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As 2016 begins, so does Boundless Way Temple's annual Coming and Going Sesshin, sponsored by Boundless Way Zen. For 3 weeks, the Temple will be open from 6 am to 9 pm every day, and you may literally come and go, joining us in sitting and walking meditation, liturgy, meals, care-taking, individual meetings with teachers and dharma talks and discussions. No registration is necessary for daytime attendance. If you want to stay overnight, please register at this link:
http://boundlesswayzen.org/cags/registration
The schedule is:
Opening ceremony on January 3rd at 7:30 p.m.
From January 4 -- 22:
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6:00 AM – 8:00 AM Early morning practice period
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Includes dokusan (individual meetings with a teacher or senior student)
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10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Late morning practice period:
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Includes sutra service, teisho (dharma talk by a teacher or senior student) and dharma dialogue
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2:30 PM – 5:30 PM Afternoon practice period
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Includes dokusan
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7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Evening practice period
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Includes teisho, dharma dialogue and dokusan
Shuso Hossen ceremony for Bob Waldinger on January 22 at 7:30 PM
Hope to see you at Boundless Way Temple, 1030 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA 01602
www.worcesterzen.org
My husband's father, George Rynick, died this morning. He had a complex and varied life, but he never lost his faith in a love that held him no matter what he did or what was done to him. What I might call the Dharma, the lawful love that fills the universe, he saw as embodied in a personal and ever compassionate God. He requested that his favorite song, "On Eagle's Wings" be sung at his funeral. Here is a version by Josh Groban: 
