2024 Fall Open Temple Schedule
Temple Meditations
September 2nd–November 1st, 2024
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Your recurring Zoom link for all Fall Open Temple sessions is in your registration receipt and is not listed here, to keep the event secure.
Your Pass gives unlimited access to two morning meditation sessions, Mondays–Fridays, September 2nd–November 1st, in the East and West Temples.
Join in as often as you like, whether West or East!
SCHEDULE
Two Weekday Morning Sessions
SESSION 1: EAST TEMPLE sits from 7–8:00 AM Eastern Time
(or 4–5:00 AM Pacific)
SESSION 2: WEST TEMPLE sits from 6–7:00 AM Pacific Time
(or 9–10:00 AM Eastern)
THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK’S KOAN: Blue Cliff Record Case 74
Every day at mealtime, Jinniu himself would take the buckets of rice to the front of the monastery hall, where he’d dance and laugh heartily, saying, “Bodhisattvas, come and eat your rice!”
(Xuedou comments: Jinniu wasn’t being kind hearted.)
Later, a student asked Changqing, “In the old days someone said, ‘Bodhisattvas, come and eat your rice!’ What did he mean?”
Changqing replied, “That’s a grace before the meal.”
—transl. John Tarrant & Joan Sutherland
WEEK 6: October 7–11
Monday, October 7:
SESSION 1: 7–8:00 AM ET – MORNING TEMPLE EAST – Tess Beasley
SESSION 2: 6–7:00 AM PT – MORNING TEMPLE WEST – Todd Geist
Tuesday, October 8:
SESSION 1: 7–8:00 AM ET – MORNING TEMPLE EAST – Judith Swan
SESSION 2: 6–7:00 AM PT – MORNING TEMPLE WEST – Eleanor Silberman
Wednesday, October 9:
SESSION 1: 7–8:00 AM ET – MORNING TEMPLE EAST – Marion Power
SESSION 2: 6–7:00 AM PT – MORNING TEMPLE WEST – Karin Pfluger
Thursday, October 10:
SESSION 1: 7–8:00 AM ET – MORNING TEMPLE EAST – Christina Schmigel
SESSION 2: 6–7:00 AM PT – MORNING TEMPLE WEST – Alison McCabe
Friday, October 11:
SESSION 1: 7–8:00 AM ET – MORNING TEMPLE EAST – Linda Pelton
SESSION 2: 6–7:00 AM PT – MORNING TEMPLE WEST – Michael Wilding
UPCOMING
WEEK 7: October 14–18
WEEK 8: October 21–25
WEEK 9: October 28–November 1
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