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The ZGWA Newsletter - August 2020

Annual General Meeting - New Council Appointed
The ZGWA's AGM was held on 16 August at St Paul's and online. Congratulations to the newly appointed Council for 2020-2021:
  • Kevin Donohue
  • Andrea Donohue
  • Peter Ellingson
  • Nick Arnold
  • Phil McNamara
Thanks to outgoing Councillors: Gerard Mazza, Alistair Reid, Britta Biedermann, Parris Trahanas and Brentyn Ramm. 

Online Mini-Sesshin with Ross Bolleter Roshi and Mari Rhydwen Roshi - September 26 and 27
A two-day, online mini-Sesshin will be held on 26 and 27 September. It will include, zazen, dokusan and teishos. The schedule for each day will resemble a Zazenkai schedule. More details will be forthcoming.

Zazen at St Paul’s Hall: Thursday 20th August, starting at 6:30 pm
This week, we will sit four rounds of zazen. If you want to attend Zazen at St Paul's  you will need to register by clicking here before 5 pm on Thursday 20th August. Please add to the registration form (spreadsheet) your name, email address and indicate if you want to use a chair. Registration is required as there is a limit (19) to the number of people that can sit at the Hall, with physical distancing of 1.5m, and to keep a record of those who attend.

Please note the new start time for Zazen on Thursdays at St Paul's is 6:30 pm.

If you are attending please:
  • Use the hand sanitiser and wipes, provided at the hygiene stations, on entry and before and after handling equipment.
  • Bring your own water bottle.
  • Bring the correct money for dana (donation) or preferably contribute dana by electronic transfer.
  • Don’t use the kitchen area.
  • Maintain social distancing of 1.5m as much as possible.
Please don’t attend if you are feeling unwell or you have been in contact with a person who has or is being tested for COVID-19.

Telephone dokusan with Ross Bolleter Roshi,  25 August and 8 September
Ross is offering telephone dokusan Tuesday, 25 August and 8 September, starting at 7 pm and finishing at approximately 9 pm.

Dokusan will be conducted at 15 minute intervals. The finishing time for the evening will be determined by Ross, after considering the number of people requesting dokusan for that night.

If you want to attend dokusan either:
  1. add your name to the online list by clicking the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19C7v_iAsqtREThCN-96Jf9IakRpzgmG-1RCGT6TnmwM/edit?usp=sharing 
  2. OR notify Kevin Donohue by email (donohues@iinet.net.au) or text (0478 622 589) that you want to attend dokusan and he will add your name to the list.
Requests for dokusan will close at 7 pm Monday evening.

On the Tuesday you can look up your allocated time for dokusan by revisiting the online list (using the link given above). Alternatively, if you sent Kevin a dokusan request by email or text he will send you a reply message with your allocated time.

Please phone Ross at your allocated time. The number will be provided to you by Kevin once you have signed up.

In the event that the number of people requesting dokusan is considered by Ross to be too many for a night, those who are not offered dokusan will be rolled over to the next dokusan night (in the order they were on the list) and advised accordingly. Please advise Kevin if you won’t be available the following dokusan night. The new list will then be available for people to add their names, using their preferred method, for the next dokusan night.  

Contact Kevin by email, text, or call, if you have any queries about the operation of telephone dokusan.

Zazen at St Paul’s Hall: Thursday 27th August, starting at 6:30 pm
We will sit together at St Paul's on the 27th. A registration form will be made available before then.

Zazen and Dharma Talk by Ross Bolleter Roshi "Our life in the practice:the practice in our life"  Thursday 3rd September
On the 3rd of September, Ross Bolleter Roshi will offer a Dharma Talk at St Paul's entitled "Our life in the practice:the practice in our life"  followed by sharing and discussion. The talk will follow two rounds of zazen, which will begin at 6.30 pm. A registration form will be made available before then.

Sit on Country at Kaarta Gar-up- recommences Sunday 6th September
We will recommence our monthly Sit on Country with Michael Wright on Sunday 6 September at Kaarta Gar-up (Kings Park). We will join together in zazen and kinhin on Whadjuk Noongar Country. Gather at 9.15 am for a 9.30 start. We will finish by 10.30 am. Feel free to join us for a hot drink at the cafe afterwards. Meet beneath the marri trees to the south of the war memorial.

Community Wildlife Corridor Landcare Saturday 29 August, 2020 8-10am
The season is Djilba, the season of conception,  the time for masses of yellow and cream flowers on the Community Wildlife Corridor. Djilba  is a transitional time of the year from winter to spring.It’s an important time for culling weeds to allow the native flora to flourish. Please join us for a morning of hand weeding at S7 in the Forrest Rd/Stock Rd bushland. Saturday 29 August,  2020 from 8am – 10am.  Meet at the gate of the South-West Corner of the Stock Road and Forrest Road intersection. Please provide covered footwear, sun protection, gardening gloves and   your own water bottle.


 
We acknowledge  that we live, work and meditate on the unceded boodja of the Wadjuk Nyoongar people, the traditional custodians of this land. The ZGWA pays respect to Nyoongar Elders, past, present and emerging. We are grateful to the Nyoongar people, who have cared for this land for more than 60 000 years, and continue to do so.



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