We held again our traditional New Year’s Sitting with alternate periods of zazen and walking meditation from 8:00 pm until midnight. In this last night of the year, we reflect on the past 12 months, and consider our intentions for the future.

At 9:30 pm we took a break for a snack of Japanese noodles.
At 11:45 pm the bell was struck 108 times by the attendees.

Afterwards we put in the fire things that had been used up during the year: bits of burned incense and pages of sutra text. Then everybody was invited to write on a piece of paper what they would like to let go of, and these items were offered in a fire ceremony at the end.