9:00-10:30 Zazen (Three twenty-five minutes sitting sessions with 5 minutes of kinhin after each sit)

Traditional Soto Zen Service 10:30 AM

Dharma Talk: Gross National Happiness: Another perspective on measuring wealth

Speaker: Rev. Teijo Munnich

Bio: Rev Teijo Munnich is a disciple and dharma heir of Rev Dainin Katagiri. She studied with him from 1975 until his death in 1990, receiving formal training at Hokyoji Monastery in Minnesota, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California, Hosshinji Monastery in Obama, Japan and Shogoji Monastery near Kikuchi City Japan. Rev. Munnich was ordained as a Zen priest in 1981. She is currently the Abbess of Great Tree Zen Women's Temple, with auxiliary Sanghas Zen Center of Asheville and Charlotte Zen Meditation Society.