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Retreat Notice:
Day-long retreat scheduled for Saturday, March 7. Go to
Calendar.
Schedule:
Except for announced breaks or vacations (noted above,
if any), Kannon Zendo offers meditation at 6:45 on Wednesday
evenings. As usual there are two 30' periods of
meditation, with walking meditation in between, all followed by tea.
If you are new to meditation, please call Henry at 661-6874 to schedule
an orientation. All-day retreats for 2009 through June will be
scheduled shortly.
Henry also leads a sit at 8 a.m. on Sunday mornings
at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos in the south-westernmost upstairs
room next to Robinson Hall. We are currently reading and
discussing Steven Levine's A Gradual Awakening.
Henry's MBSR class concluded on April 11, 2007. Go to
Recent Past Events for more details. Anyone
interested in future offerings of the class should email Henry at
hcfinney@mindspring.com.
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 About Kannon Zendo Kannon
Zendo is a Zen Meditation Center in Los Alamos, NM. It is named after the Bodhisattva
of
Compassion, originally known in India as the male Avalokiteshvara, in Tibet as
Chenresi, and later
in China as the female Kwan Yin, whose
statue
stands in the Kannon Zendo. Being
"the one who hears the cries of the world," she
is said
to
bring solace and aid to whomever
asks in deep sincerity
for her assistance. Avalokiteshvara
is known
Japan as Kanzeon or Kannon.
The Zendo is open
to the public at
selected times for Zen meditation. Weekly sittings are held on
Wednesday evenings starting at
6:45 p.m..
There are two thirty minute meditation periods with ten minutes
of walking meditation in between. Tea
is served afterwards. See the Schedule for
more information on this and other
related sitting and instructional opportunities in Los Alamos.
Meditation
instruction may be arranged by calling Henry Chigen Finney, the
Zendo’s founder and director, at 505-661-6874,
emailing him at hcfinney@mindspring.com,
or writing him at 35 Barranca Road, Los Alamos, NM
87544.
The
Kannon Zendo also offers periodic day-long meditation retreats (zazenkais) on
Saturdays. See the Calendar
for dates and more information. These retreats generally start at 8:00
a.m. (arrival at 7:30 a.m.), and end in late afternoon. Those
wishing to attend should contact Chigen. Half day attendance is OK, starting either at 8:00 a.m. or 1 p.m..
Notify Chigen if you plan to attend either full or part-time.
Cost: half-day $20, full-day $35.
Please register and pay in advance.
Lunches are usually informal BYO affairs. If the lunch is formal, Oriyoki equipment is available for rent.
The Zendo also hosts occasional potluck suppers
and/or Buddhist-related video-movies or
recorded Dharma talks. See the Calendar
for dates.
Also offered are occasional
meditation classes or healing workshops.
See the Calendar and the
Classes and Workshops page
for exact dates and more details.
The
Kannon Zendo generally follows a modified version of the practice
protocols as observed in the centers of its parent lineage, the Zen
Center of Los Angeles and Zen Mountain Monastery in New York State.
The "modifications" are of Vipassanna
origin, the result being a blend of Insight Meditation and Zen.
If willing to follow these protocols, meditators in any tradition
are welcome. The Kannon
Zendo is located at 35 Barranca Road in Los Alamos (Click
here for directions). Call the number or
contact the email address above for directions.
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