 2019 5:30 AM -9:00 PM
Saturday December 7, 2019 (Overnight Sit until 6AM)
Sunday December 8, 2019 9:00 AM –1:30 PM(Sangha Lunch @12PM)
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia
Cost: $50/day (full day), $25/day(half day)
CLICK HERE for the full Rohatsu Schedule.
CLICK HERE for more information or to register.
JUKAI & TAKUDO CEREMONIES
Participants who take Jukai are formalizing their Zen practice and taking the first five Grave Precepts:
-Affirm life – Do not kill
-Be giving – Do not take what is not freely given
-Honor the body – Do not engage in sexual misconduct
-Manifest truth – Do not speak falsely
-Proceed clearly – Do not cloud the mind with intoxicants
Following the Jukai Ceremony, the Zaike Tokudo Ceremony will be held for initiates who are ready to take the Ten Grave Precepts. Please come and support these Sangha members!
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia
Fee: $150.00
Registration: CLICK HERE
JUST SIT SATURDAY
When: Saturday, December 14, 2019
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia
Cost: $35 FULL DAY(Includes lunch and learn)
$25 MORNING or EVENING SESSION ONLY
MORNING SESSION: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (6) SESSIONS- 25 min sitting + 5 min walking
LUNCH & LEARN: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Sensei Elliston or Guest Speaker
EVENING SESSION: 1:30 PM - 3:55 PM (5) SESSIONS- 25 min sitting + 5 min walking
CLICK HERE for more information and to regiser.
DECEMBER ZEN TALK
Interviewee: Letesa Isler
Topic: Becoming a Buddhist
When: Thursday – Dec. 19, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia
Bio: Letesa is semi-retired with 27 years of experience in corporate America. She has successfully managed a career spanning various marketing disciplines including Consumer Insights, Brand Management and Innovation. As VP of Innovation, Letesa was privileged and blessed to have had the opportunity to focus on her professional passions - innovation, cross functional collaboration, and inspiring innovative thinkers.
Letesa has worked for many leading companies in various industries including: Hallmark Cards, Dow Chemical, Pactiv Corporation, Colgate Palmolive, Kraft Foods Group, and McDonald’s. Letesa now lives in Northern Georgia and is a beginning practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
Join us at the zendo or on Facebook live at https://www.facebook.com/atlantasotozencenter/
TENZO RETREAT
Teacher: Tenjin Do Ja Leslie Williams
When: Session I: Sunday, December 29th, 2019, 1:30 – 8:00PM
Session II: Monday, December 30th, 2019, 6:00AM – 2:00PM
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
Fee: $80.00
A Workshop to practice the basics of everyday reverence. Fun, good/sustainable food, and Zen practice you
can use every day. Option for the following evening 12/31/2019 7:30PM to help prepare & share our
traditional Noodles Supper, before our New Year’s Ceremony: 108 Bells, which ends with a party at midnight.
CLICK HERE for the full retreat schedule.
CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the first and second volumes of teaching archives of our lineage founder, Rev. Soyu Matsuoka-roshi (click here to purchase).
When: Session I: Sunday, December 29th, 2019, 1:30 – 8:00PM
Session II: Monday, December 30th, 2019, 6:00AM – 2:00PM
Where: Atlanta Soto Zen Ctr(ASZC)
1167 Zonolite Pl NE Ste #C
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
Fee: $80.00
A Workshop to practice the basics of everyday reverence. Fun, good/sustainable food, and Zen practice you
can use every day. Option for the following evening 12/31/2019 7:30PM to help prepare & share our
traditional Noodles Supper, before our New Year’s Ceremony: 108 Bells, which ends with a party at midnight.
CLICK HERE for the full retreat schedule.
CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
| COMMUNITY OUTREACH |
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| • Newcomers | — Instruction/Orientation/Workshop Wed 7:30 pm |
| • Atlanta Region | — Dialog with interfaith groups, schools, public |
| • Training Center | — Formal training of Priests and Disciples of STO |
REGULAR PRACTICE PROGRAM |
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| • Buddha Practice | — Daily sitting meditation sessions (zazen) |
| • Dharma Study | — Regular dialogs & discussion forums |
| • Sangha Service | — Weekly sutra services & social events |
CALENDAR RETREATS |
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| • Zazenkai | — Monthly Friday—Saturday retreat |
| • Sesshin | — Annual; Precepts; Buddha’s Elightenment Day |
| • Hossen | — 5th Sunday Dharma Combat (4/year) |
| • Ango | — 30- & 90-day practice period (student residency) |
SPECIAL EVENTS |
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| • Guest Teachers | — Visiting Zen teachers, authors & educators |
| • Holidays | — Buddhist Holidays; Founder’s Day; New Year |
| • Practice Path | — Initiation (Jukai); Discipleship (Zaike Tokudo) |
The Atlanta Soto Zen Center, founded in 1977, is one of the larger non-residential Zen centers in the country, offering a full schedule of morning and evening zazen, zen meditation and protocol instructions for beginners, monthly all-day sittings (zazenkai) and occasional week-long retreats (sesshin).
Please come join us in our beautiful location on Zonolite Place and look for opportunities to begin or deepen your Zen practice.
Please come join us in our beautiful location on Zonolite Place and look for opportunities to begin or deepen your Zen practice.
We also have a network of affiliated centers and sitting groups throughout the country and Atlanta suburbs. For locations, please see the Silent Thunder Order affiliates page.
We are pleased to announce the publication of the first and second volumes of teaching archives of our lineage founder, Rev. Soyu Matsuoka-roshi (click here to purchase).
Silence/Thunder calligraphy by Rev. Dr. Soyu Matsuoka-roshi