Congratulations to Steven Cannon, Charity Christofferson, Navvab Munirih, and Heather Hildreth on receiving the 5 Wonderful Mindfulness Trainings.  Over the past year we have been studying the Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh's book, For a Future to Be Possible, about the 5 trainings.  For those who wish to receive the precepts, it is open to all.  Feel free to reach out to Daishin and begin to study them.  The ceremony was held at the Friends Quaker Meeting in Ames.  Much gratitude to the Friends!

The Five Precepts are:

For those who have already received the 5 Precepts and been working with them at least one year and would like to receive the 16 precepts of Soto Zen, please reach out to Daishin.  The 16 precepts are:

Take refuge in Buddha
Take refuge in Dharma
Take refuge in Sangha
Do no evil
Do all that is good
Live for the benefit of all beings
Not to kill
Not to take what is not given
Not misusing sexuality
Refraining from false speech
Refraining from intoxicants
Not to slander
Not to praise self at the expense of others
Not to be avaricious
Not to harbor ill will
Not to disparage the three treasures

Half Day of Zen
Pure Land of Iowa
Saturday, March 5th
1:30 - 4:30PM
 

Jisho will facilitate this retreat, continuing to study The Essence of Zen, with Harada Sekkei Roshi.

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