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Current Schedule
All sittings are at 515 S. Prospect, Champaign (NW corner of Green and
Prospect).
Weekdays:
(Monday-Friday): 6:00 to 6:50 a.m.
Tuesdays: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Class at 8:00 p.m.
Thursdays: 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Daisan available
Saturdays: 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Unstructured, sit or do slow kinhin as you wish
Sunday Mornings: (daisan available)
8:45. Samu (cleaning/set up)
9:00 Service (note new time)
9:20-11:00 Zazen (sitting) and walking meditation
10:00 Introduction for newcomers
11:00 Dharma talk
You are welcome to join Sundays sittings at the beginning of any sitting
period. An introduction to Zen practice is available during the 10:00 a.m.
sitting period. This schedule is approximate; please arrive early. Please
wait until the beginning of walking meditation and enter the zendo at that
time. During sesshin, the regular schedule is suspended.
Phone Interview (Daisan) Schedule
Out-of-towners can reach Elihu at these times:
Mondays: 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Tuesdays: 7:20 to 7:55 p.m.
Thursdays: 7:20 to 8:00 p.m.
The Center is closed the day before and the day after sesshin, all phone
interviews are also canceled on those days.
Important Note: After two initial phone or in-person interviews with Elihu,
anyone wishing to continue working with him is expected to support the
Center financially (ideally through membership). Aside from the practical
necessity of providing the support needed to continue the Center, this
giving is also an important component of our practice. Please feel free to
clarify this matter with Elihu.
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"All I experience and work with
is what my life is right now. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream
of the ego."
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Joko Beck
Schedule of Upcoming Events
Nov 14-17 Sesshin (note date change)
Dec 7 All-day Sitting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec 7 Bodhi Day potluck–6:30 p.m.
Dec. 8. Bodhi Day Service.
Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Chanting Service, 5-6 p.m.
Jan 15-20 Sesshin
Thank you!
All of your membership donations are vital to the ongoing functioning of
the Zen Center. We greatly appreciate all contributions
An Hour a Week
For those who can do so, WORKING AN HOUR A WEEK FOR THE DHARMA is a nice
way to donate, and enables you to connect work, earnings and practice
directly. This entails donating the equivalent of what you earn in one
hour a week as a regular donation to the Zen Center, either weekly,
accumulated monthly or on whatever basis works for you.
Precept Book Available
“Ordinary Life, Wondrous Life,” a book of talks on the ten Bodhisattva
Precepts by Elihu Genmyo Smith is available from the Center for $10.
Please add an additional $4 for shipping and handling.
Phone, Web & New E-mail Address
Phone - (217)355-8835
Web Site - http://www.prairiezen.org
E-Mail - pzc@prairiezen.org
Use the e-mail address above to request the newsletter electronically.
Elihu will be away November 19th - 26th
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