
Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Year End Giving! Please consider making a tax deductible gift to Hartford Street Zen Center. Your donation will quite literally help to support and uphold the Dharma as we raise funds for necessary repairs/renovations to the temple's foundation. We are grateful for your generosity!

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Welcome rest. Welcome return to the regular schedule! Zazen 5:30am Monday morning

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple a generous donation to grace our rooms from a member of the sangha
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Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple You are invited to Issan-Ji for this Full Moon, Blue Moon Bodhisattva New Year's Eve. The evening program will begin at 7:30 and include: traditional temple cleaning, hot noodle snack, zazen, 108 bells, a Full Moon Boddhisattva Ceremony, midnight bonfire and toast to ring in the Year of the Tiger! Please join us for any or all of this special evening!

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Winter crept in while we were sitting

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Board of Directors meeting tonight at 7:30. Any topics, suggestions concerns you would like to have discussed? The meetings are open if you would like to join us.

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Quiet day following sesshin...

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Dear Friends,
Hartford Street Zen Center is a 501c3 non-profit. We greatly depend on your generosity to continue offering the dharma. Our annual fundraising letter can be found in "notes". Please consider using the paypal button on the HSZC blog www.hszc.org to make your tax deductible donation. We are deeply grateful for your support.
Gassho
Time:12:00PM Tuesday, December 1st
Location:57 Hartford Street

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple
Blessings and gratitude - Happy Thansgiving Day
--and a reminder that the zendo will be closed for the holiday, Friday and Saturday, returning to our regular schedule on Monday 30 November at 5:30am
***Friday evening Meditation in Recovery will meet as usual at 7:30pm
on 28 November - ALL are welcome!
***HIV/AIDS sitting... and support group will meet Friday only this week at 10:30am -- ALL are welcome!

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Zendo Holidays... 26, 27, 28 November • 7, 24, 25, 26 December • 1, 2 January We'll take a break from our stalwart zendo practice on the days noted above, so stay home by the fire and do some cozy sitting there, just for fun. Watch for a notice about our traditional New Year's Eve event, which will start on Decembe...r 31 at about 7:30 p.m. Have happy and safe holidays, everyone!

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple New directors to the HSZC board were elected yesterday at the Annual Members' meeting. Congratulations to Richard Chiofolo, Paul Lee, Peter Goetz and Sheryl Leaf! Thank you to those continuing on the board: Julia Ten Eyck, Jeff Thomas, David Bullock, Jennifer Birkett and Rev. Myo Lahey. Another thank you to those with ...terms completed stepping down: Rev. Rin McCarthy, Mimi Manning, Larry Pieperl and Mahlen Morris.

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Info about our upcoming December Rohatsu retreat can be found at our blog www.hszc.org. Go ahead, sign up!
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Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Info about our upcoming retreat can be found at our blog. Go ahead, sign up!
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Our rohatsu (end-of-year) retreat will begin on Wednesday evening, 2 December, with an orientation at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Full-Moon Bodhisattva Ceremony at 8 p.m. , and conclude by Sunday (6 Dec.) noon with the ceremony celebrating Buddha's enlightenment. ...

Hartford Street Zen Center - Issan-Ji Temple Time to be planning for the Winter Light Retreat, Rohatsu Sesshin, beginning Wednesday evening 2 December closing Sunday 6 December. Please register at hszc108@yahoo.com. Let us know if you would like to volunteer to cook a meal or need accomodations during the retreat. All periods of zazen and service are open to j...oin! Gassho! (additional info will soon be on our website www.hszc.org)
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